Olympic Games Track TV Schedule

By Jonathan Grooms / July 30, 2012 2:53 PM

Olympic Games Friday, August 3
Qualifying rounds from Day 1 of Track & Field.
10:00am - 10:30am on NBC

More qualifying rounds from Day 1 of Track & Field.
11:30am - 12:00pm on NBC

A gold medal is on the line in the women's 10,000m final.
4:30pm - 5:00pm on NBC

Olympic Games Saturday, August 4
Qualifying-round action in Track & Field includes the men's 100m and 400m and women's pole vault.
11:15am - 11:45am on NBC

More qualifying-round action in Track & Field.
1:30pm - 2:00pm on NBC

The men's 10,000m final will be shown live.
4:15pm - 5:00pm on NBC LIVE

The men's 20k walk.
4:45pm - 6:00pm on MSNBC

Olympic Games Sunday, August 5
Women run for gold in the marathon.
6:00am - 9:00am on NBC LIVE

Olympic Games Monday, August 6
Qualifying-round action in Track & Field, including the women's 100m hurdles and 1500m, and the men's 800m.
10:00am - 10:30am on NBC

Qualifying-round action in Track & Field, including the women's 100m hurdles and 1500m, and the men's 800m.
1:15pm - 1:45pm on NBC

Qualifying-round action in Track & Field, including the women's 100m hurdles and 1500m, and the men's 800m.
4:30pm - 5:00pm on NBC

Olympic Games Tuesday, August 7
Qualifying round in Track & Field, including the men's 110m hurdles and 200m, and the women's 5000m.
10:00am - 10:30am on NBC

More qualifying round in Track & Field, including the men's 110m hurdles and 200m, and the women's 5000m.
11:45am - 12:00pm on NBC

More qualifying rounds in Track & Field, including the men's 110m hurdles and 200m, and the women's 5000m.
12:30pm - 1:00pm on NBC

Olympic Games Wednesday, August 8
Qualifying rounds in Track & Field, including the men's Pole Vault and 5000m, and the women's 800m.
10:30am - 11:00am on NBC

Qualifying rounds in Track & Field, including the men's Pole Vault and 5000m, and the women's 800m.
1:15pm - 2:30pm on NBC

The 400m race in the men's Decathlon.
4:30pm - 5:00pm on NBC LIVE

Olympic Games Thursday, August 9
Qualifying heats in Track & Field, including the mean 4x400m relay.
12:00pm - 12:45pm on NBC

Olympic Games Saturday, August 11
The men's 50km walk.
4:00am - 8:00am on NBCSN LIVE

The women's 20km walk.
12:00pm - 2:00pm on NBCSN LIVE

Olympic Games Sunday, August 12
The world's elite runners hit the streets of London for the men's marathon.
6:00am - 9:00am on NBC LIVE

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 1, August 3rd
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
05:00	M	Shot Put	Qualification
05:05	W	100 Meters Hurdles	Heptathlon
05:25	W	Triple Jump	Qualification
05:40	W	100 Meters	Preliminary Round
06:15	M	400 Meters Hurdles	Heats
06:15	W	High Jump	Heptathlon
06:20	M	Hammer Throw	Qualification
07:00	W	400 Meters	Heats
07:45	M	Hammer Throw	Qualification
08:00	M	3000 Meters Steeplechase	Heats

Afternoon session
14:00	W	Shot Put	Heptathlon
14:05	W	100 Meters	Heats
14:10	W	Discus Throw	Qualification
14:50	M	Long Jump	Qualification
15:05	M	1500 Meters	Heats
15:30	M	Shot Put	Final
15:35	W	Discus Throw	Qualification
15:45	W	200 Meters	Heptathlon
16:25	W	10,000 Meters	Final

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 2, August 4th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
05:00	M	100 Meters	Preliminary Round
05:05	W	Long Jump	Heptathlon
05:20	W	Pole Vault	Qualification
05:35	M	400 Meters	Heats
06:35	W	3000 Meters Steeplechase	Heats
06:40	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon
07:30	M	100 Meters	Heats
07:55	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon

