The 2022 Winter Olympics hit Beijing this week on skates, skis, bobsleds, snowboards, and all manner of winter modes of transportation we have collectively agreed to sportify. And there are a lot of them. Let’s run the numbers quick: two bookend ceremonies; 15 discrete disciplines across seven sports; and a record 109 events total, including seven new ones added to the program this year, all of which will be undertaken by 2,871 athletes from 91 countries, including 222 from Team USA.
Another number to keep in mind: 13. That’s how many hours Beijing is ahead of New York City, so schedule your live-watching hours (or spoiler planning) accordingly. The Winter Olympics will run for over two weeks until the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, February 20, at 7 a.m. ET. You can catch the action either streaming live on Peacock Premium or on NBC. Peacock promises to feature full replays of all events right after they wrap. It’s a lot! To help you keep track of things — and, frankly, to help ourselves keep track of things — we compiled a schedule organized by day and event, below. Feel free to Ctrl+F curling for the most exciting one of all. (Events are listed in Eastern time.)
We plan to keep this post updated as the Olympics progress.
Thursday, 2/17
Thursday’s medal events include alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, speed skating, figure skating, and Nordic combined.
Medal Events:
• Alpine Skiing, 1 a.m. — Women’s Alpine Combined Slalom
• Freestyle Skiing, 2:10 a.m. — Women’s Ski Cross Big and Small Finals
• Speed Skating, 3:30 a.m. — Women’s 1,000m
• Figure Skating, 5 a.m. — Women’s Singles Skating, Free Skate
• Nordic Combined, 6 a.m. — Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Cross-Country
• Freestyle Skiing, 9:25 p.m. — Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Finals
Friday, 2/18
Friday’s medal events include curling, freestyle skiing, speed skating, and alpine skiing.
Medal Events:
• Curling, 1:05 a.m. — Men’s Bronze-Medal Match
• Freestyle Skiing, 2:10 a.m. — Men’s Ski Cross Big and Small Finals
• Speed Skating, 3:30 a.m. — Men’s 1,000m
• Freestyle Skiing, 8:30 p.m. — Men’s Freeski Halfpipe Finals
• Alpine Skiing, 11:37 p.m. — Mixed Team Parallel Small Final Bronze-Medal Runs; 11:46 p.m. — Mixed Team Parallel Big Final Gold-Medal Runs
Saturday, 2/19
Saturday’s medal events include biathlon, bobsledding, curling, cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, and speed skating.
Medal Events:
• Biathlon, 4 a.m. — Women’s 12.5km Mass Start
• Bobsledding, 7 a.m. — Two-Woman Heats 3 and 4 (Heats 1 and 2 on Friday, February 18, at 7 a.m.); 8:30 p.m. — Four-Man Heats 3 and 4 (Heats 1 and 2 on Friday, February 18, at 8:30 p.m.)
• Cross-Country Skiing, 1 a.m. — Men’s 50km Mass Start Free
• Curling, 1:05 a.m. — Men’s Gold-Medal Match; 7:05 a.m. — Women’s Bronze-Medal Game; 8:05 p.m. — Women’s Gold-Medal Match
• Figure Skating 6 a.m. — Pairs Skating, Free Skate
• Ice Hockey, 8:10 a.m. — Men’s Bronze-Medal Game; 11:10 p.m. — Men’s Gold-Medal Game
• Speed Skating, 3:30 a.m. — Men’s Mass Start Final; 4 a.m. — Women’s Mass Start Final
Sunday, 2/20
Sunday’s only scheduled medal event is cross-country skiing.
Medal Events:
• Cross-Country Skiing, 1:30 a.m. — Women’s 30km Mass Start Free
Closing Ceremony, 7 a.m.: The Winter Olympics will wrap things up the way they began, from the Beijing National Stadium.
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