| Olympic Games – Women – Middleweight | 2016 |  | 14–21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Super-heavyweight | 2016 | | 9–21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Flyweight | 2016 | | 13–21 August |
| World Championships – Mixed – Mixed relay | 2016 | | 21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Marathon | 2016 | | 21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 6–21 August |
| ATP Tour – ATP Masters 1000 – Cincinnati | 2016 | | 15–21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 7–21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Cross-country | 2016 | | 21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Freestyle – 97 kg | 2016 | | 21 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Group all-around | 2016 | | 20–21 August |
| World Rally Championship (WRC) – Rallies – Rally Germany | 2016 | | 19–21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Freestyle – 65 kg | 2016 | | 21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 7–21 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Light-welterweight | 2016 | | 10–21 August |
| UCI World Tour – Hamburg Cyclassics | 2016 | | 21 August |
| Southern hemisphere – Rugby Championship (Round 1) | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 1500 m | 2016 | | 16–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 5000 m | 2016 | | 17–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 4x400 m | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Javelin throw | 2016 | | 17–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 800 m | 2016 | | 17–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 4x400 m | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – High jump | 2016 | | 18–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 6–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men's singles | 2016 | | 11–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Bantamweight | 2016 | | 10–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Middleweight | 2016 | | 8–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Flyweight | 2016 | | 12–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, C-2 1000 m | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, K-1 200 m | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Sprint, K-4 500 m | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, K-4 1000 m | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 6–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Freestyle – 86 kg | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Freestyle – 125 kg | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 17–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Individual all-around | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Modern pentathlon | Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 18–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 10 m platform | 2016 | | 19–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – +80 kg | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – +67 kg | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Cross-country | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 6–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 6–20 August |
| World Championships – Men – Sprint | 2016 | | 20 August |
| World Championships – Women – Sprint | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 4–20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men (Third place game) | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Men (Final) | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Southern hemisphere – Rugby Championship (Round 1) | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Southern hemisphere – Bledisloe Cup (Match 1) | 2016 | | 20 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Pole vault | 2016 | | 16–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 9–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Individual jumping | 2016 | | 14–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 3–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 6–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Hammer throw | 2016 | | 17–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Freestyle – 74 kg | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Racing | 2016 | | 17–19 August |
| Modern pentathlon | Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 18–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Freestyle – 57 kg | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 50 km walk | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 80 kg | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women (Third place game) | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 4x100 m | 2016 | | 18–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Team | 2016 | | 18–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 5000 m | 2016 | | 16–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women (Final) | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Lightweight | 2016 | | 12–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women's singles | 2016 | | 11–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 4x100 m | 2016 | | 18–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men's doubles | 2016 | | 11–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 20 km walk | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 67 kg | 2016 | | 19 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Racing | 2016 | | 17–19 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 49er FX | 2016 | | 12–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 10 m platform | 2016 | | 17–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 68 kg | 2016 | | 18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, K-2 1000 m | 2016 | | 17–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 400 m hurdles | 2016 | | 15–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 57 kg | 2016 | | 18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Javelin throw | 2016 | | 16–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 6–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Sprint, K-1 500 m | 2016 | | 17–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men | 2016 | | 6–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Freestyle – 53 kg | 2016 | | 18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Freestyle – 63 kg | 2016 | | 18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Freestyle – 75 kg | 2016 | | 18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, C-1 200 m | 2016 | | 17–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 200 m | 2016 | | 16–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Shot put | 2016 | | 18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, K-2 200 m | 2016 | | 17–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 400 m hurdles | 2016 | | 15–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Light-heavyweight | 2016 | | 6–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Decathlon | 2016 | | 17–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 49er | 2016 | | 12–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Women's doubles | 2016 | | 11–18 August |
| Olympic Games – Mixed doubles | 2016 | | 11–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men's teams | 2016 | | 12–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women | 2016 | | 6–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men (Semifinal #2) | 2016 | | 17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 100 m hurdles | 2016 | | 16–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 49 kg | 2016 | | 17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Welterweight | 2016 | | 7–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 200 m | 2016 | | 15–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Long jump | 2016 | | 16–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Freestyle – 48 kg | 2016 | | 17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 58 kg | 2016 | | 17 August |
| Olympic Games – Team jumping | 2016 | | 14–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 3000 m steeple | 2016 | | 15–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Freestyle – 58 kg | 2016 | | 17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Freestyle – 69 kg | 2016 | | 17 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 470 | 2016 | | 10–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 470 | 2016 | | 10–17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men (Semifinal #1) | 2016 | | 17 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – High jump | 2016 | | 14–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, C-1 1000 m | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Sprint, K-1 1000 m | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Sprint, K-1 200 m | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Sprint, K-2 500 m | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 110 m hurdles | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Keirin | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Individual sprint | 2016 | | 14–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Omnium | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Triple jump | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Greco-roman – 66 kg | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Greco-roman – 98 kg | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 400 m freestyle | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Horizontal bar | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Parallel bars | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Floor | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women (Semifinal #1) | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Super-heavyweight | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 10 km marathon | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Duet | 2016 | | 14–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women (Semifinal #2) | 2016 | | 16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Finn | 2016 | | 9–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Laser radial | 2016 | | 8–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 3 m springboard | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Nacra 17 | 2016 | | 10–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 1500 m | 2016 | | 12–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Discus throw | 2016 | | 15–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Women's teams | 2016 | | 12–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Lightweight | 2016 | | 6–16 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Pole vault | 2016 | | 13–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Laser | 2016 | | 8–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 10 km marathon | 2016 | | 15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Rings | 2016 | | 15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Heavyweight | 2016 | | 15 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Balance beam | 2016 | | 15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Vault | 2016 | | 15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – 800 m | 2016 | | 12–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Greco-roman – 130 kg | 2016 | | 15 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 400 m | 2016 | | 13–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Omnium | 2016 | | 14–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Heavyweight | 2016 | | 6–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Men – Greco-roman – 85 kg | 2016 | | 15 August |
| Olympic Games – Individual dressage | 2016 | | 10–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – Hammer throw | 2016 | | 12–15 August |
| Olympic Games – Women – 3000 m steeple | 2016 | | 13–15 August |
Past events
