Rugby sevens: Men"s Olympic schedule

Olympic Games Rio 2016 Swimming Schedule

The men"s Olympic campaign for gold starts on Tuesday August 9, and we have listed each game below. Fiji are favourites for the gold medal, but New Zealand, South Africa and Kenya have all won stages on the World Series circuit in 2015/16 so have the ability to cause an upset.

Americas clash: Argentina will face USA in the opening session

Tuesday 9th August

Session One (from 3pm on BBC)

Deodoro Stadium

Match 1 (15:00 15:20)Pool B Australia v France

Match 2 (15:30 15:50)Pool BSouth Africa v Spain

Match 3 (16:00 16:20)Pool CGreat Britain v Kenya

Match 4 (16:30 16:50)Pool CNew Zealand v Japan

Match 5 (17:00 17:20)Pool AUSA v Argentina

Match 6 (17:30 17:50)Pool AFiji v Brazil

Session Two (from 8pm on BBC)

Match 7 (20:00 20:20) Pool BAustralia v Spain

Match 8 (20:30 20:50) Pool BSouth Africa v France

Match 9 (21:00 21:20) Pool CGreat Britain v Japan

Match 10 (21:30 21:50) Pool CNew Zealand v Kenya

Match 11 (22:00 22:20) Pool AUSA v Brazil

Match 12 (22:30 22:50) Pool AFiji v Argentina

Rock DJ: New Zealands DJ Forbes shaking off Fijian defence

Wednesday 10 August

Session Three (from 3pm on BBC)

Deodoro Stadium

Match 13 (15:00 15:20) Pool BFrance v Spain

Match 14 (15:30 15:50) Pool BSouth Africa v Australia

Match 15 (16:00 16:20) Pool C Kenya v Japan

Match 16 (16:30 16:50) Pool CNew Zealand v Great Britain

Match 17 (17:00 17:20) Pool A Argentina v Brazil

Match 18 (17:30 17:50) Pool AFiji v USA

Play-offs/quarter-finals (from 8pm on BBC)

Match 19 (20:00 20:20) 9th Place Semi-final Seed 9 v Seed 12

Match 20 (20:30 20:50) 9th Place Semi-final Seed 10 v Seed 11

Match 21 (21:00 21:20) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool A v Seed 8

Match 22 (21:30 21:50) Medal Quarter-final 2nd Pool C v 2nd Pool B

Match 23 (22:00 22:20) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool C v 2nd Pool A

Match 24 (22:30 22:50) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool B v Seed 7

Flying Fijian: Fiji are the number one seed in the Olympics

Thursday 11th August

Semi-finals from 16:30pm, finals from 21:30 (on BBC)

Deodoro Stadium

Match 25 (16:30 16:50) 11th Place Play-off Loser Game 19 v Loser Game 20

Match 26 (17:00 17:20) 9th Place Play-off Winner Game 19 v Winner Game 20

Match 27 (17:30 17:50) 5th Place Semi-final Loser Game 21 v Loser Game 22

Match 28 (18:00 18:20) 5th Place Semi-final Loser Game 23 v Loser Game 24

Match 29 (18:30 18:50) Medal Semi-final Winner Game 21 v Winner Game 22

Match 30 (19:00 19:20) Medal Semi-final Winner Game 23 v Winner Game 24

Match 31 (21:30 21:50) 7th Place Play-off Loser Game 27 v Loser Game 28

Match 32 (22:00 22:20) 5th Place Play-off Winner Game 27 v Winner Game 28

Match 33 (22:30 22:50) Bronze Medal Match Loser Game 29 v Loser Game 30

Match 34 (23:00 23:20) Gold Medal Match Winner Game 29 v Winner Game 30

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