Tokyo Olympics - Athletics Day 2

Tokyo Olympics - Athletics Day 2

Saturday July 31st 2021

Where to Watch

RTE 2, 1am - 3:30pm, with roundup 7pm - 9pm, and on RTE Player

BBC 1 & 2, from Midnight to 3pm, Roundup Program at 7:30pm

Eurosport 1 & 2 (Sky Channels 410 & 411) - 24 hour coverage

Note: Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of Ireland

Date and Time: Sat 31 July

 Note: Japan Time is 8 hours ahead of Ireland

Startlists & Reports

Irish In Action

1:50am (800m Heats): Mark English

    2:45am (100m Hurdles Heats): Sarah Lavin

Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Irish Day 1 Summary

Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Irish Day 2 Summary

13:35pm Mixed 4x400m Final: Ireland

Irish 4x400m Team after Heat 1

4x400m Mixed Relay Startlist & Lane Draw

 
Click on any  link below for inc start lists, results and other info

Start Time	Location	Event
Session 4  1:00 - 4:30
1:00	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 1
1:08	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 2
1:16	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 3
1:24	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 4
1:30	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Discus Throw Qualification - Group A
1:32	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 5
1:40	Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault A	Men's Pole Vault Qualification - Group A
1:40	Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault B	Men's Pole Vault Qualification - Group B
1:50	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 800m Round 1 - Heat 1
1:58	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 800m Round 1 - Heat 2
2:06	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 800m Round 1 - Heat 3
2:14	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 800m Round 1 - Heat 4
2:22	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 800m Round 1 - Heat 5
2:30	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 800m Round 1 - Heat 6
2:45	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 1
2:53	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 2
2:55	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Discus Throw Qualification - Group B
3:01	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 3
3:09	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 4
3:17	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 5
3:35	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Preliminary Round - Heat 1
3:43	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Preliminary Round - Heat 2
3:51	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Preliminary Round - Heat 3
3:59	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Preliminary Round - Heat 4
Session 5  11:00 - 13:55
11:10	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Men's Long Jump Qualification - Group A
11:10	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump B	Men's Long Jump Qualification - Group B
11:15	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Semi-Final 1
11:23	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Semi-Final 2
11:31	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Semi-Final 3
11:45	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 1
11:53	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 2
12:01	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 3
12:09	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 4
12:15	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Discus Throw Final
12:17	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 5
12:25	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 6
12:33	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 7
12:50	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m Semi-Final 1
13:00	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m Semi-Final 2
13:10	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m Semi-Final 3
13:35	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final
13:50	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Final

Athletics Ireland Day 2 Preview

Saturday July 31st - 2020 Tokyo Olympics July 31st – Preview

Saturday promises to be another ‘edge of the seat’ day for Irish athletics fans with an Olympic Mixed 4 x 400m final to look forward to in the afternoon.

Mark English (Finn Valley AC) will get the ball rolling for Team Ireland on the second day of athletics action. English comes into the heats of the 800m in the form of his life, having broken the Irish 800 record which had stood since 1995.

That performance followed on from an indoor season which saw the Finn Valley athlete break his own Irish indoor 800m record as he built towards qualification for these games.

English will go in heat 5 at 02:22am and will be looking to use all his big race experience as he targets one of the 3 automatic qualification places on offer. There are also a further 6 fastest qualification spots available for athletes competing across the 6 heats.

Sarah Lavin has been on fire over the 100m Hurdles this season, with the Emerald AC athlete breaking that sub 13 second milestone in style earlier this year with a brilliant 12.95PB to join Derval O’Rourke in the sub 13 seconds club.

Lavin goes in heat 2 at 02:53am and will likely need to challenge the sub 13 second mark to claim one of the 4 automatic qualification places. The next 4 fastest (q) from the 5 heats will also progress to the semi-finals on Sunday afternoon.

All eyes will then turn to that Mixed 4 x 400m relay final set for 13:35pm (Irish time). The team of Cillin Greene (Galway City Harriers AC), Chris O’Donnell (North Sligo AC), Phil Healy (Bandon AC), Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC), Robert McDonnell (Galway City Harriers AC), and Cliodhna Manning (Kilkenny City Harriers) will take to the track full of confidence, knowing that 3 of the 9 teams in the final will walk away with Olympic medals. The Irish team go from lane 5 and it’s likely that they will need to once again threaten today’s 3:12.88 to get amongst the contenders. Best of luck to all athlete and coaches.

Full Olympic Athletics Schedule

Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Athletics Starts Friday