Rio Olympics viewer’s guide: Thursday, Aug. 11
Michael Phelps continues his pursuit of more gold medals, and Simone Biles and Aly Raisman look to extend a historic U.S. streak in women’s gymnastics on Thursday night as Olympic action continues.
Phelps and countryman Ryan Lochte will duel in the Men’s 200M individual medley final, and with a win can become the first Olympic swimmer ever to win the same event four times. Several other swimming finals will also go down Thursday.
Biles’s quest to become the fourth straight American women’s champ in the all-around competition makes for a full night of coverage, with NBC showing the main events beginning at 8 p.m. ET. She will compete against fellow American Aly Raisman (who can also extend the streak) for gold.
See Thursday’s Olympic television listings below, and be sure to check out SI.com’s comprehensive coverage of Rio 2016.
Note: Not all events listed below are live, but you can watch every Olympic event live on NBCOlympics.com.
All times Eastern.
6:30 a.m.
Men’s golf: First round (ongoing through 3 p.m.) - Golf Channel
8 a.m.
Archery: Women’s individual - NBCSN
Women’s beach volleyball: Brazil vs. Poland - NBCSN
9 a.m.
Women’s water polo: Italy vs. Australia - USA Network
9:30 a.m.
Women’s fencing: Epee - NBCSN
Women’s judo: 78kg class - NBCSN
Women’s archery: Individual - NBCSN
10 a.m.
Women’s water polo: USA vs. China - NBC
Rowing: Men’s and women’s semifinals and finals - NBC
10:30 a.m.
Men’s table tennis: Singles semifinals - NBCSN
Badminton: Preliminary rounds - NBCSN
Beach volleyball: Men’s, women’s round of 16 - Telemundo
11 a.m.
Tennis: Women’s singles and doubles semifinals, men’s singles quarterfinals, mixed doubles quarterfinals (through 4 p.m.) - Bravo
Women’s basketball: Belarus vs. Turkey (pool play) - Olympic basketball channel
Noon
Swimming: Men’s 100M fly, women’s 800M free, women’s 200M back (heats) - NBC
1 p.m.
Men’s basketball: Brazil vs. Croatia (pool play) - USA Network, Telemundo, Olympic basketball channel
Boxing: Preliminaries - Telemundo
1:30 p.m.
Rugby: Semifinals - NBCSN
2 p.m.
Men’s volleyball: Poland vs. Argentina (pool play) - MSNBC
2:30 p.m.
Beach volleyball: Men’s (USA vs. Italy), women’s (USA vs. Russia) prelims - NBC
Whitewater canoe/kayak: Finals, men’s C-2, women’s K-1 - NBC
Women’s judo: 78kg class - NBCSN
Women’s archery: Individual final - NBCSN
Beach volleyball: Pool play - NBCSN
3 p.m.
Badminton: Preliminary rounds - USA Network
Men’s handball: Brazil vs. Germany - USA Network
Boxing: Preliminary rounds - NBC Universo
Men‘s volleyball: Poland vs. Argentina (pool play) - NBC Universo
3:45 p.m.
Equestrian: Team dressage qualifying - MSNBC
Sailing - MSNBC
4 p.m.
Tennis: Women’s singles, doubles (semifinals), men’s singles (quarterfinals), mixed doubles (quarterfinals)
4:30 p.m.
Women’s basketball: France vs. Brazil (pool play)
5 p.m.
Women’s beach volleyball: Prelims - CNBC
Women’s fencing: Epee finals - CNBC
Men’s track cycling: Team sprint final - CNBC
Women’s badminton: Singles, doubles qualifying rounds - CNBC
5:30 p.m.
Rugby: Gold, bronze-medal matches - NBCSN
6 p.m.
Men’s basketball: Spain vs. Nigeria (pool play) - NBC Universo, Olympic basketball channel
Boxing - NBC Universo
6:30 p.m.
Women’s field hockey: United States vs. India (pool play) - NBCSN
7:45 p.m.
Women’s basketball: Japan vs. Australia (pool play) - Olympic basketball channel
8 p.m.
Women’s gymnastics: All-around final - NBC
Swimming: Men’s 200M IM final, women’s 200M breast final, men’s 200M back final, women’s 100M free final - NBC
Men’s table tennis: USA vs. Brazil (prelims), singles finals - NBCSN
Shooting: Women’s smallbore rifle, three positions (final) - NBCSN
9:30 p.m.
Men’s basketball: Lithuania vs. Argentina (pool play) - Olympic basketball channel
