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Pairs Olympics day1-2: Australians compete in swimming, diving and basketball

In Sport
July 27, 2024
Ariarne Titmus will be swimming for Australia

The 2024 Summer Olympics are underway in Paris, France.

Australians will be competing in events including basketball, diving, swimming, hockey, road cycling and canoe slalom on Day One of the Games. 

Because of the time difference, it’ll be Saturday night in Australia when many of those events kick off.

The opening ceremony will be very early on Saturday morning.

Here’s what’s on the schedule for Day One of the Paris Olympics.

All times have been converted to AEST. 

Basketball:

  • 7pm: Men’s: Australia vs Spain 

Diving: 

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

Swimming:

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

Hockey:

  • 9.15pm: Men’s: Australia vs Argentina

Road cycling: 

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

Canoe slalom:

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

Schedule for July 27- July 28:

All times have been converted to AEST. 

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

5pm: Rowing, men’s and women’s heats 

5pm: Handball, men’s preliminaries 

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

5pm: Volleyball, men’s preliminary round  

5.30pm: Equestrian, eventing dressage 

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

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

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

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

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

7pm: Artistic Gymnastics, men’s qualifications  

7pm: Basketball, men’s group phase 

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

7pm: Diving, women’s synchronised 3m springboard final [medal event]

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

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

8pm: Skateboard, men’s street preliminaries 

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

9.15pm: Hockey, AUSTRALIA vs Argentina

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

10pm: Handball, men’s preliminaries 

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

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

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

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

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

11pm: Canoe slalom, Heats (M/W)

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

11pm: Football, men’s group stage 

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

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

11.30pm: Artistic gymnastics, men’s qualifications 

12am: Judo, women’s -48kg, men’s -60kg

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

1am: Skateboard, men’s street final

1am: Volleyball, men’s preliminary round

1.15am: Basketball, men’s group phase

1.30am: Hockey, pool stage

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

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

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

3am: Handball, men’s preliminaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

4am: Artistic gymnastics, men’s qualifications

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

4.30am: 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

5am: Volleyball, men’s preliminary round

5am: Basketball, men’s group phase

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

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