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Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow
The full sport competition schedule for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games has been revealed.
The 23rd edition of the Games will host the largest-ever Para sport programme at a Commonwealth Games and welcome 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories between 23 July and 2 August.
Glasgow will play host to 10 days and 133 sessions of sport - including more than 50 medal sessions.
Boasting the largest ever Swimming and Para Swimming, Track Cycling and Para Track Cycling, and 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball competitions in Commonwealth history, 215 gold medals will be up for grabs across 10 sports and six Para sports. With such a packed programme, Glasgow 2026 is promising an altogether brilliant celebration of the very best of world-class sport.
From thrilling finals to historic moments, the competition schedule reveals when and where the action will unfold across four of the city’s iconic venues. Fans can now plan what events to attend with general ticket sales opening on 30 October.
The starting gun for the first sporting event will be fired on 24 July, launching ten days of competition. Fourteen medals will be awarded on opening day of the Games, with the very first going to Para Powerlifting in the SEC Armadillo, marking the first time a Para sport has opened the medal tally at a Commonwealth Games.
Just next door at the SEC Centre, the adrenaline kicks in with eight days of Boxing, with preliminary bouts in men’s and women’s weight categories. Meanwhile, the fast-paced spectacle of 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball tips-off on the centre court; a brilliant addition to the Games since Glasgow 2014, now bigger and bolder than ever after its record-breaking success at Birmingham 2022.
Across the city in the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, nine swimming finals will be contested and local Scottish fans will be hoping that Duncan Scott (SCO) and Stephen Clegg (SCO) kick-off the host nation’s medal hopes on the opening night of competition.
On Day Two (25 July) the first centre pass will be thrown in the Netball competition, when 12 of the best teams in the world go head-to-head across nine days of fiercely contested competition in The Hydro.
The following day (26 July) will see more history being made as the first-ever Commonwealth medals for women in the 1,500m freestyle are awarded, meanwhile, the Arena will host the Men and Women’s Individual All-Around Gymnastics Final.
Monday 27 July is looking packed full of action with eight sports on display - 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball, Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics and Para Athletics, Bowls and Para Bowls, Boxing, Netball, Swimming and Para Swimming, and Weightlifting.
It marks the beginning of a highly anticipated Athletics and Para Athletics programme at Scotstoun Stadium, while in the pool, the Men’s 800m Freestyle makes its Commonwealth debut.
28 July brings a further 27 medal events and will see the fastest runners in the Commonwealth crowned at Scotstoun Stadium, in the Men’s and Women’s 100m finals.
In the pool, tensions will be high in an exciting Mixed Medley Relay, whilst in the Arena, the Artistic Gymnastics programme concludes. In the SEC Centre, 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball competitions reach their semi-final stages.
On 29 July, 26 medals will be decided including the finals of both 3x3 formats while on Day Seven, we’ll see the Women’s 5000m final alongside a night of Para Athletics as Commonwealth crowns are claimed in Men’s T12 100m and Women’s T45-47 100m finals.
The Weightlifting competition concludes in the SEC Armadillo and Netball wraps up its group stage in The Hydro, with fierce competition expected for knockout places in front of thousands of fans.
Day Eight (31 July) brings another epic schedule to Scotstoun Stadium. The Men’s and Women’s 200m finals will run alongside the Women’s 800m, the Men’s Decathlon and the return of the Women’s T38 Long Jump, last seen at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Over at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, fans will enjoy the Keirin and head-to-head sprints, while Judo begins in the SEC Centre.
'Super Saturday' (August 1) - is the most action-packed day of the Games, with 44 gold medals to be won across Athletics and Para Athletics, Boxing, Track Cycling and Para Track Cycling, and Judo. Fourteen gold medals will be awarded at Boxing in the SEC Centre, with all men’s and women’s finals on the same day, whilst fans at Scotstoun Stadium will witness the final of the Commonwealth Mile, which replaces the traditional 1,500m and returns to the programme for the first time since 1966.
Across town in The Hydro, Netball reaches the semi-final stage, while in the SEC Centre, Bowls and Para Bowls will also host semi-finals in Women’s Singles, Men’s Pairs, Para Men’s B6-B8 Pairs and Para Women’s B6-B8 Pairs.
The final day of competition, 2 August, promises to be a spectacular conclusion to the sporting programme. Netball will crown its Commonwealth champions, while the Women’s Keirin will be decided in Track Cycling.
In the SEC Centre, Bowls and Para Bowls will award medals in Women’s Singles, Men’s Pairs and Para Men’s and Women’s B6-B8 Pairs wrapping up a brilliant 10-day competition, whilst medals will also be decided over on the Judo mats.
Phil Batty OBE, Chief Executive of Glasgow 2026 said:
“The announcement of the full sport schedule brings to life the huge scale of competition planned for Glasgow 2026. With 215 medals across over 130 sessions in incredible venues across the city, these Games will showcase the very best in global sport. With some of the biggest names set to compete, we have an exhilarating and exciting sport programme, guaranteed to make history next summer.
“The full public on sale will then take place on 30 October 2025 and I know we’ll see incredible crowds across all of our venues for the full ten-day competition with an atmosphere that will be electric.”
Katie Sadleir CNZM, Chief Executive of Commonwealth Sport, said:
“Glasgow 2026 continues to push the boundaries of innovation. The inclusion of the Commonwealth Mile brings a wonderful sense of history and nostalgia, reimagined for a new generation of fans and athletes. Moving Bowls and Para Bowls indoors for the first time reflects the creative thinking behind these Games, and after a fantastic debut in Birmingham, it’s brilliant to see 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball expanding in response to their incredible popularity. Just as importantly, the continued integration of Para sport throughout the wider programme underlines our commitment to inclusion and equality, which sits at the heart of the Commonwealth Games.”
Download a full sport schedule here
Or visit: https://www.glasgow2026.com/schedule/day-by-day-event-schedule
Above story is an adapted version of the Glasgow 2026 sport schedule press release.