The ranking round is used to rank individual archers and to select the top 16 teams. The top 64 Men and 64 Women compete in the individual elimination round, with the top eight archers advancing to head-to-head final round competition, consisting of quarterfinal, semi-final, and medal rounds. Three-member teams compete in an elimination round, with the top four teams advancing to the head-to-head final round, consisting of semi-final and medal rounds.
Competition Dates
28 July - 2 August
ATHLETICS
Venue
Olympic Stadium
Competition Format
In track events, the competition consists of first and second rounds followed by semi-final and final rounds. In the field events, the competition consists of qualifying and final rounds. In the road events, the competition consists of a final round only. In the heptathlon (seven events) and decathlon (ten events), athletes compete in all events over several days.
BADMINTON
Venue
Georgia State University
Competition Format
The format is single elimination, with semi-final winners playing for the gold medal and losers playing for the bronze medal. Each match is "best of three games," with a game awarded to the side to first reach 15 points (Men's singles, Men's and Women's doubles and mixed doubles) or 11 points (Women's singles).
Competition Dates
24 July - 1 August
BASEBALL
Venue
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Competition Format
The Olympic competition consists of one pool of eight teams playing in a round-robin tournament, progressing to semi-final and medal-round games.
Competition Schedule
20 - 25 July, 27 - 30 July, 1 - 2 August
BASKETBALL
Venue
Georgia Dome and Morehouse College
Competition Format
The competition format for both Men's and Women's tournaments consists of the following: two pools of six teams play in a round-robin tournament, progressing to quarterfinal, semi-final and medal-round games with the top four teams. Classification games determine fifth through 12th places.
Competition Dates
20 July - 4 August
BOXING
Venue
Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Georgia Tech
Competition Format
To competitors box for three rounds of three minutes each, with one minute between rounds. A winner is declared by points, retirement, referee stopping contest, disqualification, walkover or knockout. The format is single elimination.
Competition Dates
20 - 28 July, 30 July - 4 August
CYCLING
Venue
Track - Stone Mountain Velodrome
Mountain bike - Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia
Road cycling - Metro Atlanta.
DIVING
Venue
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Competition Format
All divers compete in the preliminary round. The top 18 advance to the semi-final round, and the top 12 advance to the final round.
Competition Dates
26 July - 2 August
EQUESTRIAN
Venue
Georgia International Horse Park
Competition Format
In all events, Men and Women compete as equals; teams are comprised of four riders each.
Dressage
Teams use the FEI Grand Prix test, comprised of 38 movements, and individuals use the FEI Grand Prix Special test, with 32 movements. This test is a qualifying round for the Grand Prix freestyle; individual medals are based on combined special and freestyle test scores. Team competition serves as a qualifying round for individual competition.
Jumping
The horse/rider team is required to jump a series of obstacles on a designated course. The event includes a first qualifying round and the team competition serves as the second and third qualifying rounds, with the top 45 riders advancing to the individual semi-final round.
Three-day event
Dressage, endurance and jumping are the three components of the three-day event, with the winner being the individual with the lowest combined score for the three tests. The lowest three scores of each four-member team determine the team winner.
Competition Dates
21 - 29 July, 31 July - 1 August, 3 - 4 August
FENCING
Venue
Georgia World Congress Center, Hall F
Competition Format
The competition will be by direct elimination. The two semi-final winners compete for the gold medal; the two semi-final losers compete for the bronze medal.
Competition Dates
20 - 25 July
FOOTBALL
Venues
Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia
Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Competition Format
For the Men's tournament, four groups of four teams will compete. The two top teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinal, semi-final and final rounds with single-match elimination. For the Women's tournament, two groups of four teams will participate. The two top teams of each group will advance to the semi-final round, progressing to the final in single-match elimination.
Competition Dates
20-25 July, 27 - 28 July, 31 July - 3 August
GYMNASTICS
Venues
Georgia Dome
University of Georgia Coliseum
HANDBALL
Venues
Georgia World Congress Center, Hall G
Georgia Dome
Competition Format
The Competition Format for Men's handball is two pools of six teams competing in a round-robin tournament, progressing to semi-final and medal-round matches. The Competition Format for Women's handball is two pools of four teams competing in a round-robin tournament, progressing to semi-final and medal-round matches.
