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The 2024 Summer Olympics are underway in Paris, France.
Australians will be competing in events including water polo and swimming on day eight of the Games.
Because of the time difference, it'll be night time on Saturday in Australia when many of those events kick off.
Here's what's on the schedule for day eight of the Paris Olympics.
What are the key events Australians are competing in?
All times have been converted to AEST.
Beach volleyball
- 6pm: Men's preliminary phase, pool C: Australia v France
Cycling
- 7pm: Men's road race: Simon Clarke, Michael Matthews, Ben O'Connor
Equestrian
- 6pm: Dressage team grand prix special final: Australia
Hockey
- 8.45pm: Women's pool match: Australia v Spain
Rowing
- 5.30pm: Women's single sculls final: Tara Rigney
- 6.50pm: Women's eight final
- 7.10pm: Men's eight final
Swimming
- 7pm: Women's 50m freestyle heats: Shayna Jack, Meg Harris (semifinal at 4.37am)
- 7.30pm: Men's 1500m freestyle heats: Samuel Short
- 8.40pm: Men's 4x100m medley relay: Australia
- 8.52pm: Women's 4x100m medley relay: Australia
- 4.30am: Men's 100m butterfly final: Matthew Temple
- 5.08am: Women's 200m medley final: Kaylee McKeown, Ella Ramsay
- 5.28am: Women's 800m freestyle final: Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister
- 5.58am: Mixed 4x100m medley relay final
Tennis
- 8pm: Men's doubles gold medal match: Ebden/Peers
3x3 Basketball
- 2.35am: Women's pool match: France v Australia
Water polo
- 11pm: Men's preliminary round: Australia v Hungary
Schedule for day eight:
All times have been converted to AEST.
August 3
4pm: Judo, mixed team elimination rounds, repechage, semi-finals
4.30pm: Badminton, women's singles quarters, doubles medal matches
5pm: Handball, women's preliminaries (2 matches)
5pm: Shooting, women's skeet qualification day 1
5pm: Volleyball, women's preliminary round
5pm: Shooting, men's skeet qualification day 2 and finals
5pm: Golf, men's round 3
5pm: Beach volleyball, men's and women's preliminary phase (4 matches)
5.30pm: Rowing, women's single sculls, men's single sculls finals C/B and medal final, women's eight, men's eight medal final
5.30pm: Archery, women's individual eliminations, individual medal rounds
5.30pm: Shooting, women's 25m pistol finals
6pm: Hockey, women's pool stage (2 matches)
6pm: Equestrian, dressage grand prix special team final
6.05pm: Athletics, men's decathlon 110m hurdles
6.10pm: Athletics, men's pole vault qualification
6.18pm: Rowing, women’s single sculls final A
6.30pm: Hockey, women's pool stage (2 matches)
6.30pm: Water polo, men's preliminary round (2 matches)
6.35pm: Athletics, men's 100m preliminary round
6.50pm Rowing, women’s eight final A
6.55pm: Athletics, men's decathlon discus throw A
7pm: Swimming, women's 50m free, 4x100 medley relay heats and men's 1500m free, M 4x100m medley relay, heats
7pm: Road cycling, men's race
7pm: Basketball, men's and women's group phase (2 matches)
7.10pm: Athletics, women's 800m repechage
7.10pm: Rowing, men’s eight final A
7.30pm: Fencing, women's sabre team through semi-finals, placement matches
8pm: Athletics, men's decathlon discus throw B
8pm: Sailing, men's, women's and mixed dinghy, mixed multihull
8pm: Tennis, men's singles bronze medal final, women's singles, men's doubles gold medal finals
9pm: Archery, individual eliminations; women's individual medal rounds
9pm: Volleyball, women's preliminary round
9.30pm: Table tennis, women's singles medal finals
9.40pm: Athletics, men's decathlon pole vault
10pm: Handball, women's preliminaries (2 matches)
11pm: Badminton, women's singles quarters and women's doubles medal matches
11pm: Football, women's quarter-finals (4 matches)
11pm: Water polo, men's preliminary round (2 matches)
11.30pm: Canoe slalom, men's and women's kayak cross single round 1 and repechage
11.30pm: Boxing, women's 50kg, 66kg, men's 57kg, 71kg quarter-finals, and women's 60kg semi-finals
11.30pm: Artistic gymnastics, men's floor, women's vault and men's pommel horse finals
August 4
12am: Judo, mixed team medal rounds
12am: Beach volleyball, men's and women's preliminary phase or lucky loser round (3 matches)
1am: Hockey Pool, women's stage (2 matches)
1am: Volleyball, men's preliminary round
1.15am: Basketball, men's and women's group phase (1 match)
1.30am: Basketball, women's 3X3 pool round (4 matches)
3am: Handball, women's preliminaries (2 matches)
3am: Fencing, women's sabre team medal finals
3.10am: Athletics, men's decathlon javelin throw A
3.15am: Athletics, men's 1500m repechage
3.30am: Water polo, men's preliminary round
3.35am: Athletics, men's shot put final
3.50am: Athletics, women's 100m semi-finals
4am: Boxing, women's 50kg, 66kg, men's 57kg, 71kg quarters, and women's 60kg semi-finals
4.10am: Athletics, men's decathlon javelin throw B
4.20am: Athletics, women's triple jump final
4.30am: Swimming, women's 200m IM, 800m free, men's 100m fly final, women's 50m free semi-finals and mixed 4x100m medley relay finals
4.55am: Athletics, mixed 4x400m relay final
5am: Volleyball, women's preliminary round August
5am: Beach volleyball, men's and women's lucky loser round (3 matches)
5am: Basketball, men's and women's group phase (1 match)
5.20am: Athletics, women's 100m final
5.30am: Basketball, women's 3X3 play-in round (2 matches)
5.45am: Athletics, men's decathlon 1500m final
Where can I watch/listen to the Olympics in Australia?
The Olympics will be broadcast free-to-air on Channel Nine and 9Gem.
The station's streaming service 9Now will also offer more than 40 live sports channels.
Nine's paid streaming platform Stan is also showing Olympic coverage.
ABC Sport will also be live blogging Olympic events as they unfold.
And in Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Darwin, the Gold Coast and regional markets across the country, listeners can hear live daily Olympics coverage across ABC Radio and DAB+ — find out more details about that here.
The ABC's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is brought to you in conjunction with the Nine Network.
What time zone is France in?
France is in the Central European Summer Time (CEST) zone.
We have three time zones in Australia:
- Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST): ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
- Australian Central Standard Time (ACST): Northern Territory, South Australia
- Australian Western Standard Time (AWST): Western Australia
What's the time difference between France and Australia?
Australia is ahead of Paris time zone-wise, so when it's morning in France, it's afternoon Down Under.
Here's the breakdown of time zones:
- AEST: Eight hours ahead of Paris
- ACST: Seven hours and 30 minutes ahead of Paris
- AWST: Six hours ahead of Paris
Where can I see the full schedule of events?
We've published a list of every event scheduled for this year's games.