Tokyo 2020: Athletics full schedule, Great Britain athletes and Olympic Games favourites
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Your support makes all the difference.The Tokyo 2020 Olympics athletics is well underway.
It has been a challenging meet for Great Britain with injury putting paid to two of the top medal hopes.
Dina Asher-Smith was among the favourites in the 100m and 200m but an injury saw her bow out before Katarina Johnson-Thompson suffered a similar fate in the heptathlon.
In all there are 48 medal events in athletics, including a mixed relay event for the first time at an Olympics - two men and two women will compete for each nation in a 4x400m mixed relay.
Here’s the full athletics schedule for Tokyo 2020 broken down by event:
MEN’S
TRACK
100m
Preliminary heats from 3.35am BST on Saturday 31 July
Heats from 11.45am BST on Saturday 31 July
Semi-finals from 11.15am on Sunday 1 August
Final at 1.50pm BST on Sunday 1 August
Favourite: Trayvon Bromell (USA)
Team GB: CJ Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Reece Prescod
200m
Heats from 3.05am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Semi-finals from 12.50pm BST on Tuesday 3 August
Final at 1.55pm BST on Wednesday 4 August
Favourite: Noah Lyles (USA)
Team GB: Adam Gemili
400m
Heats from 2.45am BST on Sunday 1 August
Semi-finals from 12.05pm BST on Monday 2 August
Final at 1pm BST on Thursday 5 August
Favourite: Michael Norman (USA)
Team GB:
800m
Heats from 1.50am BST on Saturday 31 July
Semi-finals from 12.25pm BST on Sunday 1 August
Final at 1.05pm BST on Wednesday 4 August
Favourite: Nijel Amos (Botswana)
Team GB: Oliver Dustin, Elliot Giles, Daniel Rowden
1,500m
Heats from 1.05am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Semi-finals from 12pm BST on Thursday 5 August
Final at 12.40pm BST on Saturday 7 August
Favourite: Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya)
Team GB: Jake Heyward, Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman
5,000m
Heats from 12pm BST on Tuesday 3 August
Final at 1pm BST on Friday 6 August
Favourite: Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda)
Team GB: Andrew Butchart, Marc Scott
10,000m
Final at 12.30pm BST on Friday 30 July
Favourite: Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia)
Team GB: Sam Atkin, Marc Scott
110m hurdles
Heats from 11.10am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Semi-finals from 3am BST on Wednesday 4 August
Final at 3.55am BST on Thursday 5 August
Favourite: Grant Holloway (USA)
Team GB: Andrew Pozzi
400m hurdles
Heats from 3.25am BST on Friday 30 July
Semi-finals from 1.05pm BST on Sunday 1 August
Final at 4.20am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Favourite: Kasten Warholm (Norway)
Team GB:
3000m steeplechase
Heats from 1.30am BST on Friday 30 July
Final at 1.15pm BST on Monday 2 August
Favourite: Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco)
Team GB: Phil Norman, Zak Seddon
4x100m relay
Heats from 3.30am BST on Thursday 5 August
Final at 2.50pm BST on Friday 6 August
Favourite: USA
Team GB: (four from) Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod, CJ Ujah
4x400m relay
Heats from 12.25pm BST on Friday 6 August
Final at 1.50pm BST on Saturday 7 August
Favourite: USA
Team GB: (four from) Niclas Baker, Cameron Chalmers, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Michael Ohioze, Lee Thompson
Marathon
Race begins at 11pm BST on Saturday 7 August
Favourite: Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)
