The 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially begin Friday, July 26 in Paris, France and the surrounding areas. The events will be televised across several channels, including NBC, Peacock, USA Network, E!, CNBC, Golf Channel, Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Universo, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app in the United States.
Seventeen current or former Irish student-athletes will be competing in Paris for six countries. Four current Irish coaches will also be overseas either as coaches or commentators.
Schedule of Events
Sport | Date | Time | Event | Athlete(s) | Results & Highlights |
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Women's Soccer | 7/25/2024 | 3:00pm | United States vs Zambia | Korbin Albert | Team USA earned the 3-0 victory. Albert started the second half in her Olympic debut. |
Fencing | 7/27/2024 | 4am | Women's epee table of 64 | Eszter Muhari | Muhari earned a bye to the table of 32. |
Fencing | 7/27/2024 | 4:50am | Women's epee table of 32 | Eszter Muhari | Muhari defeated China's Junyao Tang, 15-10, to advance to the table of 16. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/27/2024 | 6:26am | Men's 4x100 freestyle relay heats | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano did not compete on the prelim's relay but will participate in the final. Team USA finished fourth in the prelim. |
Fencing | 7/27/2024 | 8:10am | Women's epee table of 16 | Eszter Muhari | Muhari defeated South Korea's Song Sera, 15-6, to advance to the table of 8. |
Fencing | 7/27/2024 | 9:50am | Women's epee table of 8 | Eszter Muhari | Muhari defeated China's Sihan Yu, 15-10, to advance to the semifinals. |
Fencing | 7/27/2024 | 1:00pm | Women's epee semifinals | Eszter Muhari | Muhari fell to France's Auriane Mallo-Breton, 15-10. |
Fencing | 7/27/2024 | 2:40pm | Women's epee bronze medal bout | Eszter Muhari | Muhari defeated Estonia's Nelli Differt, 15-14, to earn a bronze medal. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/27/2024 | 3:50pm | Men's 4x100 freestyle relay final | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano swam the second leg of the event and helped Team USA to a gold medal, its first of the 2024 Olympic Games. The relay went 3:09.28, and Guiliano split 47.33. |
Fencing | 7/28/2024 | 3:30am | Women's foil table of 64 | Amita Berthier Lee Kiefer | Both women earned a bye to the table of 32. |
Fencing | 7/28/2024 | 4:25am | Women's foil table of 32 | Amita Berthier Lee Kiefer | Berthier fell 15-13 to Lauren Scruggs of Team USA. Kiefer topped Poland's Martyna Jelinska, 15-13. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/28/2024 | 5am | Men's 200 freestyle heats | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano finished 19th with a time of 1:47.60. |
Fencing | 7/28/2024 | 8:05am | Women's foil table of 16 | Lee Kiefer | Kiefer advanced to the table of 8 after beating China's Qianqian Huang, 15-9. |
Fencing | 7/28/2024 | 9:55am | Women's foil table of 8 | Lee Kiefer | Kiefer was dominant this round, topping Italy's Flora Pasztor, 15-4. |
Fencing | 7/28/2024 | 1:00pm | Women's foil semifinals | Lee Kiefer | Keifer advances to the gold medal bout after topping Italy's Alice Volpi, 15-10. |
Women's Soccer | 7/28/2024 | 3:00pm | United States vs Germany | Korbin Albert | Team USA topped Germany, 4-1. |
Fencing | 7/28/2024 | 3:45pm | Women's foil gold medal bout | Lee Kiefer | Now a back-to-back Olympic gold medalist, Kiefer defeated fellow American Lauren Scruggs, 15-6. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 3am | Women's sabre table of 64 | Magda Skarbonkiewicz | Skarbonkiewicz earned a bye. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 4am | Women's sabre table of 32 | Magda Skarbonkiewicz | Turkey's Nisanur Erbil topped Skarbonkiewicz, 15-11. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 3:55am | Men's foil table of 64 | Nick Itkin Gerek Meinhardt | Both Itkin and Meinhardt earned a bye. |
