Olympics 2020 India’s Full Schedule: India kicked off its campaign at Tokyo Olympics 2020 on July 23, 2021 with the archers going up first. Team India has been having mixed days so far with several disappointing loses starting with the shocking defeat of tennis duo Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina in the first round of women’s doubles.
The brightest spot till yet has been weightlifter Mirabai Chanu who won the first Olympic medal for India by clinching the historic silver medal in the women’s 49-kg category at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on July 24, 2021.
The other highlights have been PV Sindhu, Manika Batra and Boxer Mary Kom who have kept India’s medal hopes alive. The Olympic Games this time are taking place without spectators due to the current COVID situation. The host city Tokyo is under a state of emergency, which will remain in place till after the Games.
India’s Olympic Schedule: July 26th
Sport |
Start Time |
Event |
Athletes |
Status |
| Fencing | 9:00 | Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 64 |
Bhavani Devi vs BEN AZIZI Nadia (Tunisia) |
Finished |
| Archery | 9:30 | Men’s Team 1/8 Eliminations |
Finished |
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| Shooting | 10:00 | Skeet Men’s Qualification – Day 2 |
IND
BAJWA Angad Vir Singh |
LIVE |
| Fencing | 11:10 | Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 32 |
Bhavani Devi vs Manon Brunet |
Finished |
| Sailing | 12:05 | Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser – Race 02 |
Finished |
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| Sailing | Followed by | Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser – Race 03 |
LIVE |
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| Archery | 13:45 | Men’s Team Quarterfinal |
Finished |
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| Sailing | 14:35 | Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial – Race 03 | ||
| Sailing | Followed by | Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial – Race 04 | ||
| Table Tennis | 10:00 | Men’s Singles Round 2 |
ACHANTA Kamal vs |
Finished |
| Table Tennis | 12:00 | Women’s Singles Round 2 |
Finished |
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| Badminton | 12:40 | Men’s Doubles Group Play Stage – Group A |
INA
GIDEON Marcus Fernaldi/SUKAMULJO Kevin Sanjaya
IND
RANKIREDDY Satwiksairaj/SHETTY Chirag |
Finished |
| Table Tennis | 16:30 | Women’s Singles Round 3 | ||
| Boxing | 18:36 | Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32 | ||
| Swimming | 19:20 | Men’s 200m Butterfly – Heat 2 | ||
| Hockey | 21:15 | Women’s Pool A | ||
| Tennis | 3rd on Court 1 | Men’s Singles Second Round |
LIVE |
Olympics 2020 India’s Full Schedule: Get Complete Schedule of Events with Indian athletes
Archery |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 23 | Men’s, Women’s Individual Qualification Rounds | 5:30 AM |
| July 24 | Mixed Team Eliminations, Medal Matches | 6 AM |
| July 26 | Men’s Team Eliminations, Medal Matches | 6 AM |
| July 27 to 30 | Men’s and Women’s Individual Eliminations | TBD |
Tennis |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 24 to August 1 | Women’s Doubles — Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina | TBD |
Weightlifting |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 24 | Women’s 49kg Group B — Mirabai Chanu | 6:20 AM |
| July 24 | Women’s 49kg Medal Round | 10:20 AM |
Shooting |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 24 | Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification-Elavenil Valarivan, Apurvi Chandela | 5 AM |
| July 24 | Men’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification- Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma | 9:30 AMShooting |
| July 24 | Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final | 10:15 AM |
| July 24 | Men’s 10m Air Pistol Final | 12 PM |
| July 25 | Women’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification-Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 5:30 AM |
| July 25 | Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 1 — Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan | 6 AM |
| July 25 | Women’s 10m Air Pistol Final | 7:45 AM |
| July 25 | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification — Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar | 9:30 AM |
| July 25 | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Final | 12 PM |
| July 25 | Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 2 — Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan | 6:30 AM |
| July 25 | Skeet Men’s Final — Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan | 12:10 PM |
| July 26 | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification — Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma/Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 5:30 AM |
| July 26 | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches — Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma/Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 7:30 AM |
| July 26 | 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification | 9:45 AM |
| July 26 | 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze and Gold Medal Matches | 11:45 AM |
| July 29 | Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Precision — Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat | 5:30 AM |
| July 30 | Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Rapid — Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnoba | 5:30 AM |
| July 30 | Women’s 25m Pistol Final | 10:20 AM |
| July 31 | Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification — Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant | 8:30 AM |
