New England athletes go for gold
How to watch the Paris Olympics
If you want to watch every event from the Olympics in real time, there is only one option: Peaco*ck, NBC’s streaming service. But if you don’t already subscribe to Peaco*ck, there are still plenty of ways to watch the Olympics from home. Emma Healy has the details on which cable channels will carry events, which streaming services offer those channels, and key dates for events.
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Paris to Boston: Time zone changes
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Paris is six hours ahead of the Eastern time zone. Here’s a chart to help you convert the times, but note that most key events will be held during the day in Boston.
6 a.m. in Boston → Noon in Paris
9 a.m. in Boston → 3 p.m. in Paris
Noon in Boston → 6 p.m. in Paris
3 p.m. in Boston → 9 p.m. in Paris
6 p.m. in Boston → Midnight in Paris
9 p.m. in Boston → 3 a.m. in Paris
Midnight in Boston → 6 a.m. in Paris
3 a.m. in Boston → 9 a.m. in Paris
Paris Olympics 2024: Daily schedule and results
All times Eastern.
Saturday, July 27
This is when the fun begins. Things really pick up with the official Day 1 of the 2024 Olympics.
Medal alert! 🏅 The American duo of Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook took silver in diving in the synchronized 3m springboard.
Gymnastics: First up is the men’s qualification. The competitions, which consists of all-around, floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar, began at 5 a.m (E!). Team USA looks to start strong in the team competition after missing the podium in Tokyo, and is in position to advance. Meet the US men’s gymnastics team here.
Swimming: Katie Ledecky, winner of seven Olympic gold medals, could add to her hardware collection in the women’s 400m freestyle. Other medals are up for grabs in the men’s 400m freestyle and the men’s and women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Coverage of the finals will air on NBC beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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Field hockey: The US women, back in the Games for the first since 1984, play Argentina at 1:30 p.m. on CNBC.
Basketball: Men’s action tips off. Australia beat Spain, 92-80, in the first game. Greece faces Canada to round out Group A at 3:15 on CNBC. Germany and Japan open Group B action at 7 a.m., followed by France and Brazil on CNBC at 11:15 a.m.
Water polo: The US women search for their fourth consecutive gold medal, beginning their quest opposite Greece at 9:30 a.m. on USA.
Medal watch: Hardware will be doled out in judo (women’s 48kg, men’s 60kg), cycling (men’s and women’s individual time trials), shooting (mixed team air rifle final), and fencing (women’s epee, men’s sabre).
Skateboarding (men’s street finals) was postponed due to rain. It will be rescheduled to Monday.
The rugby sevens gold and bronze matches will be contested, with the bronze match at 1 p.m., followed by the gold medal match at 1:45 p.m. on NBC. The US men are playing in placing matches.
Sports beginning today: Beach volleyball starts with preliminary matches, as does indoor volleyball. Out in Tahiti, surfing gets underway with Round 1. Tennis begins at Roland Garros. Badminton and table tennis begin, as does rowing and canoeing out in Vaires-sur-Marne. The first bell sounds for boxing and athletes competing in judo hit the mats. Equestrian, which was first introduced at the 1900 Paris summer Olympics, also starts.
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Handball and soccer roll on. The US men’s soccer team plays New Zealand at 1 p.m.; you can watch on USA Network.
Sunday, July 28
Another full day of action rounds out the weekend.
Gymnastics: Simone Biles and the USA women aim to repeat their team title as qualification begins.
Swimming: Three more events (men’s 400m IM, women’s 100m butterfly, men’s 100m breaststroke) will have all champions crowned.
Basketball: The US men tip off in their opening game against Nikola Jokic and Serbia at 11:15 a.m. on NBC. Team USA downed Serbia, 105-79, in a showcase game on July 17. In other action, South Sudan and Puerto Rico lock horns on the men’s side and China and Germany face off in women’s action.
Water polo: The US men open their tournament with a match against Italy at 9 a.m. on USA.
Soccer: New coach Emma Hayes leads the US women’s team into group play with a 3 p.m. opening match against Germany on USA.
Beach Volleyball: US women’s world champions Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng take on Czechia at 4 p.m. on NBC. US women have won gold at four of the last five Games.
Medal Watch: Champions will stand atop the podium in archery (women’s team finals), shooting (men’s team final and women’s air pistol final), cycling (women’s mountain bike), judo (women’s 52kg), skateboarding (women’s street final), canoeing (women’s kayak slalom), and fencing (women’s foil and men’s epee).
Sports beginning today: Archery begins, as does sailing, which will take place in Marseille. Men’s field hockey and women’s basketball action kicks off.
Olympics 2024: Results
Friday, July 26
No events are held on the day of the opening ceremony.
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Thursday, July 25
Soccer: The Americans beat Zambia, 3-0, on a goal from Trinity Rodman, plus two from Mallory Swanson. Swanson’s two tallies came 66 seconds apart, making them the fastest two goals by a single player in a major tournament in U.S. Women’s National Team history. Read more here.
Rugby sevens: The US men continued pool play with a 33-17 win over Uruguay, then fell to Australia, 18-0 in the quarterfinal match. They’ll play Ireland for placement on Saturday but can’t finish higher than fifth in the overall standings.
Archery: The ranking rounds began at 3:30 a.m., and American Casey Kaufhold finished 4th in the women’s individual competition. The second-highest American finisher was Catalina Gnoriega, who secured 38th place, and the Americans finished 8th out of 12 in the team competition. On the men’s side, American Brady Ellison finished 7th. The US mixed team finished 3rd out of 27 in the ranking round.
Handball: Group-stage games began today. The US does not have a men’s or women’s team in handball.
Wednesday, July 24
The Olympics may not officially start until Friday with the Opening Ceremony, but the festivities officially get underway Wednesday.
Soccer: The US men’s soccer team is back in the Olympics for the first time since 2008, and it got off to a rocky start. France won the opener, 3-0, in Marseille. Read more here.
Argentina and Morocco got things started with a chaotic and violent opening match. After a two-hour delay and a late Argentine goal was called back, Morocco won. Read more here.
Rugby sevens: The US men began group-stage play by tying France, the No. 4-ranked team in the world, 12-12. The Americans then lost to Fiji, 38-12.
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