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2016 RIO OLYMPICS GAMES
LISTINGS
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Listings looking ahead two days in advance will be sent daily throughout the 2016 Rio Olympic
Games, beginning August 3.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3rd
NBCSN 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Sweden vs. Russia (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Canada vs. Australia (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. TBA 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. New Zealand (LIVE) 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Soccer – France vs. Colombia (LIVE)
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Sweden vs. Russia (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Canada vs. Australia (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. China 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. New Zealand (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Zimbabwe vs. Germany 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Soccer – France vs. Colombia (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. New Zealand Encore
USA 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. China (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Zimbabwe vs. Germany (LIVE)
NBC UNIVERSO 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. China (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer – Sweden vs. Russia: Sweden takes the field against South Africa at Olympic Stadium in a Group E
women's soccer prelim. Sweden fell to France 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Olympics. Canada vs.
Australia: The Canadian women's national team looks to build on its 2012 Olympic bronze as they open the Rio
tournament with a Group F soccer prelim against Australia at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo. In the London
semifinals, Canada fell to the eventual champion United States 4-3 in an extra-time thriller. U.S. vs. New Zealand:
Carli Lloyd leads the U.S. women as they open play in a Group G soccer prelim against New Zealand at
Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte. Four years ago in London, Lloyd tallied both goals in Team USA's 2-1 victory
over Japan, giving the U.S. its third straight Olympic gold. France vs. Colombia: France and Colombia meet for a
Group G women's soccer prelim at Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte. France was shutout by Canada 1-0 in the
bronze medal match four years ago in London.
USA HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer – Brazil vs. China: Brazil takes on China in a Group E women's soccer prelim at Olympic Stadium. The
last Olympic match for the 2016 host nation was a 2-0 loss to Japan in the quarterfinals of the 2012 London
Games. Zimbabwe vs. Germany: Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo plays host to Zimbabwe against Germany in a
preliminary-round Group F women's soccer match.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer – Brazil vs. China: Brazil takes on China in a Group E women's soccer prelim at Olympic Stadium. The
last Olympic match for the 2016 host nation was a 2-0 loss to Japan in the quarterfinals of the 2012 London
Games. U.S. vs. New Zealand: Carli Lloyd leads the U.S. women as they open play in a Group G soccer prelim
against New Zealand at Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte. Four years ago in London, Lloyd tallied both goals in
Team USA's 2-1 victory over Japan, giving the U.S. its third straight Olympic gold. France vs. Colombia: France
and Colombia meet for a Group G women's soccer prelim at Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte. France was
shutout by Canada 1-0 in the bronze medal match four years ago in London.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4th NBC 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Olympic Preview Special
TELEMUNDO 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Algeria (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Mexico vs. Germany (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. TBA
NBCSN 11:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Iraq vs. Denmark (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Russia (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Portugal vs. Argentina (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. South Korea (LIVE) 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Nigeria vs. Japan (LIVE)
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Iraq vs. Denmark (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Iraq vs. Denmark Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Russia (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Portugal vs. Argentina (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. South Korea (LIVE) 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Nigeria vs. Japan (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Algeria 11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Mexico vs. Germany 1 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Sweden vs. Colombia
USA 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Algeria (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Mexico vs. Germany (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Sweden vs. Colombia (LIVE)
NBC UNIVERSO 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Russia (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Portugal vs. Argentina (LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
On the eve of the Opening Ceremony, Bob Costas hosts a one-hour special introducing the
host city and nation, previewing key storylines and addressing some of the challenges Rio de
Janeiro has faced in the lead-up to hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer – Iraq vs. Denmark: Iraq faces Denmark in a Group A men's soccer prelim at Mane
Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. Brazil vs. Russia: Behind team captain Neymar, the Brazilian
men kick off their run at the team's first-ever Olympic gold in a Group A prelim against South
Africa. The FC Barcelona forward was held scoreless four years ago in a 2-1 loss to Mexico in
the London gold medal final; at the 2008 Beijing Games, Brazil took bronze. Portugal vs.
Argentina: Two medal contenders clash in a high-stakes prelim as Portugal takes on Argentina
in a Group D men's soccer match at Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Fiji vs. South Korea: A
Group C men's soccer prelim pits South Korea, who topped Japan for bronze in London,
against Fiji at Salvador’s Fonte Nova Arena. Nigeria vs. Japan: Nigeria plays Japan in
preliminary Group B men's soccer action at Amazonia Arena in Manaus. Japan failed to score
in a 2-0 loss to South Korea in the 2012 bronze medal match.
USA HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer – Mexico vs. Germany: Headlined by striker Oribe Peralta and keeper Alfredo
Talavera, Mexico starts its title defense in a Group C men's soccer prelim against Germany at
Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador. Peralta notched two goals as Mexico topped Brazil 2-1 in the
London Olympic final.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer – Mexico vs. Germany: Headlined by striker Oribe Peralta and keeper Alfredo
Talavera, Mexico starts its title defense in a Group C men's soccer prelim against Germany at
Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador. Peralta notched two goals as Mexico topped Brazil 2-1 in the
London Olympic final.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer – Iraq vs. Denmark: Iraq faces Denmark in a Group A men's soccer prelim at Mane
Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. Brazil vs. Russia: Behind team captain Neymar, the Brazilian
men kick off their run at the team's first-ever Olympic gold in a Group A prelim against South
Africa. The FC Barcelona forward was held scoreless four years ago in a 2-1 loss to Mexico in
the London gold medal final; at the 2008 Beijing Games, Brazil took bronze. Portugal vs.
Argentina: Two medal contenders clash in a high-stakes prelim as Portugal takes on Argentina
in a Group D men's soccer match at Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th NBC 6:30 p.m. – 11 p.m Opening Ceremony
TELEMUNDO 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Olympic Preview Special NBC UNIVERSO 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Olympic Preview Special
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Opening Ceremony - Brazil's iconic Maracana Stadium plays host to the Opening Ceremony to
officially commence the 2016 Rio Games – the first-ever Olympics held in South America.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th NBC 7 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Croatia (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE) Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Rowing – Qualifying Heats Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) vs. Jefferson/Cherif (Qatar) (LIVE) 3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Puerto Rico (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Gymnastics –Team Competition Swimming (LIVE) Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final Men’s 400m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinals Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final Women’s Beach Volleyball – Walsh Jennings/Ross (U.S.) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia) (LIVE) 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Men’s Gymnastics –Team Competition 12:30 a.m. – 4 a.m. Primetime Encore
NBCSN 8 a.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Archery – Team Round of 16 (LIVE) Women’s Shooting – 10m Air Rifle Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Fiji (LIVE) Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Men’s Water Polo – Spain vs. Italy 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Judo – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Weightlifting – 48kg Gold Medal Final 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE) Table Tennis– Singles First & Second Rounds Boxing – Elimination Matches MSNBC 11 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Brazil 1:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Table Tennis – Singles First Round Men’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th cont. CNBC 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE) Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Australia (LIVE)
USA 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Equestrian – Eventing, Dressage 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey–US vs. Argentina (LIVE) 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) 5:30 p.m.- 7 p.m. Women’s Fencing – Individual Epee Gold Medal Final
TELEMUNDO 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. - Opening Ceremonies Recap 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Volleyball Swimming – Qualifying Heats Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Volleyball 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
BRAVO 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4:45 p.m. – 9 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Turkey vs. France (LIVE) 12:15 p.m.- 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – China vs. Canada 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France Encore 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – China vs. U.S. (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Australia 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Venezuela vs. Serbia (LIVE) 10:15 p.m. – 12 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Belarus vs. Japan
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Canada vs. Zimbabwe (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Russia vs. China (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Australia 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 12 a.m. Women’s Soccer – Colombia vs. New Zealand
NBC UNIVERSO 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Basketball Boxing – Elimination Matches
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Swimming - Finals feature American Connor Jaeger against a stacked field in the men’s 400m free, plus the
men's and women's 400m IM events, the latter featuring U.S. contenders in 2012 Olympic silver medalist
Elizabeth Beisel and 2015 Worlds silver medalist Maya DiRado.
Beach Volleyball - Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and new partner April Ross make their Rio debut, with
Walsh Jennings seeking a fourth consecutive gold.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Cycling - Coverage includes the men's individual road race in cycling, featuring Americans Taylor Phinney and
Brent Bookwalter.
Water Polo - The U.S. faces defending champion Croatia in each team’s opener.
Swimming - Qualifying heats in swimming include the men's 400m IM, 400m free and 100m breast, and the
women's 100m fly, 400m IM and 4x100m free relay.
Volleyball – The United States, silver medalists at the past two Olympics, begins preliminary-round action against
Puerto Rico, which qualified a women’s volleyball team to the Olympics for the first time.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Gymnastics - Coverage includes the men’s team competition in gymnastics.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Archery - The first medals of the Rio Olympics will be awarded in women's air rifle, a shooting event for which
China returns reigning Olympic champion Yi Siling and Du Li, who won the April test event in Rio.
Rugby - The United States women face Fiji in a preliminary-round match as rugby returns to the Olympic
program.
Basketball – Australia vs. France: In a preliminary-round men’s basketball game, two San Antonio Spurs
teammates meet as Patty Mills and Australia face Tony Parker-led France. U.S. vs. China: Kevin Durant and
Paul George lead the United States men's basketball team in a Group A prelim against China, anchored by
former NBA player Yi Jianlian. The Americans are a perfect 16-0 over the past two Olympics, including a 31-
point victory over China when the squads met at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Soccer - Live coverage as the United States women's national team faces France in a Group G prelim. Carli
Lloyd and Alex Morgan lead Team USA’s pursuit of a fourth straight Olympic gold, while France seeks to build
on its fourth-place finish in 2012.
