Winter Olympics 2026 in Milan-Cortina: The full day-by-day schedule so you won’t miss a thing

From the opening ceremony to the final downhill run, the 2026 Winter Olympics promise two weeks of pure excitement amid the stunning Italian Alps, where the world’s top athletes will compete for gold. Explore the detailed day-by-day schedule to follow every breathtaking moment live.

From February 6 to 22, 2026, all eyes will be on Italy as the world gathers for the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. Spanning the sleek cityscape of Milan to the breathtaking peaks of Cortina d’Ampezzo, this edition promises to be a must-watch event for enthusiasts of winter sports and daring acrobatics. On the French side, ambitions are sky-high. With a steadily growing and more competitive team, the French athletes are aiming to make their mark in their signature disciplines, such as biathlon and figure skating.

Each day of competition promises excitement, thrilling finals, and medal ceremonies, with iconic events set against breathtaking natural backdrops. Navigating the Olympic schedule can quickly become a challenge, given the sheer number of events happening sometimes at the same time.

With morning qualifiers and evening finals, it's easy to overlook a historic moment. Here's a comprehensive day-by-day guide to help you plan your viewing sessions and make sure you don't miss a single opportunity to celebrate French medals!

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The Complete Day-by-Day Schedule of the Winter Olympics

Wednesday, February 4

7:05 PM - Curling

Thursday, February 5

10:05 AM, 2:35 PM, and 7:05 PM – Curling
12:10 PM, 2:40 PM, 6:40 PM, and 9:10 PM – Women’s Ice Hockey
7:30 PM, 8:15 PM, and 9:00 PM – Snowboard Big Air Qualification Runs

Friday, February 6

9:55 AM – Ice dancing / rhythmic teams
10:05 AM and 2:35 PM – Curling
11:35 AM – Pair skating / team events / short programs
12:10 PM and 2:40 PM – Hockey
1:35 PM – Ladies' singles / teams / short programs
8:00 PM – Opening Ceremony

Saturday, February 7

10:05 AM, 2:35 PM, 7:05 PM – Curling
10:30 AM and 11:35 AM – Snowboard Slopestyle Qualification Heats 1 & 2
11:30 AM – Men's Downhill Alpine Skiing🥇
12:10 PM, 2:40 PM, 4:40 PM, 9:10 PM – Women's Ice Hockey
1:00 PM – Skiathlon Cross-Country Race: 10 km + 10 km women🥇
2:00 PM and 3:05 PM – Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Qualification Heats 1 & 2
4:00 PM – Women's Speed Skating🥇
5:00 PM and 6:32 PM – Men's Luge Runs 1 & 2
6:45 PM and 8:00 PM – Women's Normal Hill Ski Jumping Individual Runs 1 & Finals🥇
7:30 PM, 7:52 PM, 8:15 PM – Men's Snowboard Big Air Finals Heats 1, 2 & 3🥇
7:45 PM – Men's Individual/Team/Cross Speed Skating
10:05 PM – Ice Dance / Team Free Dance

Sunday, February 8

9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 – Snowboard slalom qualifiers and eliminations (Men & Women)
10:05, 14:35, 19:05 – Curling matches
11:30 – Women's downhill ski race🥇
12:30 – Skiathlon (10 km classic + 10 km freestyle) for men and women🥇
14:05 – Mixed relay biathlon 4x6 km🥇
14:29 – Women's snowboard slalom final at Grand Prix level🥇
14:39 – Men's snowboard slalom final at Grand Prix level🥇
16:00 – Men's 5,000 meters speed skating🥇
16:40 and 21:10 – Hockey matches
17:00 and 18:31 – Men's singles luge heats 3 and 4🥇
19:30 – Pairs, team, and free skating segments
19:30, 20:15, 21:00 – Women's snowboard big air qualifiers (heats 1, 2, and 3)
20:45 – Women's individual figure skating / teams / free skate🥇
21:55 – Men's individual figure skating / teams / free skate

Monday, February 9th

10:05 AM, 6:05 PM – Curling
10:30 AM – Men's downhill alpine skiing combined
12:10 PM, 4:40 PM, 8:40 PM, 9:10 PM – Ice hockey
12:30 PM, 12:59 PM, 1:28 PM – Snowboarding slopestyle finals 1, 2, and 3 🥇
2:00 PM – Men's alpine skiing slalom combined 🥇
5:00 PM – Men's luge singles runs 1 and 2
5:30 PM – Women's 1000m speed skating 🥇
6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 8:15 PM – Individual normal hill ski jumping and Nordic combined 🥇
7:20 PM – Ice dance / rhythmic skating
7:30 PM – Women's snowboard big air finals 1, 2, and 3 🥇

