{"id":132137,"date":"2025-11-13T01:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/132137\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T01:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:42:10","slug":"la28-olympic-schedule-unveiled-womens-100m-to-open-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/132137\/","title":{"rendered":"LA28 Olympic schedule unveiled: Women\u2019s 100m to open athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The women\u2019s rugby sevens final also takes place that day, where the Black Ferns Sevens<\/a> will be hoping to win a third-straight gold.<\/p>\n

In other key dates for Kiwis, high jump defending champion Hamish Kerr<\/a> will be looking to defend his title on July 18, the men\u2019s triathlon is July 20, while the canoe sprint, swimming and track cycling finals will take place at the back end of the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\"HamishHamish Kerr reacts after winning a gold medal in the men’s high jump final at Stade de France. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s cricket final is set for July 20 and the men\u2019s final on July 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to come out in these Games with a bang. We want to start day one with a showcase of the fastest females in the world,\u201d LA28 chief of sport Shana Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

Doing so will mean women must run three 100m heats in one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did speak at length with athletes. It was a largely positive conversation,\u201d LA28 chief athlete officer Janet Evans said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re kicking off the athletic competition with one of the marquee events for women athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we presented it to the athletes that way, there was excitement. They said let me know early and I\u2019ll train to run three 100s in one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Athletics will for the first time in history span the entire Games, with World Athletics president Sebastian Coe describing the schedule as \u201cboth innovative but also honours tradition\u201d.<\/p>\n

World and Olympic medallist Sha\u2019Carri Richardson remarked: \u201cTrack and field is having its moment, and the road to LA28 is about to be something special, especially for the women\u2019s sprints.\u201d<\/p>\n

The American, who won the women\u2019s 4×100 relay gold and silver in the 100m in Paris last year, added: \u201cThe talent, energy and competition \u2013 it\u2019s all going to shine. Just look at day one of the LA Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organisers flipped swimming and athletics from the traditional schedule so the opening ceremony venue, SoFi Stadium, could also host swimming in the second week.<\/p>\n

Track and field events will be held in the first week of the Games, with swimming in the second week.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou move to the second week. You have 38,000 people in the stands,\u201d Evans said. \u201cHaving 38,000 fans watch my favourite sport is exciting as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swimmers also have a better chance to attend the opening ceremony without next-morning races to consider.<\/p>\n

A \u201cSuper Saturday\u201d schedule on July 29 includes 26 finals sessions in 23 sports, including 15 gold and bronze medal team matches and finals in 15 individual sports.<\/p>\n

Among the Olympic champions to be crowned on that day are those in athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cricket, golf, football, swimming and tennis.<\/p>\n

The last Olympic champions will be crowned in swimming just before the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n

Organisers scheduled the marathons on the final weekend, the women\u2019s race on July 29 and the men\u2019s on July 30.<\/p>\n

About 14 million tickets will be available for Olympic events, with pricing details to be announced later, but dynamic pricing is not being considered, Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

Olympic and sport federation officials have helped create the LA28 schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t do any of this schedule without them,\u201d Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

Weather considerations went into the plan, with some sessions moved into the evening to have cooler conditions, including for horses at Santa Anita for equestrian events.<\/p>\n

Baseball and softball will return to the Olympic lineup. Baseball will be played at Dodger Stadium, home of the reigning Major League Baseball champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with medal games July 19.<\/p>\n

Baseball will begin on July 13, a day before the opening ceremony, with a new competition window to allow MLB players to compete in the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Cricket rejoins the Olympic lineup after more than a century with the women\u2019s final on July 20 and the men\u2019s final on July 29.<\/p>\n

Lacrosse, on the 1908 London Olympic calendar and later a demonstration sport, will return with the men\u2019s and women\u2019s finals on July 29.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles will also introduce American flag football and squash on July 15 for Olympic debuts.<\/p>\n

Details for the Olympic football tournament, to be staged across the United States, and the Los Angeles Paralympics will be announced later.<\/p>\n

Ticket registration for the LA Olympics will begin in January.<\/p>\n

Olympics 2028 schedule – key dates<\/p>\n

July 15 – Women\u2019s Rugby Sevens final<\/p>\n

July 15 – Women\u2019s Kayak 500m final<\/p>\n

July 15 – Women\u2019s Shot Put final<\/p>\n

July 15 – Women\u2019s 100m final<\/p>\n

July 16 – Men\u2019s Triathlon<\/p>\n

July 18 – Men\u2019s Rugby Sevens final<\/p>\n

July 18 – Men\u2019s High Jump final<\/p>\n

July 18 – Eventing final <\/p>\n

July 20 – Women\u2019s Cricket final<\/p>\n

July 22 – Men\u2019s Kayak Cross final<\/p>\n

July 22 – Men\u2019s Golf final round<\/p>\n

July 24 – Mixed Golf final round<\/p>\n

July 25 – Women\u2019s team sprint final (track cycling)<\/p>\n

July 26 – Women\u2019s Kayak doubles 500m final<\/p>\n

July 27 – Women\u2019s Keirin final<\/p>\n

July 29 – Men\u2019s Cricket final<\/p>\n

July 29 – Women\u2019s Golf final round<\/p>\n

July 30 – Women\u2019s sprint final (track cycling)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The women\u2019s rugby sevens final also takes place that day, where the Black Ferns Sevens will be hoping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[45186,19330,46794,16671,1558,4596,8454,90823,111,139,69,25292,5106,5493,86269,1534,1306,55917,19093,213,15412,313,61,1865,15142,2834],"class_list":["post-132137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-100m","tag-19330","tag-angeles","tag-athletics","tag-been","tag-competition","tag-including","tag-la28","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-olympic","tag-olympics","tag-open","tag-organisers","tag-saturday","tag-schedule","tag-session","tag-showcase","tag-sports","tag-spot","tag-super","tag-to","tag-today","tag-unveiled","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}