Birmingham 2022 Announces Biggest Ever Competition Schedule

Birmingham 2022 has unveiled the biggest-ever Commonwealth Games programme – one which will make it the biggest multi-sport event to be staged in the UK for a decade.

The new schedule includes the start and finish times for all 286 sessions of the Games, plus information about when the 283 gold medals that are up for grabs will be won.

Beginning on Friday 29th July, medals will be won from the very first day across swimming, track cycling, gymnastics and triathlon – all sports in which the host nation has reigning Commonwealth champions. 

Last year, organisers confirmed that more medals will be awarded to women than men for the first time ever at a major multi-sport event. Now, organisers say that Sunday 7th August will be a showcase for women’s team sport in particular, with the medal matches for women’s hockey, cricket T20 and netball all taking place on the same day.

The final day of competition will be held on Monday 8th August when gold medals will be awarded in diving, table tennis, badminton, squash and hockey.

Ian Reid, Chief Executive of Birmingham 2022 said: “We’re on track to stage a magnificent edition of the Commonwealth Games and we have seen huge interest in tickets in recent weeks. Now more than ever, people are searching for something to look forward to and that is certainly what we will deliver.

“There are millions of sports fans out there who, because of the pandemic, have not been able to attend events for 12 months and with things moving in the right direction, and vaccines being rolled out, we are anticipating a huge amount of interest when our tickets go on sale later in the year.”

Ama Agbeze, Team England gold medallist and Chair of the Birmingham 2022 Athletes’ Advisory Committee, explained what the new schedule means for the 4,500 athletes that will be looking to compete in Birmingham: “The competition schedule for the Games is really taking shape – not only do we now know which sports will take place on each day but we also know the number of sessions and when those all important medals will be decided.

“This will make the Games even more real for all of the athletes looking to compete at Birmingham 2022, plus it provides the teams with key information to help them plan and prepare.”