Paris Olympics: Australians compete in swimming, diving and basketball

The 2024 Summer Olympics has started in Paris, France. On the first day of the Games, Australians will compete in sports including basketball, diving, swimming, hockey, cycling, and canoe slalom. Due to the time difference, most of these events will start on Saturday night in Australia.

Here’s the schedule for the first day of the Paris Olympics:

Australia East Standard Time

Basketball:
7 pm: Men’s: Australia vs Spain

Diving:
7 pm: Women’s synchronized 3m springboard final [medal event]: Maddison Keeney, Anabelle Smith

Swimming:
7 pm: Women’s 100m butterfly heats: Emma McKeon, Alexandria Perkins
7:12 pm: Women’s 400m freestyle heats: Jamie Perkins, Ariarne Titmus
7:30pm: Men’s 100m breaststroke heats: Sam Williamson, Josh Yong
7:45 pm: Men’s 400m freestyle heats: Sam Short, Elijah Winnington
8:15 pm: Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats
8:26 pm: Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Hockey:
9.15 pm: Men’s: Australia vs Argentina

Road cycling:
10.30 pm: Women’s Individual Time Trial [medal event]: Grace Brown

Canoe slalom:
11.50 pm: Women’s kayak single heats, first run: Jessica Fox

Schedule for July 27- July 28:
All times have been converted to AEST.

4.30 pm: Badminton, men’s, women’s, and mixed group stage

5 pm: Rowing, men’s and women’s heats

5 pm: Handball, men’s preliminaries

5 pm: Shooting, men’s and women’s 10m [air pistol qualification]

5 pm: Volleyball, men’s preliminary round

5.30 pm: Equestrian, eventing dressage

6 pm: Judo, women’s -48kg and men’s -60kg

6 pm: Hockey, men’s and women’s pool stage

6 pm: Fencing, women’s épée and men’s saber through quarter-finals

6.30 pm: Hockey, men’s and women’s pool stage

6.30 pm: Shooting, mixed team 10m air rifle qualification and final

7 pm: Artistic Gymnastics, men’s qualifications

7 pm: Basketball, men’s group phase

7 pm: Basketball, men’s: AUSTRALIA vs Spain

7 pm: Diving, women’s synchronized 3m springboard final

7 pm: Swimming, women’s 100m fly, 400m free, 4x100m free relay and men’s 100m breast, 400m free, 4x100m free relay heats

8 pm: Tennis, men’s and women’s singles and doubles

8 pm: Skateboard, men’s street preliminaries

9 pm: Volleyball, men’s preliminary round — men’s

9.15 pm: Hockey, AUSTRALIA vs Argentina

10 pm: Badminton, Group Stage (M/W/Mixed)

10 pm: Handball, men’s preliminaries

10 pm: Water polo, women’s preliminary round (2 matches)

10 pm: Beach volleyball, preliminary phase (M/W)

10.30 pm: Rugby sevens, men’s placement matches, semis, finals

10.30 pm: Road cycling, (time trial) men’s and women’s individual time trial finals

10.30 pm: Road cycling, Women’s Individual Time Trial [medal event]:

11 pm: Canoe slalom, Heats (M/W)

11 pm: Table tennis, M/W singles preliminary round, Mixed doubles round of 16

11 pm: Football, men’s group stage

11.50 pm: Canoe Slalom, women’s kayak single heats, first run

11.30 pm: Boxing, round of 32 or 16 (W/M)

11.30 pm: Artistic gymnastics, men’s qualifications

Midnight: Judo, women’s -48kg, men’s -60kg

1 am: Hockey, men’s and women’s pool stage

1 am: Skateboard, men’s street final

1 am: Volleyball, men’s preliminary round

1.15 am: Basketball, men’s group phase

1.30 am: Hockey, pool stage

2 am: Canoe Slalom, women’s kayak single heats, second run: Jessica Fox

2 am: Beach volleyball, men’s and women’s preliminary phase

2.30 am: Water polo, women’s preliminary round (2 matches)

3 am: Handball, men’s preliminaries

3 am: Tennis, men’s and women’s singles

3 am: Surfing, men’s and women’s round 1

3 am: Fencing, women’s épée, men’s saber semi-finals and finals

3.30 am: Badminton, men’s, women’s, and mixed group stage

4 am: Boxing, men’s and women’s round of 32 or 16

4 am: Table tennis, men’s and women’s singles round 1

4 am: Artistic gymnastics, men’s qualifications

4.05 am: Water polo, women’s: Australia vs China

4.30 am: Swimming, women’s 100m fly, men’s 100m breast semi-finals, women’s 400m free, 4x100m free, men’s 400m free and 4x100m free relay finals

5 am: Volleyball, men’s preliminary round

5 am: Basketball, men’s group phase

6 am: Beach volleyball, men’s and women’s preliminary phase