The Olympic Games gets underway on July 23 in Tokyo and the Indian contingent will be rearing to go.
Along with archery, shooting will be one of the first big medal events to watch out for India in the first two days of the Games after medal events get underway from Saturday, July 24.
Here’s an overview of the schedule for events where Indians will be participating:
Archery (4)
July 23, Friday: Qualification rounds
July 24, Saturday: Mixed team eliminations followed by medal matches
July 26, Monday: Men’s team eliminations followed by medal matches
July 27, Tuesday: Men’s and women’s individual eliminations (1/32, 1/16)
July 28, Wednesday: Men’s and women’s individual eliminations (1/32, 1/16)
July 29, Thursday: Men’s and women’s individual eliminations (1/32, 1/16)
July 30, Friday: Women’s individual eliminations (1/8, QF, SF) and medal matches
July 31, Saturday: Men’s individual eliminations (1/8, QF, SF) and medal matches
Badminton (4)
Group schedule for groups involving Indians: (Tokyo timings, approximate)
Women's Singles:
July 25, Sunday: 10:40 PUSARLA V. Sindhu IND (6) vs POLIKARPOVA Ksenia ISR
July 27, Tuesday: 12:40 CHEUNG Ngan Yi HKG vs POLIKARPOVA Ksenia ISR
July 28, Wednesday: 11:00 PUSARLA V. Sindhu IND (6) vs CHEUNG Ngan Yi HKG
Men's Singles:
July 24, Saturday: 13:00 B. Sai Praneeth IND (13) vs ZILBERMAN Misha ISR
July 26, Monday: 11:20 CALJOUW Mark NED vs ZILBERMAN Misha ISR
July 28, Wednesday: 18:00 B. Sai Praneeth IND (13) vs CALJOUW Mark NED
Men's Doubles:
July 24, Saturday: 12:20 GIDEON MF / SUKAMULJO KS INA (1) vs LANE Ben / VENDY Sean GBR
July 24, Saturday: 12:20 LEE Yang / WANG Chi-Lin TPE vs RANKIREDDY S / SHETTY C IN
July 26, Monday: 11:20 LEE Yang / WANG Chi-Lin TPE vs LANE Ben / VENDY Sean GBR
July 26, Monday: 12:40 GIDEON MF / SUKAMULJO KS INA (1) vs RANKIREDDY S / SHETTY C IND
July 27, Tuesday: 12:00 GIDEON MF / SUKAMULJO KS INA (1) vs LEE Yang / WANG Chi-Lin TPE
July 27, Tuesday: 12:00 RANKIREDDY S / SHETTY C IND vs LANE Ben / VENDY Sean GBR
Tentative knockout schedule for badminton (Tokyo timings):
July 30, morning session: Men’s singles round of 16, men’s doubles QF
July 30, afternoon session: Men’s and womens singles round of 16
July 31, morning session: Men’s doubles SF
July 31, afternoon session: Womens singles QF
August 1, morning session: Men’s singles QF
August 1, afternoon session: Women’s singles bronze and gold medal match
August 2, afternoon session: Men’s singles bronze and gold medal match
TBD: Men’s doubles medal matches
Shooting (15) (Times in IST)
Event Qualification Final(s) Athletes
10m air rifle women July 24, 5 am July 24, 7.15 am Elavenil Valarivan & Apurvi Chandela
10m air pistol men July 24, 9.30 am July 24, 12 noon Saurabh Chaudhary & Abhishek Verma
10m air pistol women July 25, 5.30 am July 25, 7.45 am Manu Bhaker & Yashaswini Singh Deswal
10m air rifle men July 25, 9.30 am July 25, 12 noon Deepak Kumar & Divyansh Singh Panwar
Skeet men
Day 1: July 25, 6 am
Day 2: July 26, 6.30 am July 26, 12.20 pm Angad Vir Singh Bajwa & Mairaj Ahmad Khan
10m air pistol mixed team
July 27, 5.30 am (Stage 1, Stage 2)*
Bronze: July 27, 7.30 am
Gold: July 27, 8.05 am Two teams TBC
10m air rifle mixed team
July 27, 9.45 am (Stage 1, Stage 2)*
Bronze: July 27, 11.45 am
Gold: July 27, 12.20 pm Two teams TBC
25m pistol women Precision: July 29: 5.30 am
Rapid: July 30: 5.30 am July 30, 11 am Manu Bhaker & Rahi Sarnobat
50m 3-positions women
July 31, 8.00 am July 31, 12.30 pm Anjum Moudgil & Tejaswini Sawant 50m 3-positions men
