Swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

When to watch swimming during the 2024 Paris Olympics

During the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, athletes take their first plunge into the pool in Paris on July 27th with competition concluding on August 4th. Prelims get underway at 5 a.m. ET each day, however if the live medal races are what you want to see, be sure to start watching at 2:30 p.m. ET.  The one exception will be on August 4th, when the final day in the pool begins at 12:30 p.m. ET.

The two remaining open water events will be held on August 8th and 9th. These will be must-see events as swimmers will race in the Seine River in the first point-to-point open water races at an Olympics since the first time the Games were held in Paris in 1900.

Venues

La Défense Arena will be transformed for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The home of the French rugby union club, Racing 92, will make room for roughly 660,000 gallons of water in the form of an Olympic-size swimming pool thanks to its modular, multipurpose design.

Paris 2024

Thousands of fans are expected to line the banks of the Seine River to see the fastest distance swimmers in the world cut through the water for 10km starting at the famed Beaux-Arts-style bridge crossing, Pont Alexandre III.

Paris 2024

Competition Schedule

July 28 Men's 200m Freestyle - Heats
Men's 400m Medley - Heats
Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heats
Men's 100m Backstroke - Heats
Women's 200m Freestyle - Heats 5a-7a

Men's 400m Medley - Final
Women's 100m Butterfly - Final
Men's 200m Freestyle - Semifinals
Women's 100m Breaststroke - Semifinals
Men's 100m Backstroke - Semifinals
Men's 100m Breaststroke - Final
Women's 200m Freestyle - Semifinals 2:30p-4:30p

July 29 Women's 400m Medley - Heats
Women's 100m Backstroke - Heats
Men's 800m Freestyle - Heats 5a-7a

Women's 400m Medley - Final
Men's 200m Freestyle - Final
Women's 100m Backstroke - Semifinals
Men's 100m Backstroke - Final
Women's 100m Breaststroke - Final
Women's 200m Freestyle - Final 2:30p-4:30p July 30 Men's 200m Butterfly - Heats
Men's 100m Freestyle - Heats
Women's 1500m Freestyle - Heats
Women's 100m Freestyle - Heats
Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heats
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Heats 5a-7a Men's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals
Men's 200m Butterfly - Semifinals
Women's 100m Backstroke - Final
Men's 800m Freestyle - Final
Women's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals
Men's 200m Breaststroke - Semifinals
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Final 2:30p-4:30p July 31 Women's 200m Breaststroke - Heats
Men's 200m Backstroke - Heats
Women's 200m Butterfly - Heats 5a-7a Women's 100m Freestyle - Final
Men's 200m Butterfly - Final
Men's 200m Breaststroke - Final
Women's 1500m Freestyle - Final
Men's 200m Backstroke - Semifinals
Women's 200m Breaststroke - Semifinals
Women's 200m Butterfly - Semifinals
Men's 100m Freestyle - Final 2:30p-4:30p August 1 Women's 200m Backstroke - Heats
Men's 50m Freestyle - Heats
Men's 200m Medley - Heats
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Heats 5a-7a Women's 200m Butterfly - Final
Men's 200m Backstroke - Final
Women's 200m Backstroke - Semifinals
Women's 200m Breaststroke - Final
Men's 200m Medley - Semifinals
Men's 50m Freestyle - Semifinals
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Final 2:30p-4:30p August 2 Men's 100m Butterfly - Heats
Women's 200m Medley - Heats
Women's 800m Freestyle - Heats
4x100m Mixed Medley - Heats 5a-7a Men's 50m Freestyle - Final
Women's 200m Backstroke - Final
Men's 200m Medley - Final
Men's 100m Butterfly - Semifinals
Women's 200m Medley - Semifinals 2:30p-4:30p August 3 Women's 50m Freestyle - Heats
Men's 1500m Freestyle - Heats
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay - Heats
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - Heats 5a-7a Men's 100m Butterfly - Final
Women's 50m Freestyle - Semifinals
Women's 200m Medley - Final
Women's 800m Freestyle - Final
4x100m Mixed Medley - Final 2:30p-4:30p August 4 Women's 50m Freestyle - Final
Men's 1500m Freestyle - Final
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay - Final
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - Final 12:30p-2:30p August 8 Women's 10km Open Water 1:30a-4:30a August 9 Men's 10km Open Water 1:30a-4:30a