Track and Field at Paris 2024 Olympics: Preview, full schedule and how to watch live
The world’s best track and field athletes will compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 from 1 to 11 August.
There will be 48 events, consisting of 23 each for men and women as well as two mixed events (the 4x400m mixed relay and the 35km mixed team race walk), mainly at the iconic Stade de France in Paris, France.
Three venues will be used for the road events – Hotel de Ville and Les Invalides for the start and finish of the marathon races and Pont d’lena for race walks.
The track and field competition at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 produced medallists from 43 nations.
Below, we take a closer look at the stars to watch out for in Paris, a full schedule, and how to watch the action.
Track and Field stars to watch at Paris 2024 Olympics
As always, the men's and women’s 100m sprints will be among the most highly anticipated events at Paris 2024.
The American duo of Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson are much-fancied to win their first Olympic titles in the men's and women's 100 respectively.
Lyles will be up against Italy's reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs in the 100m and a flurry of stars including teammate Erriyon Knighton, and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo in 200 as he goes for the sprint double.
Richardson heads to her first Olympics as the favourite in the absence of two-time defending champion Elaine Thompson, but she is still having to contend with other Jamaican stars in Shericka Jackson - aiming for her first individual gold at the Games - and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is looking to sign off on a high at her fifth and final Olympics.
Reigning Olympic champion Armand Mondo Duplantis is in with a great chance of setting a new world record in men’s pole vault, as is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the women’s 400m hurdles.
Meanwhile, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon is targeting an unprecedented treble in the 1500m, and Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who secured a World Record in July 2024, could improve that mark again.
Sifan Hassan is likely to repeat her long-distance treble at the Olympics in the 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m, while Olympic gold medallists Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele are set for a showdown for the ages in the men’s marathon.
Full track and field schedule at Olympic Games 2024
Track and field will take place from 1 to 11 August during Paris 2024. Click here for a detailed schedule.
The first medals in athletics are due to be awarded in the men's 20km race walk, on the morning of Thursday 1 August.
A full schedule of competition timings, including start times in your region, plus results for each discipline as they happen, can be found on the Paris 2024 website (click here).
How to watch Paris 2024 track and fieldevents live
All the action from the Paris 2024 Olympics, including track and field, will be broadcast via the official media rights holders (MRHs) of the Olympic Games.
MRH’s in many regions will offer digital livestreaming and online highlights of key events, including on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Olympics app.
This includes CBC in Canada, CCTV in People's Republic of China, Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan, SKY NZ in New Zealand, SuperSport in South Africa, NBC in the United States, and Discovery Eurosport across Europe, alongside France Télévisions in France, ARD/ZDF in Germany, and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom, among others.
A full list of regional broadcasters and rights holders can be found on Olympics.com and the official Olympics app.