From the opening ceremony on September 15 until the final farewells on October 1, 10,000 athletes will compete for 500 medals at the 27th Summer Olympics.
Saturday 23 Men's coxless fours final: Redgrave, Pinsent, Foster and Cracknell face tough competition. Women's heptathlon (first four events): Denise Lewis's main rival is France's Eunice Barber. Women's 100m final: Marion Jones goes for gold No 1 Men's 100m final: Darren Campbell, Dwain Chambers and Jason Gardener hope to challenge the US. Men's javelin: can Steve Backley finally win gold?
Sunday 24 Women's triple jump: Ashia Hansen's chance
Monday 25th Men's triple jump: Jonathan Edwards's last chance. Women's 400m final: the UK's Katherine Merry challenges Cathy Freeman. Men's 110m hurdles: America's Allen Johnson stands between Colin Jackson and Olympic glory. Men's 10,000m: Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie should confirm his status as an all-time great. Sailing: Gold medal prospect Ben Ainslie in the single-handed Laser class.
Thursday 28 Women's 200m final: stage two for Marion Jones Men's 200m: Darren Campbell leads the British medal challenge. Men's tennis singles final: will Henman and Rusedski get this far?
Friday 29 Women's long jump: Marion Jones goes for gold No 3 Men's 1,500m: the great Hichem el Guerrouj of Morocco should finally win Olympics gold
Saturday 30 Women's 4x100m and 4x400m: Marion Jones goes for gold no 4. Men's 4x100m: the UK team should get silver. Men's 4x400m: Iwan Thomas leads the British medal hopefuls.
Times: Sydney is 10 hours ahead of us. All finals take place between 8am-noon in Britain.
TV & radio: the BBC still has the rights so Olympic Grandstand will cover events live. Radio 5 Live will broadcast through the night from Sydney. Alan Brazil's breakfast show on talkSPORT will come from Sydney for the duration of the Games.
Jon Driscoll
Sunday Times
Down under with Team GB
British Airways has done its best to ensure that British Olympic and Paralympic competitors leave Sydney with their fair share of medals. The airline has committed to flying up to 1,000 athletes and support staff to the Games.