Judo - Coverage includes the men’s 60kg and women’s 48kg classes; in the latter, reigning Olympic champion
Sarah Menezes of Brazil could deliver the host nation's first gold of the 2016 Games.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Archery - In the men’s archery team event, the Brady Ellison-led United States target a return to the podium after
earning silver at the 2012 London Games.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Field Hockey - A live women’s field hockey preliminary-round match features Team USA against Argentina, a
medalist at the past four Olympics.
Fencing - Sisters Courtney and Kelley Hurley join Kat Holmes in representing Team USA in the women’s
individual epee event.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - Live coverage as the United States women's national team faces France in a Group G prelim. Carli
Lloyd and Alex Morgan lead Team USA’s pursuit of a fourth straight Olympic gold, while France seeks to build
on its fourth-place finish in 2012.
Basketball - Kevin Durant and Paul George lead the United States men's basketball team in a Group A prelim
against China, anchored by former NBA player Yi Jianlian. The Americans are a perfect 16-0 over the past two
Olympics, including a 31-point victory over China when the squads met at the 2008 Beijing Games.
SUNDAY, August 7th NBC 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (U.S.) vs. Kolosinska/Brzostek (Poland) (LIVE) Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Women’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE) Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying (LIVE) Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (U.S.) vs. Naceur/Belhaj (Tunisia) (LIVE) 3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Canada (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Final Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition Swimming (LIVE) Women’s 100m Butterfly – Gold Medal Final Men’s 200m Freestyle – Semifinals Women’s 100m Backstroke – Semifinals Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Gold Medal Final Women’s 400m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Men’s 100m Backstroke – Semifinals Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final 11:35 p.m. - 12:35 a.m. Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Women’s Archery – Team Round of 16 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Lithuania (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Germany vs. South Korea (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final Men’s Basketball – Croatia vs. Spain (LIVE) 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals Table Tennis – Singles Second and Third Rounds 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Iraq (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Judo – Gold Medal Finals Boxing – Elimination Matches
MSNBC 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil Quarterfinals Men’s Handball – Croatia vs. Qatar (LIVE) 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil Semifinals and Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Equestrian – Eventing, Dressage
USA 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Men’s Volleyball – France vs. Italy
SUNDAY, August 7th cont. CNBC 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Women’s Rugby – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE) Women’s Shooting – Trap Gold Medal Final
BRAVO 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4:45 p.m. – 9 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Lithuania (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Serbia vs. Spain 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal Encore 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Croatia vs. Spain (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Australia vs. Brazil 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Argentina (LIVE) 10:15 p.m. – 12 a.m. Women’s Basketball – France vs. Belarus
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. Mexico (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. Mexico Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Germany vs. South Korea (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Sweden vs. Nigeria 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Iraq (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Portugal 11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Denmark vs. Russia 1 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Japan vs. Colombia
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. Late Night Encore 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Boxing – Elimination Matches 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. Mexico Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Portugal 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Men’s Soccer – Japan vs. Colombia (LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Swimming - Live coverage of finals, featuring world record-holder Katie Ledecky in the
women's 400m free & Dana Vollmer in the women’s 100m fly; Vollmer returns to the event a
new mother after taking gold in London. Also in the pool, the U.S. looks to avenge a 2012
second-place finish to France in the men’s 4x100m free relay.
Gymnastics - Women's team competition in gymnastics begins with three-time world all-around
champion Simone Biles at the helm of the heavily favored U.S. squad.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Cycling - The women’s road race in cycling, where American Megan Gaurnier, coming off a
bronze medal showing at last year’s Worlds, could contend on Rio’s mountainous course.
Volleyball - On the first day of men’s volleyball action, a young U.S. team on the rise faces
Canada in a preliminary-round match. After winning gold in 2008, Team USA was eliminated in
the quarterfinals in 2012 before winning the World Cup in 2015.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Gymnastics - Coverage includes women’s team competition in gymnastics.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Basketball - U.S. vs. Senegal: The United States women's basketball squad takes on Senegal
in a Group B preliminary-round game. Team USA seeks a sixth consecutive Olypmic triumph,
and for Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings, a gold in Rio would give each a set
of four. Brazil vs. Lithuania: Host Brazil faces Lithuania, which seeks a podium return after
earning bronze at three straight Games in 1992, 1996 and 2000.
Soccer - Germany vs. South Korea: Germany, winner of the Brazil-hosted 2014 World Cup,
faces South Korea (live) in a Group C men's soccer prelim at Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador.
Brazil vs. Iraq: The host nation’s pursuit of gold in men’s soccer continues as Brazil faces Iraq
in a Group A preliminary-round match from Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia (live).
Judo - Brazil’s Erika Miranda, a medalist at the past three judo world championships, is a
contender in the women’s 52kg class. Coverage also includes the men's 66kg final.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - In live coverage of men's soccer prelims, Fiji takes on Mexico and Honduras plays
Portugal.
Swimming - Qualifying heats in swimming include world-record holder Katie Ledecky in the
women’s 400m free, plus the men's 200m free and the men's and women's 100m back.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - Argentina vs. Algeria: Live coverage of a Group D men's soccer prelim between
Argentina and Algeria at Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Japan vs. Colombia: Japan faces
Colombia in a Group B men's soccer prelim.
MONDAY, August 8th NBC 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE) Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Women’s Volleyball –U.S. vs. Netherlands (LIVE) 2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) vs. Huber/Seidl (Austria) (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Diving – Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Finals Swimming (LIVE) Women’s 200m Freestyle – Semifinals Men’s 200m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Women’s 100m Backstroke – Gold Medal Final Men’s 100m Backstroke – Gold Medal Final Women’s 100m Breaststroke – Gold Medal Final Men’s 200m Butterfly – Semifinals Women’s 200m Individual Medley – Semifinals Women’s Beach Volleyball – Walsh Jennings/Ross (U.S.) vs. Wang/Yue (China) (LIVE) 11:35 p.m. - 12:35 a.m. Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. - Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. - NBC Late Night Encore 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE) Women’s Fencing – Individual Sabre Round of 32 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Fencing – Individual Sabre Quarterfinals Women’s Rugby – Semifinals (LIVE) Table Tennis – Singles Third Round 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Fencing – Individual Sabre Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Archery – Individual Eliminations 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Venezuela (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Croatia vs. Montenegro (LIVE) Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Volleyball–Brazil vs. Argentina (LIVE) Boxing – Elimination Matches
USA 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Equestrian – Eventing, Cross Country (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Equestrian – Eventing, Cross Country (LIVE) Table Tennis – Singles Third Round 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Women’s Handball – Spain vs. Romania
MSNBC 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – China vs. Italy 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Serbia vs. Australia (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Shooting – Trap Gold Medal Final Judo – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Sailing
MONDAY, August 8th cont. CNBC 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Australia Women’s Rugby – Bronze Medal and Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Table Tennis – Singles Fourth Round
GOLF CHANNEL 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics
BRAVO 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4:45 p.m. – 9 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. News Recap Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Boxing – Elimination Matches 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Basketball Boxing – Elimination Matches 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. U.S. (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Serbia vs. Australia (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Serbia vs. Canada 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. U.S. 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Venezuela (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Japan vs. Brazil 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Argentina (LIVE) 10:15 p.m. – 12 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Senegal vs. China
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. - Late Night Encore 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. - Volleyball 3:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Basketball Boxing – Elimination Matches
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Diving - American David Boudia seeks to improve upon his London bronze in the men's
synchronized platform final with new partner Steele Johnson.
Gymnastics - Team USA aims for the podium in a men's team final expected to see Japan and
China duel for gold.
Swimming - Live coverage includes swimming finals in the men's 200m free and 100m back,
and women's 100m back and 100m breast. Plus Michael Phelps (200m fly), Katie Ledecky
(200m free) and Missy Franklin (200m free) race to qualify for finals.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Water Polo - Team USA takes on Spain in a men's water polo group-phase match.
Swimming - Swimming prelims featuring Michael Phelps (men’s 200m fly), Katie Ledecky
and Missy Franklin (women’s 200m free).
Volleyball - The United States, seeking a third consecutive podium in women’s volleyball after
earning back-to-back silver medals in 2008 and 2012, continues Group B play against the
Netherlands.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Canoe/Kayak - Coverage includes qualifying races in whitewater canoe/kayak.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Field Hockey - The U.S. women's field hockey team, seeking an improvement on its last-place
finish in 2012, faces Australia in a preliminary-round match.
Fencing - The women’s individual sabre event in fencing features two-time Olympic gold
medalist Mariel Zagunis and Ibtihaj Muhammad, who will become the first Muslim-American
to compete in a hijab at the Olympics.
Basketball - U.S. vs. Spain: The United States women's basketball team tips off against Spain
in a Group B prelim. The Americans have taken gold at the past five Olympics and, under the
guidance of Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma, are the prohibitive favorite to make it six
straight in Rio. U.S. vs. Venezuela: Venezuela, having qualified in men’s basketball for the first
time since 1992, faces Team USA, which enters Rio as the two-time defending Olympic
champion. Venezuela will rely heavily on Brooklyn Nets guard Grevis Vasquez against the
United States' roster of NBA superstars.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Basketball - The Australian men's basketball team faces Serbia in a Group A prelim. Australia
boasts a talented backcourt, led by NBA guards Matthew Dellavedova and Patty Mills, but
the Boomers' last Olympic run ended with a 33-point quarterfinal blowout loss to Team USA in
London.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Japan takes on host nation Brazil in a Group A game.