| July 31 | Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Final | 1:30 PM |
| August 2 | Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification — Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | 7 AM |
| August 2 | Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Final | 1:10 PM |
Artistic Gymnastics |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 25 | Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Qualification (Pranati Nayak) | 6:30 AM |
| July 29 to August 3 | Women’s Artistic Gymnastics All-Round and Events Final | TBD |
Swimming |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 25 | Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats — Srihari Nataraj | 3:30 PM |
| July 25 | Women’s 100m Backstroke Heats — Maana Patel | 3:30 PM |
| July 25 | Men’s 200m Freestyle Heats — Sajan Prakash | 4:10 PM |
| July 26 | Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats — Sajan Prakash | 3:30 PM |
| July 29 | Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats — Sajan Prakash | 4:10 PM |
Athletics |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 30 | Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats (Avinash Sable) | 5:30 AM |
| July 30 | Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 (MP Jabir) | 7:25 AM |
| July 30 | Women’s 100m Round 1 (Dutee Chand) | 8:10 AM |
| July 30 | Mixed 4x400m Relay Round 1 (Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan) | 4:30 PM |
| July 31 | Women’s Discus Throw Qualification — (Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur) | 6 AM |
| July 31 | Men’s Long Jump Qualification — (M Sreeshankar) | 3:40 PM |
| July 31 | Mixed 4x400m Relay Final | 6:05 PM |
| July 31 | Women’s 100m Semi-Final and Final | 6:20 PM |
| August 2 | Men’s Long Jump Final | 7:20 AM |
| August 2 | Women’s 200m Round 1 (Dutee Chand) | 7:30 AM |
| August 2 | Women’s Discus Throw Final (Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur) | 5:30 PM |
| August 2 | Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final | 5:45 PM |
| August 3 | Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification — (Annu Rani) | 5:50 AM |
| August 3 | Men’s 400m Hurdles Final | 8:50 AM |
| August 3 | Men’s Shot Put Qualification — (Tajinder Singh Toor) | 3:45 PM |
| August 3 | Women’s 200m Final | 6:20 PM |
| August 4 | Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification (Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh) | 5:35 AM |
| August 5 | Men’s 20km Race Walk Final (KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul) | 1 PM |
| August 6 | Men’s 50km Race Walk Final (Gurpreet Singh) | 2 AM |
| August 6 | Women’s 20km Race Walk Final (Bhawna Jat, Priyanka) | 1 PM |
| August 6 | Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 (Amoj Jacob, P Naganathan, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Anas Yahiya) | 4:55 PM |
| August 6 | Women’s Javelin Throw Final | 5:20 PM |
| August 7 | Men’s Javelin Throw Final | 4:30 PM |
| August 7 | Men’s 4×400 m Relay Final | 6:20 PM |
Table Tennis |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 24 to 27 | Men’s and Women’s Singles Round 1, 2 and 3 — G Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee | 5:30 AM |
| July 24 | Mixed Doubles Round of 16 — Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra | 7:45 AM |
| July 25 | Mixed Doubles Quarter-Final and Semi-Final — Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra | 6:30 AM |
| July 26 | Mixed Doubles Medal Matches — Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra | 5:30 PM |
| July 29 | Women’s Singles Medal Matches | 5:30 PM |
| July 30 | Men’s Singles Medal Matches | 5:30 PM |
Badminton |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 24 | Men’s Doubles Group Stage — Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin, | 8:50 AM |
| July 24 | Men’s Singles Group Stage — Sai Praneeth vs Zilberman Misha | 9:30 AM |
| July 25 | Women’s Singles Group Stage — PV Sindhu vs Polikarpova Ksenia | 6:40 AM |
| July 26 to 29 | All events (Group Stage Matches) — PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty | 5:30 AM |
| July 26 to 29 | Men’s Doubles Quarter-Finals | 5:30 AM |
| July 30 | Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles Round of 16 | 5:30 AM |
| July 31 | Men’s Doubles Semi-Finals | 5:30 AM |
| July 31 | Women’s Singles Quarter-Finals | 2:30 AM |
| August 1 | Men’s Singles Quarter-Finals | 9:30 AM |
| August 1 | Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match | 5 PM |
| August 2 | Men’s Singles Semi-Final, Women’s Singles Final, Men’s Doubles Gold Medal Matches | 9:30 AM |
| August 2 | Men’s Singles Finals | 5:30 PM |
Wrestling |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| August 3 | Women’s Freestyle 62kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Sonam Malik | 8 AM |
| August 3 | Women’s Freestyle 62kg Semi-Final | |
| August 4 | Women’s Freestyle 62kg Repechages | 7:30 AM |
| August 4 | Women’s Freestyle 62kg Medal Matches | |
| August 4 | Women’s Freestyle 57kg Round of 16 and Quater-Finals — Anshu Malik | 8 AM |
| August 4 | Women’s Freestyle 57kg Semi-Finals | |
| August 4 | Men’s Freestyle 57kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Ravi Kumar Dahiya | 8 AM |
| August 4 | Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semi-Finals | |
| August 4 | Men’s Freestyle 86kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Deepak Punia | 8 AM |
| August 4 | Men’s Freestyle 86kg Semi-Finals | |
| August 5 | Women’s Freestyle 57kg Final, Men’s Freestyle 57kg and Men’s Freestyle 86kg Repechages and Medal Matches — Anshu Malik, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Deepak Punia | 7:30 AM |
