NBCUniversal Programming For Day 7 of the 2012 Olympics

Can you believe we’ve reached Day 7 of the London Games? Doesn’t it seem it’s been going on for years? But to be honest, I can’t get enough of the Olympics. I’m a big fan.

So we start transitioning from swimming and gymnastics to track & field and volleyball in primetime on NBC.

On NBC Sports Network, we’ll see the start of the knockout round in women’s soccer as well as women’s basketball, beach and indoor volleyball, boxing and shooting.

MSNBC will carry some trampoline, water polo, handball, equestrian, beach volleyball and more.

Bravo and CNBC bring you tennis and boxing respectively. Lots of stuff to keep track of.

You can do so below.

MICHAEL PHELPS SWIMS FINAL INDIVIDUAL RACE FRIDAY NIGHT ON NBC

Missy Franklin Swims 200M Backstroke Gold Medal Final
Men’s 50M Freestyle Swim on NBC in Primetime
LIVE Women’s Soccer Quarterfinals Begin on NBC Sports Network
LIVE Team USA Women’s Basketball vs. Czech Republic on NBC Sports Network
Track and Field Begins

LONDON – August 2, 2012 – Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 20 medals, swims for his final individual gold medal of the London Olympics Friday night in the 100m butterfly, a race which he memorably won by .01 seconds in Beijing. Missy Franklin swims for her third gold medal – fourth overall – in the 200m backstroke, her best event. Also in primetime, Cullen Jones and Anthony Ervin chase gold against the fastest men in the pool in the 50m freestyle.

MAG 7, the story behind the gold medal-winning women’s gymnastics team from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, airs tomorrow night in primetime. All seven members of the team (Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps) reunited to review that victory in Atlanta with reporter Meredith Vieira and producers Lee Ann Gschwind and Jack Felling.

LIVE on NBC Sports Network tomorrow, Team USA women’s soccer begins the quarterfinals as they compete against New Zealand at 9:30 a.m. ET from St. James’ Park, the home of Newcastle United since 1892. Team USA women’s basketball takes on the Czech Republic LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 5:15 p.m. ET.

During the daytime on NBC, key qualifying heats in swimming, including the men and women’s 4×100 freestyle relay, and in track and field, including the women’s 400m heats featuring Sanya Richards-Ross, are part of the show. Also, tomorrow in daytime, Team USA’s womens’ water polo faces China LIVE (ET/CT) at 2:40 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.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 (Day 7)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Track and Field

  • Women’s 10,000M Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
  • Qualifying Heats

Beach Volleyball

  • Women’s – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Zuhn/Zumkehr (Switzerland) (LIVE)
  • Men’s – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. TBA (LIVE)

Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Rowing – Gold Medal Final
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final

  • Key qualifying heats in swimming, including the men’s and women’s 4×100 medley relays, both events that the U.S. has a good chance to win.
  • LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of track and field’s women’s 10,000 meters. Sensational Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot looks to add her first Olympic title a year after winning both the 5000m and 10,000m at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Plus, important qualifying rounds in other track and field events, including the women’s 400m, featuring American Sanya Richards-Ross.
  • LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team vs. China. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. They look to have their strongest team yet in London.
  • Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball’s crucial elimination rounds from historic Horse Guards Parade. Also, Olympic gold is on the line in rowing from Eton Dorney.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

  • Men’s 100M Butterfly
  • Men’s 50M Freestyle
  • Women’s 200M Backstroke
  • Women’s 800M Freestyle

Track and Field – Men’s Shot Put Gold Medal Final
Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia
Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

  • Michael Phelps hits the water for his final individual race – the 100m butterfly, which he memorable won in Beijing over Serbia’s Milorad Cavic by just .01 seconds – a margin undetectable to the naked eye. Colorado phenom Missy Franklin is a heavy favorite in the 200m backstroke and figures to threaten the world record. While another teenager, Bethesda, Maryland native Katie Ledecky, who at 15 is the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic swim team, swims in the 800m freestyle, in which Great Britain’s reigning Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington is the favorite. The night also includes the men’s 50m freestyle. Known as the “splash and dash,” the fastest event in swimming is notoriously hard to predict, but Auburn-trained Brazilian Cesar Cielo has done his best to take the mystery out of the results, winning this event in Beijing as well as at the two world championships since. Chasing him will be 2008 relay gold medalist Cullen Jones and Anthony Ervin, the 2000 co-gold medalist in this event who remarkably returned to the top of the sport after a nearly decade-long absence.
  • On the first night of track and field, the U.S. has three strong medal contenders in the men’s shot put in Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell and Ryan Whiting– all of whom own world championship titles. Hoffa, who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute, posted the world’s best throw at the Olympic Trials.
  • In women’s volleyball, Team USA, which faces an up-and-coming Serbia squad tonight, is favored for 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.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals

  • At the Olympic Stadium in London, track and field’s finest look to advance toward gold medal finals.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinals

  • Sweden vs. France (LIVE)
  • U.S. vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
  • Brazil vs. Japan (LIVE)
  • Great Britain vs. Canada (LIVE)

Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball –

  • Women’s – Goller/Ludwig (Germany) vs. Holtwick/Semmler (Germany) (LIVE)
  • Men’s – Fijalek/Prudel (Poland) vs. Heyer/Chevalier (Switzerland)

Women’s Volleyball –

  • Brazil vs. China (LIVE)
  • Japan vs. Russia

Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final
Men’s Shooting – Rapid Fire Pistol
Men’s Weightlifting – 85KG Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

  • In archery, Glendale, Arizona outdoorsman Brady Ellison is the favorite to win the first U.S. gold medal in this event since 1996.
  • Plus, LIVE coverage of beach volleyball’s crucial elimination rounds from historic Horse Guards Parade. Also, Olympic gold is on the line in rowing from Eton Dorney.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Singles and Mixed Doubles Semifinals (LIVE)

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

  • Live tennis coverage continues from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon, with the semifinals in men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Qualifying (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Qualifying Round

  • Russia vs. Australia (LIVE)
  • Spain vs. Hungary

Women’s Handball – Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Equestrian – Dressage Qualifying
Badminton –
Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final

  • Table Tennis – U.S. vs. Japan

Beach Volleyball –

  • Men’s – Herrera/Gavira (Spain) vs. Cunha/Ricardo (Brazil) (LIVE)
  • Women’s – Schwaiger/Schwaiger (Austria) vs. Vasina/Vozakova (Russia) (LIVE)

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

  • A wide array of events includes live coverage of men’s trampoline qualifying, featuring New Jersey native Steven Gluckstein, who edged his brother Jeffrey for the American spot in London.
  • Plus, LIVE coverage of beach volleyball’s crucial elimination rounds from historic Horse Guards Parade. Also, Olympic gold is on the line in rowing from Eton Dorney.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

  • Two of the best U.S. hopes for boxing medals, flyweight Rau’shee Warren and welterweight Errol Spence, Jr., compete in the round of 16.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

  • U.S. vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
  • Russia vs. Australia (LIVE)
  • Brazil vs. Canada (LIVE)
  • Angola vs. Croatia (LIVE)
  • Turkey vs. China (LIVE)
  • France vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinals (LIVE)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Singles Semifinals
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying

3D

5 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

We’ll move to the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium next.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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