Olympics 2024: How to watch, key dates in Paris, medal tracker

Olympics 2024: How to watch, key dates in Paris and the medal race

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French supporters cheer for their team against Denmark at a men’s handball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Supporter of Paraguay reacts during the men’s group D match between Israel and Paraguay at the Parc des Princes during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

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Gold medalist Ariarne Titmus, of Australia, middle, stands with silver medalist, Summer McIntosh, of Canada, left, and bronze medalist Katie Ledecky, of the United States, on the podium after winning the women’s 400-meters freestyle final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France.(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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France’s Auriane Mallo Breton, left, and Hong Kong’s Kong Man Wai Vivian compete in the women’s individual Epee final match during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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United States’ Jajaira Gonzalez celebrates after defeating France’s Estelle Mossely in their women’s 60 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Junho Lee, of South Korea, falls off of the pommel horse during a men’s artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Luguentz Dort, of Canada, shoots in front of Nick Calathes, left, and Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, of Greece, in a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Pool)

The action is picking up at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Stay on top of all the sports — everything on the track, courts and fields, in the pools and all the other events — with this guide that tells you everything you need to know about the event in France.

How can I watch the Paris Olympics?

In a variety of ways, on a variety of channels.

Each day’s most popular events will air live on NBC in the morning and afternoon in the United States. NBCUniversal says the Paris Games will have more programming hours on NBC than any previous Olympics.

Mike Tirico will host two daily Olympics shows, one that coincides with prime time in Paris (2 to 5 p.m. Eastern in the U.S.) and features live competition in marquee sports like swimming and gymnastics. The other, during prime-time hours in the United States while Paris sleeps, will be a curated view of the day’s best action.

USA Network, E!, CNBC and GOLF Channel also will show live action and Olympic programming. Peacock will serve as the U.S. streaming home. It will stream every sport, including all 329 medal events.

What are the dates of the Paris Olympics?

The major sports are spread throughout the Summer Games.

Swimming started on Saturday and concludes on Aug. 4. Track and field begins on Thursday and finishes the last day of the Olympics. Artistic gymnastics also started on Saturday, and it finishes on Aug. 5.

The men’s basketball final is on Aug. 10, and the women play for gold the following day. The men’s soccer final is on Aug. 9, and the women finish their tournament on Aug. 10. Women’s tennis holds its singles final on Aug. 3, and the men go the following day.

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What is the full Olympics schedule?

The opening ceremony was on Friday night. The last day of competition is Aug. 11 — the same day of the closing ceremony.

Where can I find an Olympics medal tracker?

The Associated Press has a daily medal tracker and an overall medal tracker.

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Olympic Hightlights

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FILE - South Africa’s Jacques Freitag competes in the men’s high jump of the 2004 Olympic Games, in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Friday Aug. 20, 2004. Local media is reporting that South African police have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag after he went missing last month. The reports said the 42-year-old, who won the 2003 world title in Paris and competed at the 2004 Olympics, had been shot. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

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FILE - Ilona Maher of USA is tackled by Sharni Williams of Australia in a semifinal of the Rugby World Cup 7’s championship held in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The main task for Maher, the breakout social media star on TikTok at the Tokyo Olympics, is winning a medal in Paris. (AP Photo/Halden Krog, File)

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FILE - Jacques Freitag of South Africa waves his national flag after he won the Men’s high jump event at the World Athletics Championships, at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Monday, Aug. 25, 2003. Local media is reporting that South African police have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag after he went missing last month. The reports said the 42-year-old, who won the 2003 world title in Paris and competed at the 2004 Olympics, had been shot. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)

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Sammy Sullivan of USA in action during HSBC rugby sevens series in Singapore, on May 4, 2024. The anthem played as Army officer Sammy Sullivan stood to attention and saluted beside her U.S. rugby teammates before a gold-medal game in Hong Kong against Olympic champion New Zealand. No prizes for guessing where her mind may have drifted to: Paris in July. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah)

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USA Water Polo Women’s Senior National Team attacker Ryann Neushul, left, trains at Long Beach City College Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in Long Beach, Calif. Following in the footsteps of two older sisters who won gold with the U.S. women’s water polo team, Ryann Neushul is making her Olympic debut in Paris this summer. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Iranian wrestler Iman Mahdavi, 28, practices at the Lotta Club Seggiano gym, in Pioltello , northern Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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FILE - Steven van de Velde of the Netherlands competes during the CEV Beach Volley Nations Cup Vienna 2022 men’s semifinal game against Austria at the Red Bull Beach Arena in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Van de Velde, convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in England has qualified for the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)