With three years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, the organising committee has revealed the first look at the competition schedule, which features some significant changes set to shape the course of the event, reports insidethegames.biz. The 2028 Olympic edition is shaping up to be one of the most ambitious and diverse ever held, and will make Los Angeles a host city for the third time in its history, following the Games of 1932 and 1984. It will also be the first time the Californian metropolis hosts the Paralympic Games. To commemorate this symbolic milestone, LA28 has shared the first details of the competition calendar, designed with the aim of offering a unique experience for athletes, spectators, and global audiences. We couldnt be more excited to mark this moment. There is much to celebrate today: from the one million registrations in the LA28 pre-Games legacy through the PlayLA Programme, to the first glimpse of the calendar, which has been developed to ensure the worlds best athletes can compete in Los Angeles. Reaching these milestones energises us, and we remain focused on the work ahead, said LA28 Chief Executive Officer Reynold Hoover.
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Games will return to the United States with a schedule designed to suit both domestic and international audiences across the 844 ticketed events.
This calendar has been developed in close coordination with multiple strategic partners, such as Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcaster of the Games, and the international federations of each discipline. It has also received approval from the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee, consolidating its official and global nature. Looking ahead to the Games, the 2028 Olympic competition calendar will continue to evolve as planning progresses. We are now three years away from the LA Memorial Coliseum hosting the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, and I am proud that the first medal will be awarded at the iconic Venice Beach, said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The impact of these Games is already being felt in the Los Angeles community thanks to the PlayLA Programme, a joint initiative with the citys Department of Recreation and Parks. With an investment reaching $160 million (�137m), this proposal aims to promote sports participation among children and teenagers of all abilities, and has just achieved a significant milestone: surpassing one million registrations. PlayLA offers young people aged three to 17 more than 40 sports disciplines, both Olympic and Paralympic, in an accessible and inclusive environment. Among the activities offered are adapted swimming, Paralympic surfing, adapted athletics, boxing, judo, flag football, and sitting volleyball, among many others. When the world comes to these Games, we will highlight every neighbourhood by hosting Games for all and working to ensure they leave a monumental legacy. We are already fulfilling that legacy by announcing that over one million registrations have been recorded in PlayLA. I want to thank LA28 and the International Olympic Committee for making these programmes possible and for their continued work to organise the best Games in history, Bass stated.
Although the published calendar is preliminary, the organisers have confirmed that by the end of 2025, a more precise version will be released, including medal events and the competition order by gender. In the meantime, the current schedule, organised by discipline and day, can already be consulted on the official website of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