Team GB: Ben Connor, Callum Hawkins, Chris Thompson
20km walk
Race begins at 8.30am BST on Thursday 5 August
Favourite: Tashikazu Yamanishi (Japan)
Team GB: Tom Bosworth, Callum Wilkinson
50km walk
Race begins at 9.30pm BST on Thursday 5 August
Favourite: Matej Toth (Slovakia)
Team GB:
FIELD
Long Jump
Qualifying starts at 11.10am BST on Saturday 31 July
Final starts at 2.20am BST on Monday 2 August
Favourite: JuVaughan Harrison
Team GB:
Triple Jump
Qualifying starts at 1am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Final starts at 3am BST on Thursday 5 August
Favourite: Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Portugal)
Team GB: Ben Williams
High Jump
Qualifying starts at 1.15am BST on Friday 30 July
Final starts at 11.10am BST on Sunday 1 August
Favourite: Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar)
Team GB: Tom Gale
Pole Vault
Qualifying starts at 1.40am BST on Saturday 31 July
Final starts at 11.20am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Favourite: Armand Duplantis (Sweden)
Team GB: Harry Coppell
Shot Put
Qualifying starts at 11.15am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Final starts at 3.05am BST on Thursday 5 August
Favourite: Ryan Crouser (USA)
Team GB: Scott Lincoln
Discus
Qualifying starts at 1.45am BST on Friday 30 July
Final starts at 12.15pm on Saturday 31 July
Favourite: Daniel Stahl (Sweden)
Team GB: Lawrence Okoye
Javelin
Qualifying starts at 1.05am BST on Wednesday 4 August
Final starts at 12pm BST on Saturday 7 August
Favourite: Johannes Vetter (Germany)
Team GB:
Hammer
Qualifying starts at 1am BST on Monday 2 August
Final starts at 12.15pm BST on Wednesday 4 August
Favourite: Pawel Fajdek (Poland)
Team GB: Taylor Campbell, Nick Miller
Decathlon
100m (from 1am BST on 4 August), Long Jump (from 1.55am BST on 4 August), Shot Put (3.40am BST, 4/8), High Jump (10.30am BST, 4/8), 400m (1.30pm BST, 4/8), 110m hurdles (1am BST, 5/8), Discus (1.50am BST, 5/8), Pole Vault (4.45am BST, 5/8), Javelin (11.15am BST, 5/8), 1500m (1.40pm BST, 5/8)
Favourite: Damian Warner (Canada)
Team GB:
WOMEN’S
TRACK
100m:
Preliminary heats start at 1.00am BST on Friday 30 July
Heats from 4.15am BST on Friday 30 July
Semi-finals from 11.15am BST on Saturday 31 July
Final at 1.50pm BST on Saturday 31 July
Favourite: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
Team GB: Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Asha Philip
200m
Heats from 2.30am BST on Monday 2 August
Semi-finals from 11.35am BST on Monday 2 August
Final at 1.50pm BST on Tuesday 3 August
Favourite: Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain)
Team GB: Dina Asher-Smith, Beth Dobbin
400m
Heats from 1.45am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Semi-finals from 11.30am BST on Wednesday 4 August
Final at 1.35pm BST on Friday 6 August
Favourite: Stephenie Ann McPherson (Jamaica)
Team GB: Ama Pipi, Jodie Williams, Nicole Yeargin
800m
Heats from 2.25am BST on Friday 30 July
Semi-finals from 12.50pm BST on Saturday 31 July
Final at 1.25pm BST on Tuesday 3 August
Favourite: Athing Mu (USA)
Team GB: Keely Hodgkinson, Alexandra Bell, Jemma Reekie
1,500m
Heats from 1.35am BST on Monday 2 August
Semi-finals from 11am BST on Wednesday 4 August
Final at 1.50pm on Friday 6 August
Favourite: Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)
Team GB: Laura Muir, Katie Snowden
5,000m
Heats from 11am BST on Friday 30 July
Final at 1.40pm BST on Monday 2 August
Favourite: Sifan Hasan (Netherlands)
Team GB: Jess Judd, Eilish McColgan, Amy-Eloise Markovc
10,000m
