Tokyo Olympics 2021 is scheduled to start on July 23 following a year-long delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, instead of dropped. The opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2021 will be held on July 23 at newly-built National Stadium in the Japanese capital while the closing ceremony will be taking place on August 8, 2021.
It is to be noted that Olympics 2021 will see the introduction of new competitions including 3×3 b-ball, freestyle BMX, and Madison cycling, as well as additional mixed events. These Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skating make their Olympic debuts, just as the arrival of baseball and softball, interestingly, for the first since 2008. A sum of around 11,000 athletes from 206 countries is expected to participate in 33 sports and 339 events held across 42 competition venues in Tokyo Olympics 2021.
India will send a huge contingent for Olympics however with a decreased number of authorities to be in line with the COVID-19 protocols.
Full Tokyo 2020 Olympics Schedule for 2021
| Sports–Discipline | Dates |
| Aquatics-Swimming | July 24 (Saturday) – August 1 (Sunday) |
| Aquatics-Diving | July 25 (Sunday) – July 28 (Wednesday), July 30 (Friday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Aquatics-Artistic Swimming | August 2 (Monday) – August 4 (Wednesday), August 6 (Friday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Aquatics-Water Polo | July 24 (Saturday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
| Aquatics-Marathon Swimming | August 4 (Wednesday) – August 5 (Thursday) |
| Archery | July 23 (Friday) – Julyt 31 (Saturday) |
| Athletics-Track & Field / Marathon | July 30 (Friday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
| Athletics-Race Walk | July 30 (Friday), August 6 (Friday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Badminton | July 24 (Saturday) – August 2 (Monday) |
| Baseball/Softball-Baseball | July 28 (Wednesday) – August 5 (Thursday), August 7 (Saturday) |
| Baseball/Softball-Softball | July 21 (Wednesday) – July 22 (Tuesday), July 24 (Saturday) – July 27 (Tuesday) |
| Basketball-3×3 Basketball | July 24 (Saturday) – July 28 (Wednesday) |
| Basketball-Basketball | July 25 (Sunday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
| Boxing | July 24 (Saturday) – August 1 (Sunday), August 3 (Tuesday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
| Canoe-Slalom | July 25 (Sunday) – July 30 (Friday) |
| Canoe-Sprint | August 2 (Monday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Cycling-BMX Freestyle | July 31 (Saturday) – August 1 (Sunday) |
| Cycling-BMX Racing | July 29 (Thursday) – July 30 (Friday) |
| Cycling-Mountain Bike | July 26 (Monday) – July 29 (Tuesday) |
| Cycling-Road | July 26 (Saturday) – July 25 (Sunday), July 28 (Wednesday) |
| Cycling-Track | August 2 (Monday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
| Equestrian- Dressage | July 24 (Saturday) – July 25 (Sunday), July 27 (Tuesday) – July 28 (Wednesday) |
| Equestrian-Eventing | July 30 (Friday) – August 2 (Monday) |
| Equestrian-Jumping | August 3 (Tuesday) August 6 (Wednesday), August 7 (Friday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Fencing | July 24 (Saturday) – August 1 (Sunday) |
| Football | July 21 (Wednesday) – July 22 (Thursday), July 24 (Saturday) – July 25 (Sunday), July 27 (Tuesday) – July 28 (Wednesday), July 30 (Friday) – July 31 (Saturday), August 2 (Monday) – August 3 (Tuesday), August 5 (Thursday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Golf | July 29 (Thursday) – August 1 (Sunday), August 4 (Wednesday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Gymnastics- Artistic | July 24 (Saturday) – July 29 (Thursday), August 1 (Sunday) – August 3 (Tuesday) |
| Gymnastics-Rhythmic | August 6 (Friday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
| Gymnastics-Trampoline | July 30 (Friday) – July 31 (Saturday) |
| Handball | July 24 (Saturday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
| Hockey | July 24 (Saturday) – August 6 (Friday) |
| Judo | July 24 (Saturday) – July 31 (Saturday) |
| Karate- Kata, Kumite | August 5 (Thursday)- August 7 (Saturday) |
| Modern Pentathlon | August 5 (Thursday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Rowing | July 23 (Friday) – July 30 (Friday) |
| Rugby | July 26 (Monday) – July 31 (Saturday) |
| Sailing | July 25 (Sunday) – August 4 (Wednesday) |
| Shooting-Rifle and Pistol | July 24 (Saturday) – July 25 (Sunday), July 27 (Tuesday), July 29 (Thursday) – August 2 (Monday) |
| Shooting-Shotgun | July 25 (Sunday) – July 26 (Monday), July 28 (Wednesday) – July 29 (Thursday), July 31 (Saturday) |
| Skateboarding- Park | August 4 (Wednesday) – August 5 (Thursday) |
| Skateboarding-Street | July 25 (Sunday) – July 26 (Monday) |
| Sport Climbing | August 3 (Tuesday) – August 6 (Friday) |
| Surfing | July 25 (Sunday) – August 1 (Sunday) |
| Table Tennis | July 24 (Saturday) – July 30 (Friday), August 1 (Sunday) – August 6 (Friday) |
| Taekwondo | July 24 (Saturday) – July 27 (Tuesday) |
| Tennis | July 24 (Saturday) – August 1 (Sunday) |
| Triathlon | July 26 (Monday) – July 27 (Tuesday), July 31 (Saturday) |
| Volleyball-Beach Volleyball | July 24 (Saturday) – August 7 (Saturday) |
| Volleyball-Volleyball | July 24 (Saturday) – August 8 (Sunday) |
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