TUESDAY, August 9th NBC 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (U.S.) vs. Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico) (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Rowing – Semifinals and Quarterfinals 1 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Italy (LIVE) 2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (U.S.) vs. Larissa/Talita (Brazil) (LIVE) Men’s Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Gold Medal Final 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Diving – Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final Swimming (LIVE) Men’s 100m Freestyle – Semifinals Women’s 200m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Men’s 200m Butterfly – Gold Medal Final Women’s 200m Butterfly – Semifinals Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Semifinals Women’s 200m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final 11:35 p.m. - 12:35 a.m. Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final Men’s Rugby – Preliminary Round 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. - Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. - NBC Late Night Encore 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Men’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Brazil (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Canada (LIVE) Archery – Individual Eliminations (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Judo – Gold Medal Finals Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Table Tennis – Quarterfinals 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. Canada (LIVE) Boxing – Elimination Matches
MSNBC 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Archery – Individual Eliminations Women’s Water Polo – Russia vs. Australia 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Table Tennis – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Men’s Handball – Germany vs. Poland Sailing
USA 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Equestrian – Eventing, Team Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Russia vs. Argentina 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Equestrian – Eventing, Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Table Tennis – Quarterfinal 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Men’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
TUESDAY, August 9th cont.
BRAVO 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4:45 p.m. – 9 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. News Recap Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Boxing – Elimination Matches 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Basketball Boxing – Elimination Matches 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. – TBA
CNBC 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Men’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round
GOLF CHANNEL 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Volleyball 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Colombia vs. U.S. (LIVE)
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Canada (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Australia vs. Zimbabwe 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Colombia vs. U.S. (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Women’s Soccer – New Zealand vs. France 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Australia vs. Zimbabwe Encore 11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Women’s Soccer – New Zealand vs. France Encore 1 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Women’s Soccer – China vs. Sweden
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball –Australia vs. France (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Brazil (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Brazil Encore 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Belarus 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Lithuania vs. Nigeria (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Turkey vs. Japan 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Argentina vs. Croatia (LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Swimming - Americans Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin in the highly anticipated women's 200m free final.
Michael Phelps gets a rematch with London winner Chad le Clos of South Africa in the men's 200m fly final,
then the U.S. goes for a fourth consecutive gold in the men’s 4x200m free relay.
Gymnastics - Three-time world all-around champion Simone Biles leads the heavily favored U.S. in pursuit of
back-to-back women’s team titles.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Beach Volleyball - Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena against a duo from Mexico in preliminary-round
beach volleyball action.
Water Polo - The defending champion United States takes on Spain in a rematch of the 2012 Olympic final.
Swimming - Heats include 2012 Olympic champion Nathan Adrian in the men's 100m free, plus the men's
4x200m free relay, which the U.S. has won at the past three Olympics.
Volleyball - The U.S. men face 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Italy in a volleyball preliminary-round match
Beach Volleyball - In preliminary-round action from the sands of Copabacana beach, Team USA’s Lauren
Fendrick and Brooke Sweat face gold-medal favorite Larissa/Talita of host Brazil.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Post-event coverage of the gymnastics women’s team final, plus the U.S. vs. Brazil in a men’s rugby qualifying-
round match.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Rugby - The start of men’s qualifying-round action in rugby, back on the Olympic program for the first time since
1924. The “sevens” version being contested in Rio features 12 teams, including traditional rugby powers New
Zealand, Fiji and South Africa. The United States, led by Zack Test, Perry Baker and Carlin Isles, opens against
Argentina.
Basketball - Brazil faces a truly tall task against Spain, led by NBA big men Marc and Pau Gasol. The host nation
hasn't earned a men’s basketball medal in five decades, most recently finishing fifth in 2012. Spain, meanwhile,
has been runner-up to Team USA at the past two Olympics.
Soccer – Germany vs. Canada: Live coverage of women’s soccer features two of the world’s best teams as
Germany faces Canada, the 2012 bronze medalist, in a Group F women's prelim. U.S. vs. Colombia: The United
States women's soccer team concludes Group G prelim play against Colombia at Amazonia Arena in Manaus.
Carli Lloyd and company defeated Colombia by a combined score of 10-0 in two matches this year, and are
attempting to bring the U.S. its fourth straight Olympic gold.
Archery - Archers Brady Ellison and Jake Kaminski – silver medalists in the men’s team event in London –
represent the U.S. in early rounds of individual competition.
Volleyball - Canada faces traditional power Brazil, runner-up at the ‘12 & ‘08 Olympics after winning gold in 2004.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Equestrian - Equestrian’s team eventing competition concludes with the jumping final, as Germany targets a third
consecutive gold and the U.S. seeks a return to the podium after back-to-back bronze medal showings in 2000
and 2004. Equestrian’s individual eventing competition concludes with the jumping final, where two-time gold
medalist Phillip Dutton, a native of Australia representing the United States for a third time and competing at his
sixth Olympics, is among the contenders.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS: Rugby - Men’s rugby pool-round matches include Zack Test-led Team USA vs. Brazil and Fiji vs. Argentina.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Brazil faces a truly tall task against Spain, led by NBA big men Marc and Pau Gasol. The host nation
hasn't earned a men’s basketball medal in five decades, most recently finishing fifth in 2012. Spain, meanwhile,
has been runner-up to Team USA at the past two Olympics. Coverage also includes men’s boxing.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - The United States women's soccer team concludes Group G play with a match against Colombia at
Amazonia Arena in Manaus. Carli Lloyd and company defeated Colombia by a combined score of 10-0 in two
matches this year.
WEDNESDAY, August 10th
NBC 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain) (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. France (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE) 2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m. Women’s Cycling – Road Race Time Trial Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Gold Medal Final Rowing – Gold Medal Finals 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Walsh Jennings/Ross (U.S.) vs. Forrer/Verge-Depre (Switzerland) (LIVE) Swimming (LIVE) Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Gold Medal Final Women’s 100m Freestyle – Semifinals Men’s 200m Backstroke – Semifinals Women’s 200m Butterfly – Gold Medal Final Men’s 100m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Semifinals Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Semifinals Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final Men’s Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final 11:35 p.m. - 12:35 a.m. Men’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. - Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. - NBC Late Night Encore 6:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Women’s Cycling – Road Race Time Trial (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Cycling – Road Race Time Trial (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Honduras (LIVE) Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre Qualifying 1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE) 3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Japan (LIVE) Women’s Table Tennis – Singles Semifinals 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre Gold Medal Final 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Denmark vs. Brazil (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Table Tennis – Singles Final
MSNBC 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – Montenegro vs. Italy Women’s Table Tennis – Singles Semifinal 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – South Korea vs. Mexico (LIVE)
USA 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Women’s Handball – Brazil vs. Spain Archery – Individual Eliminations (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Men’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Serbia vs. France (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Men’s Shooting – Double Trap Gold Medal Finals Men’s Rugby – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
WEDNESDAY, August 10th cont.
CNBC 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Men’s Rugby – Quarterfinals (LIVE) Archery – Individual Eliminations Women’s Fencing – Individual Foil Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Sailing
GOLF CHANNEL 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics
BRAVO 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4:45 p.m. – 9 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. News Recap Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Honduras 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Boxing –Elimination Matches Men’s Soccer – South Korea vs. Mexico (LIVE) 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. – TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. - Late Night Encore 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – South Korea vs. Mexico (LIVE) Boxing – Elimination Matches 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Men’s Soccer – Colombia vs. Nigeria 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Denmark vs. Brazil
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Honduras (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Algeria vs. Portugal 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – South Korea vs. Mexico (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Germany vs. Fiji 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Japan vs. Sweden (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Colombia vs. Nigeria 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Denmark vs. Brazil (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Algeria vs. Portugal Encore 11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Germany vs. Fiji Encore 1 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Colombia vs. Nigeria Encore 2:30 a.m. – 4 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Russia vs. Iraq
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – China vs. Spain (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – China vs. Spain Encore 1:30 p.m.- 3:15 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE) 3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Serbia vs. France 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. U.S. (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Senegal vs. Canada 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Venezuela vs. China (LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Swimming - Swimming finals include a showdown in the men’s 100m free between 2012 gold
medalist Nathan Adrian of the U.S. and Australian sprint star Cameron McEvoy, plus a
favored American quartet in the women’s 4x200m free relay, led by Missy Franklin and
freestyle phenom Katie Ledecky. In addition, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte seek to
advance in the men’s 200m IM semifinals.
Gymnastics - Japan’s Kohei Uchimura – winner of every world and Olympic men’s all-around
title since 2009 – seeks to become the event’s first back-to-back Olympic champion since
compatriot Sawao Kato in 1972; among those chasing Uchimura is American Sam Mikulak,
pursuing his first podium finish at a major international event.
Beach Volleyball - The top U.S. women’s duo, Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross, face a
Swiss tandem.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Beach Volleyball - Live coverage includes a beach volleyball prelim featuring Team USA’s
Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson against a duo from Spain.
Water Polo - Group B men’s water polo action continues as the United States, captained by
five-time Olympian Tony Azevedo, faces France.
Swimming - Prelims include Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte seeking to advance in the
men’s 200m IM, which Phelps has won at the past three Olympics (twice ahead of Lochte in
second).
Volleyball - Team USA meets 2015 World Cup runner-up Serbia in live coverage of a women's
volleyball Pool B preliminary-round match.
Cycling - The women’s time trial, where two-time reigning Olympic champion Kristin
Armstrong and fellow American Evelyn Stevens are strong contenders.