August 2, 8.00 am August 2, 13.20 pm Sanjeev Rajput & Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
(*Mixed team qualification results could confirm medals even before finals)
Hockey (32)
India women's team fixtures
Netherlands - July 24, 2021 - 5:15 PM IST
Germany - July 26, 2021- 5:45 PM IST
Great Britain - July 28, 2021 - 6:30 AM IST
Ireland - July 30, 2021 - 8:15 AM IST
South Africa - July 31, 2021 - 8:45 AM IST
India men's team fixtures
New Zealand - July 24, 2021 - 6.30 AM IST
Australia - July 25, 2021 - 3.00 PM IST
Spain - July 27, 2021 - 6:30 AM IST
Argentina - July 29, 2021 - 6.00 AM IST
Japan - July 30, 2021 - 3.00 PM IST
Hockey knockout stages:
August 1, Sunday: Men’s quarter-finals
August 2, Monday: Women’s quarterfinals
August 3, Tuesday: Men’s semifinals
August 4, Wednesday: Women’s semifinals
August 5, Thursday: Men’s medal matches
August 6, Friday: Women’s medal matches
Weightlifting (1)
Sat, 24 Jul, 6:20 IST: Women’s 49kg Group B
Sat, 24 Jul, 10:20 IST: Women’s 49kg Group A (medal event)
Wrestling (7)
Women's Freestyle 50kg - Seema Bisla
AUG 6, FRI AM: Rd of 16, QFs
AUG 6, FRI PM: SFs
AUG 7, SAT PM: Repechage, medals
Women's Freestyle 53kg - Vinesh Phogat
AUG 5, THU AM: Rd of 16, QFs
AUG 5, THU PM: SFs
AUG 6, FRI AM: Repechage
AUG 6, FRI PM: Medal matches
Women's Freestyle 57kg - Anshu Malik
AUG 4, WED AM: Rd of 16, QFs
AUG 4, WED PM: SFs
AUG 5, THU AM: Repechage
AUG 5, THU PM: Medal matches
Women's Freestyle 62kg - Sonam Malik
AUG 3, TUE AM: Rd of 16, QFs
AUG 3, TUE PM: SFs
AUG 4, WED AM: Repechage
AUG 4, WED PM: Medals
Men's Freestyle 57kg - Ravi Kumar
AUG 4, WED AM: Rd of 16, QFs
AUG 4, WED PM: SFs
AUG 5, THU AM: Repechage
AUG 5, THU PM: Medal matches
Men's Freestyle 65kg - Bajrang Punia
AUG 6, FRI AM: Rd of 16, QFs
AUG 6, FRI PM: SFs
AUG 7, FRI PM: Repechage, medal matches
Men's Freestyle 86kg - Deepak Punia
AUG 4, WED AM: Rd of 16, QFs
AUG 4, WED PM: SFs
AUG 5, THU AM: Repechage
AUG 5, THU PM: Medal matches
Athletics (25)
Men's 3000m Steeplechase - Avinash Mukund
Sable Heats: Jul 30, 5.30 am
Final: Aug 2, 5.45 pm
Men's 400m Hurdles MP Jabir
Heats: Jul 30, 7.25 am
Semis: Aug 1, 5.45 pm
Final: Aug 3, 8.50 pm
Men's Long Jump - M Sreeshankar
Qual: Jul 31, 3.40 pm
Final: Aug 2, 6.50 pm
Men's Shot Put - Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Qual: Aug 3, 3.45 pm
Final: Aug 5, 7.35 pm
Men's Javelin Throw - Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh
Qual: Aug 4, 5.35 pm
Final: Aug 7, 4.30 pm
Men's 20km - Race Walk - Irfan, Rahul, Sandeep
Final: Aug 5, 1.00 pm
Men's 50km - Race Walk - Gurpreet Singh
Final: Aug 6, 2.00 am
Men's 4 x 400m Relay Heats: Aug 6, 4.55 pm
Final: Aug 7, 6.20 pm
Women's 100m Dutee Chand
Heats: Jul 30, 8.10 am
Semis: Jul 31, 3.45 pm
Final: Jul 31, 6.20 pm
Women's 200m Dutee Chand
Heats: Aug 2, 7.00 am
Semis: Aug 2, 3.55 pm
Final: Aug 3, 6.20 pm
Women's Discus Throw - Kamalpreet Kaur, Seema Punia
Qual: Jul 31, 6.00 am
Final: Aug 2, 4.30 pm
Women's Javelin Throw - Annu Rani
Qual: Aug 3, 5.50 am
Final: Aug 6, 5.20 pm
Women's 20km Race Walk Bhawna, Priyanka
Final: Aug 6, 1 pm
4 x 400m Relay Mixed
Heats: Jul 30, 4.30 pm
Final: Jul 31, 6.05 pm
Boxing (9)
Amit Panghal (Fly)
July 26 (AM & PM): Round of 32
July 31 (AM & PM): Round of 16
August 3 (AM & PM): QF
August 5 (PM): SF
August 7 (PM): Final
Manish Kaushik (Light)
July 25 (AM & PM): Round of 32
July 31 (AM & PM): Round of 16
August 3 (AM & PM): QF
August 6 (PM): SF
August 8 (PM): Final
Vikas Krishan Yadav (Welter)
July 24 (AM & PM): Round of 32
July 27 (AM & PM): Round of 16
July 30 (AM & PM): QF
August 1 (AM & PM): SF
