Schedule Highlights Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Day 1– The world’s most spectacular Olympic Games Opening Ceremony – which saw nearly 7,000 athletes parade on more than 80 boats down the River Seine to the cheers of hundreds of thousands of spectators – officially signaling competition at Paris 2024 has begun.
Day 1 of competition will provide a feast of entertainment featuring more than 20 sports including some of the biggest names in Australian sport. Ariarne Titmus will lead Australia’s charge in the pool when she sets her sights on gold in the 400m Freestyle, the Boomers take on Spain in their opening game, and Australian Opening Ceremony flag bearer Jess Fox takes on Canoe Slalom K1.
Screening on Channel 9 and 9Gem, and streaming every moment on 9Now LIVE as well as available for replays
DAY 1 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS CHANNEL 9, 9GEM AND 9NOW
TIME (AEST) EVENT
SATURDAY JULY 27
1.00PM – 5.30PM OPENING CEREMONY REPLAY
5.00PM ROWING HEATS – SINGLE, DOUBLE, QUAD SCULL
Featuring Australians Tara Rigney, Amanda Bateman/Harriet Hudson, Caitlin Cronin/Laura Gourley/Rowena Meredith/Ria Thompson
5.30PM EQUESTRIAN – TEAM & INDIVIDUAL
Featuring Australians Shane Rose, Kevin McNab, Chris Burton
6.00PM JUDO
Featuring Australian Josh Katz
7.00PM SWIMMING HEATS
Featuring Australians Emma McKeon & Alexandra Perkins (100m Butterfly), Ariarne Titmus & Jamie Perkins (400m Freestyle), Sam Williamson & Josh Yong (100m Breaststroke), Elijah Winnington & Sam Short (400m Freestyle), as well as the Women’s 4x100m relay & Men’s 4x100m relay (Team Australia)
7.00PM DIVING – WOMEN’S 3M SYNCHRO FINAL
Featuring Australians Maddison Keeney/Annabelle Smith
7.00PM BASKETBALL – BOOMERS v SPAIN
7.00PM GYMNASTICS – MEN’S QUALIFICATION
Featuring Australian Jesse Moore
8.00PM TENNIS – MEN’S & WOMEN’S FIRST ROUND
Featuring Australians Matthew Ebden v Novak Djokovic / Rinky Hijikata v Daniil Medvedev / Daria Saville v Qinwen Zheng
8.00PM SKATEBOARDING – MEN’S STREET PRELIMS
Featuring Australian Shane O’Neill
9.15PM MEN’S HOCKEY – AUSTRALIA v ARGENTINA
10.30PM RUGBY SEVENS – SEMI-FINALS, BRONZE MEDAL & GOLD MEDAL
Men’s Semi-Final: Australian v Fiji
10.30PM ROAD CYCLING – WOMEN’S AND MEN’S TIME TRIAL
Featuring Australians Grace Brown & Lucas Plapp
11.00PM MEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL – AUSTRALIA v SWEDEN
11.00PM CANOE SLALOM – MEN’S C1 HEATS & WOMEN’S K1 PRELIMS
Featuring Australians Jess Fox & Tristan Carter
11.30PM BOXING – WOMENS & MENS
Featuring Australians Harry Garside, Callum Peters, Tyla McDonald, Tiana Echegaray
SUNDAY JULY 28
12.00AM JUDO – MEN’S 60KG FINAL
1.00AM SKATEBOARDING – MEN’S STREET FINAL
2.00AM WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL – AUSTRALIA v CHINA
3.00AM SURFING DAY 1 – MEN’S & WOMEN’S R1 HEATS
Featuring Australians Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson, Tyler Wright & Molly Picklum
4.00AM WOMEN’S WATER POLO – AUSTRALIA v CHINA
4.30AM – 6.30AM SWIMMING FINALS
5.00AM MEN’S SOCCER – FRANCE v GUINEA
*Schedules subject to change
LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 9, 9GEM AND 9NOW – EVERY OLYMPIC EVENT STREAMED LIVE AND FREEWITH REPLAYS AND EVERY BIG AUSTRALIAN MOMENT ON 9NOW
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Schedule Highlights Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Day 1
About Nine’s Olympic Games Paris 2024 coverage
As we officially enter the Olympic month of July, Australia’s Home of the Olympics, the 9Network, today reveals its full schedule, as well as its hosting and superstar commentator and expert line-up for Paris 2024.