Tuesday, February 10

8:00 AM – Men's and Women's Skeleton Rounds 3 & 4🥇
9:15 AM, 9:55 AM, 11:45 AM, 12:15 PM, 12:45 PM, 12:57 PM, 1:09 PM, 1:21 PM – Cross-country Sprint Classic Men & Women🥇
10:30 AM – Women's Downhill Alpine Skiing
10:30 AM, 11:08 AM, 11:53 AM, 12:23 PM, 12:48 PM, 12:56 PM – Speed Skating 500m Women, 1000m Men, Mixed Team Relays🥇
11:15 AM, 12:30 PM, 12:59 PM, 1:28 PM, 2:15 PM – Freestyle Ski Slopestyle Finals 1, 2, & 3🥇 and Halfpipe Qualifications Men & Women
1:30 PM – Men's 20km Biathlon Individual🥇
2:00 PM – Women's Alpine Slalom and Combined🥇
2:05 PM & 6:05 PM – Mixed Doubles Curling Finals🥇
12:10 PM, 4:40 PM, 8:10 PM, 9:10 PM – Ice Hockey Games
6:45 PM, 8:05 PM – Mixed Team Ski Jumping🥇
6:30 PM – Men's Short Program & Artistic Skating

Wednesday, February 11

10:00 AM – Nordic Combined Ski Jumping
10:30 AM, 11:27 AM, 7:30 PM, 8:27 PM – Snowboard Halfpipe Qualifiers (Men & Women), Runs 1 & 2
11:00 AM, 2:15 PM, 2:55 PM – Freestyle Skiing Moguls Qualifiers & Finals (Women)🥇
11:30 AM – Alpine Skiing Super-G (Men)🥇
1:45 PM – Nordic Combined Skiing (Classic)🥇
2:15 PM – Biathlon 15 km (Women)🥇
4:40 PM, 9:10 PM – Ice Hockey (Men)
5:00 PM, 5:48 PM, 6:48 PM, 7:37 PM – Luge Doubles (Men & Women)🥇
6:30 PM – Speed Skating 1000m (Men)🥇
7:05 PM – Men's Curling
7:30 PM – Ice Dancing / Free Dance🥇

Thursday, February 12

9:05 AM, 2:05 PM, 7:05 PM – Curling Women’s
9:30 AM, 11:05 AM – Skeleton Men, heats 1 and 2
10:00 AM, 12:15 PM, 12:55 PM – Freestyle Skiing: Moguls qualification round 2 and finals 1 and 2 🥇
10:00 AM, 10:55 AM, 1:45 PM, 2:18 PM, 2:39 PM, 2:56 PM, 3:01 PM – Snowboard Cross Men reaching the finals 🥇
11:30 AM – Alpine Skiing Super-G Women 🥇
12:10 PM, 6:40 PM, 9:10 PM – Ice Hockey
1:00 PM – Cross-country Skiing: 10 km freestyle women 🥇
4:30 PM – Speed Skating: 5000m women 🥇
6:30 PM – Luge Team Event 🥇
7:30 PM, 7:58 PM, 8:25 PM – Snowboard Halfpipe Finals 1, 2, and 3 🥇
8:15 PM, 8:29 PM, 8:58 PM, 9:05 PM, 9:26 PM, 9:31 PM, 9:37 PM, 9:43 PM – Short Track Speed Skating: Quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals for 500m women and 1000m men 🥇

Friday, February 13th

9:05 AM, 2:05 PM, 7:05 PM – Curling Men's
10:00 AM, 10:55 AM, 1:30 PM, 2:03 PM, 2:24 PM, 2:41 PM, 2:48 PM, 7:30 PM, 7:58 PM, 8:25 PM – Snowboard Cross (Women’s) up to the finals and Halfpipe (Men’s) up to the finals
12:00 PM – Cross-country Skiing, 10 km Freestyle (Men’s)🥇
12:10 PM, 4:40 PM, 9:10 PM – Ice Hockey (Men’s) and two Quarterfinals (Women’s)
2:00 PM – Biathlon, 10 km Sprint (Men’s)🥇
4:00 PM – Speed Skating, 10,000 meters (Men’s)🥇
4:00 PM, 5:45 PM, 7:30 PM, 9:14 PM – Skeleton (Women’s), heats 1 & 2; (Men’s), heats 3 & 4🥇
7:00 PM – Figure Skating, Free Program (Men’s)🥇