| August 5 | Women’s Freestyle 53kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Vinesh Phogat, | 8 AM |
| August 5 | Women’s Freestyle 53kg Semi-Finals | |
| August 6 | Women’s Freestyle 53kg Repechages | 7:30 AM |
| August 6 | Women’s Freestyle 53kg Medal Matches | |
| August 6 | Men’s Freestyle 65kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Bajrang Punia | 8 AM |
| August 6 | Men’s Freestyle 65kg Semi-Finals | |
| August 6 | Women’s Freestyle 50kg Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals — Seema Bisla | 8 AM |
| August 6 | Women’s Freestyle 50kg Semi-Final | |
| August 7 | Men’s Freestyle 65kg Repechage and Medal Matches | 7:30 AM |
| August 7 | Women’s Freestyle 50kg Repechage and Medal Matches | 7:30 AM |
Boxing |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 23 | Women’s Welterweight Round of 32 — Lovlina Borgohain | 7:30 AM |
| July 23 | Men’s Welterweight Round of 32 — Vikas Krishan | 7:30 AM |
| July 23 | Men’s Super Heavyweight Round of 32 — Satish Kumar | 1:30 PM |
| July 25 | Women’s Flyweight Round of 32 — Mary Kom | 7:30 AM |
| July 25 | Women’s Middleweight Round of 32 — Pooja Rani | 7:30 AM |
| July 25 | Men’s Lightweight Round of 32 — Manish Kaushik | 7:30 AM |
| July 26 | Men’s Flyweight Round of 32 — Amit Panghal, | 7:30 AM |
| July 26 | Men’s Middleweight Round of 32 — Ashish Kumar | 7:30 AM |
| July 27 | Women’s Lightweight Round of 32 — Simranjit Kaur | 7:30 AM |
| July 28 to August 8 | All Categories (Round of 16, Final Rounds, and Medal Matches) | |
Equestrian |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 30 | Eventing Individual Qualifier (Dressage Individual Session 1 & 2) — Fouaad Mirza | 5 AM |
Fencing |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 26 | Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 64 — CA Bhavani Devi | 5:30 AM |
| July 26 | Women’s Sabre Individual Subsequent Rounds and Medal Matches | 6:25 AM |
Judo |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 24 | Women’s 48kg Round of 32, Successive Rounds — Sushila Devi Likmabam | 7:30 AM |
| July 25 | Women’s 48kg Medal Matches | TBD |
Hockey |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 24 | Men’s Pool A — India vs New Zealand | 6:30 AM |
| July 24 | Women’s Pool A — India vs the Netherlands | 4:15 PM |
| July 25 | Men’s Pool A — India vs Australia | 3 PM |
| July 26 | Women’s Pool A -India vs Germany | 5:45 PM |
| July 27 | Men’s Pool A — India vs Spain | 6:30 AM |
| July 28 | Women’s Pool A — India vs Great Britain | 6:30 AM |
| July 29 | Men’s Pool A — India vs Argentina, | 6 AM |
| July 30 | Women’s Pool A — India vs Ireland | 8:15 AM |
| July 30 | Men’s Pool A — India vs Japan | 3 PM |
| July 31 | Women’s Pool A — India vs South Africa | 8:45 AM |
| August 1 | Men’s Quarter-Final | 6 AM |
| August 2 | Women’s Quarter-Final | 6 AM |
| August 3 | Men’s Semi-Final | 7 AM |
| August 4 | Women’s Semi-Final | 7 AM |
| August 5 | Men’s Medal Matches | 7 AM and 3:30 PM |
| August 6 | Women’s Medal Matches | 7 AM and 3:30 PM |
Golf |
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| Date | Events | Starting Time |
| July 29 | Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 1 — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane, | 4 AM |
| July 30 | Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 2 — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane | 4 AM |
| July 31 | Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 3 — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane | 4 AM |
| August 1 | Men’s Individual Strokeplay Medal Round — Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane | 4 AM |
| August 4 | Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 1 — Aditi Ashok | 4 AM |
| August 5 | Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 2 — Aditi Ashok | 4 AM |
| August 6 | Women’s Individual Strokeplay Round 3 — Aditi Ashok | 4 AM |
| August 7 | Women’s Individual Strokeplay Medal Round — Aditi Ashok | 4 AM |
What is the schedule of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games?
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will officially begin from July 23rd and run till August 8, 2021. However, few of the baseball/softball and football opening round matches will take place before the opening ceremony on July 21st and July 22nd.
The Tokyo Olympics Games 2020 will see medals awarded in 339 events across 33 sports comprising 46 disciplines.
Which sports will make their debut at Olympics 2020?
Olympics 2020 has included four new sports:
1. Karate
2. Skateboarding
3. Sport Climbing
4. Surfing
Besides these, two other sports will be returning to the Olympics this year after being cut out previously and they include:
1. Baseball
2. Softball
New events in existing sports:
-3-on-3 basketball
-Mixed-gender relays in swimming
-Mixed-gender relays in track and field among other sports.
Why isn’t Tokyo Olympics 2020 being called as the 2021 Olympics?
The Olympic Games were supposed to be held last year but had to be postponed to 2021 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The event will still be called Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for branding purposes. This will be second time that Tokyo will be hosting the Olympic Games after it staged the event in 1964.
India at Olympics
India had made its official debut in the Olympic Games at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. India has appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1920. India has sent its largest contingent ever to the Tokyo Olympics 2020,a 228-member contingent which comprises 127 participants.
Where is the next Summer Olympics?
The next Summer Olympics will take place in Paris in 2024. The United States is expected to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.