On Saturday 24 July, the dressage competition gets underway at the Tokyo Olympics. So, to make sure you don’t miss a moment of the action, here’s our guide on how to watch the Olympic dressage live.
This page will be updated with more information as and when we receive it.
How to watch Olympic dressage live
Watching in the UK: BBC
Eurosport is also broadcasting live sporting action from the Olympics via its TV channels and its Discovery+ live streaming service. It currently appears that Discovery+ maybe the only way for dressage fans in the UK to watch the grand prix. There is a three-day free trial currently available when you sign up to the service for a year, although you will not be charged if you cancel before your free trial ends. Terms and conditions apply. Watch live now
The BBC schedule is still to be confirmed, and while it was hoped that sessions would be shown on bbc.co.uk/sport, it now appears that this doesn’t include the grand prix or the grand prix special. It was expected that the grand prix special (team final) and grand prix freestyle (individual final) would also be shown live on BBC One and/or iPlayer, but as the special got underway it was not being broadcast.
Due to rights agreements, you need to be in the UK to stream and download programmes or watch BBC TV channels on BBC iPlayer. But if you download a programme on BBC iPlayer when you’re in the UK, you can watch it anywhere in the world. You can download programmes on your computer or mobile/tablet.
Watching in the US: NBC
NBC will provide coverage, which can be accessed on local NBC stations as well as streamed on NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports, and Peacock. The exact schedule is yet to be announced. NBC is only available for free in the US.
Watching in New Zealand
Sky and TVNZ
Watching in Belgium
RTBF via La Deux
Watching in Australia
Channel 7
Watching in Hong Kong
TVB, NiuTV, Fantastic Television, Cable TV and NowTV
Watching in South Africa
ShowMax
Watching in Canada
CBS Sports, SportsNet and TSN
- Full list of offical Olympic broadcasters around the world [PDF download]
Dressage schedule
Times below are displayed as is correct in Tokyo with British times shown in brackets.
Grand prix day one: Saturday 24 July
5-10.15pm (9am-2.15pm)
Grand prix day two: Sunday 25 July
5-10.15pm (9am-2.15pm)
Grand prix special (team final): Tuesday 27 July
5-10.40pm (9am-2.40pm)
Grand prix freestyle (individual final): Wednesday 28 July
5.30-9.25pm (9.30am-1.25pm)
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- Friday, 30 July – team dressage competition (note the magazine is out on Friday instead of Thursday this week to allow us to cover the whole team dressage competition)
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