Saturday, February 14th

9:05 AM, 2:05 PM, 7:05 PM – Curling
10:00 AM and 1:30 PM – Alpine skiing giant slalom heats 1 and 2 🥇
10:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 11:20 AM, 11:35 AM, 11:45 AM, 11:47 AM – Parallel freestyle moguls qualifying rounds for women until finals
12:00 PM – Cross-country relay 4x7.5 km for women 🥇
12:10 PM, 4:40 PM, 9:10 PM – Hockey men's and women's quarterfinals
2:00 PM – Biathlon 7.5 km sprint for women 🥇
4:00 PM, 5:00 PM – Speed skating pursuit/team races women’s quarterfinals and 500m men’s race 🥇
5:30 PM, 6:45 PM, 8:05 PM – Individual ski jumping on the large hill 🥇
7:30 PM, 8:15 PM, 9:00 PM – Big air freestyle skiing qualifying rounds 1, 2, and 3 for women
8:15 PM, 8:59 PM, 9:44 PM, 10:00 PM, 10:27 PM, 10:34 PM – Short track speed skating 1000m women, relay 3000m women, and 1500m men 🥇

Sunday, February 15th

09:05, 14:05, 19:05 – Men's Curling
10:00 and 13:30 – Alpine Ski Giant Slalom, Runs 1 and 2 🥇
10:00 and 11:47 – Women's Monobob Bobsleigh, Runs 1 and 2
10:30, 11:00, 11:20, 11:35, 11:45, 11:47 – Parallel Big Air Snowboard Slopestyle qualification rounds, leading to the final
11:15 – Men's Biathlon, 12.5 km Pursuit 🥇
12:00 – Men's Cross-Country Relay, 4x7.5 km 🥇
12:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:10 – Men's Ice Hockey
13:45, 14:15, 14:35, 14:40 – Snowboard Cross and Mixed Team Events, leading to the final 🥇
14:45 – Women's 10 km Biathlon Pursuit 🥇
16:00 and 17:03 – Men's Sprint and 500 m Women's Speed Skating 🥇
17:30, 18:45, 20:05 – Women's Ski Jumping Large Hill 🥇
18:00 – Skeleton, Mixed Team Event 🥇
19:30, 20:15, 21:00 – Men's Big Air Freestyle Skiing, Runs 1, 2, and 3
19:45 – Pairs Short Track Speed Skating

Monday, February 16

9:05 AM, 2:05 PM, 7:05 PM – Women's curling
10:00 AM and 1:30 PM – Men's alpine skiing slalom heats 1 and 2 🥇
10:00 AM, 11:57 AM, 7:00 PM, 9:04 PM – Bobsleigh two-man at 2, heats 1 and 2; Women's monobob heats 3 and 4
10:30 AM, 11:35 AM, 2:00 PM, 3:05 PM – Snowboard slopestyle qualification rounds, men and women heats 1 and 2
11:00 AM, 11:18 AM, 11:55 AM, 12:04 PM, 12:38 PM, 12:42 PM – Short track speed skating 1000m women’s race up to the final 🥇, plus 500m and 5000m for men
4:40 PM and 9:10 PM – Women's ice hockey quarter-finals 🥇
7:00 PM, 7:48 PM, 8:23 PM – Men's ski jumping team event up to the final 🥇
7:30 PM, 7:52 PM, 8:15 PM – Women's freestyle big air ski qualification heats 1, 2, and 3 🥇
8:00 PM – Ice dancing free dance 🥇

Tuesday, February 17

9:05 a.m., 2:05 p.m., 7:05 p.m. – Men's and Women's Curling
10:00 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. – Nordic Combined, ski jumping on large hill and cross-country skiing🥇
10:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m. – Freestyle Skiing qualifications, men's and women's ski jumping
12:10 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 9:10 p.m. – Men's ice hockey Olympic qualification matches
1:00 p.m., 1:27 p.m., 1:54 p.m. – Women's snowboard slopestyle Finals 1, 2, and 3🥇
2:30 p.m. – Men's biathlon relay 4x7.5 km🥇
2:30 p.m., 2:52 p.m., 3:24 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 3:43 p.m., 3:49 p.m., 4:22 p.m., 4:28 p.m., 4:41 p.m., 4:47 p.m. – Men's and Women's team pursuit speed skating heats leading up to the finals🥇
6:45 p.m. – Women's short track individual skating
7:00 p.m., 9:03 p.m. – Men's bobsleigh heats 3 and 4🥇
7:30 p.m., 7:52 p.m., 8:15 p.m. – Men's freestyle skiing big air heats 1, 2, and 3🥇

