Ariane Titmus’ impending showdown with Katie Ledecky in the women’s 800m freestyle swimming final will headline the 14 medal events for Australian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics on August 3, Saturday.

Arguably the most-anticipated rivalry in swimming, the Ariane Titmus vs Katie Ledecky duel has already played out once on the Paris 2024 stage with the Australian coming out on top in the 400m final as the American settled for bronze.

With Ledecky not competing in the 200m fly in Paris and Titmus not a part of the 1500m field, which the American aced, the 800m will be the two rivals’ next battleground.

However, Titmus will need to step up to make it 2-0 in her favour at Paris 2024. Ledecky is a three-time reigning champion in the 800m and was responsible for Titmus taking the silver at Tokyo 2020.

Furthermore, the American holds both the world and Olympic record in the 800m and topped the heats to qualify for the final. Titmus had finished third behind another American Paige Madden.

Titmus’ fellow Dolphin Lani Pallister will also have her name in the hat, making it an intriguing Australia vs USA battle in the pool.

Kaylee McKeown and Ella Ramsay will also look to add to Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympics medal tally when they compete in the women’s 200m individual medley final.

Matthew Temple and Ben Armbruster will have the same goal in the men’s 100m butterfly final and so will the Dolphins mixed 4x100m medley team.

John Peer and Matthew Ebden, meanwhile, will look to become the first Australian tennis players to stand on the top podium at the Olympics since the Woodies (Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge) at Atlanta 1996.

Peers and Ebden are set to take on American fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the men’s doubles gold medal match.

Charlie Senior will be looking to outbox Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the men’s 57kg quarter-finals to confirm a boxing medal for Australia while Australian rowers will be seen competing in three finals.

Potential medals will also be up for grabs in men’s road cycling and equestrian events.

Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympics medal events schedule on August 3, Saturday

Live start times, all in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

Athletics

• Medal event: Men’s decathlon 1500m (Daniel Golubovic) – 5:45 AM (August 4, Sunday)

Boxing

• Medal confirmation event: Men’s 57kg quarter-finals: Charlie Senior vs Carlo Paalam (Philippines) – 11:46 PM

Cycling road

• Medal event: Men’s road race (Michael Matthews, Simon Clarke, Ben O’Conner) – 7:00 PM

Equestrian

• Medal event: Dressage team Grand Prix Special (Jayden Brown/Simone Pearce/William Matthew) – 6:00 PM

Rowing

• Medal event: Women’s single sculls Final A (Tara Rigney) – 6:18 PM
• Medal event: Women’s eight Final A (Team Australia) – 6:50 PM
• Medal event: Men’s eight Final A (Team Australia) – 7:10 PM

Sailing

• Medal event: Men’s windsurfing final (Grae Morris) – 10:03 PM onwards

Shooting

• Skeet men’s qualification Day 2 (Joshua Bell) – 5:00 PM
• Medal event: Skeet men’s final (if qualified) – 11:30 PM

Swimming

• Medal event: Men’s 100m butterfly final (Matthew Temple) – 4:30 AM (August 4, Sunday)
• Medal event: Women’s 200m individual medley final (Kaylee McKeown, Ella Ramsay) – 5:08 AM (August 4, Sunday)
• Medal event: Women’s 800m freestyle final (Ariane Titmus, Lani Pallister) – 5:28 AM (August 4, Sunday)
• Medal event: Mixed 4x100m medley relay final (Team Australia) – 5:58 AM (August 4, Sunday)

Tennis

• Medal event: Men’s doubles gold medal match: John Peers/Matthew Ebden vs Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram – 8:00 PM onwards