BBC Sport and Eurosport will have extensive round-the-clock coverage of day 12 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
SOTB’s Olympics TV guides will take you through all the key action and list the must-see moments every day throughout the Games.
A total of 22 Olympic sporting disciplines are in action on Wednesday and 17 more gold medals are set to be won. Here is a summary of the best action to look out for:
MARATHON SWIMMING: Day 12 gets underway nice and early with the the women’s 10km race, taking place at 6.30am local time to avoid the intense summer heat. Alice Dearing competes for Team GB and in doing so will become the first black woman to swim for Britain at the Olympics.
ATHLETICS: The heptathlon gets underway at the Olympic Stadium, with world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who finished sixth in Rio, starting quest for Tokyo glory with the 100m hurdles. Three more disciplines follow, including the high jump, where Johnson-Thompson is at her strongest, plus the shot put and 200m.
Today’s key finals on the track include the women’s 400m hurdles, men’s 800m, women’s 3,000m steeplechase and men’s 200m, while in the field the men’s hammer champion will be crowned.
SKATEBOARDING: Sky Brown, Great Britain’s youngest summer Olympian at just 13-years-old, competes in the Park competition, an event in which she is a world bronze medallist. A year after suffering serious injuries in a horrific training accident, can she finish on the podium in the sport’s first Olympic appearance?
HOCKEY: It’s semi-finals day at the Oi Hockey Stadium in the women’s competition. Reigning Olympic champions Great Britain face the Netherlands once more, in a repeat of their memorable gold medal match from Rio 2016, which gets underway at 2.30am.
SAILING: Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark took 470-class sailing silver in London 2021, then went one better in Rio 2016. Mills won the world title with new partner Eilidh McIntyre in 2019 and will be hoping to bring home another Olympic gold in their medal race.
CYCLING: Today’s solitary final in the velodrome is the men’s team pursuit. Ed Clancy, who has helped Great Britain to Olympic pursuit gold at the past three Games, is back in the team for Tokyo. Denmark won the last world title in a world record time, while Australia are perennial contenders.
EQUESTRIAN: Expect more tension and drama at the Equestrian Park as the individual show jumping final takes place, with Britain’s Ben Maher hoping to emulate his now retired compatriot Nick Skelton, who at the age of 58 at Rio 2016 became the first ever Briton to win individual showjumping gold at the Olympics.
BOXING: There’s more British interest in today’s boxing bouts as Ben Whittaker takes on Cuba’s Arlen Lopez in the men’s light-heavyweight gold medal contest, while Frazer Clarkes fights in the semi-finals of the men’s super-heavyweight division.
SPORT CLIMBING: Team GB has one chance of winning a medal in sport climbing, which is making its Olympic debut. World bronze medallist Shauna Coxsey competes in the women’s combined event.
Scroll down for a full overview of BBC Sport and Eurosport’s TV coverage on day 12 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
For further details about UK TV coverage of the Olympics and Paralympics, visit SOTB’s dedicated Tokyo 2020 page.
BBC Sport is the home of live free-to-air coverage of all the key medal moments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
More than 350 hours of coverage will be broadcast across network TV – BBC One and BBC Two – and via one extra live stream available on the Red Button and online via BBC iPlayer.
Eurosport is the only place to watch live coverage of every single televised Olympic event at the Tokyo Games.
The pan-European broadcaster will be running 9 dedicated Olympics TV channels, available on Sky, Virgin and BT TV, while full streaming coverage of every sport, totalling more than 3,000 hours of live action, can be found on Eurosport Player and Discovery+.
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All BBC and Eurosport timings/channels listed in below are all subject to change.
Tokyo is eight hours ahead of the UK when lining up your viewing plans, so the early action on each day’s timetable will be happen overnight and the live sporting schedule is set to run through until around 3pm UK time each day.
With focus on UK medal interest, the potential for disruption due to Covid and the high chances of inclement weather in Tokyo, there may be late changes to the main BBC network TV schedule and Eurosport 1/2 coverage throughout the Games.
Please check your electronic programme guide on the day for up-to-date listings.
WATCH LIVE OR CATCH-UP via BBC iPLAYER
23:50 (Tue) |
LIVE ATHLETICS, SKATEBOARDING, SWIMMING, HOCKEY Presenter: JJ Chalmers |
World champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson gets underway in the heptathlon, while 13-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown becomes Britain’s youngest summer Olympian.
Johnson-Thompson’s battle with reigning champion Nafi Thiam promises to be one of the more memorable duels at the Olympic Stadium if both are fully fit. Liverpudlian Johnson-Thompson set a personal best score to defeat Thiam, who was nursing an elbow problem.
Brown suffered a horrific fall last year which left her with multiple skull fractures and a broken arm, but she has made a full recovery and will start among the favourites for skateboarding’s park event, having earned world bronze in 2019. In qualifying, she must impress the judges with a series of mid-air tricks, with a top-eight finish needed to reach the final.
There is also coverage of the women’s hockey semi-final between the Netherlands and defending Olympic champions Great Britain.
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06:00-09:00 |
LIVE SAILING, TRACK CYCLING, BOXING Presenters: Dan Walker & Sam Quek |
The climax to events in boxing and sailing, along with cyclist Jason Kenny beginning his defence of the men’s sprint title.
There are high hopes for British sailors in today’s men’s and women’s 470 medal races. In the latter, Hannah Mills is seeking a second successive Olympic gold, this time with new partner Eilidh McIntyre. In boxing, it’s the final of the men’s light heavyweight division, in which Briton Ben Whittaker earned world bronze in 2019.
