With the Paris 2024 Olympics all set to begin very soon, swimming fans can check out the full schedule and start times for all the swimming events below
Notably, Western hemisphere viewers will have a hard time with watching the preliminary sessions as the heats begin at 5:00 am Eastern Time (ET) and 2:00 am Pacific (PT).
Paris Olympics 2024 prelims and finals swimming men and women’s schedule, dates, time, pool venue and tickets
The Olympic Games Paris 2024 will take place from 26 July to 11 August, with swimming set to begin from July 27 to August 4.
Pool events (27 July to 4 August) will occur at the Paris La Défense Arena, with the two-day marathon swimming (8 to 9 August) staged at Pont Alexandre III. Tickets for the swimming events can be bought from here.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games start timings worldwide
Given below are the start times for the prelim and finals sessions and the corresponding times across major cities worldwide:
| Prelims start time | Major cities | Finals start time |
| 11:00 AM | Paris (Host), Zurch, Milan, Brussels, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Vienna, Warsaw, Oslo, Rome, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Johannesburg, Cairo | 8:30 PM |
| 12:00 PM | Tallinn, Tel Aviv, Kyiv, Sofia, Istanbul, Bucharest, Vilnius, Beirut, Doha | 9:30 PM |
| 1:00 PM | Moscow, Dubai. Baku, St. Petersburg, Kazan | 10:30 PM |
| 2:30 PM | New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Islamabad | 12:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | Jakarta, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Bangkok | 1:30 AM |
| 5:00 PM | Beijing, Taipei, Kowloon, Shanghai, Perth, Canton, Manila, Kuala Lumpur | 2:30 AM |
| 6:00 PM | Tokyo, Seoul, Osaka, Incheon, Kyoto, Pyongyang, Kobe | 3:30 AM |
| 7:00 PM | Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Guam | 4:30 AM |
| 9:00 PM | Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland | 6:30 AM |
| 10:00 PM | Pago Pago | 7:30 AM |
| 11:00 PM | Honolulu | 8:30 AM |
| 12:00 AM | Gambier Islands | 9:30 AM |
| 1:00 AM | Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks | 10:30 AM |
| 2:00 AM | Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Vancouver | 11:30 AM |
| 3:00 AM | Denver, Salt Lake City, Calgary, Edmonton, Galapagos Islands | 12:30 PM |
| 4:00 AM | Chicago, Houston, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Dallas, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Omaha, Medellin | 1:30 PM |
| 5:00 AM | New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Miami, Louisville, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal | 2:30 PM |
| 6:00 AM | Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Brasilia | 3:30 PM |
| 7:00 AM | Nuuk, Greenland | 4:30 PM |
| 8:00 AM | Praia, Cape Verde | 5:30 PM |
| 9:00 AM | Reykjavik | 6:30 PM |
| 10:00 AM | Edinburgh, Dublin, Glasgow, Casablanca, Tripoli, London, Lisbon | 7:30 PM |
Paris 2024 Swimming schedule
Given below is the nine-day swimming schedule for Paris 2024:
| Heats | Finals |
| Saturday, July 27 | |
| Women’s 100 Butterfly | Women’s 100 Butterfly Semi |
| Women’s 400 Freestyle | Men’s 400 Freestyle Final |
| Men’s 100 Breaststroke | Women’s 400 Freestyle Final |
| Men’s 400 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Breaststroke Semi |
| Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay Final |
| Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay Final |
| Sunday, July 28 | |
| Men’s 200 Freestyle | Men’s 400 IM Final |
| Men’s 400 IM | Women’s 100 Butterfly Final |
| Women’s 100 Breaststroke | Men’s 200 Freestyle Semi |
| Men’s 100 Backstroke | Women’s 100 Breaststroke Semi |
| Women’s 200 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Backstroke Semi |
| Men’s 100 Breaststroke Final | |
| Women’s 200 Freestyle Semi | |
| Monday, July 29 | |
| Women’s 400 IM | Women’s 400 IM Finak |
| Womens’ 100 Backstroke | Men’s 200 Freestyle Final |
| Men’s 800 Freestyle | Women’s 100 Backstroke Semi |
| Men’s 100 Backstroke Final | |
| Women’s 100 Breaststroke Final | |
| Women’s 200 Freestyle Final | |
| Tuesday, July 30 | |
| Men’s 200 Butterfly | Men’s 100 Freestyle Semi |
| Men’s 100 Freestyle | Men’s 200 Butterfly Semi |
| Women’s 1500 Freestyle | Women’s 100 Backstroke Final |
| Women’s 100 Freestyle | Men’s 800 Freestyle Final |
| Men’s 200 Breaststroke | Women’s 100 Freestyle Semi |
| Men’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Men’s 200 Breaststroke Semi |
| Men’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay Final | |
| Wednesday, July 31 | |
| Women’s 200 Breaststroke | Women’s 100 Freestyle Final |
| Men’s 200 Backstroke | Men’s 200 Butterfly Final |
| Women’s 200 Butterfly | Women’s 200 Butterfly Semi |
| Women’s 1500 Freestyle Final | |
| Men’s 200 Backstroke Semi | |
| Women’s 200 Breaststroke Semi | |
| Men’s 200 Breaststroke Final | |
| Men’s 100 Freestyle Final | |
| Thursday, August 1 | |
| Women’s 200 Backstroke | Women’s 200 Butterfly Final |
| Men’s 50 Freestyle | Men’s 200 Backstroke Final |
| Men’s 200 IM | Men’s 50 Freestyle Semi |
| Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Women’s 200 Breaststroke Final |
