A first look at the schedule for the 2028 Olympics was released Monday by the LA28 organizing committee, including a precedent-breaking switch of swimming and track and field.
Track and field will be held during the first week of competition and swimming the second, according to the announcement made exactly three years before the opening ceremony.
The first two days of the track and field competition at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, July 15-16, 2028 will feature the men’s and women’s 100 meters.
The first medal event of the Games will be in triathlon, to be held along the Venice coastline, also July 15.
The most medals will be awarded on July 29, when there will be gold and bronze medal events in 16 team sports and finals in 19 individual sports.
Competition will conclude July 30 with swimming at SoFi Stadium and a marathon.
The opening ceremony will be held July 14, shared between the Coliseum and SoFi Stadium, beginning at 5 p.m. The closing ceremony will be held at the Coliseum July 30, beginning at 6 p.m.
A more detailed schedule with medal events and gender order will be released later this year
The schedule of the 844 ticketed events was arranged to accommodate both U.S. and international television broadcasts and made in coordination with Olympic Broadcasting Services, the International Olympic Committee Executive Board and international federations of the sports that will be in the games, according to LA28.
LA28 officials are set to celebrate with the L.A. Department of Recreation and Parks Monday for reaching one million enrollments in the PlayLA initiative. LA28 and the IOC provided $160 million to the program, which provides affordable and accessible sports programming to children ages 5-17.
The initiative also promotes adaptive sports — such as sitting volleyball, adaptive swimming, para equestrian, among others — for children with physical disabilities.