2016 Rio Olympics daily viewer's guide - Day 10 (Aug. 15)
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On tap today:
Allyson Felix returns to the track battling it out for more medals, Phil Dalhausser and Nicolas Lucena face a monster in their first elimination game and Simone Biles looks for more hardware on Day 10 of the Rio Olympic Games.
[Related: Simone Biles’ Olympic domination continues with vault gold]
Morning slots:
NBC’s daytime coverage starts at 10 a.m. with track and field action. Medals will be handed out in the women’s hammer throw and women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, where American Emma Coburn will be contending for a medal. Also on deck in the morning will be the women’s 200-meter qualifying heats and men’s 400-meter hurdles.
If you want to move away from track for a while, the U.S. men’s volleyball team will also be in action, having come back from an 0-2 start to put itself back into knockout round contention. The U.S. will face Mexico at 10:30 a.m. Eastern on NBC.
If that doesn’t interest you, women’s field hockey enters the quarterfinal round with New Zealand facing off against Australia on the USA Network at 9 a.m. Also on the USA Network is equestrian with the individual dressage gold medal final.
Afternoon slots:
The U.S. women’s field hockey team will be in action on NBCSN at 11:30 a.m. ET, who have reached the elimination round of the tournament. The Americans will need to shake off a loss against Great Britain to beat Germany in the quarterfinals.
At 1 p.m. ET, the U.S. women’s water polo opens the quarterfinals against host nation Brazil on NBC. Also, Greco-Roman wrestling will be featured on MSNBC. Following that coverage will be men’s handball with France taking on Denmark in group play.
[Mystery solved: Why are stuffed animals being thrown in Olympic wrestling?]
NBC will feature sprint canoe/kayak and synchronized swimming at 2:30 p.m., but the headliner of the slot will the Phil Dalhausser and Nicolas Lucena taking on top-seeded Alison and Bruno Schmidt of Brazil in quarterfinal action of beach volleyball.
Ending the daytime slots will be men’s track cycling starting at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Primetime slots:
Men’s basketball starts off the night on NBCSN at 6 p.m. ET, when Spain will be taking on Argentina. Spain is attempting to build on a two-game winning streak, while the Argentine players are coming off an emotional double-overtime victory against host nation Brazil.
Starting at 8 p.m. ET, NBC starts its prime time coverage with track and field events from Olympic Stadium. Men’s pole vaulting and the men’s 800-meter race will start off the night, but American sprinter Allyson Felix will look to collect her seventh medal in the 400-meter sprint.
[Related: Allyson Felix looks for another gold — this time in the 400]
If you want to kill time before Felix hits the stage, Greco-Roman wrestling, weightlifting and gold medal boxing is on NBCSN at 8 p.m. ET.
After the track events, NBC goes back to the gymnastics arena, where more individual events will take place. Men’s ring and vault will lead off the events, but Simone Biles will end the night on the balance beam, where she is a two-time world champion.
Full TV Schedule
NBC
10 a.m. PT/ET
Track & Field (LIVE)
Women’s 200m – Round 1
Women’s Hammer Throw – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final
Men’s 400m Hurdles – Round 1
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Mexico (LIVE)
1 p.m. PT/ET
Women’s Water Polo Quarterfinal – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE)
2:30 p.m. PT/ET
Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (USA) vs. Alison/Schmidt (BRA) (Quarterfinal LIVE)
8 p.m. PT/ET
Track & Field (LIVE)
Men’s Pole Vault – Gold Medal Final
Men’s 800m – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 400m – Gold Medal Final
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Rings
Men’s Vault
Women’s Balance Beam
Men’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying
12:35 a.m. PT/ET
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Semenov/Krasilnikov (RUS) vs. Diaz/Gonzalez (CUBA) (Quarterfinal)
Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals
1:35 a.m. PT/ET
Primetime Encore
NBCSN
2 a.m. ET
Primetime Encore
6 a.m. ET
NBC Late Night Encore
8 a.m. ET
Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
Track & Field (LIVE)
Women’s Hammer Throw – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Swimming – Open Water 10k Gold Medal Final
11:30 a.m. ET
Women’s Field Hockey – USA vs. Germany (Quarterfinal LIVE)
1 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil (LIVE)`
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
4 p.m. ET
Men’s Volleyball – Russia vs. Iran
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final
6 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Argentina (LIVE)
8 p.m. ET
Wrestling – Greco-Roman Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Weightlifting – 105kg Gold Medal Final
9:30 p.m. ET
Men’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. France (LIVE)
Boxing – Men’s Heavyweight Final
USA
9 a.m. ET
Women’s Field Hockey – New Zealand vs. Australia (Quarterfinal LIVE)
10:30 a.m. ET
Equestrian – Individual Dressage Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
12:30 p.m. ET
Badminton – Quarterfinal
Women’s Table Tennis – Team Semifinal
MSNBC
12 p.m. ET
Men’s Handball – Poland vs. Slovenia
1:15 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil (LIVE)
3 p.m. ET
Women’s Water Polo – Austria vs. Hungary (Quarterfinal LIVE)
Badminton – Quarterfinal
Sailing – Gold Medal Finals
CNBC
5 p.m. ET
Women’s Field Hockey – Great Britain vs. Spain (Quarterfinal LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Italy vs. China (Quarterfinals LIVE)
GOLF CHANNEL
9 a.m. ET
Golf Central Live From the Olympics
6 p.m. ET
Golf Central Live From the Olympics
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL
1:15 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil (LIVE)
3 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil Encore
4:30 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Nigeria vs. Brazil Encore
6 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Argentina (LIVE)
7:45 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Argentina Encore
9:30 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – Lithuania vs. Croatia (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO
3 a.m. ET
Late Night Encore
10:30 a.m. ET
News Recap
Volleyball
1 p.m. ET
Boxing – Elimination Matches
Basketball
Midnight ET
TBA
NBC UNIVERSO
6 a.m. ET
Late Night Encore
3 p.m. ET
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal
Volleyball
6 p.m. ET
Basketball
Boxing – Elimination Matches