Afternoon session
12:00	M	20 Kilometers Race Walk	Final
14:00	M	400 Meters Hurdles	Semi-Final
14:30	W	Discus Throw	Final
14:35	W	100 Meters	Semi-Final
14:55	M	Long Jump	Final
15:05	W	400 Meters	Semi-Final
15:35	W	800 Meters	Heptathlon
16:15	M	10,000 Meters	Final
16:55	W	100 Meters	Final

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 3, August 5th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
06:00	W	Marathon	Final

Afternoon session
14:00	W	400 Meters Hurdles	Heats
14:05	M	High Jump	Qualification
14:35	W	Triple Jump	Final
14:45	M	100 Meters	Semi-Final
15:15	M	1500 Meters	Semi-Final
15:20	M	Hammer Throw	Final
15:40	M	400 Meters	Semi-Final
16:10	W	400 Meters	Final
16:25	M	3000 Meters Steeplechase	Final
16:50	M	100 Meters	Final

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 4, August 6th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
05:00	M	Discus Throw	Qualification
05:05	W	100 Meters Hurdles	Heats
05:45	W	Shot Put	Qualification
05:50	M	800 Meters	Heats
06:25	M	Discus Throw	Qualification
06:45	W	1500 Meters	Heats

Afternoon session
14:00	W	Pole Vault	Final
14:15	W	Shot Put	Final
14:20	W	200 Meters	Heats
15:15	W	400 Meters Hurdles	Semi-Final
15:45	M	400 Meters Hurdles	Final
16:05	W	3000 Meters Steeplechase	Final
16:30	M	400 Meters	Final

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 5, August 7th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
05:00	W	Javelin Throw	Qualification
05:10	M	110 Meters Hurdles	Heats
05:45	M	Triple Jump	Qualification
05:55	W	5000 Meters	Heats
06:25	W	Javelin Throw	Qualification
06:50	M	200 Meters	Heats

Afternoon session
14:00	M	High Jump	Final
14:05	W	Long Jump	Qualification
14:15	W	100 Meters Hurdles	Semi-Final
14:45	M	Discus Throw	Final
14:55	M	800 Meters	Semi-Final
15:25	W	200 Meters	Semi-Final
16:00	W	100 Meters Hurdles	Final
16:15	M	1500 Meters	Final

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 6, August 8th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
05:00	M	Pole Vault	Qualification
05:00	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification
05:10	M	100 Meters	Decathlon
05:45	M	5000 Meters	Heats
06:10	M	Long Jump	Decathlon
06:25	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification
06:35	W	800 Meters	Heats
07:50	M	Shot Put	Decathlon

Afternoon session
13:00	M	High Jump	Decathlon
14:05	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification
14:15	M	110 Meters Hurdles	Semi-Final
14:45	W	1500 Meters	Semi-Final
15:05	W	Long Jump	Final
15:10	M	200 Meters	Semi-Final
15:35	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification
15:45	W	400 Meters Hurdles	Final
16:00	W	200 Meters	Final
16:15	M	110 Meters Hurdles	Final
16:30	M	400 Meters	Decathlon

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 7, August 9th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
04:00	M	110 Meters Hurdles	Decathlon
04:30	W	High Jump	Qualification
04:55	M	Discus Throw	Decathlon
06:35	M	4x400 Meters Relay	Heats
07:55	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon

Afternoon session
13:30	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon
14:20	M	Triple Jump	Final
14:30	W	800 Meters	Semi-Final
14:40	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon
15:00	M	800 Meters	Final
15:20	W	4x100 Meters Relay	Heats
15:55	M	200 Meters	Final
16:00	W	Javelin Throw	Final
16:20	M	1500 Meters	Decathlon

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 8, August 10th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Afternoon session
14:00	M	Pole Vault	Final
14:10	W	4x400 Meters Relay	Heats
14:35	W	Hammer Throw	Final
14:45	M	4x100 Meters Relay	Heats
15:05	W	5000 Meters	Final
15:40	W	4x100 Meters Relay	Final
15:55	W	1500 Meters	Final
16:20	M	4x400 Meters Relay	Final

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 9, August 11th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
04:00	M	50 Kilometers Race Walk	Final

Afternoon session
12:00	W	20 Kilometers Race Walk	Final
14:00	W	High Jump	Final
14:20	M	Javelin Throw	Final
14:30	M	5000 Meters	Final
15:00	W	800 Meters	Final
15:25	W	4x400 Meters Relay	Final
16:00	M	4x100 Meters Relay	Final

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10
Day 10, August 12th
Time	Sex	Event	Round
Morning session
06:00	M	Marathon	Final

Comments

jmathews50 / 10 Months Ago

Jonathan can you port this to Mississippi???"

jonathan / 10 Months Ago

James, fixed up for you.