Wednesday, February 18

9:05 a.m., 2:05 p.m., 7:05 p.m. – Men's and Women's Curling
9:45 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m. – Free Sprint Cross-Country Skiing / Team Events for Men and Women 🥇
10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. – Alpine Skiing Slalom for Women, Runs 1 and 2 🥇
11:30 a.m. – Ski Acrobatics Jump Finals for Women, Rounds 1 and 2 🥇
12:10 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 6:10 p.m., 9:10 p.m. – Women's and Men's Ice Hockey Quarterfinals
12:30 p.m., 12:59 p.m., 1:28 p.m. – Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Finals, Runs 1, 2, and 3 🥇
2:45 p.m. – Women's Biathlon 4x6 km Relay 🥇
8:15 p.m., 8:42 p.m., 9:24 p.m., 9:29 p.m. – Short Track Speed Skating 500 m Men's Heats Leading Up to Final 🥇
8:50 p.m. and 8:59 p.m. – Women's Short Track Speed Skating 3000 m Relay 🥇

Thursday, February 19

9:05 AM, 2:05 PM, 7:05 PM – Curling Women's and Mixed Doubles
9:50 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:55 PM, 1:25 PM, 1:55 PM, 2:15 PM – Alpine Skiing Sprint from heats to finals 🥇
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM – Nordic Combined Sprint Team Jump and Cross-Country Skiing 🥇
10:30 AM and 11:27 AM – Ski Acrobatics Halfpipe Qualification Heats 1 and 2
11:30 AM and 12:30 PM – Ski Acrobatics Ski Jumping Finals 1 and 2 🥇
2:40 PM and 7:10 PM – Women's Ice Hockey Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Final 🥇
4:30 PM – Men's 1500m Speed Skating 🥇
7:00 PM – Women's Free Individual Figure Skating 🥇
7:30 PM and 8:27 PM – Women's Ski Acrobatics Halfpipe Qualification Heats 1 and 2

Friday, February 20th

12:00, 12:35, 12:54, 13:10, 13:15 – Freestyle skiing ski cross from the quarter-finals to the final 🥇
14:05 – Women's Mixed Doubles Curling
14:15 – Men's 15 km Mass Start Biathlon 🥇
16:30 – Women's 1500m Speed Skating 🥇
16:40 and 21:10 – Men's Hockey Semi-Finals
18:00 and 19:48 – Two-man Bobsleigh runs 1 and 2
19:05 – Men's Bronze Curling 🥇
19:30, 19:58, 20:25 – Men's Halfpipe Freestyle Skiing Finals 1, 2, and 3🥇
20:15, 21:00, 21:56, 22:03 – Women's Short Track 1500m from quarter-finals to final 🥇
21:17 and 21:29 – Men's Short Track 5000m Relay 🥇

Saturday, February 21

10:00 a.m., 11:57 a.m. — Four-man Bobsleigh heats 1 and 2
10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m. — Mixed team ski jumping finals 1 and 2 🥇
11:00 a.m. — 50 km classic cross-country skiing race for men 🥇
12:00 p.m., 12:35 p.m., 12:54 p.m., 1:10 p.m., 1:15 p.m. — Men's ski cross from Round of 8 to final 🥇
1:30 p.m. — Mixed team ski mountaineering relay 🥇
2:05 p.m. — Women's curling bronze medal match 🥇
2:15 p.m. — Women's 12.5 km mass start biathlon 🥇
3:00 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 5:15 p.m. — Men's and Women's speed skating mass start semifinals and final 🥇
7:00 p.m., 9:03 p.m. — Two-man Bobsleigh heats 3 and 4 🥇
7:05 p.m. — Men's curling final 🥇
7:30 p.m., 7:58 p.m., 8:25 p.m. — Women's ski halfpipe finals 1, 2, and 3 🥇
8:40 p.m. — Men's bronze medal hockey game 🥇