Canoe/kayak - Michal Smolen, third at 2015 Worlds, attempts to give the U.S. its first-ever
Olympic medal in the men’s K-1 event.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Diving - New teammates Michael Hixon and Sam Dorman of the U.S. are among the
tandems seeking to challenge China in the men’s synchronized springboard final.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Cycling - Two-time reigning Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong and fellow American
cyclist Evelyn Stevens, for whom the hilly Rio course is a particularly good fit, are strong
contenders in the women's time trial.
Argentina, winner of back-to-back golds in 2004 and 2008, faces Honduras in a Group D
men’s soccer match at Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia.
Basketball - U.S. vs. Serbia: The United States takes on Serbia in live coverage of a women’s
basketball Group B preliminary game. Team USA eyes a sixth straight gold medal, and for the
trio of Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings, a gold in Rio would be each WNBA
star’s fourth. U.S. vs. Australia: Kevin Durant and Paul George lead Team USA against
Australia in a Group A preliminary game. The last Olympic meeting between the teams saw a
33-point U.S. victory in the London 2012 quarterfinals.
Field Hockey - Team USA, seeking its first medal in women’s field hockey since a bronze in
1984, continues pool play against Japan.
Fencing - 2015 Worlds silver medalist Daryl Homer attempts to give the U.S. its first medal in
the men’s individual sabre event since 1984.
Table Tennis - Crowns a champion in women’s singles, an event held at the past seven
Olympics and won each time by China.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Beach Volleyball - A men’s beach volleyball prelim features Brazilian contenders Alison and
Bruno against an Italian tandem.
Shooting - 2008 Olympic gold medalist Glen Eller and two-time world champion Joshua
Richmond give the U.S. a pair of contenders in the men's double trap final.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - Reigning Olympic champion Mexico takes on South Korea in a Group C men's
preliminary at Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - Argentina, winner of back-to-back golds in 2004 and 2008, faces Honduras in a
Group D men’s soccer match at Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer – Reigning Olympic champion Mexico takes on South Korea in a men’s Group C
soccer match at Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. Coverage features Colombia versus
Nigeria in a Group B men's match at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo. In a Group A men's
preliminary match, Denmark meets Neymar and a Brazilian national team in pursuit of its first-
ever Olympic gold in soccer.
THURSDAY, August 11th NBC 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Rowing – Semifinals and Gold Medal Finals Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. China (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (U.S.) vs. TBA (Russia) (LIVE) Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (U.S.) vs. Nicolai/Lupo (Italy) (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Gold Medal Finals 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Women’s Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final Swimming (LIVE) Men’s 50m Freestyle – Semifinals Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Gold Medal Final Men’s 200m Backstroke – Gold Medal Final Women’s 200m Backstroke – Semifinals Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final Women’s 100m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Men’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinals 11:35 p.m. - 12:35 a.m. Women’s Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Gold Medal Final 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. - Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. - NBC Late Night Encore 7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Women’s Archery – Individuals Eliminations Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Women’s Fencing – Team Epee Quarterfinals (LIVE) Women’s Judo – 78kg Elimination Round Women’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Men’s Rugby – Semifinals (LIVE) 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Women’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Judo – 78kg Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Men’s Rugby – Bronze Medal and Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. India (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE) Women’s Shooting – Rifle, Three Positions Finals
USA 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Women’s Water Polo – Italy vs. Australia 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Semifinals Badminton – Preliminary Round 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Croatia (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Badminton – Preliminary Round Men’s Handball – Brazil vs. Germany
MSNBC 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – Spain vs. Hungary 1 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Poland vs. Argentina (LIVE) 2:45 p.m. – 4 p.m. Equestrian – Team Dressage Qualifying Sailing
THURSDAY, August 11th cont. CNBC 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Women’s Fencing – Team Epee Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final
BRAVO 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. News Recap Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round Boxing – Elimination Matches 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Basketball Boxing – Elimination Matches 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Men’s Golf – 1st Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Golf – 1st Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Golf – 1st Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 10 p.m. – 4 a.m. Men’s Golf – 1st Round Encore
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Belarus vs. Turkey (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Croatia (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Croatia Encore 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball – France vs. Brazil 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Spain (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Japan vs. Australia 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Lithuania vs. Argentina (LIVE)
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Volleyball 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Basketball
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Gymnastics - 19-year-old Simone Biles is heavily favored to become the fourth consecutive American woman
crowned Olympic all-around champion
Swimming – Another potential four-peat as Michael Phelps duels compatriot Ryan Lochte in the men’s 200m IM
final; a Phelps gold would make him the first swimmer to win the same individual event 4 times. Other swimming
finals include women’s 200m breast; men’s 200m back, where Australian Mitch Larkin could snap a U.S. winning
streak dating back to 1996; and women’s 100m free, headlined by Aussie sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Swimming - Heats includes Michael Phelps (men’s 100m fly), Katie Ledecky (women’s 800m free) and Missy
Franklin (women’s 200m back) beginning pursuit of repeat Olympic triumphs, with Phelps attempting to become
the first swimmer to win the same individual event four times.
Beach Volleyball - Two beach volleyball preliminaries from Copacabana beach feature U.S. tandems as Lauren
Fendrick and Brooke Sweat face Russia (women) before Phil Dalhuasser and Nick Lucena take on Italy.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Post-event coverage of the women’s all-around final from gymnastics, plus whitewater canoe/kayak.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Archery - Live coverage includes early-round action in the women’s archery individual competition, in which
surging Texan Mackenzie Brown seeks to give the U.S. its first medal since 1976.
Fencing - Live coverage includes the Hurley sisters of fencing – Courtney and Kelley – leading Team USA in the
women’s team epee event (quarterfinals and semifinals).
Judo - Ohio native Kayla Harrison begins defense of her Olympic title in judo’s 78kg class.
Rugby - The first men’s rugby Olympic tournament since 1924 concludes with the bronze and gold medal
matches. While Team USA posseses one of the best players in the world in Zack Test, traditional powers such as
Fiji (seeking its first Olympic medal in any sport), South Africa and New Zealand are expected to vie for gold.
Field Hockey - The United States takes on India in a women's field hockey preliminary-round match as each team
seeks the top-four finish in Pool B required to reach the quarterfinals.
Shooting - Two medal contenders clash in a men’s preliminary as Team USA faces volleyball-crazed host Brazil;
the teams met in the 2008 Olympic final, won by the Americans.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Water Polo - Coverage includes a women’s water polo Group A match between Italy and Australia; since winning
gold in home water at the 2000 Sydney Games, Australia has earned bronze medals in 2008 and 2012.
Table Tennis - Coverage includes the men's singles semifinals; China has won gold in this event at four of the
past five Olympics, and has Rio medal contenders in Ma Long and defending champion Zhang Jike.
Basketball - Brazil, led by Leandro Barbosa and Anderson Varejao, takes on Croatia in a men’s basketball
Group B match-up. Croatia is seeking its first Olympic medal in men’s basketball since earning silver behind the
Dream Team in 1992.
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS: Men’s 1st Round - Golf returns to the Olympics after a 112-year absence as the men’s tournament, using a 72-
hole stroke play format, gets underway. Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson of the U.S. and Englishman
Justin Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open winner, are among the contenders.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Brazil, led by Leandro Barbosa and Anderson Varejao, takes on Croatia in a men’s basketball
Group B match-up. Croatia is seeking its first Olympic medal in men’s basketball since earning silver behind the
Dream Team in 1992.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Spain, runner-up to the U.S. in 2008 and 2012, meets Nigeria in a Group B basketball preliminary.
Led by Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu, Nigeria returns after going 1-4 in its Olympic men’s
basketball debut at the London Games.
FRIDAY, August 12th NBC 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE)
Women’s 10k – Gold Medal Final Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Rowing – Gold Medal Finals 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Italy (LIVE) Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Women’s Shot Put – Gold Medal Final Swimming (LIVE) Women’s 200m Backstroke – Gold Medal Final Men’s 100m Butterfly – Gold Medal Final Women’s 800m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Men’s 50m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Women’s 50m Freestyle – Semifinals Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying (LIVE) Women’s Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 11:35 p.m. – 12:35 a.m. Swimming – Semifinals Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds 12:35 a.m. – 4 a.m. Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 7 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Archery – Individual Round of 16 (LIVE) Track & Field – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Women’s 10k – Gold Medal Final 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Canada (LIVE) 3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Fencing – Team Foil Gold Medal Final 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals and Semifinals
USA 8 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Men’s Archery – Individual Round of 16 (LIVE) Men’s Fencing – Team Foil Quarterfinals (LIVE) 9:40 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Montenegro (LIVE) 11:15 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Fencing – Team Foil Semifinals (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – China vs. Serbia
MSNBC 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 Women’s Handball – Sweden vs. Netherlands Women’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
FRIDAY, August 12th cont.
CNBC 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Women’s Trampoline – Gold Medal Final Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. - Golf Central Live 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Men’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Golf Central Live 10 p.m. – 4 a.m. Men’s Golf – 2nd Round Encore
BRAVO 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. News Recap Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 Boxing – Elimination Matches 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Basketball Boxing – Elimination Matches 11 p.m.– 1 a.m. – TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. - Late Night Encore 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. -TBA 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia Boxing – Elimination Matches
BASKETBALL SPEIALTY CHANNEL 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Serbia vs. China (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Serbia vs. China Encore 1;30 p.m. – 3;15 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Canada vs. U.S. 3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball – China vs. Australia 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. Senegal 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – France vs. Venezuela (LIVE)
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #1 (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #1 Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #2 (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #2 Encore 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #3 (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #3 Encore 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #4 (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #4 Encore
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track and Field – The women’s shot put final, featuring American Michelle Carter, who is coached by father
Michael Carter -- a 1984 Olympic silver medalist & three-time Super Bowl champ with the 49ers.
