London 2012 key moments
From 27 July-12 August BBC One and BBC One HD from 6am to midnight, and BBC Three from 9am to 11pm, will be the BBC’s Olympic channels, delivering the key live action and top stories as well as our regular BBC News service.
In addition there will be up to 24 HD video streams on bbc.co.uk/sport, which will broadcast every sport live, from every venue, when it’s on. These 24 HD streams will also be available via the BBC Red Button and on the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), for viewers of the BBC using Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media.
Audiences will be able to watch wherever and whenever they want to, across four screens: PC, mobile, tablet and connected TVs (including smart TVs and games consoles) and BBC Red Button. Freeview HD viewers will have an additional Olympic HD channel available through BBC Red Button.
BBC Radio 5 live and 5 live Sports Extra will have extensive news and sport coverage from the Olympics and will have an additional digital service called 5 live Olympics Extra throughout the Olympics.
Day -2
- Football (women) - GB v New Zealand, Cardiff
Day -1
- Football (men) - GB v Senegal, Old Trafford
Day 0
- Opening Ceremony
Day 1
- Men’s Road Race – Cavendish – finish in front of Buckingham Palace
- Men’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) Final – Michael Phelps/Ryan Lochte
- Women’s 400m IM Final – Hannah Miley
- Badminton starts - Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier
- Wimbledon/Lord’s/Horse Guards/ Greenwich Park – action at four of the iconic London landmarks
- British and Irish boxers in action – Campbell, Nevin, Ogogo, O’Neill
- Rowing begins at Eton Dorney
- Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final – first gold medal of the Games
- Tennis – Men’s singles opening round (Andy Murray)
- Football (women) – GB v Cameroon, Cardiff
Day 2
- Women’s Archery team gold medal match - Lord’s
- Women’s Road Race - Nicole Cooke defends her title
- Women’s 400m Freestyle Final – Rebecca Adlington
- Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Final – Phelps/Lochte
- First day of Hockey
- Ben Ainslie takes to the water for the first time in quest for 4th consecutive gold medal
- Football (men) – GB v UAE, Wembley
Day 3
- Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield in 10m Synchro Diving
- Men’s 100m Backstroke Final – Liam Tancock
- Men’s 200m Freestyle – Phelps Women’s 100m Backstroke Final – Gemma Spofforth
- Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final
- Men’s Team Gymnastics Artistic Final
Day 4
- Canoe Slalom (C1) Men’s Final – David Florence
- Eventing Team Jumping Final – Zara Phillips
- Eventing Individual Jumping Final – Tina Cook
- Women’s 200m Freestyle Final / Men’s
- 200m Butterfly Final / Women’s 200m IM Final / Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Final
- Football (women) – GB v Brazil, Wembley
Day 5
- Kayak (K1) Men’s Final – Richard Hounslow
- Road Cycling Women’s Individual Time Trial – Emma Pooley
- Road Cycling Men’s Individual Time Trial – Bradley Wiggins
- Men’s Artistic Gymnastics – All Around Individual Final – Dan Purvis/Daniel Keatings
- Rowing – Women’s Pair Final A – Helen Glover and Heather Stanning
- Rowing – Women’s Quadruple Sculls Final
- Rowing – Men’s Eight Final A – Greg Searle
- Women’s 200m Butterfly Final – Ellen Gandy
- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final
- Football (men) – GB v Uruguay, Cardiff
Day 6
- Canoe Double (C2) Men’s Final – David Florence and Richard Hounslow; Tim Baillie and Etienne Scott
- Kayak (K1) Women’s Final – Lizzie Neave
- Women’s Team Sprint Final – Victoria Pendleton / Jess Varnish
- Men’s Team Sprint Final – Chris Hoy / Jason Kenny
- Rowing – Men’s Double Sculls Final
- Rowing – Lightweight Men’s Four Final
- Rowing – Women’s Eight Final
- Men’s Double Trap Final – Richard Faulds / Peter Wilson
- Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final
- Men’s 200m Backstroke Final – Lochte
- Men’s 200m lM Final – Phelps/Lochte
- Women’s 100m Freestyle Final – Fran Halsall
Day 7
- First day of Athletics – Jess Ennis / Dai Greene / Jodie Williams
- Badminton gold medal match
- Men’s Team Pursuit Final – Geraint Thomas
- Women’s Keirin Final 1-6 – Victoria Pendleton
- Women’s Football quarter-finals
