The IOC have revealed the athletics timetable for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and have confirmed that there will be at least one final in all of the morning sessions.
All five road events – the two marathons and three race walks – will be held in morning sessions, however both 20km race walks will be in the early afternoon at the end of these sessions.
The other morning session finals are the women’s 10,000 metres, the men’s and women’s discus, the men’s triple jump, the men’s and women’s 3,000m steeplechase, the men’s 400m hurdles and the women’s hammer.
“Staging finals in the morning was done at the request of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the Olympic Broadcasting Service, supported by the International Olympic Committee,” said IAAF competitions director Paul Hardy.
“Having finals in the morning will also ensure that we receive maximum visibility for athletics at the Olympic Games across all time zones.”
You can download the full athletics timetable here.
