Olympics 2024 heptathlon on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to the heptathlon at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
Heptathlon is lodged into the British public psyche following Jessica Ennis-Hill's heroics on Super Saturday in the halcyon days of London 2012.
The multi-discipline crown was then scooped up by Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who is a two-time world champion despite injuries wreaking havoc on her Olympic efforts in Tokyo.
KJT will go again in Paris with major unfinished business and legions of fans backing her from across the Channel.
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Heptathletes are expected to compete across seven disciplines ranging from track sprints to shot put. Versatility is crucial.
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When is the heptathlon at the Olympics 2024?
The heptathlon at the Olympics begins on Thursday 8th August and runs until Friday 9th August.
Team GB heptathlon at the Olympics 2024
Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been one of the most entertaining, successful British athletes in recent years, taking the mantle of Team GB's greatest heptathlon hope from Jessica Ennis-Hill.
KJT is a two-time heptathlon world champion, including in 2023, after overcoming a string of horrendous injury issues. She was forced to pull out of Tokyo 2020 midway through the events with a calf muscle tear. She is back and means business in Paris.
Jade O'Dowda is the new kid on the block aiming to make a name for herself in Paris. The 24-year-old clinched bronze at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Olympics 2024 heptathlon on TV
You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK.
All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day.
Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event.
BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide.
Olympics 2024 heptathlon schedule
All UK time. Subject to change.
Thursday 8th August
- 9:05am – 100m Hurdles
- 10:05am – High Jump
- 6:35pm – Shot Put
- 7:55pm – 200m
Friday 9th August
- 9:05am – Long Jump
- 10:23am / 11:32am – Javelin Throw Group A / B
- 7:25pm – 800m
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
