By Ron Knapp
Updates Include Latest USA medalists: 8/3/24 – 5:35pm
Our wait is nearly over as the Athletics (track & field) events will begin with the Men’s and Women’s 20km Race Walk on Thursday, August 1st.
The full schedule of events will begin on Friday, August 2nd, among other events slated the Friday events include the Decathlon 100m, Hammer Throw qualification, Women’s High Jump Qualification, and Women’s 100m Preliminary Rounds.
Note that the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has introduced an innovation as announced by the World Athletics. The Repechage round will be used for all individual track events from 200m to 1500m (including hurdles events), in a change to the standard competition format.
How does the repechage work?
In each first round heat on the track, a certain number of athletes will guarantee their progress to the second round by finishing in the automatic qualifying positions (for example, the top 3 finishers in the heat, regardless of their finishing time).
Athletes who do not qualify by finishing in the automatic qualifying positions in round one heats will have a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals by participating in repechage heats.
This new repechage format will replace the former system, when athletes would advance through fastest times, sometimes known as ‘lucky losers’ in addition to the top placings in the heats.
How to watch Track and Field events at the 2024 Paris Olympics:
Dates: August 1 – August 11
Location: Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Cable TV: NBC, USA, E!
Streaming: Peacock; NBCOlympics.com; NBC Olympics App
(Editor’s note: Finals are in bold below)
Thursday, August 1
Men’s 20km Race Walk (Medal event): 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 20km Race Walk (Medal event): 3:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Friday, August 2
Men’s Decathlon 100m: 4:05 a.m. ET on E!, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Hammer Throw Qualification – Group A: 4:10 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s High Jump Qualification: 4:15 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Preliminary Round: 4:35 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Long Jump: 4:55a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 1,500m Round 1: 5:05 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Hammer Throw…
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