Women's Basketball | 7/29/2024 | 5am | Nigeria vs Australia | Lauren Ebo | Nigeria earned its first Olympic win in 20 years, beating Australia 75-62. |
Rowing | 7/29/2024 | 6am | Women's eight heats | Molly Bruggeman | The Americans finished second in Heat 2 with a time of 6:19.00, qualifying for repechage. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 6:05am | Men's foil table of 32 | Nick Itkin Gerek Meinhardt | Itkin topped Alex Tofalides of Cyprus, 15-10. Meinhardt beat China's Haiwei Chen, 15-7. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 8:55am | Men's foil table of 16 | Nick Itkin Gerek Meinhardt | Itkin advanced to the quarterfinals with a 15-8 victory over Egypt's Abdelrahman Tolba, while Meinhardt fell to Enzo Lefort of France, 15-10. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 10:20am | Men's foil table of 8 | Nick Itkin | Itkin earned a narrow 15-14 victory over Guillaume Bianchi of Italy. |
Women's Basketball | 7/29/2024 | 11:15am | Canada vs France | Natalie Achonwa Cassandre Prosper | Canada fell to France, 75-54. Achonwa had 4 points and 4 rebounds. She was a starter. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 2:20pm | Men's foil semifinals | Nick Itkin | Itkin fell to Italy's Filippo Macchi, 15-11. |
Women's Basketball | 7/29/2024 | 3pm | United States vs Japan | Jewell Loyd Jackie Young | The United States beat Japan, 102-76. Loyd had 2 points and 2 rebounds. Young had 7 points, a rebound, an assist, a steal and a block. |
Fencing | 7/29/2024 | 3:15pm | Men's foil bronze medal bout | Nick Itkin | Itkin earned a bronze medal by defeating Japan's Kazuki Ilmura, 15-12. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/30/2024 | 5am | Men's 200 breaststroke heats | Tyler Christianson | Christianson finished 22nd with a time of 2:15.61 and won his heat. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/30/2024 | 5:15am | Men's 100 freestyle heats | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano tied for eighth with a time of 48.25 to advance to the semifinals. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/30/2024 | 6:08am | Men's 4x200 freestyle relay heats | Chris Guiliano | Team USA finished second with a time of 7:05.57 and will swim in the final on Tuesday afternoon. Guiliano anchored the prelims relay and split 1:46.74. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/30/2024 | 2:30pm | Men's 100 freestyle semifinals | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano advanced to the final with a seventh place finish and time of 47.72. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/30/2024 | 4:15pm | Men's 4x200 freestyle relay final | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano did not swim on the final relay, but he has earned a silver medal after Team USA takes second. |
Women's Soccer | 7/31/2024 | 1:00pm | United States vs Australia | Korbin Albert | Team USA won 2-1, and Albert scored the second of America's two goals. Albert is the first USWNT player to score her first international goal in the Olympics. |
Swimming & Diving | 7/31/2024 | 4:15pm | Men's 100 freestyle final | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano finished eighth with a time of 47.98. |
Rowing | 8/1/2024 | 4:10am | Women's eight repechages | Molly Bruggeman | Team USA won the repechage with a time of 6:03.93 and will advance to the final. |
Swimming & Diving | 8/1/2024 | 5am | Men's 50 freestyle heats | Chris Guiliano | Guiliano finished 17th with a time of 21.97. |
Fencing | 8/1/2024 | 5:50am | Women's foil team table of 8 | Lee Kiefer | The United States defeated China, 45-37. |