NOTE: Between 6am and 9am during Olympic Breakfast, there will be hourly BBC national news updates.
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09:00-12:00
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LIVE TRACK CYCLING, ATHLETICS Presenters: Hazel Irvine & Gabby Logan |
Track cycling and athletics take centre stage for the next few hours.
Great Britain haven’t won a gold medal on day 12 of an Olympics this century, but could that be about to change in the Velodrome? Britain are reigning champions in the men’s team pursuit, although Australia have been the form side more recently. Another British defending champion, Jason Kenny, will be looking to make serene progress through the early rounds of the men’s sprint.
At the Olympic Stadium, world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson competes in the heptathlon shot put, Laura Muir vies for a place in the women’s 1500m final and it’s the women’s 200m medal ceremony – will it be a coronation for Dina Asher-Smith?
NOTE: Coverage switches to BBC Two for 45 minutes at 12pm.
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12:45-15:00 |
LIVE ATHLETICS, EQUESTRIAN Presenters: Hazel Irvine & Gabby Logan |
Champions are crowned in the men’s 200m and 800m at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium and also in individual showjumping at the nearby Equestrian Park.
Showman sprinter Noah Lyles won the 200m world title in 2019 and will be favourite to add the Olympic crown. There could be British interest in both track races, with sprinters Adam Gemili and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and 800m runner Kyle Langford just finishing out of the medals in previous global finals.
Nick Skelton became the second oldest British Olympic champion with individual show jumping gold in Rio. Following his retirement, can the in-form Ben Maher and his superstar horse Explosion W keep the British flag flying?
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15:00-18:00 |
OLYMPICS 2020 Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
As the live action draws to a close, there’s another chance to see extended highlights of the best action from around the Games. Catch up on some of the standout action from day 11 of the Olympics in Tokyo as Jason Mohammad introduces athletics, boxing, track cycling, gymnastics, diving and more.
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19:30-21:00 |
TODAY AT THE GAMES Presenters: Clare Balding & Alex Scott |
Your one-stop round-up of the moments that mattered on day 12 in Tokyo is introduced by Clare Balding and Alex Scott.
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21:00-22:00 |
OLYMPICS EXTRA Presenter: Nihal Arthanayake |
With Sky Brown making history as Great Britain’s youngest summer Olympian, Nihal Arthanayake follows the irrepressible 12-year-old’s progress in skateboarding’s park event.
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00:00-15:00 |
LIVE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE |
An extra stream featuring uninterrupted coverage of a selected sport will be available to watch via the Red Button or iPlayer, starting from midnight and running through until at least 3pm.
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WATCH EVERY SPORT LIVE ON EUROSPORT PLAYER
Eurosport and discovery+ is the ‘Streaming Home of the Olympics’ for Tokyo 2020.
The platform will include more than 50 live event feeds, including the main Eurosport 1 and 2 channels. Discovery+ will also stream Eurosport pop-up channels 3 to 9, as well as providing access to all the action on-demand.
If you are looking for the place to find each and every sport live and on-demand for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Eurosport and discovery+ are the only places to find this level of coverage.
Eurosport 1 will focus on more traditional Olympic sports and prospective Team GB medal events and host a daily highlights programme – Tokyo Today – at 4pm and 9pm. Eurosport 2 coverage will include new Olympic sports including skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing.
Eurosport 3 to 9 will host seven pop-up channels categorized by sport genre in HD on Sky, BT, Virgin Media and Amazon alongside a UHD/HDR channel on Virgin Media and Sky, while Sky Q customers can also access 50+ live event feeds via discovery+ subscription.
TV schedules for Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 can be found below, while the full Eurosport streaming schedule can be found via the Eurosport Player website.
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22:25 (Tue) |
LIVE MARATHON SWIMMING |
01:00 |
LIVE ATHLETICS |
04:30 |
LIVE CANOE SPRINT |
05:40 |
LIVE WEIGHTLIFTING |
06:30 |
LIVE SAILING |
07:00 |
LIVE WEIGHTLIFTING |
07:30 |
LIVE SAILING |
08:00 |
LIVE TRACK CYCLING |
10:50 |
LIVE ATHLETICS |
14:10 |
LIVE VOLLEYBALL |
16:00 |
TOKYO TODAY |
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00:45 |
LIVE SKATEBOARDING |
03:30 |
LIVE CANOE SPRINT |
04:45 |
LIVE SKATEBOARDING |
05:45 |
LIVE BOXING |
07:55 |
LIVE DIVING |
09:30 |
LIVE SPORT CLIMBING |
11:00 |
LIVE EQUESTRIAN |
13:20 |
LIVE SPORT CLIMBING |
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Click on the links below to view the daily event schedule for each sport
External links courtesy of olympics.com
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ARTISTIC SWIMMING |
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ATHLETICS |
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BASEBALL |
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BASKETBALL |
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BOXING |
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CANOE SPRINT |
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CYCLING TRACK |
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DIVING |
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EQUESTRIAN |
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GOLF |
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HANDBALL |
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HOCKEY |
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MARATHON SWIMMING |
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SAILING |
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SKATEBOARDING |
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SPORT CLIMBING |
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TABLE TENNIS |
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VOLLEYBALL |
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WATER POLO |
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WEIGHTLIFTING |
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WRESTLING |
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