Nine’s coverage begins the week leading into the Opening Ceremony on Monday, July 21, with Today, A Current Affair and 9News broadcasting from Paris – and an Olympic special presentation Let The Games Begin, screening on Wednesday, July 24 on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Following the special, competition kicks off with the Men’s Rugby Sevens and the Men’s Football, both screening from 11.00pm AEST. The following night the Matildas start their Olympic medal campaign. The 9Network’s 24 hour coverage of the Olympic Games starts early on Saturday, July 27 with the Opening Ceremony beginning at 3am AEST and won’t stop until the Closing Ceremony on Monday, August 12.
The two week broadcast will come live from Nine’s state-of-the-art Trocadero studio opposite the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
With 9Now streaming every moment of every event free and in full HD across more than 40 dedicated channels, viewers will experience 24/7 Olympics coverage across Channel 9HD and 9GemHD by Australia’s most accomplished television hosting team:
Channel 9
6.30am-11.00am AEST: Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic, as Australia wakes up
11.00am-12.00pm AEST: 9News bulletin
12.00pm-3.00pm AEST: Todd Woodbridge capturing the magic moments of the day
3.00pm-7.00pm AEST: Leila McKinnon and Dylan Alcott as live sport begins
6.00pm-7.00pm AEST: 9News state bulletins
7.00pm-1.00am AEST: Ally Langdon and James Bracey with all the prime-time action
1.00am-6.30am AEST: Eddie McGuire from Paris including competition Finals
9Gem
5.00pm-10.00pm AEST: Sylvia Jeffreys
10.00pm-3.00am AEST: Nick McArdle
3.00am-8.00am AEST: Sam McClure
8.00am-5.00pm AEST: Hosted long-form replays
A superstar expert and commentary team will reveal what it takes to perform on the world’s biggest sporting stage. The lineup includes Cate Campbell, Ian Thorpe, Giaan Rooney, Ellie Cole, Mat Thompson and Roz Kelly taking viewers poolside to be alongside every stroke of what is considered one of Australia’s strongest ever swim teams.
Track and Field events will be led by Gerard Whateley – who will be the 9Network’s voice of athletics – alongside Tamsyn Lewis-Manou, Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Steve Hooker, Dave Culbert, Olympic four-time gold medalist sprinter Michael Johnson and Tony Jones.
As Team Australia competes through the two week event, viewers will feel they have a front row seat to every moment guided by renowned experts and commentators Cadel Evans, Andrew Gaze, Phil Liggett, Kerri Pottharst, James Tomkins, Sam Fricker, Scott McGrory, Kate Bates, Caroline Buchanan, Mitch Tomlinson, Ryan Williams, Nick Boserio, Georgie Parker, Richard Fox, Andy Raymond, Todd Woodbridge, Drew Mitchell, Sera Naiqama, Grace Gill, Emma Snowsill, Will McCloy, Brenton Speed, Peter Psaltis, Adam Papalia, Russell Mark, Sean Maloney, Annabelle Williams, Matt Hill, Will Davies, Mark Taylor, Sophie Smith, Shane McInnes, and Jenna O’Hea. Biographies and the sports they are commentating/giving expert analysis of can be found in the press kit attached.
Olympic medalist swimmer Cate Campbell – who made national headlines during last month’s Australian Swimming Trials – joins the 9Network as a swimming expert. She will also be a swimming expert for the 9Network’s Paralympics coverage.
“While I might have missed out on being part of the Australia Olympic team and competing in Paris, I am so excited to still be heading over the Games as part of the Channel 9 broadcast team,”
– said Cate.
“This will be the first Olympic Games I have watched since Athens 2004 and I can’t wait to cheer on our swimmers as they hit the pool. I hope Australia falls in love with our swimmers and I look forward to shining a spotlight on the incredible talent we have on the Olympic team.”
Highly regarded sports broadcaster Gerard Whateley will be the 9Network’s voice of athletics, taking on the high profile role during a time of renaissance for our track and field team.
“I’m most looking forward to Track and Field in the iconic Stade De France, which will be the venue for Paris’ biggest sporting and entertainment events,”
– said Gerard.
“After the main stadium in Tokyo was largely empty, the athletes will this time compete in front of 80,000-strong crowds. And while athletics has a galaxy of stars, the face of the sport will be determined by the races at these Olympic Games.”
The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will unite Australians like never before across an unrivalled platform of television, streaming, Stan Sport, digital publishing and audio, ensuring that viewers, listeners and readers feel like they are in the ultimate front-row seat to every sport and every venue.
