Paris 2024 Olympics: What events to watch August 8, including men’s 200m final

Paris 2024 Olympics: What events to watch August 8, including men’s 200m final

Festus Chuma 17:15 - 07.08.2024

Discover Paris Olympics August 8 events: track, basketball, diving, climbing finals; historic women's 400m hurdles duel awaits.

The new 100m champion Noah Lyles continues his quest for triple gold at the prestigious track and field event.

Lyles, fresh off his electrifying performance in the 100m, is set to compete in the men's 200m final at 19:30 local time.

Among his challengers is USA’s Kenny Bednarek, who is determined to make his mark by stopping Lyles' golden run.

Following the sprint saga, the track will witness a historic battle in the women’s 400m hurdles final.

Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and reigning world champion Femke Bol, the only two women to ever run under 51 seconds in this event, will go head-to-head in a showdown for the ages.

Meanwhile, in the men’s Speed climbing finals, another record could be shattered. USA’s Sam Watson, who recently broke his own record during qualifying, is the favorite.

He faces stiff competition from Veddriq Leonardo, who has matched Watson’s previous best.

Here is the schedule for Day 13 of the event, converted to East Africa Time.

Athletics

11.05am: Women’s heptathlon: 100m hurdles

11.25am: Women’s shot put: qualification

11.35am: Women’s 100m hurdles: repechage

12.05pm: Women’s heptathlon: high jump

12.10pm: Women’s 4x100m relay: round 1

12.35pm: Men’s 4x100m relay: round 1

1pm: Men’s 800m: repechage

8.35pm: Women’s heptathlon: shot put

8.35pm: Women’s 1500m: semi-finals

9pm: Women’s long jump: final

9.25pm: Men’s javelin: final

9.30pm: Men’s 200m: final

9.55pm: Women’s heptathlon: 200m

10.25pm: Women’s 400m hurdles: final

10.45pm: Men’s 110m hurdles final

Basketball

6.30pm-8.30pm: Men’s semi-finals

10pm-12am: Men’s semi-finals

Beach Volleyball

6pm-8pm: Men’s and women’s semi-finals (2 matches)

10pm-12am: Men’s and women’s semi-finals (2 matches)

Boxing

10.30pm-12.30am: Women’s 75kg, men’s 57kg: semi-finals; Women’s 54kg, men’s 51kg: finals

Canoe Sprint

11.30am-3.30pm: Men’s C2 500m, men’s K4 500m, women’s C2 500m, women’s K4 500m: semi-finals and finals

Cycling (Track)

6pm-8.55pm: Men’s sprint: quarter-finals and classification races; men’s omnium: medal final; women’s keirin: quarter-finals, semi-finals, medal final

Diving

11am-1pm: Women’s 3m springboard: semi-finals

4pm-6pm: Men’s 3m springboard: final

Football

6pm-9pm: Men’s bronze-medal game

Golf

10am-7pm: Women’s tournament: round 2

Handball

5.30pm-7.30pm: Women’s semi-finals

10.30pm-12.30am: Women’s semi-finals

Hockey

3pm-5pm: Men’s bronze-medal game

8pm-10.30pm: Men’s gold-medal game

Modern Pentathlon

12pm-6.30pm: Men’s and women’s fencing: ranking round

Rhythmic Gymnastics

11am-2pm: Individual all-around: qualification

4pm-7pm: Individual all-around: qualification

Sailing

12pm-8pm: Men’s and women’s kite: medal series

Sport Climbing

11am-2.15pm: Women’s boulder/lead: semi-finals (lead); men’s speed: medal finals

Swimming

8.30am-11.30am: Women’s 10km marathon: final

Table Tennis

11am-2pm: Men’s team: semi-finals

5pm-7pm: Women’s team: semi-finals

9pm-12am: Women’s team: semi-finals

Taekwondo

10am-1.30pm: Men’s 68kg, women’s 57kg: qualification rounds

3.30pm-6.30pm: Men’s 68kg, women’s 57kg: quarter-finals, semi-finals

8.30pm-12am: Men’s 68kg, women’s 57kg: repechage rounds, medal finals

Volleyball

5pm-7.30pm: Women’s semi-finals

9pm-11.30pm: Women’s semi-finals

Water Polo

2pm-5pm: Women’s classification matches and semi-finals (2 matches)

7pm-10pm: Women’s classification matches and semi-finals (2 matches)

Weightlifting

4pm-6.30pm: Women’s 59kg: final

8.30pm-11pm: Men’s 73kg: final

Wrestling

12pm-2.30pm: Men’s Greco-Roman 67kg, men’s Greco-Roman 87kg, women’s freestyle 53kg: repechage; men’s freestyle 57kg, men’s freestyle 86kg, women’s freestyle 57kg: round of 16 and quarter-finals

7.15pm-11pm: Men’s freestyle 57kg, men’s freestyle 86kg, women’s freestyle 57kg: semi-finals; men’s Greco-Roman 67kg, men’s Greco-Roman 87kg, women’s freestyle 53kg: medal finals.