Swimming - Live coverage of swimming finals includes Katie Ledecky’s attempt to defend her title and set
another world record in the 800m free after winning the event at age 15 in London, Missy Franklin’s defense of
her 200m backstroke title, Michael Phelps’ pursuit of a fourth-straight gold in the 100m fly, and the “splash and
dash” men’s 50m free.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field includes the women's 10,000m final, featuring two London
medalists, Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba (gold) and Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot (bronze), who have since given birth
but return as medal contenders.
Swimming - On swimming’s penultimate day, heats coverage includes the men's & women's 4x100m medley
relays, American contender Connor Jaeger in the men's 1500m free, & the women's 50m free.
Volleyball - The United States, silver medalist in women’s volleyball at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, continues
Pool B action against Italy.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Swimming - Semifinal heats of swimming (women’s 50m free).
Track and Field - Qualifying rounds of track and field.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Archery - Live coverage includes the men's individual event in archery (round of 16), where Brady Ellison looks
to add to his team silver from 2012.
Basketball - Three-time Olympic gold medalists Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings guide Team
USA in a Group B prelim against Canada. The two teams met in the 2012 Olympic quarterfinals, with the U.S.
cruising to a 91-48 victory on their way to a fifth consecutive gold. Team USA faces a Serbian team featuring NBA
regulars Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nikola Jokic in a men’s basketball Group A match-up. Once integral to
Yugoslavia’s success in the sport, Serbia is competing in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament independently
for the first time.
Fencing - In the men's team foil final, Team USA hopes to build off London's surprising run to the semifinals with
its quartet of Race Imboden, Alexander Massialas, Miles Chamley-Watson and Gerek Meinhardt.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Water Polo - The United States men, headlined by five-time Olympian Tony Azevedo and a youthful core, take
on Montenegro, runner-up at the 2016 European Championships, in live coverage of a men's water polo
preliminary.
Fencing - Semifinal-round coverage of the men’s team foil event in fencing; the U.S. surprisingly reached the final
four in London, and followed that with a silver at the 2013 World Championships.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Shooting - Team USA's Kim Rhode attempts to become the first summer athlete to win an individual medal at six
Olympic Games.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS: Trampoline - Coverage includes the final in women’s trampoline, where China and Canada have combined to win
eight of the 12 Olympic medals awarded since the sport debuted in 2000.
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS: Men's 2nd Round - The first Olympic golf competition since 1904 continues with Round 2 of men’s action.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Team USA faces a Serbian team featuring NBA regulars Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nikola Jokic in
a men’s basketball Group A match-up (live). Once integral to Yugoslavia’s success in the sport, Serbia is
competing in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament independently for the first time.
SATURDAY, August 13th NBC 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s Discus – Gold Medal Final Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 (LIVE) Rowing – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Trampoline – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. France (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s Long Jump – Gold Medal Final Men’s 10k – Gold Medal Final Women’s 100m – Semifinals and Final Women’s Heptathlon Swimming (LIVE) Women’s 50m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Men’s 1500m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final Women’s 4x100m Medley Relays – Gold Medal Final Men’s 4x100m Medley Relays – Gold Medal Final Women’s Diving – Springboard Semifinals Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 (LIVE) 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Track & Field – Semifinals 12:35 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 7 a.m. – 11 a.m. Women’s Fencing – Team Sabre Round of 16 (LIVE) Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s Discus – Gold Medal Final 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Men’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Lithuania (LIVE) Men’s Weightlifting – 94kg Gold Medal Final Men’s Shooting – Pistol Gold Medal Final 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Boxing – Elimination Matches Men’s Shooting – Pistol Gold Medal Final
USA 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 (LIVE) Men’s Handball – Slovenia vs. Germany 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Argentina vs. Brazil (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. News Recap Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. - Late Night Encore 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal Boxing - Elimination Matches 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal
SATURDAY, August 13th cont. MSNBC 8 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Women’s Fencing – Team Sabre Quarterfinals (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – China vs. Spain Women’s Water Polo – Russia vs. Italy Women’s Table Tennis – Team Quarterfinal 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Badminton – Preliminary Round Men’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Women’s Fencing – Team Sabre Bronze and Gold Medal (LIVE) Sailing
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Men’s Golf – 3rd Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Golf – 3rd Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Golf – 3rd Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 10 p.m. – 4 a.m. Men’s Golf – 3rd Round Encore
BRAVO 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
CNBC 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Great Britain (LIVE) 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Australia vs. Belarus (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Argentina vs. Brazil (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Argentina vs. Brazil Encore 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Turkey vs. Brazil 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Lithuania (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Japan vs. France 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Croatia vs. Nigeria (LIVE)
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #1 (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #1 Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #2 (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #2 Encore 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #3 (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #3 Encore 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #4 (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Game of the Day
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track and Field - Live coverage includes Michael Phelps’ final Olympic race, as he swims the butterfly
leg for Team USA in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. Other swimming finals include the women’s
4x100m medley, Connor Jaeger of the U.S. in the men’s 1500m free, and Australia’s Campell sisters,
Bronte and Cate, in the women’s 50m free. Track finals feature American Tori Bowie in the women’s
100m, plus training partners Mo Farah of Great Britain (2012 gold) and Galen Rupp of the United
States (2012 silver) in a men’s 10,000m rematch. . In the heptathlon, Canada’s Brianne Thiesen-
Eaton, wife of U.S. decathlon star Ashton Eaton, is among the challengers to reigning gold medalist
Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field includes the men's discus final, plus heats of the
men’s 100m, featuring two-time defending champion Usain Bolt, and American Allyson Felix, the
reigning world champion, in round one of the women’s 400m.
Rowing - In rowing, the U.S. targets a third consecutive gold in the women’s eight, and just two years
after graduating from medical school, Massachusetts native Gevvie Stone is a contender in women’s
single sculls.
Volleyball - A young but already accomplished U.S. men’s volleyball team, coming off titles at the 2014
World League and 2015 World Cup, meets France in a Pool A match.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Track and Field - Semifinal-round races include the men’s 800m and the men’s 400m, where American
LaShawn Merritt, the reigning Olympic champion, continues his pursuit of the 200m/400m double.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Fencing - Live coverage includes round-of-16 action in the women's team sabre event of fencing,
where the U.S. has an accomplished trio in Mariel Zagunis, Dagmar Wozniak and Ibtihaj
Muhammad.
Shooting - American Vincent Hancock targets a third consecutive gold in the men’s skeet final.
Weightlifting - The men’s 94kg class in weightlifting, featuring three-time U.S. Olympian Kendrick
Farris.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - In a men’s basketball Group B match-up of two South American teams, Argentina meets
Brazil. Manu Ginobli and Luis Scola return, 12 years after leading Argentina to gold at the 2004
Athens Games.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Fencing - Live coverage of fencing includes quarterfinals and semifinals of the women's team sabre
event, where the 2014 world champion United States is a medal contender. Coverage includes the final
rounds of women's team sabre, where the U.S. has a formidable trio in two-time Olympic gold medalist
Mariel Zagunis, Dagmara Wozniak and Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Volleyball - A clash of men’s volleyball powers as 2012 Olympic gold medalist Russia meets 2014 world
champion Poland.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS: Field Hockey - The United States faces 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Great Britain in a women's field
hockey Group B match.
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS: Men's 3rd Round - Men’s golf continues with 3rd-round action. The Rio competition follows a 72-hole
stroke play format, with all players making the 36-hole cut.
SUNDAY, August 14th NBC 7 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Women’s Track & Field – Marathon (LIVE) 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Equestrian – Individual Jumping Qualifying Men’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Italy (LIVE) Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final Track & Field (LIVE) Women’s Triple Jump – Gold Medal Final Men’s 400m – Gold Medal Final Men’s 100m – Gold Medal Final Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals Men’s Floor Women’s Vault Men’s Pommel Horse Women’s Bars Women’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals (LIVE) 11:35 p.m. – 12:35 a.m. Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals Women’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. France (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Wrestling – Greco-Roman Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s Weightlifting – +75kg Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Brazil vs. Hungary (LIVE) Boxing – Elimination Matches 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. Russia (LIVE) Badminton – Preliminary Round
USA 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Women’s Volleyball – Serbia vs. Netherlands (LIVE) Badminton – Preliminary Round 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Wrestling – Greco-Roman Qualifying (LIVE) Men’s Shooting – Men’s Rifle, Three Positions Final (LIVE)
MSNBC 12 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Australia vs. Greece (LIVE) Women’s Handball – Montenegro vs. Brazil 2:45 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Table Tennis – Team Quarterfinals Sailing – Gold Medal Finals
SUNDAY, August 14th cont.
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Men’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 10 p.m. – 5 a.m. Men’s Golf – Final Round Encore
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Basketball – China vs. U.S. (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. France (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. France Encore 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Senegal vs. Serbia 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. Venezuela (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. Canada 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Serbia vs. China (LIVE) 10:15 p.m. – 11:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. France Encore
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. News Recap Boxing – Elimination Matches Basketball 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal Boxing – Elimination Matches 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Volleyball
CNBC 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Romania Men’s Field Hockey – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Badminton – Preliminary Round
BRAVO 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. - Tennis (LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track and Field - In live coverage of track and field, Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt attempts to
become the first man to win three Olympic titles in the 100m; among his rivals is the Athens 2004 gold
medalist, Justin Gatlin of the U.S. Also on the track, American LaShawn Merritt seeks a return to the
400m podium after his 2008 triumph.
Gymnastics - In apparatus finals of gymnastics, U.S. contenders include Simone Biles on women’s
vault.
