Women's 100 final is set for Day One of the largest Olympics

LA28 released the detailed daily competition schedule for the biggest Olympics in history on Wednesday, laying out every event for the 19 days of competition that will feature more than 11,000 athletes across 51 sports.

- BY THỤC NHI NGUYEN

ALLEN J. SCHABEN Los Angeles Times

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Along with being the largest in Games history, the 2028 Summer Olympics will be the first to include more female athletes than men. The schedule honors the historic moment for women in sports by showcasing the women's 100-meter final at the Coliseum as the prime-time, marquee event on the first official day of competition on July 15, 2028.

"The reason we're throwing out the women's 100 meters on the first day is because we want to come on these Games with a bang," Shana Ferguson, LA28's chief of sport and head of Games delivery, said on a conference call. “And likely that race will be among the most watched of all the races in the Games. We just want to start that Day One with a massive, massive showcase of the fastest females in the world.”

The women’s 100-meter final will punctuate Day One competition that will feature eight women’s finals, the most for a single day at the Olympics. The men’s 100-meter final will follow on Day Two.

Scheduling the women’s final on Day One will require the top athletes to run up to three, 100-meter races in one day as opposed to putting qualifying on a separate day as the semifinals and finals.