Your complete guide to athletics at the Olympics including full schedule of when the events start, dates, times, details about each competition and more. <\/p>
Athletics events are among the most iconic of every Olympic Games and Tokyo 2020 is gearing up to begin the track and field events this week.<\/p>\n
From 100m sprinters to shot put warriors, from marathon runners to triple jumpers, there\u2019s something for everyone in the athletics and the action will be beamed live to your TV screen for 10 days straight very soon.<\/p>\n
There are 48 medals in total up for grabs across the men\u2019s and women\u2019s disciplines as well as the return of the inventive mixed 4x400m relay which could be a real crowd-pleaser this time around.<\/p>\n
Usain Bolt, Jess Ennis-Hill and Mo Farah may no longer be competing, but watch out for a host of fresh superstars ready to etch their names in the history books.<\/p>\n
Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are among the next-gen Team GB sensations ready to step up on the biggest stage of all.<\/p>\n
Andre De Grasse, Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin will be determined to boost their reputations from star athletes to iconic household names over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you up to speed with everything you need to know about athletics at the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo, taking place in the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n Athletics events start on Friday 30th July<\/strong> and run until Sunday 8th August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There will be 10 complete days of athletics with the full range 0f track and field events coming up. Medal finals will take place throughout each of the days.<\/p>\n Check out our guide on how to watch Olympics 2020<\/a> or see Olympics on TV today<\/a> for more details, timings, and exclusive expert analysis from some of the biggest names in world sport over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n Sir Chris Hoy, Beth Tweddle, Rebecca Adlington, Matthew Pinsent and Dame Jess Ennis-Hill are among the stars we have to being their esteemed opinions, so don\u2019t miss what they have to say.<\/p> Women: Heats (morning, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 31st July)<\/p>\n Men: Prelims (morning, 31st Jul), Heats (evening, 31st Jul), Finals (evening, 1st Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (evening, 2nd Jul), Finals (evening, 3rd Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (morning, 3rd Aug), Finals (evening, 4th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (morning, 3rd Aug), Finals (evening, 6th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (morning, 1st Aug), Finals (evening, 5th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (morning, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 3rd Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (morning, 31st Jul), Finals (evening, 4th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (morning, 2nd Aug), Finals (evening, 6th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (morning, 3rd Aug), Finals (evening, 7th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (evening, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 2nd Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (evening, 3rd Aug), Finals (evening, 6th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Evening, 7th Aug<\/p>\n Men: Evening, 30th Jul<\/p>\n Women: Heats (morning, 31st Jul), Finals (morning, 2nd Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (evening, 3rd Jul), Finals (morning, 5th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (morning, 31st Jul), Finals (morning, 4th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (morning, 30th Jul), Finals (morning, 3rd Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (morning, 1st Aug), Finals (evening, 4th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (morning, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 2nd Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (morning, 5th Aug), Finals (evening, 6th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (morning, 5th Aug), Finals (evening, 6th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Heats (evening, 5th Aug), Finals (evening, 7th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Heats (evening, 6th Aug), Finals (evening, 7th Aug)<\/p>\n Mixed: Heats (evening, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 31st Jul)<\/p>\n Women: Morning, 7th Aug<\/p>\n Men: Morning, 8th Aug<\/p>\n Women: Evening, 6th Aug<\/p>\n Men: Evening, 5th Aug<\/p>\n Men: Morning, 6th Aug<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (morning, 1st Aug), Finals (morning, 3rd Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (evening, 31st July), Finals (morning, 2nd Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (evening, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 1st Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (morning, 3rd Aug), Finals (morning, 5th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (morning, 5th Aug), Finals (evening, 7th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (morning, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 