| Women’s 200 Backstroke Semi | |
| Men’s 200 IM Semi | |
| Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay Final | |
| Friday, August 2 | |
| Men’s 100 Butterfly | Men’s 50 Freestyle Final |
| Women’s 200 IM | Women’s 200 Backstroke Final |
| Women’s 800 Freestyle | Men’s 200 IM Final |
| Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay | Men’s 100 Butterfly Semi |
| Women’s 200 IM Semi | |
| Saturday, August 3 | |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Butterfly Final |
| Men’s 1500 Freestyle | Women’s 50 Freestyle Semi |
| Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay | Women’s 200 IM Final |
| Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay | Women’s 800 Freestyle Final |
| Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay Final | |
| Sunday, August 4 | |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle Final | |
| Men’s 1500 Freestyle Final | |
| Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay Final | |
| Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay Final | |
Swimming schedule in IST
Saturday 27 July
14:30 Women’s 100m Butterfly – Heats
14:30 Women’s 400m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Heats
14:30 Men’s 400m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay – Heats
14:30 Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay – Heats
Sunday 28 July
00:00 Women’s 100m Butterfly Semifinals
00:12 Men’s 400m Freestyle Final
00:25 Women’s 400m Freestyle Final
00:45 Men’s 100m Breaststroke Semifinals
01:07 Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final
01:20 Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final
14:30 Men’s 200m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Heats
14:30 Women’s 100m Breaststroke – Heats
14:30 Men’s 100m Backstroke – Heats
14:30 Women’s 200m Freestyle – Heats
Monday 29 July
00:00 Men’s 400m Individual Medley Final
00:15 Women’s 100m Butterfly Final
00:21 Men’s 200m Freestyle Semifinals
00:45 Women’s 100m Breaststroke Semifinals
01:07 Men’s 100m Backstroke Semifinals
01:24 Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final
01:30 Women’s 200m Freestyle Semifinals
14:30 Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Heats
14:30 Women’s 100m Backstroke – Heats
14:30 Men’s 800m Freestyle – Heats
Tuesday 30 July
00:00 Women’s 400m Individual Medley Final
00:13 Men’s 200m Freestyle Final
00:30 Women’s 100m Backstroke Semifinals
00:52 Men’s 100m Backstroke Final
01:02 Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final
01:18 Women’s 200m Freestyle Final
14:30 Men’s 200m Butterfly – Heats
14:30 Men’s 100m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Women’s 1500m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Women’s 100m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Heats
14:30 Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay – Heats
Wednesday 31 July
00:00 Men’s 100m Freestyle Semifinals
00:11 Men’s 200m Butterfly Semifinals
00:27 Women’s 100m Backstroke Final
00:33 Men’s 800m Freestyle Final
00:55 Women’s 100m Freestyle Semifinals
01:16 Men’s 200m Breaststroke Semifinals
01:29 Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final
14:30 Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Heats
14:30 Men’s 200m Backstroke – Heats
14:30 Women’s 200m Butterfly – Heats
Thursday 1 August
00:00 Women’s 100m Freestyle Final
00:06 Men’s 200m Butterfly Final
00:12 Women’s 200m Butterfly Semifinals
00:34 Women’s 1500m Freestyle Final
01:04 Men’s 200m Backstroke Semifinals
01:16 Women’s 200m Breaststroke Semifinals
01:38 Men’s 200m Breaststroke Final
01:45 Men’s 100m Freestyle Final
14:30 Women’s 200m Backstroke – Heats
14:30 Men’s 50m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Heats
14:30 Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay – Heats
Friday 2 August
00:00 Women’s 200m Butterfly Final
00:07 Men’s 200m Backstroke Final
00:14 Men’s 50m Freestyle Semifinals
00:33 Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final
00:40 Women’s 200m Backstroke Semifinals
01:04 Men’s 200m Individual Medley Semifinals
01:18 Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final
14:30 Men’s 100m Butterfly – Heats
14:30 Women’s 200m Individual Medley – Heats
14:30 Women’s 800m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay – Heats
Saturday 3 August
00:00 Men’s 50m Freestyle Final
00:09 Women’s 200m Backstroke Final
00:19 Men’s 200m Individual Medley Final
00:39 Men’s 100m Butterfly Semifinals
01:04 Women’s 200m Ind. Medley Semifinals
14:30 Women’s 50m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Men’s 1500m Freestyle – Heats
14:30 Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay – Heats
14:30 Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay – Heats
Sunday 4 August
00:00 Men’s 100m Butterfly Final
00:09 Women’s 50m Freestyle Semifinals
00:29 Women’s 200m Individual Medley Final
00:39 Women’s 800m Freestyle Final
01:03 Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
22:00 Women’s 50m Freestyle Final
22:06 Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final
22:42 Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
23:05 Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final