CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Although competition at the Tokyo Olympics already began a couple of days ago, Friday marks the official start of the Games with the Opening Ceremony. And although the event happens starting at 8 p.m. in Tokyo, you’ll be able to watch it live starting across the U.S. early Friday morning.
NBC coverage of the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony begins at 6:55 a.m. Friday morning on WCNC Charlotte. You can watch an encore presentation of the Opening Ceremony beginning at 7:30 p.m. et
You’ll find the live stream link for that below as well as several opening rounds and even medal events. This is everything being live-streamed between 12 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. ET., which spans both Friday and Saturday in Japan.
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These times and events are subject to change.
- 6:55 a.m ET: Opening Ceremony (LIVE)
- 1:00 p.m. ET: (NBC) Olympics Primetime Preview Show
- 7:30 p.m. ET (NBC) Opening Ceremony (Replay)
- 7:30 p.m. ET: Rowing, Men's and women's four and lightweight double sculls heats; and single sculls and double sculls repechages
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Badminton, Session 1 Group Play Court 1
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Badminton, Session 1 Group Play Court 2
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Badminton, Session 1 Group Play Court 3
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Women’s Beach Volleyball, Japan vs. Czech Republic
- 8:30 p.m. ET: Archery, Mixed Team Prelims 1/8 Prelims
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Fencing, Women's Individual Epee; Men's Individual Sabre
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Men's Handball, Norway vs. Brazil
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Table Tennis, Men's and Women's Singles; Mixed Doubles - Table 1
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Table Tennis, Men's and Women's Singles; Mixed Doubles - Table 2
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Table Tennis, Men's and Women's Singles; Mixed Doubles - Table 3
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Table Tennis, Men's and Women's Singles; Mixed Doubles - Table 4
- 8:00 p.m. ET: Men's Volleyball, Italy vs. Canada
- 8:20 p.m. ET: Weightlifting, Women's 49kg Group B
- 8:30 p.m. ET: Men's Field Hockey, Japan vs. Australia
- 9:00 p.m. ET: Men’s Beach Volleyball, Brazil vs. Argentina
- 9:00 p.m. ET: Men's Field Hockey, New Zealand vs. India
- 9:00 p.m. ET: Men's Gymnastics Qualifications, Subdivision 1, Multi-view Apparatus Feed
- 9:00 p.m. ET: Men's Gymnastics Qualifications, Subdivision 1, Main Coverage
- 9:00 p.m. ET: Softball, Australia vs. Canada
- 9:00 p.m. ET: Taekwondo, Men's 58kg and Women's 49kg Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Repechages
- 9:15 p.m. ET: 3x3 Basketball, Pool Play, Session 1 (4 games)
- 9:45 p.m. ET: Shooting, Women's Air Rifle Final
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Women’s Beach Volleyball, Brazil vs. Argentina
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Boxing, Men's Heavy, Welter, Light; Women's Feather
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Cycling, Men's Road Race
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Men's Handball, France vs. Argentina
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Judo, Men's 60kg; Women's 48kg Elimination rounds and Quarterfinals
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Center Court, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 1, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 2, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 3, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 4, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 5, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 6, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 7, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 8, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 9, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 10, Match 1
- 10:00 p.m. ET: Tennis, Court 11, Match 1
- 10:05 p.m. ET: Men's Volleyball, Brazil vs. Tunisia
- 10:45 p.m. ET: Men's Field Hockey, Netherlands vs. Belgium
- 11:00 p.m. ET: Women’s Beach Volleyball, Canada vs. Netherlands
- 11:15 p.m. ET: Men's Field Hockey, Argentina vs. Spain
- 11:50 p.m. ET: Weightlifting, Women's 49kg Group A