Diving - The women’s 3m springboard final in diving, where Kassidy Cook and Abby Johnston
represent Team USA.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Linden and Amy Cragg form a talented U.S. trio
seeking to challenge the favored contingent of East African runners in the women’s marathon.
Basketball - The United States women face China in live coverage (ET/CT) of each team’s final Group
B game. With a sampling of Olympic veterans and influential newcomer Elena Delle Donne, Team
USA is poised to win a sixth consecutive gold in the event.
Water Polo - The United States men take on 2012 Olympic silver medalist Italy in each team’s final
preliminary-round match.
Volleyball - Team USA, coming off back-to-back silver medals, meets 2004 Olympic gold medalist
China in a women's volleyball Pool B match on the final day of preliminary-round action; the top four
teams in each pool advance to the quarterfinals.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Coverage includes apparatus finals in gymnastics and a women’s beach volleyball quarterfinal.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Basketball - The United States men's basketball team concludes Group A preliminary-round action
against a French team featuring Tony Parker, Nic Batum and Rudy Gobert.
Wrestling - Live coverage includes medal-round matches in the 75kg Greco-Roman weight class of
men’s wrestling, where American Andy Bisek, bronze medalist at the 2014 and 2015 Worlds, is among
the contenders.
Weightlifting - Super heavyweight Sarah Robles attempts to give the U.S. its first medal in the sport
since 2000.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Shooting - 2012 bronze medalist Matt Emmons in the men's smallbore rifle, three positions final in
shooting.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Handball - Montenegro plays host Brazil in women's handball on the final day of preliminary-round
action for both events, where top-four finishes are required to advance to the quarterfinals.
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS: Men's 4th Round - The men’s Olympic golf tournament concludes.
BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS: Tennis - The final day of tennis includes gold-medal finals in men’s singles, women’s doubles and
mixed doubles.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - The United States women face China in live coverage of each team’s final Group B game.
With a sampling of Olympic veterans and influential newcomer Elena Delle Donne, Team USA is
poised to win a sixth consecutive gold in the event.
MONDAY, August 15th NBC 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Track & Field (LIVE) Women’s 200m – Round 1 Women’s Hammer Throw – Gold Medal Final Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final Men’s 400m Hurdles – Round 1 Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Mexico (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinal 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Men’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s Pole Vault – Gold Medal Final Men’s 800m – Gold Medal Final Women’s 400m – Gold Medal Final Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals Men’s Rings Men’s Vault Women’s Balance Beam Men’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 11:35 p.m. – 12:35 a.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 7 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Track & Field (LIVE) Women’s Hammer Throw – Gold Medal Final Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final Women’s Swimming – Open Water 10k Gold Medal Final 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Wrestling – Greco-Roman Qualifying Cycling – Track Men’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Russia vs. Iran Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Argentina (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Wrestling – Greco-Roman Gold Medal Finals Men’s Weightlifting – 105kg Gold Medal Final 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. France (LIVE) Boxing – Men’s Heavyweight Final
USA 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Women’s Field Hockey – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Equestrian – Individual Dressage Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Badminton – Quarterfinal Women’s Table Tennis – Team Semifinals
MSNBC 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Men’s Handball – Poland vs. Slovenia 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Badminton – Quarterfinal Sailing – Gold Medal Finals
MONDAY, August 15th cont. GOLF CHANNEL 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. News Recap Volleyball 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Matches Basketball 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil Encore 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil Encore 5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Argentina (LIVE) 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Argentina Encore 8:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Lithuania vs. Croatia (LIVE)
CNBC 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal Volleyball 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Basketball Boxing – Elimination Matches
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field includes the women’s 400m final, as Allyson Felix
seeks to become the most decorated U.S. woman in track and field history with a seventh career
Olympic medal. Also on the track, Kenya’s David Rudisha attempts to become the first man in 52
years to repeat as 800m champion.
Gymnastics - Apparatus finals include men’s rings, men’s vault and women’s balance beam; the latter
features an American contender in three-time world champion Simone Biles.
Diving - Kristen Ipsen and Michael Hixon represent the U.S. in qualifying of men’s 3m springboard
diving.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field features a trio of American contenders challenging
2012 Olympic silver medlalist Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland in the women's hammer final, Emma
Coburn seeking a U.S. breakthrough in the women's steeplechase final, plus heats of the women’s
200m, men’s steeplechase and men’s 400m hurdles.
Volleyball - The United States men’s volleyball team, led by four-time Olympian Reid Priddy,
concludes Pool A play against Mexico.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Coverage includes a men’s quarterfinal in beach volleyball, plus heats and semifinals in flatwater
canoe/kayak.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Track and Field - Live coverage includes the women’s hammer final, plus American record-holder
Emma Coburn in the women’s steeplechase final.
Swimming - The women’s 10km open water event in swimming, with 2012 silver medalist Haley
Anderson a contender again for Team USA.
Volleyball - Reigning men’s volleyball champion Russia meets Iran in each team’s last preliminary-
round match. A live men's volleyball match features host nation Brazil against France in each team’s
Pool A finale. With their nation’s rich tradition in the sport, Brazilians hope to celebrate gold in men’s
volleyball after two straight silver medals.
Cycling - The men’s omnium points race, which determines the medalists in the six-phase track cycling
event.
Basketball - Two of the best men’s basketball teams in the world go head-to-head as Spain duels
Argentina in each team’s Group B finale. The Gasol brothers headline the Spanish national team that
took silver behind Team USA in Beijing and London, but Manu Ginobli returns to a deep roster with
plenty of familiar faces from Argentina’s 2004 gold medal squad.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Equestrian - The individual dressage final features American Laura Graves, who placed fifth at the
2014 World Equestrian Games, seeking to challenge a deep European field.
Table Tennis - Semifinals in the women’s team event, which debuted in 2008 and has been won both
times by China.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Qualifying for the Olympics for only the second time, the Nigerian men's basketball team
will rely heavily on NBA forward Al-Farouq Aminu in its Group B finale against Brazil. The host
nation's last Olympic run ended in a 82-77 loss to Argentina in the 2012 quarterfinals.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Qualifying for the Olympics for only the second time, the Nigerian men's basketball team
will rely heavily on NBA forward Al-Farouq Aminu in its Group B finale against Brazil. The host
nation's last Olympic run ended in a 82-77 loss to Argentina in the 2012 quarterfinals.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball - Two of the best men’s basketball teams in the world go head-to-head as Spain duels
Argentina in each team’s Group B finale. The Gasol brothers headline the Spanish national team that
took silver behind Team USA in Beijing and London, but Manu Ginobli returns to a deep roster with
plenty of familiar faces from Argentina’s 2004 gold medal squad.
TUESDAY, August 16th NBC 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s Triple Jump – Gold Medal Final Women’s Discus – Gold Medal Final 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Equestrian – Team Jumping Qualifying 12 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 1:45 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Diving – Springboard Semifinal Beach Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Men’s High Jump Women’s 1500m Men’s 110m Hurdles Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals Men’s Parallel Bars Women’s Floor Men’s High Bar Beach Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE) 11:35 p.m. – 12:35 a.m. Men’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 7 a.m. – 11 a.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s Triple Jump – Gold Medal Final Women’s Discus – Gold Medal Final Men’s Swimming – Open Water 10k Gold Medal Final 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal (LIVE) Cycling – Track Events Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Meal Finals 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal (LIVE) Badminton – Doubles Semifinals 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Wrestling – Greco-Roman Gold Medal Finals Men’s Boxing – Light Gold Medal Final Men’s Weightlifting – Superheavy Gold Medal Final 8:15 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Women’s Table Tennis – Team Gold Medal Finals
MSNBC 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wrestling – Greco-Roman Qualifying Women’s Handball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Sailing – Gold Medal Finals
CNBC 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Field Hockey – Semifinal
TUESDAY, August 16th cont. USA 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Men’s Field Hockey – Semifinal (LIVE) Badminton – Doubles Semifinal 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Synchronized Swimming – Duet Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Table Tennis – Team Bronze Medal 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE) Badminton – Doubles Semifinal
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Semifinal Boxing – Elimination Matches
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 9 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #1 (LIVE) 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #1 Encore 12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #2 (LIVE) 2:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #2 Encore 4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #2 Encore 4:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #3 (LIVE) 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #3 Encore 8:15 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #4 (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal Synchronized Swimming 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal #2 (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 Encore 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal #2 Encore 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 Encore 8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Semifinal #2 Encore
GOLF CHANNEL 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field finals includes the highly competitive men's
high jump, where winning gold might require breaking a world record that’s stood for more than
two decades; a trio of American challengers to Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in the women's
1500m; and Oregon Ducks wide receiver Devon Allen among U.S. threats to Jamaican Omar
McLeod in the men’s 110m hurdles.
Gymnastics - Apparatus finals include the men’s parallel bars, men’s high bar, and women's
floor exercise; the latter could come down to U.S. teammates for gold: Simone Biles, the
three-time reigning world all-around champion, and Aly Raisman, the 2012 Olympic gold
medalist.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - In live coverage of track and field finals, reigning Olympic champions
Christian Taylor of the U.S. (men’s triple jump) and Sandra Perkovic of Croatia (women’s
discus) return as gold-medal contenders.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Diving - The men’s 3m springboard final is expected to feature a duel for gold among China,
Russia and Great Britain, with 2012 Olympian Kristian Ipsen representing the best U.S. hope.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field features qualifying heats, plus defending
champions Christian Taylor of the U.S. (men’s triple jump) and Croatian Sandra Perkovic
(women's discus) in their respective finals.
