The 2024 Summer Olympics are almost upon us, with host city Paris just about ready to open the curtains on its opening ceremony. The two-week-long sporting event kicks off this week, and with dozens of sports being shown off over the next fortnight, watching them all will be quite the challenge.
Still, with the advent of the internet, watching the Olympics is easier than ever before, and fans in the US in particular will be able to watch almost every single event quite easily. We’ve put together this brief guide to show you how to watch the Olympics, and when the main show is kicking off.
How to Watch the Olympics Online
Watching the Olympics online is easier than it’s ever been, and while it won’t be free, it will be relatively inexpensive compared to previous years, many of which have required a cable subscription.
This year, the 2024 Paris Olympics will be available to stream live and on-demand on NBC’s streaming platform Peacock . NBC says its coverage will be the most comprehensive Olympic destination in US media history, with over 5000 hours of live coverage, full-event replays, original NBC programming, and all 329 medal events.
Related: Peacock Becomes the Streaming Home of the 2024 Olympics
2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony Time
While some events are already underway, the 2024 Paris Olympics will kick off officially with the opening ceremony. The 2024 Olympics opening ceremony will take place on July 26, 2024 at 10:30am PT .
Here’s when you can watch the opening ceremony in your time zone:
July 26, 2024
- PT : 10:30am
- ET : 1:30pm
- BRT : 2:30pm
- BST : 6:30pm
- CEST : 7:30pm
- IST : 11:00pm
July 27, 2024
- CST : 1:30am
- JST : 2:30am
- AEST : 3:30am
- NZST : 5:30am
Olympic Games 2024 Schedule
There are a few dozen sports on display at the Olympics, with some having already kicked off their initial events and most starting after the opening ceremony. They’ll all end at different times, too, and some will have gaps between preliminary and medal events.
Thankfully, we’ve got the full schedule below, which will tell you on which dates each sport will be available to watch:
- Opening Ceremony - July 26
- 3x3 Basketball - July 30 - August 5
- Archery - July 25, July 28- August 4
- Artistic Gymnastics - July 27 - August 1, August 3-5
- Artistic Swimming - August 5-7, August 9-10
- Badminton - July 27 - August 5
- Basketball - July 27 - August 4, August 6-11
- Beach Volleyball - July 27 - August 10
- Boxing - July 27 - August 4, August 6-10
- Breaking - August 9-10
- Canoe Slalom - July 27 - August 5
- Canoe Sprint - August 6-10
- Cycling - July 27 - August 11
- Diving - July 27, July 29, July 31, August 2, August 5-10
- Equestrian - July 27 - August 6
- Fencing - July 27 - August 4
- Field Hockey - July 27 - August 9
- Soccer - July 24-25, July 27-28, July 30-31, August 2-3, August 5-6, August 8-10
- Golf Men - August 1-4,
- Golf Women - August 7-10
- Handball - July 25, July 27 - August 4, August 6-11
- Judo - July 27 - August 3
- Modern Pentathlon - August 8-11
- Rhythmic Gymnastics - August 8 - 10
- Rowing - July 27 - August 3
- Rugby - July 24-25, July 27-30
- Sailing - July 28 - August 8
- Shooting - July 27 - August 5
- Skateboarding - July 27-28, August 6-7
- Sport Climbing - August 5-10
- Surfing - July 27 - August 4
- Swimming - July 27 - August 4
- Table Tennis - July 27 - August 10
- Taekwondo - August 7-10
- Tennis - July 27 - August 4
- Track and Field - August 1-11
- Trampoline Gymnastics - August 2
- Triathlon - July 30-31, August 5
- Volleyball - July 27 - August 11
- Water Polo - July 27 - August 11
- Weightlifting - August 7-11
- Wrestling - August 5-11
- Closing Ceremony - August 11
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