The 2024 Paris Olympics are officially underway. The Opening Ceremony will take place Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET, but the competition has already begun.
Israel has sent one of its largest-ever delegations, with athletes partaking in events ranging from swimming and triathlon to equestrian and gymnastics. Past Israeli Olympic medallists Artem Dolgopyat, Avishag Semberg and the country’s mixed judo team are returning, while Israel is competing in Olympic soccer for the first time 1976.
There are also Jewish athletes hailing from the United States, Canada and Australia, including Olympic debutants like U.S. swimmer Claire Weinstein and veterans like Aussie paddler Jessica Fox.
Read on for a daily schedule of all Olympic events featuring an Israeli or Jewish competitor. Many sports — including canoe slalom, fencing, gymnastics and sailing — include multi-layered competition, in some cases with several events in one day. In those cases, we have included each athlete’s first event, and will update the calendar when athletes advance in competition. For sports like rugby, soccer and beach volleyball, where athletes play multiple games in the first round, all scheduled matches are included.
All competitions are listed in Eastern Daylight Time. The full Olympic schedule can be seen here.
Is there a Jewish or Israeli Olympian we should keep an eye on? Shoot us a message at sports@jta.org!
July 24
- 3 p.m. Football (Soccer): Israel 🇮🇱 vs. Mali
July 25
- 3:30 a.m. Archery: Women’s individual ranking round — Mikaella Moshe 🇮🇱
- 8:15 a.m. Archery: Men’s individual ranking round — Roy Dror 🇮🇱
Eli Dershwitz celebrates after winning the saber men’s senior individual semifinal during the Fencing World Championships in Milan, Italy, July 25, 2023. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)
July 27
- 4 a.m. Judo: Men’s -60kg preliminary rounds — Yam Wolczak 🇮🇱
- 4 a.m. Judo: Women’s -48kg preliminary rounds — Shira Rishony 🇮🇱
- 4:25 a.m. Fencing: Men’s saber individual table of 64 — Eli Dershwitz 🇺🇸
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats — Tomer Frankel, Gal Cohen Groumi, Denis Loktev and Alexey Glivinskiy 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m./9:30 a.m./2 p.m. Artistic Gymnastics: Men’s qualifications, subdivisions 1-3 — Artem Dolgopyat 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Men’s 100m breaststroke heats — Ron Polonsky 🇮🇱
- 10 a.m. Canoe Slalom: Women’s kayak single heats — Jessica Fox 🇦🇺
- 1 p.m. Soccer: Israel 🇮🇱 vs. Paraguay
- 3:10 p.m. Badminton: Men’s singles — Misha Zilberman 🇮🇱
- 5:48 p.m. Surfing: Women’s round 1 — Anat Lelior 🇮🇱
July 28
- 3:30 a.m./5:40 a.m./8:50 a.m./12 p.m./3:10 p.m. Artistic Gymnastics: Women’s qualifications, subdivisions 1-5 — Lihie Raz
- 3:30 a.m. Fencing: Women’s foil individual table of 64 — Jackie Dubrovich 🇺🇸
- 4 a.m. Judo: Men’s -66kg preliminary rounds — Baruch Shmailov 🇮🇱
- 4 a.m. Judo: Women’s -52kg preliminary rounds — Gefen Primo 🇮🇱
- 4 a.m. Fencing: Men’s epee individual table of 64 — Yuval Freilich 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Men’s 200m freestyle heats — Denis Loktev 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Men’s 100m backstroke heats — Adam Mara’ana 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Women’s 100m breaststroke heats — Anastasia Gorbenko 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Women’s 200m freestyle heats — Lea Polonsky 🇮🇱 and Claire Weinstein 🇺🇸
- 5:15 a.m. Shooting: 10m air rifle men’s qualification — Sergey Richter 🇮🇱
- 6:13 a.m. Sailing: Women’s windsurfing — Sharon Kantor 🇮🇱
- 7:43 a.m. Sailing: Men’s windsurfing — Tom Reuveny 🇮🇱
- 10:30 a.m. Rugby Sevens: U.S. vs. Japan — Sarah Levy 🇺🇸
- 11 a.m. Beach Volleyball: Canada vs. Czech Republic — Sam Schachter 🇨🇦
- 2 p.m. Rugby Sevens: U.S. vs. Brazil — Sarah Levy 🇺🇸
Sarah Levy during a pre-Olympics rugby scrimmage with Ireland, July 18, 2024, in Tours, France. (Alex Ho/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
July 29
- 3 a.m. Fencing: Women’s saber individual table of 64 — Elizabeth Tartakovsky 🇺🇸
- 3:25 a.m. Fencing: Men’s foil individual table of 64 — Nick Itkin 🇺🇸
- 4 a.m. Judo: Men’s -73kg preliminary rounds — Tohar Butbul 🇮🇱
- 4 a.m. Judo: Women’s -57kg preliminary rounds — Timna Nelson-Levy 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Women’s 100m backstroke heats — Aviv Barzelay 🇮🇱
- 5 a.m. Swimming: Women’s 400m individual medley heats — Anastasia Gorbenko 🇮🇱
- 8:10 a.m. Cycling Mountain Bike: Men’s cross-country — Tomer Zaltsman 🇮🇱
- 9:30 a.m. Rugby Sevens: U.S. vs. France — Sarah Levy 🇺🇸