1st Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (evening, 2nd Aug), Finals (evening, 5th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (morning, 31st Jul), Finals (evening, 3rd Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (evening, 30th Jul), Finals (morning, 1st Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (evening, 3rd Aug), Finals (morning, 5th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (morning, 31st Jul), Finals (evening, 2nd Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (morning, 30th Jul), Finals (evening, 31st Jul)<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (morning, 3rd Aug), Finals (evening, 6th Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (morning, 4th Aug), Finals (evening, 7th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: Qualifying (morning, 1st Aug), Finals (evening, 3rd Aug)<\/p>\n Men: Qualifying (morning, 2nd Aug), Finals (evening, 4th Aug)<\/p>\n Women: 4th-5th Aug<\/p>\n Men: 4th-5th Aug<\/p>\n Team GB boast a wide and varied range of athletes competing in the track and field events at Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n Expect the British female sprinters to enjoy their trip to Tokyo with Dina Asher-Smith leading the way in the individual events and a deep stable of talent to pick from in the 4x100m relay.<\/p>\n Laura Muir and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are the next hottest prospects to add golds to the haul of Team GB medals 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve listed a few names to look out for:<\/p>\n Dina Asher-Smith: women\u2019s 100m, 200m and 4x100m<\/p>\n Katarina Johnson-Thompson: women\u2019s heptathlon<\/p>\n Tom Bosworth: Athletics: men\u2019s 20km race walk<\/p>\n Holly Bradshaw: women\u2019s pole vault<\/p>\n Adam Gemili: men\u2019s 200m and 4x100m<\/p>\n Zharnel Hughes: men\u2019s 100m and 4x100m<\/p>\n Richard Kilty: men\u2019s 4x100m<\/p>\n Imani-Lara Lansiquot: women\u2019s 4x100m<\/p>\n Andrew Pozzi: men\u2019s 110m hurdles<\/p>\n Laura Muir: women\u2019s 1,500m<\/p>\n Daryll Neita: women\u2019s 100m and 4x100m<\/p>\n Lawrence Okoye: men\u2019s discus<\/p>\n Asha Philip: women\u2019s 100m and 4x100m<\/p>\n Jemma Reekie: women\u2019s 800m<\/p>\n Chijindu Ujah: men\u2019s 100m and 4x100m<\/p>\n Jake Wightman: men\u2019s 1,500m<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Sport<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Your complete guide to athletics at the Olympics including full schedule of when the events start, dates, times, details about each competition and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2198,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/olympics-athletics-schedule-tokyo-2020-athletics-start-date-times-events.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/olympics-athletics-schedule-tokyo-2020-athletics-start-date-times-events-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/olympics-athletics-schedule-tokyo-2020-athletics-start-date-times-events-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/olympics-athletics-schedule-tokyo-2020-athletics-start-date-times-events.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/olympics-athletics-schedule-tokyo-2020-athletics-start-date-times-events.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/olympics-athletics-schedule-tokyo-2020-athletics-start-date-times-events.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/olympics-athletics-schedule-tokyo-2020-athletics-start-date-times-events.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Your complete guide to athletics at the Olympics including full schedule of when the events start, dates, times, details about each competition and more.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/2197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When do the athletics start in the Olympics?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What events are in Olympics athletics?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
100m<\/strong><\/h3>\n
200m<\/strong><\/h3>\n
400m<\/strong><\/h3>\n
800m<\/strong><\/h3>\n
1500m<\/strong><\/h3>\n
5000m<\/strong><\/h3>\n
10,000m<\/strong><\/h3>\n
110m hurdles<\/strong><\/h3>\n
400m hurdles<\/strong><\/h3>\n
3000m steeplechase<\/strong><\/h3>\n
4x100m relay<\/strong><\/h3>\n
4x400m relay<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Marathon<\/strong><\/h3>\n
20km walk<\/strong><\/h3>\n
50km walk<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Long jump<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Triple jump<\/strong><\/h3>\n
High jump<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Pole vault<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Shot put<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Discus throw<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Javelin throw<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Hammer throw<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Heptathlon<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Decathlon<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Team GB athletics team\/athletes competing<\/b><\/h2>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"