The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games start on Wednesday 21 July with woman’s football and softball kicking off the 33rd summer Games.
There will be 33 different sports with 339 medals on offer with 42 different venues being used.
The first medals will be presented on Saturday 24 July – the day after the opening ceremony.
The competition will end on Sunday 8 August with the closing ceremony taking place the same day.
On the penultimate day there will 34 golds available with the first gold will be for the women’s 10m air rifle competition on Saturday 24 July.
The final medal will be awarded to the winners of the men’s water polo final on Sunday 8 August.
Aptly named ‘Super Saturday’ on 31 July is going to feature 21 medal events while ‘Golden Sunday’ the following day has 25 up for grabs.
Cyclists Jason and Laura Kenny are looking to become Britain’s most successful Olympians of all time.
Jason has six gold medals and one more medal to overtake Sir Chris Hoy, while his wife Laura has four golds and has the possibility of finishing the Olympics with seven.
New Sports
This year we welcome five new sports to the Olympics which include baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.
Baseball and softball return to the Olympics having last appeared in 2008 in Beijing.
Two new disciplines have been added within existing sports – 3×3 basketball and BMX freestyle as well as new mixed team events in athletics, archery, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis and triathlon.
Sport-by-Sport Schedule
Opening ceremony 23 July (Tokyo Stadium)
Archery 23-31 July (Yumenoshima Park Archery Field)
Artistic gymnastics 24 July to 3 August (Arlake Gymnastics Centre)
Artistic swimming 2-7 August (Tokyo Aquatics Centre)
Athletics 30 July to 8 August (Tokyo Stadium (track & field), Sapporo Odori Park (marathons & race walks))
Badminton 24 July to 2 August (Musashino Forest Sport Plaza)
Baseball/softball 21 July to 7 August (Fukushima & Yokohama)
Basketball 25 July to 8 August (Aomi Urban Sports Park (3×3) & Saitama Super Arena)
Beach volleyball 24 July to 7 August (Shiokaze Park)
Boxing 24 July to 8 August (Kokugikan Arena)
Canoe slalom 25-30 July (Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre)
Canoe sprint 2-7 August (Sea Forest Waterway)
Cycling BMX 29 July to 1 August (Arlake Urban Sports Park)
Cycling road 24, 25 & 28 July (Musashinonomori Park & Fuji International Speedway)
Cycling track 2-8 August (Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka)
Diving 25 July to 7 August (Tokyo Aquatics Centre)
Equestrian 24 July to 7 August (Equestrian Park (dressage, eventing & jumping), Sea Forest Cross-Country Course (eventing))
Fencing 24 July to 1 August (Makuhari Messe Hall)
Football 21 July to 7 August (Tokyo Stadium, Sapporo Dome, Miyagi Stadium, Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Saitama) Stadium and International Stadium Yokohama)
Golf Men’s 29 July to 1 August & women’s 4-7 August (Kasumigaseki Country Club)
Handball 24 July to 8 August (Yoyogi National Stadium)
Hockey 24 July to 6 August (Oi Hockey Stadium)
Judo 24 to 31 July (Nippon Budokan)
Karate 5-7 August (Nippon Budokan)
Marathon swimming 4-5 August (Odaiba Marine Park)
Modern pentathlon 5-7 August (Musashino Forest Sport Plaza (fencing) & Tokyo Stadium)
Rhythmic gymnastics 6-8 August (Arlake Gymnastics Centre)
Rowing 23-30 July (Sea Forest Waterway)
Rugby Sevens 26-31 July (Tokyo Stadium)
Sailing 25 July to 4 August (Enoshima Yacht Harbour)
Shooting 24 July to 2 August (Asaka Shooting Range)
Skateboarding Street 24-25 July & park 4-5 August (Arlake Urban Sports Park)
Sport climbing 3-6 August (Aomi Urban Sports Park)
Surfing 25 July to 1 August (Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Chiba)
Swimming 24 July to 1 August (Tokyo Aquatics Centre)
Table tennis 24 July to 6 August (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)
Taekwondo 24-27 July (Makuhari Messe Hall)
Tennis 24 July to 1 August (Arlake Tennis Park)
Trampoline gymnastics 30-31 July (Arlake Gymnastics Centre)
Triathlon Individual 26-27 & mixed relay 31 July (Odaiba Marine Park)
Volleyball 24 July to 8 August (Arlake Arena)
Water polo 24 July to 8 August (Tatsumi Water Polo Centre)
Weightlifting 24 July to 4 August (Tokyo International Forum)
Wrestling 1-7 August (Makuhari Messe Hall)
Closing ceremony 8 August (Tokyo Olympic Stadium)
