What to Know
- The Olympics will return to Los Angeles for an historic third time in 2028.
- The LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is July 14, 2028, with competition through July 30, 2028.
- The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off Aug. 15, 2028, and close Aug. 27, 2028.
- The 2028 Olympics will feature 51 sports across 49 competition venues in 18 zones throughout the Los Angeles region and Oklahoma City.
A more detailed event schedule for the 2028 Olympics was released Wednesday morning, including when every medal will be awarded and a major change for two of the competition’s marquee events.
The updated schedule features dates, start and end times for all 51 Olympics sports at the competition’s 49 venues. It follows a first look at the day-by-day event list for 2028 that was released in July, exactly three years out of the start of the Los Angeles Olympics.
Field hockey, basketball, rugby sevens, water polo, handball and cricket will be the first sports to kick off at the with competition beginning on July 12, 2028, two days before the Opening Ceremony.
Canoe slalom will be the only sport to take place on July 14 — aka, Day 0 — which is otherwise reserved for the Opening Ceremony. Instead of taking place in LA, canoe slalom, as well as softball, will be held in Oklahoma City.
July 15 (Day 1) is when the action gets underway in full, and it will feature a twist. Athletics and swimming will swap their typical places in the Olympic schedule, with track and field taking over the first week of competition and swimming moving to the second week. The marathons will still be held in the final weekend of the Olympics.
The first medal of the 2028 LA Olympics will be handed out in triathlon on July 15 along the coastline of Venice Beach. Day 1 will feature the most women’s finals ever in a single day — triathlon, 100m and shot put, -49kg in judo, epee Individual in fencing, kayak single in canoe slalom, rugby sevens and women’s 10m air rifle.
Swimming will bring the Olympics to a close with the final events being held on July 30 (Day 16) at SoFi Stadium, which will be branded as 2028 Stadium during the Games.
July 29 (Day 15) — aka Super Saturday — will be the busiest day on the Olympic podium with 26 finals across 23 sports. That includes 15 gold and bronze medal team sport matches and finals for 15 individual sports. Olympics champions will be crowned in artistic swimming, marathon, basketball, beach volleyball, BMX freestyle, boxing, canoe sprint, cricket, cycling track, equestrian, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, rhythmic gymnastics, softball, sport climbing, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, wrestling and weightlifting.
“With Olympic ticket registration opening in January of 2026, now is the time to start planning what events you want to attend, which sports are coming to your neighborhood and the moments of history you don’t want to miss,” said LA28 Chief Executive Officer Reynold Hoover. “Athletes and fans from around the world now have what they need to plan an unforgettable Olympic experience.”
When are the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?
The Olympics will return to Los Angeles for an historic third time in 2028.
The LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is July 14, 2028 with competition through July 30, 2028. The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off Aug. 15, 2028 and close Aug. 27, 2028.
The organizing committee has released a first look at the competition schedule. Field hockey, basketball, rugby sevens, water polo, handball and cricket will be the first sports to kick off the competition on July 12, two days before the Opening Ceremony.
The first full date of competition, designated Day 1, is July 15. The order of events includes a twist for 2028 with track and field and swimming swapping their typical schedules. Track and field will compete at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the first week of the Olympics schedule with swimming moving to the second week at SoFi Stadium.
The marathons will still be on the final weekend.
The first medal will be awarded in triathlon on Day 1 in Venice Beach. July 29, or Day 15, will be the busiest day on the podium with 16 gold and bronze events in team sports and 19 individual medal events.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will host the Opening Ceremony in a duel-venue celebration. The Paralympic Opening Ceremony will be at SoFi Stadium with the Closing Ceremony at the Coliseum.
New for the 2028 Olympics
The program approved for 2028 has 22 more medal events than Paris 2024 at 351.
Mixed team events added for 2028 include artistic gymnastics, athletics (4×100 mixed gender relay), golf, archery (compound bow), coastal rowing beach sprint and table tennis. The competition format for the new artistic gymnastic mixed team event will be finalized and announced at a later date.
The medal competition includes expansions to the field of women’s soccer and water polo event, a new women’s boxing weight class, an expanded 3×3 basketball field, and more medal events in swimming and sport climbing.
Flag football will make its Olympic debut in 2028 and lacrosse will return to the lineup of medal sports for the first time in more than a century. Baseball and softball will make their Olympic comeback, and cricket also will be part of the lineup.
See the full list of medal events here.
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