How to watch gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics: broadcasts, schedule

From acrobatic flips to dazzling floor routines, Olympic gymnastics offers fans plenty of compelling reasons to get involved. And it doesn’t hurt to see Simone Biles on the mat, either.

The 27-year-old record-holder, who ESPN just named the seventh-best female track and field athlete of the 21st century, will be making her third appearance at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, looking to add more pieces of equipment to her already extensive collection.

But let’s get back to Biles later. More broadly, 14 gymnastics medal events will be held at Bercy Arena: the men’s and women’s team; the men’s and women’s individual all-around; the men’s vault, free exercise, pommel horse, rings, bar and parallel bars; and the women’s vault, asymmetric bars, balance beam and free exercise. Here are other essential things to know about Olympic gymnastics.

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The gymnastics competition at the Olympics will begin on Saturday, July 27 (the day after the opening ceremony) and will run through Monday, August 5. There will be one day without any competition during that time.

The gym class schedule and starting times, which are subject to change, are as follows:

Saturday, July 27

• Men’s Qualifying: Sub-Unit 1 — 5 a.m. EST
• Men’s Qualifying: Division 2 — 9:30 a.m. ET
• Men’s Qualifying: Division 3 — 2:00 PM EST

Sunday, July 28

• Women’s Qualifying: Unit 1 — 3:30 a.m. EST
• Women’s Qualifying: Sub-Unit 2 — 5:40 a.m. EST
• Women’s Qualifying: Unit 3 — 8:50 a.m. EST
• Women’s Qualifying: Sub-Unit 4 — 12:00 PM EST
• Women’s Qualifying: Sub-Unit 5 — 3:10 PM EST

Monday, July 29

• Men’s Team Final — 11:30 a.m. ET

Tuesday, July 30

• Women’s Team Final — 12:15 PM ET

Wednesday, July 31

• Men’s All-Around Final — 11:30 a.m. ET

Thursday, August 1st

• Women’s All-Around Final — 12:15 PM ET

Friday, August 2nd

Saturday, August 3

• Men’s Freestyle Finals — 9:30 a.m. ET
• Women’s Ski Jump Final — 10:20 a.m. ET
• Men’s Pommel Horse Finals — 11:16 a.m. ET

Sunday, August 4th

• Men’s Ring Finals — 9 a.m. ET
• Women’s Asymmetric Bar Final — 9:40 a.m. ET
• Men’s Vault Final — 10:24 a.m. ET

Monday, August 5th

• Men’s Parallel Bar Final — 5:45 a.m. ET
• Women’s Balance Beam Final — 6:38 a.m. ET
• Men’s Bar Final — 7:33 a.m. ET
• Women’s Freestyle Finals — 8:23 a.m. ET

Where to watch gymnastics

Live and delayed coverage of the Paris Gymnastics Games will be available on the following television channels: NBC, USA Network and E!. Fans can also watch the events on Peacock and various NBC Olympic platforms, including NBC.com and the NBC mobile app, starting July 27.

According to NBC, the complete gymnastics schedule (along with the equipment used in each session) is available on the NBCOlympics.com schedule page, in the same location as the replay center.

All live streams are available to watch on mobile devices, tablets and connected TVs via Peacock, NBC and the NBC Olympics app. Peacock subscribers can watch any event in Paris live and are encouraged to go to PeacockTV.com/Olympics on their web browser or download the Peacock app and go to the Olympics section to select their preferred event.

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Any list of gymnasts to watch in Paris has to start with Biles, although one of the most recognizable sports figures in the world — with three Olympic appearances — needs no introduction. Biles, who has five moves named after her, has 37 world championship and Olympic medals to her name, including four Olympic golds (team, all-around, vault and freestyle at the 2016 Rio Games), one silver and two bronze.

The decorated gymnast is set to further enhance her almost unrivaled reputation in Paris.

By re-electing herself for Team USA, Biles became just the fourth American woman to make three Olympic gymnastics teams, and the oldest gymnast to make the team in 72 years.

A podium finish in any role would allow Biles to break a tie and pass Shannon Miller (who also has seven medals) for the most Olympic medals won by any American gymnast. She currently ranks ninth on the all-time Olympic medals leader list for women’s gymnastics, but could move up to second with five medals.

Meanwhile, with two gold medals, Biles can also surpass Anton Heida (who won five gold medals in 1904) for the most Olympic gold medals won by an American gymnast.

Other Team USA names to watch include Jade Carey (freestyle) and Suni Lee (all-around), who both have Olympic gold medals under their belts. Lee has three Olympic medals total (along with a silver and bronze).

In the eyes of the world, Rebeca Andrade, who won gold (vault) and silver (all-around) medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, became the first Brazilian gymnast to win a medal at the Olympics. Andrade may be Biles’ best competition in the all-around, vault and freestyle.

American Brody Malone, on the men’s side, is a 2020 Olympian who last narrowly missed the podium after finishing fourth on the bars in Tokyo. So the 2022 world champion on the bars will be looking for a slice of Olympic glory on his second trip to the Games.

It is also worth mentioning the return of the men to the Olympic Games of Japanese Hashimoto Daiki, who won gold in the all-around and on parallel bars in Tokyo.