The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are officially underway, so with the first full day of athletic competition on Aug. 6, there’s a wide variety of sports that you can tune in for. Click through for our complete viewing guide to all of day one’s events.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
(DAY 1)
NBC
8-10:30 AM: Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE); Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE); Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Croatia (LIVE)
10:30 AM-2:30 PM: Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE); Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
2:30-4:15 PM: Rowing – Qualifying Heats; Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) vs. Jefferson/Cherif (Qatar) (LIVE)
4:15-6 PM: Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Puerto Rico (LIVE)
8 PM-midnight: Men’s Gymnastics –Team Competition; Swimming (LIVE) – Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final; Men’s 400m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final; Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final; Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinals; Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals; Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final; Women’s Beach Volleyball – Walsh Jennings/Ross (U.S.) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia) (LIVE)
12:30-1:30 AM: Men’s Gymnastics –Team Competition
1:30-5 AM: Primetime Encore
NBCSN
9 AM-noon: Men’s Archery – Team Round of 16 (LIVE); Women’s Shooting – 10m Air Rifle Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE); Women’s Volleyball – Japan vs. South Korea
Noon-1 PM: Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Fiji (LIVE); Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
1-4 PM: Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE); Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round; Men’s Water Polo – Spain vs. Italy
4-6 PM: Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
6-8 PM: Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
8-9 PM: Judo – Gold Medal Finals; Women’s Weightlifting – 48kg Gold Medal Final
9 PM-midnight: Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE); Table Tennis – Singles First and Second Rounds; Boxing – Elimination Matches
MSNBC
Noon-2:15 PM: Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE); Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Brazil
2:15-5 PM: Table Tennis – Singles First Round; Men’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
USA
3-4 PM: Equestrian – Eventing, Dressage
4-5:30 PM: Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)
5:30-6:30 PM: Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round
6:30-8 PM: Women’s Fencing – Individual Epee Gold Medal Final
CNBC
5-8 PM: Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE); Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round; Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Australia (LIVE)
BRAVO
9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Tennis (LIVE)
12:30-3:30 PM: Tennis (LIVE)
3:30-5:45 PM: Tennis (LIVE)
5:45-10 PM: Tennis (LIVE)
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL
11 AM-12:45 PM: Women’s Basketball – Turkey vs. France (LIVE)
1:15- 3 PM: Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE)
3-4:30 PM: Women’s Basketball – China vs. Canada
4:30-6 PM: Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France Encore
6-7:45 PM: Men’s Basketball – China vs. U.S. (LIVE)
7:45-9:30 PM: Women’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Australia
9:30-11:15 PM: Men’s Basketball – Venezuela vs. Serbia (LIVE)
11:15 PM-1 AM: Women’s Basketball – Belarus vs. Japan
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL
2-4 PM: Women’s Soccer – Canada vs. Zimbabwe (LIVE)
4-6 PM: Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
6-8 PM: Women’s Soccer – South Africa vs. China (LIVE)
8-9 PM: Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Australia
9-11 PM: Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE)
11 PM-1 AM: Women’s Soccer – Colombia vs. New Zealand
TELEMUNDO
9-11 AM: Opening Ceremonies Recap
11 AM-2 PM: Boxing – Elimination Matches; Volleyball; Swimming – Qualifying Heats; Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round
2-4 PM: Boxing – Elimination Matches; Volleyball
Midnight-2 AM: TBA
NBC UNIVERSO
4-6 PM: Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
6-8 PM: Basketball; Boxing – Elimination Matches
HollywoodLifers, which events will you be tuning in for?
