Your Guide To The 2024 Olympics: Running Edition

The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris on Friday night, with a visually and musically stunning ceremony. And now the next few weeks will be full of all the summer competitive events. To be honest, I’m mostly in it for the women’s gymnastics, but the running will be great, too.

About The Events

In the 2024 summer Olympics, men and women will compete in 13 different events. You will have the chance to see the athletes show their skill and speed in a variety of races. Sprints include 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter distances, with 4x100m and 4x400m relays. In hurdles, you will see 100/110 meter and 400 meter races. From there, we will move to the 800 meter and 1500 meter “middle distance” races, followed by the “long distance” steeplechase, 5000 meter and 10,000 meter events. And last, but certainly not least, is the marathon. There will be lots of action!

Schedule Of Events

Want to catch the action? Here’s the schedule! Times are ET, which make for some early mornings! Please note, I’ve only included track and road events… there is an entirely different schedule for all the field events. All the events will stream on Peacock.

Thursday, August 1

• 1:30 PM – FINAL – Men’s Race Walk 20,000m
• 2:30 PM – FINAL – Women’s Race Walk 20,000m

Friday, August 2

• 4:35 AM – Preliminary Round – Women’s 100m
• 5:05 AM – Round 1 – Men’s 1500m
• 5:50 AM – Round 1 – Women’s 100m
• 12:10 PM – Round 1 – Women’s 5000m
• 1:15 PM – Round 1 – Mixed 4x400m Relay
• 1:45 PM – Round 1 – Women’s 800m
• 3:20 PM – FINAL – Men’s 10,000m

Saturday, August 3

• 4:35 AM – Preliminary Round – Men’s 100m
• 5:10 AM – Repechage – Women’s 800m
• 5:45 AM – Round 1 – Men’s 100m
• 1:10 PM – Repechage – Men’s 1500m
• 1:50 PM – SemiFinals – Women’s 100m
• 2:55 PM – FINAL – Mixed 4x400m Relay
• 3:20 PM – FINAL – Women’s 100m

Sunday, August 4

• 4:05 AM – Round 1 – Women’s Steeplechase 3000m
• 4:55 AM – Round 1 – Women’s 200m
• 5:50 AM – Round 1 – Men’s Hurdles 110m
• 6:35 AM – Round 1 – Women’s Hurdles 100m
• 1:05 PM – Round 1 – Men’s 400m
• 2:00 PM – Semi-Final – Men’s 100m
• 2:35 PM – Semi-Final – Women’s 800m
• 3:10 PM – Semi-Final – Men’s 1500m
• 3:50 PM – FINAL – Men’s 100m

Monday, August 5

• 4:05 AM – Round 1 – Men’s Hurdles 400 m
• 4:50 AM – Repechage – Women’s Hurdles 400m
• 5:20 AM – Repechage – Men’s 400m
• 5:55 AM – Round 1 – Women’s 400m
• 6:50 AM – Repechage – Women’s 200
• 1:04 PM – Round 1 – Men’s Steeplechase 3000m
• 1:55 PM – Round 1 – Men’s 200m
• 2:45 PM – Semi-Final – Women’s 200m
• 3:10 PM – FINAL – Women’s 5000m
• 3:45 PM – FINAL – Women’s 800m

Tuesday, August 6

• 4:05 AM – Round 1 – Women’s 1500m
• 4:50 AM – Repechage – Men’s Hurdles 110m
• 5:20 AM – Repechage – Women’s 400m
• 6:00 AM – Repechage – Men’s Hurdles 400m
• 6:30 AM – Repechage – Men’s 200m
• 1:35 PM – Semi-Final – Men’s 400m
• 2:07 PM – Semi-Final – Women’s Hurdles 400m
• 2:50 PM – FINAL – Men’s 1500m
• 3:10 PM – FINAL – Women’s Steeplechase 3000m
• 3:40 PM – FINAL – Women’s 200m

Wednesday, August 7

• 1:30 AM – Marathon Race Walk Relay Mixed
• 4:15 AM – Round 1 – Women’s Hurdles 100m
• 5:10 AM – Round 1 – Men’s 5000m
• 5:55 AM – Round 1 – Men’s 800m
• 6:45 AM – Repechage – Women’s 1500m
• 1:05 PM – Semi-Final – Men’s Hurdles 110m
• 1:35 PM – Semi-Final – Men’s Hurdles 400m
• 2:02 PM – Semi-Final – Men’s 200m
• 2:45 PM – Semi-Final – Women’s 400m
• 3:20 PM – FINAL – Men’s 400m
• 3:40 PM – FINAL – Men’s Steeplechase 3000m (Medal)

Thursday, August 8

• 2:30 PM – Men’s 200m
• 3:25 PM – FINAL – Women’s Hurdles 400m
• 3:45 PM – FINAL – Men’s Hurdles 110m

Friday, August 9

• 1:30 PM – FINAL – Women’s 4x100m Relay
• 1:45 PM – FINAL – Men’s 4x100m Relay
• 2:00 PM – FINAL – Women’s 400m
• 2:55 PM – FINAL – Women’s 10,000m
• 3:45 PM – FINAL – Men’s Hurdles 400m

Saturday, August 10

• 2:00 AM – Men’s Marathon
• 1:25 PM – FINAL – Men’s 800m
• 1:45 PM – FINAL – Women’s Hurdles 100m
• 2:00 PM – FINAL – Men’s 5000m
• 2:25 PM – FINAL – Women’s 1500m
• 3:12 PM – FINAL – Men’s 4x400m Relay
• 3:22 PM – FINAL – Women’s 4x400m Relay

Sunday, August 11

• 2:00 AM – Women’s Marathon

Team USA Runners To Watch

Noah Lyles, from Clermont, Florida, is back for his second Olympics. He took home a bronze medal in 2020, and at 26, he’s back to make a splash in Paris. You’ll see him in the 4z100m relay, and maybe the 4x400m relay.

Emily Sisson is also back at the Olympics. She’ll test herself in the Women’s Marathon. Sisson is a great distance runner and she’s fun to watch. We’ve seen her locally at the Gate River Run, where she won in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Sha’Carri Richardson is in Paris for her first Olympics and we hope for great things from her. As one of the fastest women in the world, it’s time for her to shine and we are cheering her on for her sprints.

Are you watching the Olympics? Who are you rooting for?

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