2015 World Championships Schedule

As promised, this post will give you the complete event schedule for all 9 days of the Beijing WC.
A few notes.

1. Time of event is NOT given.  But I will separate the morning session events from the afternoon/evening session events.
2. The time difference between Beijing and the Pacific Time zone is 15 hours.  (So the Men's Marathon, set to start at 7:35 a.m. of the 22nd in Beijing, would start at 4:35 p.m. of the 21st here in Washington state!  And so on!)
3. While I'll have separate posts for each gender for the results, I'm grouping both gender's events here--in the basic order given on the IAAF schedule/results website.
4. There is a space between the morning and afternoon/evening sessions.
5. For the Multi's, I will indicate which events are in each session.
6. M-Men; W-Women; P-Prelims (Valid for the 100's ONLY!); H-Heats; S-Semi's; F-Final; Q-Qualifying (For ALL Field events!)

Saturday, August 22nd
F   M Marathon (1st running event of the meet!)
F   W Heptathlon (100H & HJ in the morning session!)
Q   M Hammer Throw
Q   W Shot Put
H   M 3000 Steeplechase
H   W 1500  (1st test for Genzebe Dibaba's double!)
H   M 800 (Will Nick Symmonds's replacement make it to the Semi's?)

F   W Heptathlon (SP & 200 in the afternoon/evening session!)
P   M 100 (These are for SLOWEST runners!  A few will advance to Heats!  But WHY have these?)
H   M 100 (1st Act of The Usain Bolt & Justin Gatlin Show!  Should be R-Rated!  LOL)
H   M 400H
F   W Shot Put
Q   M Pole Vault  (Hope no one No Heights!!)
Q   W Triple Jump
F    M 10000 (First test for Mo Farah!  Will the Kenyans go out hard?)

Sunday, August 23rd
F   M 20000 Walk
F   W Heptathlon  (LJ & JT in the morning session.)
P   W 100 (See Note above about these STRANGE races!)
H   W 100 (1st appearance of SAFP!  Alert the fire trucks!!  LOL)
Q   M Shot Put
H   W 400H
H   M 400

F   W Heptathlon (The last event, the 800!  Could be sensational finish to one of the best events!)
F   M Hammer Throw
F   M Shot Put  (Why is SP Q & F on same day, but HT Q & F are on separate days?)
S   M 400H
S   M 100
F   M 100  (The S & F are separated sufficiently!)
S   M 800
S   W 1500 (Faster than the Final??)

Monday, August 24th
Q   W Pole Vault  (Will all the "players" make it to the Final?)
Q   W Discus Throw
H   W 3000 Steeplechase
Q   M Long Jump
H   W 400 (Strange to not have SRR & McCorory here!!)

Q   M Javelin Throw
F   M Pole Vault
S   W 400H
F   W Triple Jump
S   W 100
F   W 100 (I believe there's a few hours separation between the Semi's and Final!)
S   M 400
F   W 10000  (Can an American medal??)
F   M 3000 Steeplechase  (Fast---or "strategic"?)

Tuesday, August 25th
(NO Morning session!!  All events are in the Evening!!)
F   W Discus Throw
S   W 400
F   M Long Jump
H   M 200 (Will Gatlin & Bolt both double??)
F   M 400H
F   W 1500 (How fast--and can Dibaba get her 1st Gold in Beijing??)
F   M 800

Wednesday, August 26th
Q   W Hammer Throw  (Will "Betty Heidler Syndrome" attack Anita Wlodarczyk?  Meaning, will she even Qualify for the Final??)
H   M 5000
Q   M Triple Jump
H   W 800
H   M 110H

F   W Pole Vault  (COULD be one of the best events of the entire meet!!)
F   M Javelin Throw (Ditto here!!)
H   W 200
F   W 400H
S   M 200  (More Gatlin & Bolt??)
F   W 3000 Steeplechase  (Can Emma Coburn win it all??)
F   M 400  (Another potentially spectacular event!!)

Thursday, August 27th
Q   M Discus Throw
Q   W High Jump
H   W 5000 (How SLOW can Dibaba run to conserve energy for the Final??)
Q   W Long Jump
H   M 1500
H   W 100H  (Will Michelle Jenneke--the FASTEST Australian here!!--make it to the Semi's??)

F   W Hammer Throw  (How FAR will Anita throw??)
S   M 110H
F   M Triple Jump  (Another "Powell-Lewis 1991" duel??)
S   W 200
S   W 800  (Will ALL of the Americans make it to the Final??)
F   W 400
F   M 200  (This COULD be DYNAMITE!!!)

Friday, August 28th
F   W 20000 Walk  (Can Maria Michta-Coffey bring some respect to US Walking in WC competition??)
F   M Decathlon (Morning events to include the 100, LJ, and SP.  Watch the 1st 2 events to see if Ashton Eaton is on his way to a World Record!!)
Q   M High Jump  (Will Mutaz Barshim revive himself here??  Will he even make it to the Final??)

F   M Decathlon (The Deca continues with the HJ and 400.)
Q  W Javelin Throw
S   W 100H
F   W 100H  (Separated by a couple of hours from the Semi's??)
F   W Long Jump
S   M 1500 (These COULD be faster than the Final!!)
F   W 200 (Oh BOY!!!)
F   M 110H

Saturday, August 29th
F   M 50000 Walk  (Over 3 and a half hours of high drama!!)
F   M Decathlon  (Morning events are the 110H, DT, and PV--although I believe the PV will start, or be extended, at & past the Noon hour!!)
H   W 4X400 Relay
H   M 4X400 Relay
H   W 4X100 Relay
F   W 4X100 Relay  (Separated from the Heats by a couple of hours?  Will 17 year old Kaylin Whitney run just the Heats, or will she also be in the Final??)
F   M 4X100 Relay  (Yet ANOTHER Bolt vs Gatlin sideshow??)
F   W 400 Masters  (1st of two Masters races!)
F   M 800 Masters  (Why do the Women run the 400, while the Men run the 800?  Sexism!!)

F   M Decathlon (Is Eaton still on 9000+ pace here?  Last 2 events are the JT & 1500!!)
F   W High Jump
F   W 800
F   M 5000  (Can Farah JOG to yet ANOTHER double Gold??)
F   M Discus Throw

Sunday, August 30th
F   W Marathon
(The ONLY Morning session event!!)

F   M High Jump
F   W Javelin Throw
F   W 5000  (Will Dibaba be challenged??)
F   M 1500
F   W 4X400 Relay  (We finally see what SRR & McCorory can do!!)
F   M 4X400 Relay (LAST event of the 2015 World Championships!!!)

I will have my World and Meet Record predictions sometime BEFORE the start of the Men's Marathon!!
That means I'll have it posted BEFORE 4:35 p.m Pacific Time on Friday, August 21st!!
(See Note above about time differences!)

I'll also name names, as to WHO should be the major players.
Also a few names too fascinating to ignore!

The Predictions will come in TWO posts--one for each gender!

See you SOON!!