The television schedule for the 2012 Olympic track & field competition.
Track & field will dominate the second week of the Olympic games. In addition to several daytime telecasts, the NBC broadcast network will carry track & field events nine nights in a row in primetime.
Other than NBC and Telemundo, NBC Sports Network will carry the men’s and women’s triathlon, the men’s 50k walk, and the women’s 20k walk, and MSNBC will air the men’s 20k walk.
TV Schedule For the 2012 London Olympics
* Asterisk indicates that there were no timeslots available for individual events.
** Telecasts on cable will typically at the same ‘time’ nationwide (e.g., an event at 12:30 PM ET will air at 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT, and 9:30 AM PT). Telecasts on the NBC broadcast network, however, will air on a delay in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. An event at 12:30 PM ET would air at 11:30 AM CT, 11:30 AM MT, and 12:30 PM PT.
| Time (ET) | Sport | Event | Net | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||
| Friday, August 3 | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Various | Swimming, track & field, women’s volleyball, tennis, beach volleyball, boxing | Telemundo* |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Track & Field | Qualifying | NBC |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Track & Field | Qualifying | NBC |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Track & Field | Women’s 10,000m gold medal final | NBC |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Men’s shotput gold medal final | NBC* |
| 12:35 AM | 1:35 AM | Track & Field | Women’s discus qualifying and heptathlon | NBC* |
| Saturday, August 4 | ||||
| 4:00 AM | 6:15 AM | Track & Field | Women’s Triathlon | NBC Sports Network |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Various | Men’s soccer quarterfinals, beach volleyball, track & field, boxing, men’s basketball | Telemundo* |
| 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Track & Field | Qualifying (men’s 100m, men’s 400m, and women’s pole vault) | NBC |
| 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM | Track & Field | Qualifying | NBC |
| 4:15 PM | 5:00 PM | Track & Field | Men’s 10,000m gold medal final | NBC |
| 4:45 PM | 6:00 PM | Track & Field | Men’s 20k walk | MSNBC |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (women’s 100m, women’s heptathlon, men’s long jump) | NBC* |
| 12:30 AM | 1:30 AM | Track & Field | Women’s discus gold medal final | NBC* |
| Sunday, August 5 | ||||
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Track & Field | Women’s marathon | NBC |
| 7:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (men’s 100m dash, women’s 400m, women’s triple jump) | NBC* |
| 12:35 AM | 1:35 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (men’s hammer throw and steeplechase) | NBC* |
| Track & Field | Qualifying (high jump) | |||
| Monday, August 6 | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | Various | Track & field, men’s volleyball, synchronized swimming, beach volleyball | Telemundo* |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Track & Field | Qualifying (women’s 100m hurdles, women’s 1500m, men’s 800m) | NBC |
| 1:15 PM | 1:45 PM | Track & Field | Qualifying (women’s 100m hurdles, women’s 1500m, men’s 800m) | NBC |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Track & Field | Qualifying (women’s 100m hurdles, women’s 1500m, men’s 800m) | NBC |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (men’s 400m, men’s 400m hurdles, women’s pole vault) | NBC* |
| 12:35 AM | 1:35 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (women’s steeplechase, women’s shotput) | NBC* |
| Tuesday, August 7 | ||||
| 6:30 AM | 8:30 AM | Track & Field | Men’s triathlon | NBC Sports Network |
| 9:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Various | Men’s soccer, men’s boxing, track & field, men’s diving, women’s volleyball, synchronized swimming, beach volleyball | Telemundo* |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Track & Field | Qualifying (men’s 100m hurdles, men’s 200m, women’s 5000m) | NBC |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Track & Field | Qualifying (men’s 100m hurdles, men’s 200m, women’s 5000m) | NBC |
| 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM | Track & Field | Qualifying (men’s 100m hurdles, men’s 200m, women’s 5000m) | NBC |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (women’s 100m hurdles, men’s 1500m) | NBC* |
| 12:35 AM | 1:35 AM | Track & Field | Men’s discus throw | NBC* |
| Wednesday, August 8 | ||||
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Track & Field | Qualifying (men’s pole vault, men’s 5000m, women’s 800m) | NBC |
| 1:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Track & Field^ | Qualifying (men’s pole vault, men’s 5000m, women’s 800m) | NBC |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Track & Field | Men’s decathlon 400m race | NBC |
| 8:00 PM | 11:08 PM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (women’s 200m, women’s 400m hurdles, women’s long jump, men’s 100m hurdles) | NBC* |
| 12:05 AM | 1:05 AM | Track & Field | Men’s javelin qualifying | NBC* |
| Thursday, August 9 | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Various | Men’s beach volleyball, women’s diving, synchronized swimming, women’s volleyball, track & field | Telemundo* |
| 12:00 PM | 12:45 PM | Track & Field | Qualifying heats (men 4x400m relay) | NBC |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (decathlon, men’s triple jump, men’s 200m, men’s 800m) | NBC* |
| 12:35 AM | 1:35 AM | Track & Field | Women’s javelin gold medal final | NBC* |
| Friday, August 10 | ||||
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (men’s 4x400m relay, men’s pole vault, women’s 4x100m relay, women’s 1500m) | NBC* |
| 12:35 AM | 1:35 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (women’s hammer throw, women’s 5000m) | NBC* |
| Saturday, August 11 | ||||
| 4:00 AM | 8:00 PM | Track & Field | Men’s 50km walk | NBC Sports Network |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Track & Field | Women’s 20km walk | NBC Sports Network |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Track & Field | Gold medal finals (men’s 4x100m relay, men’s 5000m, men’s javelin, women’s 4x400m relay, women’s 800m, women’s high jump) | NBC* |
| Sunday, August 12 | ||||
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Track & Field | Men’s marathon | NBC |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Various | Men’s basketball, men’s volleyball, track & field, boxing, rhythmic gymnastics | Telemundo* |
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