Swimming - The men's 10km open water event in swimming, where the U.S. has a contender
in 2015 world champion Jordan Wilimovsky.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Synchronized Swimming - In the duet final, Russia is going for a fifth straight gold.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS: Cycling - Track cycling coverage includes the conclusion of the men’s keirin (live) and
American Sarah Hammer seeking to pedal back to the podium in the women’s omnium after
earning silver in 2012.
WEDNESDAY, August 17th
NBC 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Gymnastics – Gala 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Qualifying Heats Women’s Water Polo – Semifinal (LIVE) Gymnastics – Gala 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s Long Jump Women’s 200m Women’s 100m Hurdles Women’s Diving – Platform Qualifying Women’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 11:35 p.m. – 12:35 a.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Medal Round 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. - Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. - NBC Late Night Encore
7 a.m. – 11 a.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Cycling – BMX Qualifying 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal Gymnastics – Gala 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Gymnastics – Gala Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals Men’s Boxing – Welter Gold Medal Final Women’s Boxing – Elimination Matches 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Table Tennis – Team Gold Medal Final Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals
USA 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. - Men’s Badminton – Singles Quarterfinal 9 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. -Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – Semifinal (LIVE) Men’s Badminton – Singles Quarterfinal 12:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m.-Men’s Basketball–Quarterfinal (LIVE) 2:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Badminton – Singles Quarterfinal Men’s Table Tennis – Team Bronze Medal Taekwondo – Quarterfinals and Semifinals
MSNBC 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey – Semifinal (LIVE) 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Women’s Wrestling – Qualifying Men’s Handball – Quarterfinal 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Gymnastics – Gala (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Handball – Quarterfinal Sailing – Gold Medal Finals
WEDNESDAY, August 17th cont.
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. News Recap Men’s Soccer – Semifinal Athletics 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Boxing Men’s Soccer – Semifinal 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Women’s Golf – 1st Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Women’s Golf – 1st Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Golf – 1st Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 10 p.m. – 4 a.m. Women’s Golf – 1st Round Encore
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. - Late Night Encore 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Volleyball Basketball Boxing
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 9 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #1 (LIVE) 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #1 Encore 12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #2 (LIVE) 2:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #2 Encore 4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #2 Encore 4:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #3 (LIVE) 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #3 Encore 8:15 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #4 (LIVE) 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal #4 Encore
CNBC 4 p.m. –7 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE) Women’s Field Hockey – Semifinal
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 Encore 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal #2 (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 Encore 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal #2 Encore 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal #1 Encore 8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Semifinal #2 Encore 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Match of the Day
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field finals features 2015 world champion Tianna
Bartoletta and defending Olympic gold medalist Brittney Reese as U.S. contenders in the
women’s long jump; first-time Olympian Tori Bowie, from the small town of Sandhill,
Mississippi, in the women’s 200m; and a strong trio looking to put Team USA on the women’s
100m hurdles podium for a fifth consecutive Games. Elsewhere on the Rio track, two-time
defending champion Usain Bolt runs his 200m semifinal heat and American Ashton Eaton
concludes day one of the decathlon with one of his best events: the 400m.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field includes the start of American Ashton
Eaton’s attempt to become just the third man to repeat as Olympic decathlon champion. Evan
Jager also chases history, as he seeks to challenge steeplechase power Kenya and give the
U.S. its first medal in the event since 1984.
Equestrian - The United States targets a return to the podium in the team jumping final after
winning gold in 2004 and 2008 but failing to earn a medal in 2012.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Beach Volleyball - Medal-round action in women’s beach volleyball under the lights at
Copacabana beach.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Track and Field - American middle distance runner Evan Jager’s attempt to give the U.S. its
first men’s steeplechase medal since 1984. Also in track and field, Ashton Eaton of Team
USA begins his attempt to become just the third man to repeat as Olympic decathlon
champion.
Cycling - Coverage includes seeding runs in BMX, which debuted at the 2008 Beijing Games.
American Connor Fields, who entered the 2012 London Games expecting to climb the
podium but crashed in the final and placed 7th, returns as a medal contender.
Table Tennis - Coverage includes the table tennis men's team final, with China seeking a third
consecutive Olympic gold.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Badminton - Coverage includes quarterfinal-round action in men’s singles. Two-time defending
champion Lin Dan of China, known as “the John McEnroe of badminton” for his outbursts both
on and off the court, joins compatriot Chen Long and long-time Malaysian rival Lee Chong
Wei among the Rio medal contenders.
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS: Women's 1st Round - Opening-round coverage of the first women’s Olympic golf competition
since 1900.
THURSDAY, August 18th NBC 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s 400m Hurdles – Gold Medal Final Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals 11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Women’s Diving – Platform Semifinal Men’s Cycling – BMX Quarterfinals 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Semifinal (LIVE) Synchronized Swimming – Team Qualifying 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Men’s Shot Put Women’s Javelin Men’s 1500m Decathlon Women’s 400m Hurdles Men’s 200m Women’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 11:35 p.m. – 12:35 a.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Medal Round 12:35 a.m. – 3:30 a.m. Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. - Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 7 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Track & Field (LIVE) Men’s 400m Hurdles – Gold Medal Final 10:20 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Semifinal (LIVE) Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle Qualifying Men’s Field Hockey – Bronze Medal 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. Men’s Boxing – Light Heavy Gold Medal Final Men’s Beach Volleyball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 8:45 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE) Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals
MSNBC 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Sailing – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Handball – Semifinal (LIVE)
USA 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Men’s Triathlon (LIVE) Women’s Badminton – Doubles Gold Medal
CNBC 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Taekwondo – Quarterfinals and Semifinals Modern Pentathlon – Fencing 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Field Hockey – Gold Medal Final
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. News Recap Synchronized Swimming 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Athletics Beach Volleyball 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. - Late Night Encore 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Volleyball Boxing
THURSDAY, August 18th cont. BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal #1 (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal #1 Encore 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal #2 (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal #2 Encore 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal #1 Encore 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Semifinal #2 Encore
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Women’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Women’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 10 p.m. – 3 a.m. Women’s Golf – 2nd Round Encore
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track and Field - In track and field finals, Oregon native and Rio favorite Ashton Eaton attempts to become only
the third man to win back-to-back Olympic decathlon titles; Jamaica’s Usain Bolt sprints for a third consecutive
gold in the men’s 200m final against Americans Justin Gatlin and LaShawn Merritt; and reigning world
champion Joe Kovacs of the U.S. headlines the field in the men’s shot put final.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field spotlights the men's 400m hurdles final, with the last two
Olympic silver medalists, Kerron Clement (2008) and Michael Tinsley (2012), looking to continue Team USA’s
rich tradition in the event.
Diving - Americans Jessica Parratto and Katrina Young, each a first-time Olympian, compete in the semifinal
round of women’s platform diving.
Cycling - Quarterfinal-round racing in men’s BMX, where Connor Fields of the U.S. continues his push to the
podium after a disappointing 7th-place finish in London.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Beach Volleyball - Coverage includes a medal-round match in men’s beach volleyball.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Track and Field - Live coverage of track and field includes continuation of the men’s decathlon, where Team
USA’s Ashton Eaton seeks to defend his title as “world’s greatest athlete,” plus Olympic silver medalists Kerron
Clement (2008) and Michael Tinsley (2012) looking to give the U.S. its 19th gold medal (all time) in the men’s
400m hurdles final.
Wrestling - The United States has yet to win an Olympic gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling, which
debuted at the 2004 Athens Games. But two-time reigning world champion Adeline Gray (75kg), along with
Helen Maroulis (53kg) and Elena Pirozhkova (63kg), could end the drought in Rio (live).
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Triathlon - British brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, who took gold and bronze in London, respectively,
are again among the contenders in the men’s triathlon, set among some of Rio’s most scenic locations (live).
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS: Women's 2nd Round - Live 2nd-round coverage of the women’s Olympic golf competition.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Synchronized Swimming - Coverage includes the technical routine phase of the women’s team event, in which
Spain has earned silver (2008) and bronze (2012) medals at the past two Olympics.
FRIDAY, August 19th NBC 9 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Equestrian – Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 11:10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Cycling – BMX Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 2:45 p.m. – 4 p.m. Equestrian – Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final Rhythmic Gymnastics – Individual Qualifying 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s Pole Vault Men’s Hammer Women’s 5000m Women’s 4x100m Relay Men’s 4x100m Relay Men’s Diving – Platform Qualifying 10:35 p.m. – 11:35 p.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals 11:35 p.m. – 2 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. Men’s Track & Field – 50k Walk Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 10 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Men’s Wrestling – Freestyle Qualifying (LIVE) Taekwondo – Qualifying Rhythmic Gymnastics – Individual Qualifying 1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal (LIVE) 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Handball – Semifinal (LIVE) 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE) Women’s Modern Pentathlon Boxing – Semifinal Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals
CNBC 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal (LIVE)
MSNBC 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Women’s Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final 11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Women’s Modern Pentathlon Men’s Handball – Semifinal (LIVE) 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
USA 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Men’s Badminton – Singles Semifinal Women’s Water Polo – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey – Bronze Medal (LIVE) Men’s Badminton – Singles Semifinal
FRIDAY, August 19th cont.
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Women’s Golf – 3rd Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. –11 a.m. Women’s Golf – 3rd Round (LIVE) 11 a.m.– 2 p.m. Women’s Golf – 3rd Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 10 p.m. – 3 a.m. Women’s Golf – 3rd Round Encore
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal #1 (LIVE) 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal #1 Encore 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal #2 (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal #2 Encore 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal #1 Encore 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal #2 Encore
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Bronze Medal Encore 3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Soccer Medal Ceremony (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final Encore Women’s Soccer Medal Ceremony Encore 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final Encore Women’s Soccer Medal Ceremony Encore
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. News Recap Synchronized Swimming Athletics 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Beach Volleyball Boxing 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Women’ Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Soccer Medal Ceremony 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Basketball 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Semifinal (LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track & Field - In the last race of Usain Bolt's legendary Olympic career, the world's fastest man anchors
Jamaica against Justin Gatlin and Team USA in the men's 4x100m relay final. Other live track and field finals
include reigning Olympic champ Jenn Suhr of the U.S. headlining a deep field in the women's pole vault, and
Tori Bowie leading the U.S. in defense of its women’s 4x100m relay gold.
