Exciting new challenge as Women’s 100m kickstarts LA Olympics
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The Games will take place from 14-30 July 2028, featuring more than 10,000 athletes from about 200 nations competing in 35 sports
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games may be close to three years away, but the excitement surrounding the Games just reached a new level.
With the announcement of the athletics women’s 100m schedule on Wednesday 12 November, the challenge facing the greatest female sprinters on the planet is clear: the gold medal will be won after a single day of racing, with everything from the preliminary round to the final taking place on Day 1 of the Games (Saturday, 15 July 2028).
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While it will be a long while until we know the makeup of the field, the likes of Paris 2024 100m champion Julien Alfred, world title holder Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and reigning Olympic silver medalist Sha’Carri Richardson will need to find a new gear if they are to triumph in Los Angeles.
The competition schedule confirms that for the first time in history, athletics will span the entire Olympic period, starting on day one and running through to the final day of the Games.
The men’s 10,000m and women’s shot put finals will also feature in the opening session, followed by the men’s 100m final on day two.
In total, athletics will be contested across 13 days between 15 to 30 July 2028.
In-stadium competition at the iconic LA Memorial Coliseum will run for the first 10 days (15-24 July), before the focus shifts to the road events on 27, 29 and 30 July, culminating in the men’s marathon on the final day, with medals presented during the closing ceremony.
Finals will feature in 17 of the 20 sessions, with the schedule carefully crafted to allow the maximum number of potential doubles – such as the 100m & 200m, 200m & 400m (plus relays), 800m & 1500m, 1500m & 5000m, 5000m & 10,000m, and long jump & triple jump.
This opens the door for stars to emulate the heroics of LA 1984 Olympic legend Carl Lewis, while also enabling middle- and long-distance doubles reminiscent of past Olympic greats.
A new repechage format will provide improved recovery time for athletes, at least 36 hours between round one and repechage in the 400m, and about 24 hours for the 800m and 1500m. The mixed 4x100m relay will also make its Olympic debut, slotted between the 100m and 200m events.
At this stage, it is only the event allocation per session that has been finalised. World Athletics will now work with the LA28 OCOG over the next 2.5 years to finalise the detailed timetable.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said: “It is in the spirit of collaboration between World Athletics, LA28, Olympic Broadcasting Services, IOC and NBC as Host Broadcaster that we have landed on an athletics programme that will start with a bang as our women’s sprinters take centre stage on day one and then the men’s sprinters on day two to maximise and sustain global interest after the Opening Ceremony.
It is a schedule that is both innovative but also honours tradition, with the men’s marathon on the final day, and, with one eye on LA84, athletes can dare to dream to emulate Olympic legends of the past through the compelling proposition of the maximum amount of potential doubles.”
The LA 2028 Olympic Games will take place from 14-30 July 2028, featuring more than 10,000 athletes from about 200 nations competing in 35 sports. It will mark the third time Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics, following the 1932 and 1984 Games.
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