Let’s see what the networks of NBCUniversal have in store for us on Saturday. NBC’s daytime coverage which will include the women’s basketball gold medal game between the United States and France will be live in all time zones starting at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT.
Primetime on NBC will include the final day in earnest of track & field at Olympic Stadium including the men’s 4×100 meters relay gold medal final, the women’s 4×400 meter relay gold medal final, the women’s 800 meters and men’s 5,000 meters. Also in primetime, NBC will air the women’s volleyball gold medal final and the men’s 10 meter platform diving final.
NBC Sports Network carries the men’s soccer gold medal final between Brazil and Mexico as well as the women’s handball gold medal game.
MSNBC has the men’s modern pentathlon gold medal final which has to be seen to be believed.
And CNBC has several gold medal bouts in boxing.
Check out what’s on tap for Saturday.
MEN’S 4X100M RELAY FEATURING TYSON GAY, JUSTIN GATLIN AND JAMAICA’S USAIN BOLT SATURDAY NIGHT ON NBC
Team USA Women’s Volleyball Gold Medal Final vs. Brazil in Primetime on NBC
Women’s Basketball Team USA Gold Medal Final vs. France on NBC
Men’s Soccer Gold Medal Final Featuring Brazil vs. Mexico Live on NBC Sports Network at 10 a.m. ET
*** SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE ***
NBC’s Daytime Saturday and Sunday Coverage LIVE to All Time Zones
*Sunday Night Programming Reminder: As previously announced, NBC will air a full episode of a commercial-free network preview of the new comedy, “Animal Practice,” immediately following the Closing Ceremony.LONDON – August 10, 2012 – Saturday night on NBC, Tyson Gay & Justin Gatlin are expected to run for Team USA in the men’s 4x100m relay against Jamaica’s 100m and 200m two-time gold medalist Usain Bolt. In men’s indoor volleyball, Team USA goes up against Brazil for the gold medal.
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE: NBC’S DAYTIME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COVERAGE LIVE TO ALL TIME ZONES
This weekend’s daytime coverage on NBC will be LIVE across the country, featuring the men and women’s basketball gold medal finals and the men’s marathon.
On Saturday, live coverage starts at 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT/7 a.m. PT, and features Australia vs. Russia in the women’s basketball bronze medal game and USA vs. France in the gold medal final.
On Sunday, live coverage starts at 6 a.m. ET/5 a.m. CT/4 a.m. MT/3 a.m. PT and features the men’s marathon. Then at 10 a.m. ET, Team USA vs. Spain in the men’s basketball final.
Live on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, the men’s soccer gold medal final featuring Brazil vs. Mexico at 10 a.m. ET, and the women’s handball gold medal final.
MSNBC’s live coverage features the women’s basketball bronze medal game between Australia and Russia at noon ET and men’s field hockey gold medal final featuring Germany vs. Netherlands live at 3 p.m.
All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.
For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra
For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com
Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 (Day 15)
NBC
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. MT
7 a.m. – 3 p.m. PT
Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final: U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Gold Medal Final
Women’s Cycling – Mountain Bike Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball – Bronze Medal: Japan vs. Korea
Wrestling – Freestyle Semifinals
Canoeing – Sprint Gold Medal Finals
- LIVE coverage of the gold medal final in women’s basketball. The United States, led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, will play for its fifth straight gold against France.
- Plus, gold medal finals in rhythmic gymnastics, canoeing and women’s mountain bike. Also freestyle wrestling semifinals and the bronze medal match in women’s volleyball.
8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
- Men’s 4 x 100M Relay
- Men’s 5000M
- Men’s Javelin
- Women’s 4 x 400M Relay
- Women’s 800M
- Women’s High Jump
Men’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. Brazil
- The final night of track and field offers one last look at Jamaica’s electrifying sprint king Usain Bolt. He’ll be part of a Jamaican team that features three of the four fastest men in history in the 4x100m relay. The U.S., led by American record holder Tyson Gay and 2004 Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin, will try to get back on track after being disqualified in Beijing and the two world championships since. The Americans are heavy favorites in the women’s 4x400m relay and have contenders in the men’s 5000m with American record holder Bernard Lagat and Oregon legend Galen Rupp – although in the latter race, the home crowd will be pulling for Somalian-born Londoner Mo Farah, who trains with Rupp in Oregon and could win Great Britain’s first medal in the event in 40 years. In the women’s 800m, South Africa’s Caster Semenya, who won the 2009 world title at age 18, will attempt to win her first gold medal over a deep field that includes former Cal star Alysia Montano. And in the high jump, mother of two – Chaunte Lowe – is among the favorites for gold.
- The men’s platform contest is sure to be one of the most anticipated events of the Games, as 2009 world champion Tom Daley, a teen idol in Great Britain, takes the stage in his signature event – which was the only diving event China failed to win in Beijing. China’s Qiu Bo, the reigning world champion, is out to change that, while Daley, top American David Boudia of Indiana and Australia’s reigning Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham are among the contenders in this star-studded event.
- In women’s volleyball, Team USA is favored to win its first ever Olympic gold medal. It would be the second in a row for the team’s head coach Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008.
12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals
- Jake Herbert, a former world silver medalist and a two-time NCAA champion at Northwestern, is among the top American contenders.
NBC SPORTS NETWORK
4 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final: Brazil vs. Mexico (LIVE)
Track and Field –
- Men’s 50K Walk (LIVE)
- Women’s 20K Walk (LIVE)
Women’s Handball
- Gold Medal Final: Norway vs. Montenegro (LIVE)
- Bronze Medal: Korea vs. Spain
Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals
NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS
- LIVE coverage of what could be one of the signature events of the Games, the men’s soccer gold medal final from storied Wembley Stadium.
MSNBC
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Bronze Medal: Australia vs. Russia (LIVE)
Men’s Field Hockey –
- Gold Medal Final: Germany vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
- Bronze Medal: Australia vs. Great Britain (LIVE)
Men’s Modern Pentathlon – Gold Medal Final
Taekwondo – Qualifying MatchMSNBC HIGHLIGHTS
- LIVE coverage of the bronze medal game in women’s basketball, plus the gold and bronze games in men’s field hockey.
CNBC
3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals(LIVE)CNBC HIGHLIGHTS
- The first night of men’s Olympic boxing finals gets underway, as the Americans look to bring home a boxing gold medal for the first time since the 2004 Athens Games.
NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
Noon – Midnight
Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. France (LIVE)NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
10 a.m. – 10 p.m. g
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final: Brazil vs. Mexico (LIVE)TELEMUNDO
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final: Brazil vs. Mexico (LIVE)
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Gold Medal Final
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Volleyball – Bronze Medal: Japan vs. Korea
Boxing – Gold Medal FinalsMidnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. Brazil3D
5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Platform Qualifying
Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final
Women’s Basketball – Semifinal
That’s all.
