Here is your Olympic Viewing Guide for this weekend on the networks of NBC. Get ready to scroll for a while.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 – DAY 8
NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball – USA vs. Spain (LIVE)
Track & Field
Men's & Women's Gymnastics – Trampoline Competition
Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (USA) vs. Herrara/Mesa (ESP)
Women's Diving – Springboard Semifinals
Men's Water Polo – USA vs. Croatia
Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final
Women's Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Finals
7:30 p.m. – Midnight
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay, 1500m Freestyle
Women's 50m Freestyle, Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men's 100m
Track & Field – Women's Marathon (LIVE)
12:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Women's Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women's Heptathlon, Shot Put
Women's 100m Quarterfinal, Men's 400 Hurdles Semifinal
CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight – 4:30 a.m.
Softball – USA vs. Chinese Taipei (LIVE)
Boxing – 51kg, 75kg Competition (LIVE)
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Boxing – 48kg, 75kg Competition
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Women's Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final, Singles Bronze (LIVE)
Men's Tennis – Doubles Gold Medal Final, Singles Bronze (LIVE)
Men's Track & Field – 20k Walk
Women's Field Hockey – USA vs. New Zealand
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals
Men's Table Tennis – Team Semifinals
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer – Quarterfinals Brazil vs. Cambodia (LIVE)
Argentina vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
Italy vs. Belgium
Baseball – USA vs. Canada
Women's Wrestling – 48kg, 55kg Gold Medal Finals
Beach Volleyball – Xu/Wu (CHN) vs. Klemperer/Koreng (GER)
Men's Badminton – Doubles Gold Medal Final
Equestrian – Individual Dressage
TELEMUNDO
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer - Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Basketball – USA vs. Spain
Baseball – Cuba vs. Taipei
Women's Diving – Springboard Competition
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Men's Volleyball
Midnight – 1:00 a.m.
TBA
UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage
NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
2:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Men's Qualifying Round
2:30 a.m. – 4:15 a.m. Lithuania vs. Qualifier (LIVE)
4:45 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. Iran vs. Argentina (LIVE)
6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Angola vs. Qualifier
8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. China vs. Qualifier (LIVE)
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Spain vs. USA (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. – 1:45 a.m. Russia vs. Australia
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Spain vs. USA (2nd half re-air)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Men's Quarterfinals
6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Match #1 (LIVE)
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Match #2 (LIVE)
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Match #3
12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Match #4
2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Match of the Day re-air
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Second Match of the Day re-air
NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Badminton – Singles Bronze Medal
Badminton – Mixed Doubles Semifinals & Gold Medal Finals
Baseball
Men's & Women's Field Hockey
Sailing – Qualifying & Gold Medal Finals
Men's Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final
50m Rifle Three Position Competition & Gold Medal Final
Women's Fencing – Team Foil Semifinals & Gold Medal Finals
Men's Fencing – Team Sabre Competition
Men's & Women's Basketball
Cycling – Track Events
Equestrian – Individual Dressage
Men's & Women's Handball
Rowing Gold Medal Finals
Men's Soccer
Softball
Men's Table Tennis – Team Semifinals & Bronze Competition
Men's & Women's Tennis – Singles & Doubles Gold Medal Finals
Women's Weightlifting - +75kg
Women's Wrestling – Freestyle 48kg, 55kg Gold Medal Finals
Freestyle 63kg, 72kg
Water Polo
NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:
Eight is the magic number of the Beijing Olympics, and if all goes according to plan, the men's 4x100m medley relay final will be the eighth and final gold medal race for Michael Phelps in Beijing. If so, he could have a chance at yet another piece of history. He could win his eighth gold medal of the Games, surpassing the single-Games record of seven set by Mark Spitz in 1972. By this point, Phelps should own the all-time record for career gold medals, surpassing the previous mark of nine.
Call it "A Race for the Ages": 41-year-old mother and American record-holder Dara Torres vies for the title of "Fastest Woman in the Water".
Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin & Co. will no doubt be looking to reassert themselves in the 4x100m medley relay. The Australians not only hold the world record in the women's 4x100m medley relay, are reigning world champions, but are also looking to defend their 2004 Olympic Gold Medal in the event.
Tonight, the title of "World's Fastest Man" is at stake in the 100m final. American Tyson Gay, who ran the fastest 100m under any conditions in history at the USA Olympic Trials (a blazing 9.68), is the reigning world champion, but a pair of Jamaicans stand in his path: world record-holder Usain Bolt (a.k.a. "Lightning Bolt") and Asafa Powell, the 2007 world bronze medal champion.
NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:
Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Team USA want redemption after a third-place finish in 2004. The "Redeem Team's" current obstacle: Pau Gasol and reigning world champion Spain in a key live matchup.
Teenage track cycling prodigy Taylor Phinney has had two clear cycling role models to emulate: his father, Davis, was the first American to win a stage of the Tour de France and his mother, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, won the first Olympic women's road race in Los Angeles in 1984. The next chapter for the Phinney family: Taylor chases a medal in the men's individual pursuit final.
NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
Beach Volleyball's Olympic "Golden Girls" Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, who won gold in Athens and are three-time reigning world champions, hope to continue their gold medal defense.
USA NETWORK:
The tennis competition heats up as some of the game's top stars chase Olympic gold.
MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
Four years after failing to qualify for the Athens Games, the USA Baseball Team is back in the Olympics, looking to recapture its gold medal-winning form of 2000. The current challenge for Team USA: a border clash against Canada. Also, two live men's quarterfinal soccer matches with Brazil taking on Cambodia and Argentia against The Netherlands.
CNBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
Looking for a dose of dominance? Try live coverage of the USA Softball Team, which put on a clinic in brilliance in 2004 (outsc oring opponents 51-1) and seeks its fourth straight Olympic gold in 2008. Next in line to attempt to topple the USA juggernaut: Chinese Taipei.
Sunday's coverage continues with the following:
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 – DAY 9
NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men's 10K
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal
Women's Volleyball – USA vs. Poland
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals
Women's Table Tennis – Team Gold Medal Final
Men's Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final
Women's Water Polo – Quarterfinal
Equestrian – Team Jumping Competition
Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
7:00 p.m. – Midnight
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Men's Floor, Pommel Horse
Women's Floor, Vault
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women's 100m
Women's Triathlon (LIVE)
Women's Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final
12:35 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Hammer Throw
Women's Triple Jump
Women's Steeplechase
Men's Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal
CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight – 2:00 a.m.
Men's Table Tennis – Team Bronze Playoff
Women's Weightlifting – Super Heavyweight Competition
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Boxing – 64kg, 69kg, 91kg Quarterfinals
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Women's Beach Volleyball - Quarterfinal
Men's Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women's Tennis – Doubles Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women's Basketball – Australia vs. Russia
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals
Women's Handball – Russia vs. Germany
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Softball – USA vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
Women's Basketball – USA vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Women's Wrestling – 63kg, 72kg Gold Medal Finals
Women's Table Tennis – Team Bronze
Badminton – Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final
Men's Fencing – Team Sabre Gold Medal Final
Men's Weightlifting – 94kg Competition
Women's Volleyball – Italy vs. Brazil
China vs. Japan
Women's Water Polo - Quarterfinal
TELEMUNDO
4:00 am – 2:00 p.m.
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women's Volleyball – Cuba vs. Venezuela
Italy vs. Brazil
Women's Diving – Springboard Semifinal
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women's Beach Volleyball - Quarterfinal
Boxing
Gymnastics – Trampoline Competition
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Women's Beach Volleyball - Quarterfinal
Midnight – 1:00 a.m.
TBA
UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage
NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
2:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Women's Qualifying Round
2:30 a.m. – 4:15 a.m. S. Korea vs. Latvia (LIVE)
4:45 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)
6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Australia vs. Russia
8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. China vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. USA vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Mali vs. Spain
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. USA vs. New Zealand (2nd half re-air)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
"The Quarterfinals Encore"
6:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Women's Match #1
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Women's Match #2
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Women's Match #3
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Women's Match #4
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. Men's Match #1
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Men's Match #2
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Men's Match #3
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Men's Match #4
NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's & Women's Basketball Games
Badminton – Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Finals
Men's Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Finals
Baseball – Qualifying Games
Men's & Women's Field Hockey
Sailing – Competition & Finals
Men's Fencing – Team Sabre Semifinal & Gold Medal Final
Men's & Women's Basketball
Cycling – Track Events
Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final
Women's & Men's Handball
Rowing – Finals
Softball
Women's Table Tennis – Team Bronze, Gold Medal Matches
Singles Competition
Men's Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final
Women's Tennis – Doubles Gold Medal Final
Men's Weightlifting- 94kg
Women's Wrestling – Freestyle 63kg, 72kg Gold Medal Final
Women's Triathlon
Water Polo
NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:
A night of individual event finals in gymnastics sees China's Cheng Fei as the gold medal favorite on women's vault, where she has won the last three world titles. And Cheng could win a second gold on floor exercise. But Team USA Shawn Johnson (called by some "The Next Mary Lou") won the world title on floor in 2007.
Tonight, the title of "World's Fastest Woman" is settled in the women's 100m final. One safe bet: Miami's Lauryn Williams should be very much in the mix for gold. The former Miami Hurricane won 2004 Olympic silver, the 2005 world title and silver at the 2007 Worlds. Surprise Olympic Trials winner Muna Lee and Torri Edwards round out the deep USA team, who likely will face tough competition from any or all of three fast and formidable sprinters from Jamaica.
China's diving queen Guo Jingjing will strive for perfection at the Water Cube as she attempts to defend her Olympic title in the women's 3m springboard final. Her biggest challenger? That would be her synchro partner, 2004 Olympic silver medalist Wu Minxia.
NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:
Four years ago, Beijing wasn't on Sara Hammer's radar. But the former prodigy who had burned out on the sport snapped out of her early retirement when she saw a cyclist she had beaten before (Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand) win Olympic gold in Athens. Now a two-time world champion in the women's individual pursuit, Hammer is a legitimate gold medal contender.
Ever consider trying to run over six miles in less than 28 minutes? Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele is the best in the world in the 10,000m, and tonight, the three-time reigning world champion seeks his second straight Olympic gold to conclude a night of finals in Track & Field.
NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
Tonight, Track & Field Gold Medal Finals feature the men's hammer throw and women's triple jump and steeplechase.
USA NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS:
The world's top tennis stars look to add Olympic hardware to their Grand Slam collections in the men's singles and women's doubles finals.
MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
In what could be the final Olympics ever for softball (the sport is being removed from the Olympic program after Beijing), the USA Softball Team has one clear mission: claim a fourth straight Olympic gold. The current challenge is a matchup against the Netherlands.
CNBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
During the course of a normal 2½-hour workout, USA weightlifter Cheryl Haworth lifts as much as 25 tons – the equivalent of an F-15 fighter jet or five African elephants. Tonight, she doesn't need to lift any airplanes or circus animals – she simply has to hoist more than anyone else in the super heav yweight class in the hopes of adding another Olympic medal to her 2000 Olympic bronze.
