Overview

• Organizers have not said whether the men’s bracket, the women’s bracket, or both will begin before the ceremony.
• A preliminary program lists three contests on July 12 and three more on July 13.
• Bronze-medal games are slated for July 28–29, with gold-medal games on July 29–30, the final day of the Games.
• Several other sports are also scheduled to start before the ceremony, including field hockey, rugby sevens, water polo, handball, cricket and soccer.
• Canoe slalom in Oklahoma City is expected to open on the morning of July 14, hours before the Los Angeles festivities.