Competition Dates
24 July - 4 August
HOCKEY
Venues
Morris Brown College
Clark Atlanta University
Competition Format
The hockey competition for Women consists of one pool of eight teams competing in a round-robin tournament, progressing to medal-round matches. The hockey competition for Men consists of two pools of six teams progressing to semi-final, classification and medal-round matches.
Competition Dates
20 July - 2 August
JUDO
Venue
Georgia World Congress Center, Hall H
Competition Format
Within each weight class, athletes compete in an elimination format with double repechage. One weight class competes each day.
Competition Dates
20 - 26 July
ROWING
Venue
Lake Lanier, Gainesville/Hall County, Georgia
Competition Format
Preliminaries and repechage rounds take place on the first four days of competition, with semi-final, final C, final B and final A rounds on the last four days. Boats race six-across, with the first boat to cross the finish line declared the winner.
Competition Dates
21 - 28 July
SHOOTING
Venue
Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Competition Format
In each event, athletes fire a qualification or preliminary round, with the top eight (rifle and pistol events) or top six (shotgun and running target events) shooters advancing to the finals round. Finals placing is determined by adding the scores from the two rounds.
Competition Dates
20 - 27 July
SOFTBALL
Venue
Golden Park, Columbus, Georgia
Competition Format
The Olympic competition consists of one pool of eight fast pitch teams competing in a round-robin tournament, progressing to semi-final and medal-round games.
Competition Dates
21 - 27 July, 29 - 30 July
SWIMMING
Venue
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Competition Format
Preliminary rounds take place in the morning sessions, followed by the final and consolation final rounds in the evening sessions, with the exception of the Women's 800m freestyle competition and the Men's 1500m freestyle. Those competitions are held over two days.
Competition Dates
20 - 26 July
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Venue
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Competition Format
Teams of eight Women compete in a technical routine on the first day of competition followed by a full routine on the second day.
Competition Dates
30 July, 2 August
TABLE TENNIS
Venue
Georgia World Congress Center, Hall D
Competition Format
The competition format will consist of a round-robin tournament, progressing to quarterfinal, semi-final and medal-round matches.
Competition Dates
23 July - 1 August
TENNIS
Venue
Stone Mountain Park
Competition Format
All events are single-elimination tournaments. Both Men's and Women's singles have a draw of 64. The Men's and Women's doubles have a draw of 32. All matches are the best of three sets, except for the gold medal Men's singles and doubles, which are the best of five sets. Tie breakers are used in all but the last set of each match, when advantage scoring applies.
Competition Dates
23 July - 3 August
WATER POLO
Venue
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Competition Format
In the preliminary rounds, each team plays the five other teams in its pool. The top four teams from each of the two pools advance to the quarterfinal rounds, with the four quarterfinal winners progressing to medal rounds and the remaining teams playing classification games. Each game consists of four 7-minute periods, with overtime period(s) possible in quarterfinal and medal-round games.
Competition Dates
20 - 24 July, 26 - 28 July
WEIGHTLIFTING
Venue
Georgia World Congress Center, Hall E
Competition Format
The competition consists of the snatch and the clean-and-jerk, with one weight class contested each day. An athlete's best lift in each of the two events determines overall placing. Athletes are placed into groups prior to the competition based on their qualifying totals. The top classified weightlifters are in group A, and the others in group B and group C (if necessary) according to the number of weightlifters.
Competition Dates
20 - 24 July, 26 - 30 July
WRESTLING
Venues
Georgia World Congress Center, Hall G Greco-Roman
Georgia World Congress Center, Hall H Freestyle
Competition Format
The Competition Format for both Greco-Roman and freestyle competition is direct elimination with repechage, with athletes who lose to an eventual finalist competing in the bronze medal bracket.
Competition Dates
20 - 23 July, 30 July - 2 August
YACHTING
Venue
Wassaw Sound, Savannah, Georgia
Competition Format
Two races are scheduled each day. The possibility of a third race exists if a make-up race is needed. In all disciplines except the three-person keelboard event, all competitors will participate in every race. In the three-person keelboat discipline, the top six boats advance to a head-to-head match race competition for the medals on the last two days.