August 3 (PM): Final
Ashish Kumar (Middle)
July 26 (AM & PM): Round of 32
July 29 (AM & PM): Round of 16
August 1 (AM & PM): QF
August 5 (PM): SF
August 7 (PM): Final
Satish Kumar (Super Heavy)
July 24 (PM): Round of 32
July 29 (AM & PM): Round of 16
August 1 (AM & PM): QF
August 4 (PM): SF
August 8 (PM): Final
Women’s boxing:
Mary Kom (Fly)
July 25 (AM & PM): Round of 32
July 29 (AM & PM): Round of 16
August 1 (AM & PM): QF
August 4 (PM): SF
August 7 (PM): Final
Simranjit Kaur (Light)
July 27 (AM & PM): Round of 32
July 30 (AM & PM): Round of 16
August 3 (AM & PM): QF
August 5 (PM): SF
August 8 (PM): Final
Lovlina Borgohain (Welter)
July 24 (AM): Round of 32
July 27 (AM & PM): Round of 16
July 30 (AM & PM): QF
August 4 (PM): SF
August 7 (PM): Final
Pooja Rani (Middle)
July 25 (AM): Round of 32
July 28 (AM & PM): Round of 16
Jul 31 (AM & PM): QF
August 6 (PM): SF
August 8 (PM): Final
Table Tennis (4)
July 24: MS/WS preliminary and round 1, XD round of 16
July 25: XD quarters, MS/WS round 2, XD semis
July 26: MS/WS round 3, XD bronze and gold medal
July 27: MS/WS round 3, round of 16
July 28: MS/WS quarters
July 29: MS/WS semis, WS bronze and gold medal
July 30: MS bronze and gold medal
Artistic Gymnastics (1)
Women’s individual
July 25: Women’s qualification
July 29: Women’s all-around final
August 1: Women’s vault final, women’s uneven bars final
August 2: Women’s floor exercise final
August 3: Women’s balance beam final
Equestrian (1)
Eventing individual:
July 30: Eventing (Dressage individual sessions 1 & 2)
July 31: Eventing (Dressage individual session 3)
August 1: Eventing Cross Country Individual
August 2: Eventing Jumping qualifier, final
Fencing (1)
Women’s sabre individual:
July 26: Table of 64, table of 32, table of 16, quarters, semis, bronze and gold medal
Golf (3)
July 29: Men’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 1
July 30: Men’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 2
July 31: Men’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 3
August 4: Women’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 1
August 5: Women’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 2
August 6: Women’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 3
August 7: Women’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 4
Judo (1)
Women’s -48kg:
July 24: Preliminary rounds (AM), Final block (PM)
Rowing (2)
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls:
July 24: Heats
July 25: Repechages
July 27: Finals C, Semifinals A & B
July 29: Finals A, Finals B
Sailing (4)
Laser men:
July 25, 26, 27, 29, 30: Opening series
August 1: Medal race
49er men:
July 27, 28, 30, 31: Opening series
August 2: Medal race
Laser radial women:
July 25, 26, 27, 29, 30: Opening series
August 1: Medal race
Swimming (3)
Women’s 100m Backstroke:
July 25 (PM): Heats
July 26 (AM): Semis
July 27 (AM): Final
Men’s 200m Freestyle:
July 25 (PM): Heats
July 26 (AM): Semis
July 27 (AM): Final
Men’s 100m Backstroke:
July 25 (PM): Heats
July 26 (AM): Semis
July 27 (AM): Final
Men’s 100m Butterfly:
July 29 (PM): Heats
July 30 (AM): Semis
July 31 (AM): Final
Men’s 200m Butterfly:
July 26 (PM): Heats
July 27 (AM): Semis
July 28 (AM): Final
Tennis (2)
Women’s doubles:
July 24, 25: First round
July 26: Second round
July 27, 28: Quarters
July 29: Semis
July 31: Bronze medal match
August 1: Gold medal match
Men’s singles:
July 24, 25: First round
July 26, 27: Second round
July 28: Third round
July 29: Quarters
July 30: Semis
July 31: Bronze medal match
August 1: Gold medal match