CoachMark / 10 Months Ago

Something seems to be missing from this, aside from the 10,000s, race walks and marathons this doesn't show finals for any events? Maybe some of these are really finals?

official / 10 Months Ago

@CoachMark

Here is the full schedule. www.usatf.org/Events-/-Calendar/2012/Olympic-Games....

Here is the IAAF link which may have more detail, start lists and get results up faster than USATF www.iaaf.org/mini/oly12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx
This link is usually about as quick as we get results up on the UL scoreboard.

The TV schedule is just that, when they are showing something on NBC. Prime time stuff gets delayed until prime time even though it was completed four hours before.

As to the reference to water polo in another thread, I think water polo is one of those non-contact sports like soccer and basketball, despite the wardrobe malfunction on live TV today.

I hope there are a couple of finals that they will show live, but no guarantee.

CoachMark / 10 Months Ago

@official

Thanks, I was hoping that they would dedicate some time to finals but I guess they will get rolled into the rest of the prime time coverage. I would assume they will show almost all finals where an American makes it and none where there is no American.

cbeckerson / 9 Months Ago

I loved every minute of it. A great meet for the USA. Even in the events we didn't win we were competitive. Thought we might be able to pull off the mens 4X1 with the 3-4-5 runners in the 100 but a couple exchanges were a little slow and no one is going to stay with Bolt head to head at the end. Great effort though. Watched Rupps 5K on the replay a couple times, just an unfortunate tactical race in my opinion. He we too worried about staying on the inside and you can see him adjusting his stride a half dozen times during the race when he would get pinched off or run up on a runner that was slowing. By the 2nd to the last lap he had to give his sprint to get back up the front. HE just didn't have enough in the tank at the end but still a Silver in the 10K and a good performance in the 5K for such a young guy is not a bad day.

CoachMark / 9 Months Ago

@cbeckerson

While I was not blown away by the coverage I was very pleased with the performances in T&F, especially the distance crew. I can remember just a few years back we were struggling to get three athletes to meet the A standard in most distance events. This time we got several medals but I think we put at least one in every single final from 800 on up, both men's and women's! Not only did we have one in each final but even in the races where they didn't medal our athletes were competitive. About the weakest I can think of was the women's marathon and even then we put all three women in the top 15. Huge strides, good job!

professor / 9 Months Ago

@CoachMark
I like Ato Bolden and think Craig Masback is ok, but otherwise NBC's TV coverage is definitely lacking. By contrast, I thought the British guys on the webcast were great. When they're not providing background info on one athlete, they're analyzing what athletes do and explaining why a jumper or thrower came up short in their last attempt. They also do at least some of the Diamond League contests, so I'd check on those and see if you can get them - just to hear these guys at some point.

CoachMark / 9 Months Ago

@professor

Did anyone catch the brief scene that they played last night of the BBC booth during the last lap of the men's 10,000? Too bad we don't have any commentators like that, jumping and screaming as Mo Farah ran the last 100, priceless!

Along that vein I got emails from several families I have coached, each saying independently that they were screaming and yelling at the TV during that 10,000. One family in MN is normally so quiet that when that happened the neighbors called the cops!

cbeckerson / 9 Months Ago

I wasn't pleased with the coverage either but i was pleased with our results. Very limited coverage of the field events. But yet we got full coverage of every dive for many rounds of diving. I think they need a swimming - track channel next time like they had for basketball and soccer. Swimming is mostly in the first week and track is mostly in the second week. That would be a good combo for a separate channel.

professor / 9 Months Ago

@CoachMark
And as loud as I got during the mens 10k, I was completely silent after Morgan Uceny went down in the women's 1500. I've never felt so disappointed for an athlete.