Diving - Qualifying-round dives in the men’s 10m platform event, with American David Boudia seeking to become
the first repeat winner of the event since compatriot Greg Louganis (1984, 1988).
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Equestrian - In the first of two final rounds in equestrian’s individual show jumping event, 2008 Olympic bronze
medalist Beezie Madden leads a strong U.S. contingent.
Cycling - Contenders in men’s BMX include American Connor Fields, who pedals for the Olympic medal he
expected to earn four years ago in London before crashing in the final and placing 7th.
Rhythmic Gymnastics - The all-around competition in rhythmic gymnastics begins, with 16-year-old Laura Zeng
representing the U.S. in a field headlined by fellow Muscovites and good friends Yana Kudryavtseva and
Margarita Mamun, one of whom should give Russia a fifth consecutive Olympic gold in the event.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Canoe/Kayak - Coverage includes semifinal races in flatwater canoe/kayak.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Track & Field - Live coverage of the men’s 50km race walk; John Nunn, 12 years after contesting the 20km race
walk at the Athens Games, represents Team USA in Rio.
Wrestling - Live wrestling coverage includes Team USA’s Jordan Burroughs beginning defense of his men’s
74kg gold medal.
Taekwondo - The U.S. could have presence in taekwondo finals in the women’s 67kg (2015 Worlds bronze
medalist Jackie Galloway) and men’s 80kg (three-time Olympic champion Steven Lopez) weight classes.
MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS: Badminton - Coverage includes the women's singles final, where Spain’s Carolina Marin, who once aspired to be
a flamenco dancer, could snap China’s run of four consecutive gold medals.
Modern Pentathlon - Early-phase coverage of the women’s modern pentathlon features Arkansas sisters
Margaux and Isabella Isaksen. Margaux could improve on her fourth-place finish in London.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Field Hockey - Live coverage of the women’s field hockey bronze medal match.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS: Wrestling - With only two losses in his international career, Jordan Burroughs is Team USA's top medal
contender in wrestling and seeks a second Olympic gold in the men’s freestyle 74kg weight class.
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS: Women's 3rd Round - The women’s Olympic golf competition continues with 3rd-round action. The Olympic
format – 72-hole, stroke play – does not involve cuts after the 2nd round.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS:
Soccer - Live coverage (including pre-game) of the women’s soccer gold medal final from Maracana stadium.
NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - Live coverage (including pre-game) of the women’s soccer gold medal final from Maracana stadium.
SATURDAY, August 20th NBC 9 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Women’s Triathlon – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 11:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals Men’s Diving – 10m Platform Semifinal Women’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 1:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s High Jump
Men’s Javelin Men’s 1500m Women’s 800m Men’s 5000m Women 4x400m Relay Men 4x400m Relay
Women’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Men’s Diving – 10m Platform Gold Medal Final 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Rhythmic Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final 12:30 a.m. – 4 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. - Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. - NBC Late Night Encore 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Men’s Wrestling – Freestyle Qualifying Women’s Cycling – Mountain Bike Gold Medal Final 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
MSNBC 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) Men’s Badminton – Bronze Medal 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Handball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Bronze Medal Encore 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final Encore 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final Encore
SATURDAY, August 20th cont. USA 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Rhythmic Gymnastics – Group Qualifications (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Women’s Basketball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Men’s Water Polo – Bronze Medal (LIVE) Women’s Handball – Bronze Medal 1:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Rhythmic Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Men’s Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Boxing – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Modern Pentathlon Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals
GOLF CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. Women’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Women’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Golf – Final Round (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Golf Central Live From the Olympics 10 p.m. – 3 a.m. Women’s Golf – Final Round Encore
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal Encore 3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Men’s Soccer – Medal Ceremony (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final Encore Men’s Soccer – Medal Ceremony Encore 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final Encore Men’s Soccer – Medal Ceremony Encore
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. – 4 a.m. Late Night Encore 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. New Recap 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal (LIVE) Boxing – Gold Medal Finals 2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Medal Ceremony 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. Late Night Encore
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Track & Field - The last full session of track and field features Allyson Felix attempting to lead the U.S. to a sixth
straight Olympic gold in the women’s 4x400m relay; LaShawn Merritt and Team USA seeking to restore
supremacy in the men’s 4x400m relay after a surprise loss to the Bahamas in 2012; and 18-year-old Vashti
Cunningham, the daughter of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham, joining 32-year-old mother of
three Chaunte Lowe among contenders in the women's high jump.
Diving - American David Boudia must be perfect to defeat three-time reigning world champion Qui Bo of China
and London medalist Tom Daley of Great Britain and defend his gold in the men's 10m platform final.
Volleyball - Coverage also includes the women’s volleyball final.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Triathlon - A flat tire derailed Wisconsin native Gwen Jorgensen in her Olympic debut four years ago, but the
two-time reigning world champion is favored for gold in the women’s triathlon. Countrywomen Sarah True and
Katie Zafares could also contend on the scenic Rio course, which could see the end of a U.S. medal drought in
triathlon that stretches back to 2004.
Basketball – Live coverage of the women’s basketball gold medal final. Team USA has won this event at the past
five Olympics.
Water Polo - Live coverage of the men’s water polo gold medal final.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
Rhythmic Gymnastics - Coverage includes the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final, where Russia
seeks a fifth consecutive gold.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Wrestling - Men's freestyle wrestling qualification features Americans J’Den Cox (86kg), a two-time NCAA
champion from the University of Missouri, and Tervel Dlagnev, a semifinalist at the 2012 Olympics and contender
once again in the heaviest weight class (125kg).
Cycling - The women's mountain biking competition, where Team USA has a contender in Lea Davison, runner-
up at the 2016 World Championships.
Soccer - Live coverage of the men’s soccer final at historic Maracana Stadium in Rio. Coverage also include the
men’s soccer bronze medal match from Sao Paulo.
Volleyball - Coverage includes the women’s volleyball bronze medal match.
Badminton - The men's singles bronze medal match in badminton.
Handball - Live coverage of the men’s handball gold medal final.
USA HIGHLIGHTS: Basketball – Live coverage of the women’s basketball bronze medal final.
Rhythmic Gymnastics - Coverage features qualifying in the rhythmic gymnastics group event, for which the U.S.
women earned its first Olympic berth since getting an automatic entry as host of the 1996 Atlanta Games. In the
individual all-around final of rhythmic gymnastics, 16-year-old Laura Zeng looks to give the United States its
highest-ever Olympic finish -- a mark currently held by Valerie Zimring, who placed 11th in 1984.
GOLF CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS:
Women's Final Round - Live final-round coverage of the first women’s Olympic golf competition since 1900; the
field includes a trio of Americans in Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS: Soccer - Coverage includes the men's soccer bronze medal match.
SUNDAY, August 21ST NBC 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. Men’s Track & Field – Marathon (LIVE) 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Rhythmic Gymnastics – Group Gold Medal Final 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 1:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Rio Gold 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Closing Ceremony 10:35 p.m. – 2 a.m. - Primetime Encore
NBCSN 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. Primetime Encore 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. NBC Late Night Encore 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Men’s Basketball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 11;30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals Boxing – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
USA 7 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Men’s Volleyball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Men’s Handball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Men’s Cycling – Mountain Bike Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Handball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Men’s Basketball – Bronze Medal (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Bronze Medal Encore 1:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final Encore
TELEMUNDO 2 a.m. –4 a.m. - Late Night Encore 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Finals 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. - TBA
NBC UNIVERSO 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. - Late Night Encore
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Rio Gold - A one-hour special looking back at the defining moments of the Rio Games.
Closing Ceremony - The first Olympics in South America conclude with the Closing Ceremony
from Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Track and Field - Live coverage of the men’s marathon features Galen Rupp, who won the
U.S. Trials in his marathon debut but will take to the streets of Rio just eight days after running
his 10,000m final. Also in the field is 2004 Athens silver medalist Meb Keflezighi, who at age
41 will be the oldest U.S. marathoner in Olympic history.
Rhythmic Gymnastics - Power Russia looks to win its fifth consecutive gold medal in the group
competition.
Volleyball - Live coverage of the men’s volleyball gold medal final.
Basketball - Live coverage of the men’s basketball gold medal final.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
Basketball - Live coverage of the men’s basketball bronze medal game.
Wrestling - Kyle Snyder, who last year became the youngest American wrestler to win a world
title at age 19, competes in qualifying-round action of the men's freestyle 97kg event.
Boxing – The women’s middleweight gold medal bout in boxing; American Claressa Shields
won gold in 2012 and is favored to repeat as Olympic champion.
Volleyball - Live coverage of the men’s volleyball bronze medal match.
Handball - Live coverage of the men’s handball bronze medal match.
USA HIGHLIGHTS:
Cycling - Julien Absalon, men’s mountain bike gold medalist in 2004 and 2008, is among the
French riders looking to get their nation back on the Olympic podium after being shut out of the
medals in London.
Handball - Live coverage of the men’s handball gold medal match.
TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS:
Volleyball - Live coverage of the men’s volleyball gold medal final.
Basketball - Live coverage of the men’s basketball gold medal final.