Your Minute-By-Minute Olympic Viewing Guide: Final Weekend Edition
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Sad days, my friends—the Rio Olympics are coming to an end. All I can ask of you is that you join me in finishing strong as our two-week joy parade reaches its finish line. No commentary from me as we go through the schedules for Saturday and Sunday…just imagine my American tears after each and every event. (With one exception: My must-watch weird sport recommendation is mountain biking, 11:30 a.m., Saturday for women’s, Sunday for men’s, computer.)
Before we get to the final guide of these Olympics, here’s a reminder on how they work:
1. Using both NBC’s various TV channels and their excellent live streaming site, I will show you how to watch the Olympics with an unmatched level of obsession and fanaticism. Note that every event listed on a TV network can also be streamed live, though the opposite is not true.
2. The focus is on catching every event where a medal is at stake, regardless of sport, and every team sport match featuring America. Follow me, and you’ll miss nothing.
3. Everything you see below is LIVE. We may be many things, but we are not tape-delay punks.
For a handy one-stop schedule of each event for the full two weeks, I made this spreadsheet to aid in your quest. Refer to it as needed.
Saturday
6:00 a.m. — Golf — Women’s Final Round — Golf Channel
8:07 a.m. — Kayak — Men’s K-1 200m Finals — Computer
8:20 a.m. — Badminton — Men’s Singles Finals — Computer
8:22 a.m. — Canoe — Men’s C-2 1,000m Finals — Computer
8:47 a.m. — Kayak — Women’s K-4 500m Finals — Computer
9:12 a.m. — Kayak — Men’s K-4 1,000m Finals — Computer
10:00 a.m. — Triathlon — Women’s Triathlon — NBC
11:30 a.m. — Cycling — Women’s Mountain Biking Race — Computer
12:00 p.m. — Women’s Volleyball — U.S. vs. Netherlands (Bronze Medal Match) — NBC
1:00 p.m. — Boxing — Women’s Flyweight Finals — Boxing
1:15 p.m. — Boxing — Men’s Bantamweight Finals — Boxing
2:00 p.m — Boxing — Men’s Middleweight Finals — Boxing
2:30 p.m. — Women’s Basketball — U.S. vs. Spain (Gold Medal Game) — NBC
2:30 p.m. — Women’s Handball — France vs. Russia (Gold Medal Match) — MSNBC
3:30 p.m. — Diving — Men’s 10m Platform Finals — Computer
4:00 p.m. — Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual Finals — USA
4:30 p.m. — Soccer — Brazil vs. German (Gold Medal Match) — NBCSN
4:30 p.m. — Wrestling — Men’s Freestyle 125kg Finals — Computer
4:50 p.m. — Men’s Water Polo — Croatia vs. Serbia (Gold Medal Match) — NBC
5:00 p.m. — Modern Pentathlon — Men’s Finals — Computer
5:30 p.m. — Wrestling — Men’s Freestyle 86kg Finals — Computer
7:30 p.m. — Field — Women’s High Jump Finals — Computer
7:55 p.m. — Field — Men’s Javelin Finals — Computer
8:00 p.m. — Track — Men’s 1500m Finals — NBC
8:15 p.m. — Track — Women’s 800m Finals — NBC
8:30 p.m. — Track — Men’s 5,000m Finals — NBC
9:00/9:15 p.m. — Taekwondo — Women’s 67kg+/Men’s 80kg+ Finals — Computer
9:00 p.m. — Track — Women’s 4×400m Finals — NBC
9:15 p.m. — Women’s Volleyball — China vs. Serbia (Gold Medal Match) — USA
9:35 p.m. — Track — Men’s 4×400m Finals — NBC
Sunday
8:30 a.m. — Track — Men’s Marathon — NBC
8:30 a.m. — Men’s Volleyball — U.S. vs. Russia (Bronze Medal Match) — USA
10:50 a.m. — Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group Finals — NBC
11:30 a.m. — Cycling — Men’s Mountain Bike Race — USA
12:15 p.m. — Men’s Volleyball — Italy vs. Brazil (Gold Medal Match) — NBC
12:35 p.m. — Wrestling — Men’s Freestyle 65kg Finals — NBCSN
1:00 p.m. — Men’s Handball — France vs. Denmark (Gold Medal Game) — USA
1:00 p.m. — Boxing — Women’s Middleweight Finals — NBCSN
1:15 p.m. — Boxing — Men’s Flyweight Finals — NBCSN
1:45 p.m. — Wrestling — Men’s Freestyle 97kg Finals — NBCSN
2:00 p.m. — Boxing — Men’s Light Welterweight Finals — NBCSN
2:15 p.m. — Boxing — Men’s Super Heavyweight Finals — NBCSN
2:45 p.m. — Men’s Basketball — U.S. vs. Serbia (Gold Medal Game) — NBC
Thanks for joining me these two weeks, and I’ll see you all in Tokyo!