- Rowing – Men’s Quadruple Sculls Final
- Rowing – Women’s Double Sculls Final – Watkins/Grainger
- Rowing – Men’s Single Sculls Final – Alan Campbell
- Women’s 200m Backstroke Final – Lizzie Simmonds
- Men’s 100m Butterfly Final – Phelps
- Women’s 800m Freestyle Final – Adlington
Day 8
- Men’s 100m heats – Usain Bolt
- Men’s 400m Hurdles semi-finals – Dai Greene
- Men’s Long Jump Final
- Women’s Heptathlon 800m Final – Jess Ennis
- Men’s 10,000m Final – Mo Farah
- Women’s 100m Final
- Women’s Team Pursuit Finals – Laura Trott
- Men’s Football quarter-finals
- Rowing – Men’s Four Final
- Rowing – Lightweight Women’s Double
- Sculls Final – Hosking and Copeland
- Rowing – Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls Final – Hunter and Purchase
- Women’s 50m Freestyle Final – Fran Halsall
- Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final
- Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final – Phelps
- Tennis – Women’s singles gold medal match
- Women’s Triathlon – Helen Jenkins
Day 9
- Women’s Marathon – Paula Radcliffe / Mara Yamauchi
- Women’s Triple Jump Final – Yalimé Aldama
- Women’s 400m Final – Christine Ohuruogu
- Men’s 100m Final – Usain Bolt
- Women’s Boxing begins – Nicola Adams/Katie
- Taylor/Natasha Jonas/Savannah Marshall
- Men’s Floor Exercise Final – Dan Purvis
- Men’s Pommel Horse Final – Louis Smith
- Finn medal race – Ainslie
- Star medal race – Percy and Simpson
- Tennis – Men’s singles gold medal match
Day 10
- Women’s Pole Vault Final – Holly Bleasdale
- Men’s 400m Hurdles Final – Dai Greene
- Men’s 400m Final
- Men’s Track Sprint Final – Chris Hoy
- Equestrian Team Jumping Final
- Women’s Uneven Bars Final – Beth Tweddle
- Laser Medal Race – Paul Goodison defends his title
Day 11
- Men’s High Jump Final – Germaine Mason
- Women’s 100m Hurdles Final – Tiffany Porter
- Men’s 1500m Final
- Women’s Omnium concludes – Laura Trott
- Women’s Sprint Final – Victoria Pendleton
- Men’s Keirin Final – Chris Hoy
- Final Team Dressage Competition – Team GB
- Women’s Floor Exercise Final – Beth Tweddle
- RS:X Men Medal Race – Nick Dempsey
- RS:X Women Medal Race – Bryony Shaw
- Men’s Triathlon – Jonathan & Alistair Brownlee
- Men’s Football semi-finals
Day 12
- Women’s Long Jump Final
- Women’s 400m Hurdles Final – Perri-Shakes Drayton
- Women’s 200m Final
- Men’s 110m Hurdles Final – Andy Turner
- Women’s Beach Volleyball Final – Horse Guards Parade
- Kayak Single (K1) 1000m Men’s Final – Tim Brabants
- Equestrian Jumping Individual Finals Jump Off – Nick Skelton
- 49er Skiff Medal Race – Steve Morrison and Ben Rhodes
Day 13
- Men’s Triple Jump Final – Philips Idowu
- Men’s 800m Final
- Men’s 200m Final – Usain Bolt
- Men’s Beach Volleyball Final
- First ever women’s boxing medals decided – Women’s Fly Weight (51kg) Final / Women’s Light Weight (60kg) Final / Women’s Middle Weight (75kg) Final
- Equestrian Dressage Individual final – Laura Bechtolsheimer
- Women’s Football Final
- 470 Men Medal Race – Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell
- Women’s 10km Swim – Keri-Anne Payne
Day 14
- Women’s 4x100m Relay Final
- Women’s 1500m Final – Hannah England and Lisa Dobriskey
- Men’s 4x400m Relay Final
- Women’s BMX Final Run – Shanaze Reade
- Women’s Hockey gold medal match
- 470 Women Medal Race – Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills
- Men’s 10km Swim – David Davies
- Taekwondo – Sarah Stevenson and Aaron Cook
Day 15
- Men’s 5000m Final – Mo Farah
- Women’s 800m Final – Jenny Meadows
- Women’s 4x400m Relay Final
- Men’s 4x100m Relay Final
- Men’s boxing finals – Light Fly (49kg) / Bantam Weight (56kg) / Light Welter (64kg) / Middle (75kg) / Heavy (91kg)
- Kayak Single (K1) 200m Men Final A – Ed McKeever
- Kayak Single (K1) 200m Women Final A – Rachel Cawthorn
- Kayak Double (K2) 200m Men Final A – Liam Heath and Jon Schofield
- Men’s 10m Platform Final – Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield
- Men’s Hockey gold medal match
- Elliott 6m Women’s Keelboat Medal Race – Lucy McGregor
Day 16
- Men’s Marathon
- Men’s Basketball Gold Medal match – USA (Lebron James / Kobe Bryant)
- Men’s boxing finals – Fly Weight (52kg) / Light (60kg) / Welter (69kg) / Light Heavy (81kg) / Super Heavy (+91kg)
- Women’s Modern Pentathlon – Mhairi Spence
- Closing Ceremony