You’ve familiarized yourself with the ticketing process and possibly even signed up to volunteer, but now it’s time to start planning your PTO—or considering when to avoid the maybe-not-actually-that-bad traffic—because the competition schedule for the 2028 Olympics is here.
On Wednesday, LA28 revealed the day-by-day, hour-by-hour schedule for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, which will run from July 14 to 30, 2028. Maybe the most important times to jot down? Some already-known events: The opening ceremony will kick off at SoFi Stadium and the L.A. Memorial Coliseum at 5pm on Friday, July 14. And the closing ceremony will commence at 6pm on Sunday, July 30.
From there, the very first gold medal to be awarded will be in the women’s triathlon, taking place in Venice Beach on day one (July 15). On the complete opposite end of the Games, the final medals will be awarded in swimming.
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Traditionally swimming competitions are staged during the first half of the Games, but since SoFi—which will need to construct a pool on the field—will host part of the opening ceremony, swimming has been pushed to the second week of the Olympics. That means that instead on day one, track and field will kick off at the Coliseum—and even award a gold medal that very day in the women’s 100m sprint (the three rounds of the race typically span multiple days, but LA28 will condense it into just one). The men’s event will follow on day two. However, per tradition, the marathon will still take place during the final weekend of competition.
For you early birds, you can head to the OC–San Diego county line and watch surfing at Trestles State Beach at 7am; most other morning sessions start around 9 or 10am. Meanwhile, night owls can watch beach volleyball in Long Beach, table tennis at the L.A. Convention Center, 3x3 basketball in the Sepulveda Basin or tennis in Carson as late as 11pm.
Elsewhere in the schedule, LA28 notes that day 15 (Saturday, July 29, the penultimate day of the Games) will feature 26 finals sessions across 23 sports, with 15 gold and bronze medal team sport matches as well as finals for 15 individual sports. Baseball, softball, cricket and lacrosse will return to the Olympics, and flag football and squash will make their debuts. And for the first time ever, every team sport will feature an equal or greater number of women’s teams compared to men’s teams.
There’s so much more to unpack in the schedule—from baseball at Dodger Stadium to soccer finals at the Rose Bowl—which you can scan below, or dive through hour-by-hour on the LA28 site. As far as tickets, look out for registration to open in January 2026.