Final at 11.45am BST on Saturday 7 August
Favourite: Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia)
Team GB: Jess Judd, Eilish McColgan
100m hurdles
Heats from 2.45am BST on Saturday 31 July
Semi-finals from 11.45am BST on Sunday 1 August
Final at 3.50am BST on Monday 2 August
Favourite: Jasemine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico)
Team GB: Tiffany Porter, Cindy Sember
400m hurdles
Heats from 1.00am BST on Saturday 31 July
Semi-finals from 12.35pm BST on Monday 2 August
Final at 3.30am BST on Wednesday 4 August
Favourite: Sydney McLaughlin (USA)
Team GB: Meghan Beesley, Jessie Knight, Jessica Turner
3000m steeplechase
Heats from 1.40am BST on Sunday 1 August
Final at 12pm BST on Wednesday 4 August
Favourite: Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya)
Team GB: Elizabeth Bird, Aimee Pratt
4x100m relay
Heats from 2.00am BST on Thursday 5 August
Final at 2.30pm BST on Friday 6 August
Favourite: Jamaica
Team GB: (four from) Dina Asher-Smith, Beth Dobbin, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita, Ashleigh Nelson, Asha Philip
4x400m relay
Heats from 11.25am BST on Thursday 5 August
Final at 1.30pm BST on Saturday 7 August
Favourite: USA
Team GB: (four from) Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen, Ama Pipi, Jessica Turner, Hannah Williams, Jodie Williams, Nicole Yeargin
Marathon
Race begins at 11pm BST on Friday 6 August
Favourite: Brigid Kosgei (Kenya)
Team GB: Stephanie Davis, Jessica Piasecki, Steph Twell
20km walk
Race begins at 8.30am BST on Friday 6 August
Favourite: Yang Jiayu (China)
Team GB:
Field:
Long Jump
Qualifying starts at 1.50am BST on Sunday 1 August
Final starts at 2.30am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Favourite: Britney Reese (USA)
Team GB: Abigail Irozuru, Jazmin Sawyers, Lorraine Ugen
Triple Jump
Qualifying starts at 11.05am BST on Friday 30 July
Final starts at 12.15pm BST on Sunday 1 August
Favourite: Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)
Team GB:
High Jump
Qualifying starts at 1.10am BST on Thursday 5 August
Final starts at 11.35am BST on Saturday 7 August
Favourite: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine)
Team GB: Morgan Lake
Pole Vault
Qualifying starts at 11.20am BST on Monday 2 August
Final starts at 11.20am on Thursday 5 August
Favourite: Katie Nageotte (USA)
Team GB: Holly Bradshaw
Shot Put
Qualifying starts at 11.25am BST on Friday 30 July
Final starts at 2.35am BST on Sunday 1 August
Favourite: Gong Lijiao (China)
Team GB: Sophie McKinna
Discus
Qualifying starts at 1.30am BST on Saturday 31 July
Final starts at 12pm BST on Monday 2 August
Favourite: Sandra Perkovic (Croatia)
Team GB:
Javelin
Qualifying starts at 1.20am BST on Tuesday 3 August
Final starts at 12.50pm BST on Friday 6 August
Favourite: Christin Hussong (Germany)
Team GB:
Hammer
Qualifying starts at 1.10am BST on Sunday 1 August
Final starts at 12.35pm BST on Tuesday 3 August
Favourite: DeAnna Price (USA)
Team GB:
Heptathlon
100m hurdles (4 August, from 1.35am BST), High Jump (4 August, from 2.35am BST), Shot Put (4 August, from 11.05am BST), 200m (4 August, from 12.30pm BST), Long Jump (5 August, from 1.40am BST), Javelin (5 August, from 4.30am BST), 800m (5 August, from 1.30pm BST)
Favourite: Nafi Thiam (Belgium)
Team GB: Katarina Johnson-Thompson
MIXED
Mixed 4x400m relay
First round from 12pm BST on Friday 30 July
Final at 1.35pm BST on Saturday 31 July
Favourites: USA
Team GB: Two men and two women from 4x400m relays
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