Women's Basketball | 8/1/2024 | 7:30am | Canada vs Australia | Natalie Achonwa Cassandre Prosper | Canada fell to the Australians, 70-65. Achonwa had 4 points, 6 boards, 7 assists and 4 steals. |
Women's Basketball | 8/1/2024 | 7:30am | Nigeria vs France | Lauren Ebo | Nigeria fell to the home team, 75-54. Ebo had a pair of rebounds. |
Fencing | 8/1/2024 | 8:50am | Women's foil team semifinals | Lee Kiefer | The United States defeated Canada, 45-31. |
Fencing | 8/1/2024 | 2:30pm | Women's foil team gold medal match | Lee Kiefer | The United States topped Italy, 45-39. With the victory, Kiefer became the first US fencer to win three Olympic gold medals. |
Women's Basketball | 8/1/2024 | 3pm | United States vs Belgium | Jewell Loyd Jackie Young | Loyd had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists off the bench as Team USA beat Belgium, 87-74. The group advances to the knockout round with the victory. |
Track & Field | 8/2/2024 | 5:05am | Men's 1500 round 1 | Yared Nuguse | Nuguse placed fifth in his heat with a time of 3:36.56 to advance to the semifinal. |
Rowing | 8/3/2024 | 4:50am | Women's eight final | Molly Bruggeman | Team USA finished fifth with a time of 6:01.73. |
Fencing | 8/3/2024 | 7am | Women's sabre team table of 8 | Magda Skarbonkiewicz | Korea topped the United States, 45-35. |
Fencing | 8/3/2024 | 8:30am | Women's sabre team classifications 5-8 | Magda Skarbonkiewicz | Team USA defeated Algeria, 45-28. |
Women's Soccer | 8/3/2024 | 9am | United States vs Japan (Quarterfinal) | Korbin Albert | The United States beat Japan in extra time, 1-0. |
Fencing | 8/4/2024 | 5:50am | Men's foil team table of 8 | Nick Itkin Gerek Meinhardt | Itkin and Meinhardt helped lead the United States to a 45-35 win over Egypt. |
Women's Basketball | 8/4/2024 | 7:30am | Canada vs Nigeria | Natalie Achonwa Cassandre Prosper Lauren Ebo | Nigeria defeated Canada, 79-70 and will advance to the quarterfinals. |
Fencing | 8/4/2024 | 8:50am | Men's foil team semifinals | Nick Itkin Gerek Meinhardt | Team USA fell to Italy, 45-38. |
Women's Basketball | 8/4/2024 | 11:15am | United States vs Germany | Jewell Loyd Jackie Young | Team USA moved to 3-0 in group play with an 87-68 victory over Germany. Young led all players with 19 points and also went 5-8 from deep with 4 steals. |
Fencing | 8/4/2024 | 1:10pm | Men's foil team bronze medal match | Nick Itkin Gerek Meinhardt | France won the bronze medal by defeating the Americans, 45-32. |
Track & Field | 8/4/2024 | 3:15pm | Men's 1500 semifinals | Yared Nuguse | Nuguse advanced to the final after placing first in his heat while also having the fastest 1500m time of either semifinal with a 3:31.72. |
Women's Soccer | 8/6/2024 | 12pm | United States vs Germany (Semifinals) | Korbin Albert | Team USA advanced to the final with a 1-0 extra time win over Germany. Albert played during extra time. |
Track & Field | 8/6/2024 | 2:50pm | Men's 1500 final | Yared Nuguse | Nuguse captured the bronze medal with a personal-best time of 3.27.80. |
Women's Basketball | 8/7/2024 | 3:30pm | United States vs Nigeria (Quarterfinals) | Jewell Loyd Jackie Young Lauren Ebo | Team USA beat Nigeria 88-74. Young made her first start of the Games and scored 15 points. |
Women's Basketball | 8/9/2024 | 11:30am | United States vs Australia (Semifinals) | Jewell Loyd Jackie Young | Team USA beat Australia 85-64. Young was the second leading scorer on the team, recording 14 points. |
Women's Soccer | 8/10/2024 | 11am | United States vs Brazil (Gold Medal Match) | Korbin Albert | Team USA won the gold medal with a 1-0 win over Brazil. Albert assisted on the goal. |
Women's Basketball | 8/11/2024 | 9:30am | United States vs France (Gold Medal Game) | Jewell Loyd Jackie Young | The United States won its eighth consecutive gold medal with a 67-66 win over France. |
Track & Field | 9/3/2024 | 2:20pm | Men's high jump | Sam Grewe | Finished eighth in the men's high jump - T63. |