2012 Olympic Track & Field Schedule

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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