Olympic Primer - August 4th

Written by Matt Yoder on 03 August 2012.

NBC puts out a daily press release noting the highlights of their television coverage for the next day. Given the difficulty sometimes in knowing what event is being televised when and where, we'll share that schedule from NBC with you the previous night so you can set your DVRs and plan accordingly. The schedule is sorted by network. Below NBC's press release we'll add the live times at the bottom for gold medal events you can catch online as well. All times are eastern.

Saturday NBC will air the women's tennis final between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and all Olympic action LIVE to ALL time zones. Yes, even the west coast. Michael Phelps makes what should be his last Olympic swim in primetime, USA basketball tries to top their ginormous win over Nigeria, all four men's soccer quarterfinals take place, and a huge day at the Olympic Stadium highlight the day.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 (Day 8)

NBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET

8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT

7 a.m. – 4 p.m. MT

6 a.m. – 3 p.m. PT

Women’s Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final: Serena Williams (U.S.) vs. Maria Sharapova (Russia) (LIVE)

Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Semenov/Prokoplev (Russia) (LIVE)

Track and Field –

Men’s 10,000M Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Qualifying Rounds

Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Russia (LIVE)

Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE)

Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final

Rowing – Gold Medal Finals

Women’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

· LIVE coverage of the men’s 10,000m track and field final. Somalian-born Londoner Mo Farah, who now trains in Portland under U.S. distance legend Alberto Salazar and alongside Galen Rupp, will attempt to win Great Britain’s first ever gold medal in this event. Among Farah’s competition will be Rupp, his friend and training partner who holds the American record in the event. Plus, key qualifying rounds in track and field, including the men’s 400m, where South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee, seeks a berth in the semifinal round.

· LIVE coverage of the women’s tennis final from the prestigious grass courts of Wimbledon.

· LIVE coverage of the U.S. men’s volleyball team against Russia. The American men won their first Olympic gold in 20 years in Beijing and have been surging recently as they look to repeat as Olympic champions.

· LIVE coverage of the U.S. men’s water polo team against perennial power Serbia. The U.S. men earned a surprise silver in Beijing, but are focused on gold in London. Led by captain Tony Azevedo, the team sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively by not playing professionally overseas this year to train together for the Olympics.

· Plus, gold medal finals in track cycling, rowing and the women’s trampoline final in gymnastics.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s and Women’s 4 x 100M Medley Relays

Women’s 50M Freestyle

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s Long Jump

Women’s 100M

Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings (U.S.) vs. Van Iersel/Kelzer (Netherlands)

Women’s Diving – Springboard Semifinals

· On the last night of swimming, Michael Phelps is back in the pool for the final time, leading Team USA in the medley relay, which the Americans have won every time they’ve raced. Phelps will swim the butterfly leg of the relay, a fitting bookend to an Olympic career that began 12 years ago in Sydney, when he swam the 200m butterfly as a 15-year-old. In the women’s medley relay, the Americans are strong favorites to overtake 2008 Olympic champion Australia and win gold, as they did at the 2011 World Championships. Teen sensation Missy Franklin is expected to anchor. And in the men’s 1500m, swimmers will swim nearly a full mile in pursuit of Olympic gold. Sun Yang, who was born in China but trains in Australia, is the world record holder.

· At the Olympic Stadium, the USA-Jamaica sprint rivalry promises to heat up the London track. In the women’s 100m, Los Angeles native Carmelita Jeter, a first-time Olympian at 32, is the reigning world champion and the second-fastest woman ever over 100m. She’ll face a strong challenge from a formidable trio from Jamaica. In the heptathlon, Beijing silver medalist Hyleas Fountain, who grew up idolizing the great Jackie Joyner-Kersee, is looking to upgrade to gold in her second Olympics.

· In women’s springboard diving, Chicago’s Christina Loukas is looking to build on her fourth-place finish at last year’s world championships and reach the Olympic podium. While former Stanford star Cassidy Krug, who quit diving for a year after failing in her second attempt to make an Olympic team in 2008, defeated Loukas at Trials and, at 27, is diving better than ever before.

12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. (ET/PT)

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

Cycling – Track Events

Men’s Swimming – 1500M Freestyle Gold Medal Final

· Discus thrower Stephanie Brown-Trafton, who won gold in Beijing, set an American record in May and will attempt to defend her title.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

U.S. vs. Lithuania (LIVE)

Russia vs. Spain (LIVE)

Women’s Triathlon (LIVE)

Men’s Tennis – Doubles Gold Medal Final: Bryan/Bryan (U.S.) vs. Tsonga/Llodra (France) (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball –

Liliana/Baquerizo (Spain) vs. Cicolari/Menegatti (Italy) (LIVE)

Talita/Antonelli (Brazil) vs. Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic)

Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. New Zealand (LIVE)

Men’s Volleyball – Bulgaria vs. Argentina (LIVE)

Equestrian – Jumping Qualifying Round

Cycling – Track Events

Women’s Shooting – Trap Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

· The U.S. men’s basketball team, led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, continues its pursuit of a second straight gold medal. Plenty of other live coverage, including the women’s triathlon from historic Hyde Park, featuring former University of Wisconsin swimmer and runner Gwen Jorgensen, who took leave from her job as a tax accountant at Ernst and Young to train for the Games. Jorgenson won the test event on the Olympic course last summer.

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Men’s Soccer Quarterfinals –

Japan vs. Egypt (LIVE)

Mexico vs. Senegal (LIVE)

Brazil vs. Honduras (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. South Korea (LIVE)

Men’s Water Polo – Montenegro vs. Romania

Women’s Badminton – Singles and Doubles Gold Medal Final

Men’s Weightlifting – 94 KG Gold Medal Final

Men’s Track and Field – 20K Walk

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

· A men’s soccer marathon, with live coverage of all four quarterfinal contests. Plus men’s water polo action and the gold medal final of badminton women’s singles.

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

· Staten Island native Marcus Browne looks to continue a proud tradition of New York boxing with his round of 16 bout in the light heavyweight tournament.

Live Gold Medal Schedule

4:00 AM - Badminton: Men's Doubles
4:30 AM - Rowing: W1X, LM2X, LW2X, M4-
7:35 AM - Shooting: Women's 50m Rifle
8:30 AM - Badminton: Women's Singles
9:01 AM - Tennis: Women's Final (Sharapova v S. Williams)
9:55 AM - Shooting: Women's Trap
10:56 AM - Cycling: Women's Team Pursuit
11:00 AM - Tennis: Men's Doubles Final (Bryans v Tsonga/Llorda)
12:00 PM - Track & Field: Men's 20km Race Walk
1:00 PM - Fencing: Women's Team Epee
1:50 PM - Track & Field: Women's 100m Final, Men's 10,000m, Women's 800m, Women's Heptathalon
2:00 PM - Weightlifting: Men's 94kg
2:20 PM - Track & Field: Women's Discus
2:26 PM - Swimming: Women's 50 free, Men's 1500 free, Women's + Men's 4x100 Medley Relay
2:45 PM - Track & Field: Men's Long Jump

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