Olympic Games Paris 2024 daily schedule: Preliminary day 1

While the official opening ceremony hasn't even happened yet, there will still be a few sports getting their Olympic campaigns underway on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning (AEST).

Highlighting the first day of competition will be the men's rugby sevens, with the Australian team in action for their first group stage fixture.

Included in the squad will be Roosters-bound flyer Mark Nawaqanitawase, who will head to the NRL after the conclusion of the Olympics, while the likes of Maurice Longbottom and captain Nicholas Malouf will also be competing for the Aussies.

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Australia made the quarter-finals in Tokyo before being knocked out in comprehensive fashion by eventual gold medal winners, Fiji.

All matches in the rugby sevens will take place at Stade de France just outside of Paris.

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Also on the opening night will be some men's football - but don't expect to see the green and gold in action, with the Olyroos failing to qualify for Paris.

Here's the schedule for preliminary day 1. All times below are in AEST (Queensland, NSW, Victoria)

Australian athletes and teams are in bold.

Men's football

Eight games from 11pm (Australia not in action)

Men's rugby sevens

12 games from 11.30pm

• Pool B - Australia vs Samoa (11.30pm)
• Pool B - Australia vs Kenya (3am Thursday)

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