Mini Guide To The Olympics

We’re in the final countdown to the Olympics and with 26 Olympic sports over a 17 day period you might be a little confused as to what’s on and when. So we thought we’d give you a mini-guide to the must see events at the 2012 Olympic Games…

Wednesday 25th July

From 4pm – Women’s Football starts

Thursday 26th July

From 12pm – Men’s Football starts

Usain BoltFriday 27th July

9pm – Olympic Torch reaches the stadium for the Opening Ceremony

Saturday 28th July

From 10am – Men’s Cycling Road Race featuring Mark Cavendish

Sunday 29th July

From 12pm – Women’s Cycling Road Race
8.15pm – Women’s 400m Freestyle Swim featuring Rebecca Adlington

Monday 30th July

3pm – Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform featuring Tom Daley

Tuesday 31st July

10.30am and 2.30pm Team and Individual Show-Jumping
4.30pm – Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

Wednesday 1st August

From 9.50am – Men’s and Women’s Rowing finals
12.30pm and 2.15pm – Women’s and Men’s Cycling Time Trials

Thursday 2nd August

From 4.15pm – First day of events in the Velodrome, Men’s and Women’s Sprints

Friday 3rd August

From 10.05am – Heptathlon starts featuring Jessica Ennis
7.45pm – 800m Freestyle Swim featuring Rebecca Adlington

Saturday 4th August

From 10.05am – Heptathlon final featuring Jessica Ennis
9.15pm – 10,000m final featuring Mo Farah

Sunday 5th August

11am – Women’s Marathon
9.50pm – 100m Sprint featuring Usain Bolt

Monday 6th August

5.40pm – Track Cycling Men’s Sprint featuring Sir Chris Hoy
8.45pm – 400m Hurdles featuring Dai Green

Tuesday 7th August

11.30am – Men’s Triathlon featuring the Browniee brothers
5.25pm – Women’s Sprint featuring Victoria Pendleton
7pm – High Jump featuring Robbie Grabarz

Wednesday 8th August

9.15pm – 110m Hurdles featuring Andy Turner

Thursday 9th August

12pm – Women’s 10km Swim
From 1pm – Women’s Football Final
7.20pm – Men’s Triple Jump featuring Phillips Idowu
8.55pm – 200m Men’s Sprint featuring Usain Bolt

Friday 10th August

4.30pm and 4.40pm – Women’s and Men’s BMX featuring Shanaze Reade

Saturday 11th August

3pm – Men’s Football Final
7.30pm – 5,000m final featuring Mo Farah
From 8.25pm – Sprint Relays
8.30pm – Men’s 10m Platform Dive featuring Tom Daley

Sunday 12th August

11am – Men’s Marathon


Hopefully this guide to the main must-see events for the 2012 Olympics has made it a little simpler to keep track of what to watch. Got tickets for one of these events? Tell us about your experience after! We’d love to hear all of your Olympic stories!