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And so it begins – track and field, that is. Also in action are four American teams who are in contention for gold medals. Here is your guide for Day 7 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Morning slots:
Men’s individual archery at starts the day off at 8 a.m. ET on NBCSN, where American Brady Ellison is looking to add to the team silver medal he won early in the Olympics.
NBCSN’s*coverage then transitions to to the debut of track and field, which can be watched on NBC as well. There will be qualifying heats and the women’s 10,000-meter final.
If watching a distance race doesn’t do it for you, the U.S. men’s water polo team is fighting to keep its medal hopes alive against Montenegro at 10 a.m. on NBC. A win will push the squad into position to move into the medal round.
Men’s golf is back in action starting at 6:30 a.m. ET. *Matt Kuchar was the lowest-scoring American after Day 1, and will looking to improve on his first round 68.
NBC’s schedule doesn’t have it listed, but Nico Hernandez has ended the United States medal drought in boxing after the U.S. got blanked in London. Hernandez is assured a bronze medal for advancing to the semifinals, but he is still fighting for a gold at 11:15 a.m. ET on NBCOlympics.com or the NBC Sports App.
Afternoon slots:
NBCSN has a string of America-centric games starting at noon ET featuring the dominant women of Team USA. First, the U.S. women’s soccer team enters the knockout round in the tournament against Sweden. *
Following that will be the U.S. women’s basketball team continuing group play against Canada. The U.S. women are in a good position to advance after winning their first three games by an average margin of 43.7 points.
If their domination is getting a little stale, U.S. women’s volleyball will be battling it out with Italy at 2:30 PT/ET on NBC. U.S. volleyball has had a great start to its Olympic games, winning all three of the group games heading into this matchup.
NBCSN will be getting the afternoon coverage going at 4:15 p.m. starting with the gold medal round of the men’s archery. Also on the docket is beach volleyball round of 16 action.
Primetime slots:
U.S. men’s basketball is back in action after an early group play scare from Australia. In that game, U.S. forward Carmelo Anthony became the all-time leader in Olympic scoring for Team USA. The Americans will be going against Serbia at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBC will air its primetime coverage at 8 p.m. starting with an American in action in track and field. Michelle Carter figures to be in the women’s shot put final, where she hopes to medal in her first Olympic games.
The second-to-last day of swimming figures to be packed with action, with Katie Ledecky looking to break her own world record and defend her 2012 gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle. Michael Phelps will also be looking for his fifth gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly, and American swimmers Nathan Adrian, and Anthony Ervin look to medal in the sprint of sprints in swimming, the 50-meter freestyle.
If you want to turn away from the pool, NBCSN will have gold medal finals in men’s 85kg and women’s 75kg weightlifting. *Men’s quarterfinals and women’s elimination rounds of boxing will finish the night off on NBCSN.
Full TV Schedule
NBC
10 a.m. PT/ET
Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE)
Women’s 10k – Gold Medal Final
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Montenegro (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 (LIVE)
Noon PT/ET
Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
2:30 p.m. PT/ET
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Italy (LIVE)
Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds
8 p.m. PT/ET
Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE)
Women’s Shot Put – Gold Medal Final
Swimming (LIVE)
Women’s 200m Backstroke – Gold Medal Final
Men’s 100m Butterfly – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 800m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final
Men’s 50m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 50m Freestyle – Semifinals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying (LIVE)
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Round of 16
12:35 a.m. PT/ET
Swimming – Semifinals
Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds
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
Men’s Archery – Individual Round of 16 (LIVE)
Track & Field – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
Women’s 10k – Gold Medal Final
Noon ET
Women’s Soccer – USA vs. Sweden (Quarterfinal – LIVE)
2:30 p.m. ET
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Canada (LIVE)
4:15 p.m. ET
Men’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball – Round of 16
6 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE)
8 p.m. ET
Men’s Fencing – Team Foil Gold Medal Final
9 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
11 p.m. ET
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals and Semifinals
USA
9 a.m. ET
Men’s Archery – Individual Round of 16 (LIVE)
Men’s Fencing – Team Foil Quarterfinals (LIVE)
10:40 a.m. ET
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Montenegro (LIVE)
12:15 p.m. ET
Men’s Fencing – Team Foil Semifinals (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – China vs. Serbia
MSNBC
Noon ET
Beach Volleyball – Round of 16
Women’s Handball – Sweden vs. Netherlands
Women’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
3 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
CNBC
5 p.m. ET
Women’s Trampoline – Gold Medal Final
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
6 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
GOLF CHANNEL
5 a.m. ET
Golf Central Live From the Olympics
6:30 a.m. ET
Men’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE)
9 a.m. ET
Men’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE)
Noon ET
Men’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE)
3 p.m. ET
Golf Central Live From the Olympics
11 p.m. ET
Men’s Golf – 2nd Round Encore
BRAVO
11 a.m. ET
Tennis (LIVE)
1 p.m. ET
Tennis (LIVE)
3 p.m. ET
Tennis (LIVE)
5 p.m. ET
Tennis (LIVE)
BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL
11:15 a.m. ET
Women’s Basketball – Serbia vs. China (LIVE)
1 p.m. ET
Women’s Basketball – Serbia vs. China Encore
2;30 p.m. ET
Women’s Basketball – Canada vs. U.S.
4:15 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – China vs. Australia
6 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE)
7:45 p.m. ET
Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. Senegal
9:30 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – France vs. Venezuela (LIVE)
SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL
Noon ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #1 (LIVE)
2 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #1 Encore
3 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #2 (LIVE)
5 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #2 Encore
6 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #3 (LIVE)
8 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #3 Encore
9 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #4 (LIVE)
11 p.m. ET
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinal #4 Encore
TELEMUNDO
3 a.m. ET
Late Night Encore
10:30 a.m. ET
News Recap
Beach Volleyball – Round of 16
Boxing – Elimination Matches
1 p.m. ET
Basketball
Boxing – Elimination Matches
Midnight ET
TBA
NBC UNIVERSO
6 a.m. ET
Late Night Encore
3 p.m. ET
TBA
6 p.m. ET
Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Serbia
Boxing – Elimination Matches