Today's NBC Olympics TV schedule: Saturday, August 6, 2016

The first full day of action at the Olympics is stacked with big events, from swimming to soccer to basketball to beach volleyball.

by Jonathan Tannenwald, Staff Writer

Published Aug. 6, 2016, 5:00 a.m. ET

The first full day of action at the Olympics is stacked with big events, from swimming to soccer to basketball to beach volleyball. There's even some TV time for out-of-the-way sports like archery, handball, sailing, table tennis and weightlifting. Rugby also makes its return to the Olympics for the first time since 1924 with the debut of the first ever women's competition at the Games.

Here are Saturday's full listings. All event broadcasts are live except for those noted with an asterisk, and all times are Eastern.

If you want to watch online, all events are streamed live at NBCOlympics.com and in Spanish at TelemundoDeportes.com. Access is free with authentication through participating pay-TV providers.

NBC

8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Rowing, qualifying heats; Men's cycling, road race; Men's water polo, United States vs. Croatia
10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Men's cycling, road race; Swimming, qualifying heats
3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.: Rowing, qualifying heats*; Men's beach volleyball, Gibb/Patterson (United States) vs. Jefferson/Cherif (Qatar)
4:15 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Women's volleyball, United States vs. Puerto Rico
8 p.m. t0 12 a.m.: Men's gymnastics, team competition; Swimming, many events (see below); Women's beach volleyball, Walsh Jennings/Ross (United States) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia)

These swimming events will be televised live during NBC's primetime broadcast:

- Men's 400m individual medley gold medal final
- Men's 400m freestyle gold medal final
- Women's 400m individual medley gold medal final
- Women's 100m butterfly semifinals
- Men's 100m breaststroke semifinals
- Women's 4x100m freestyle relay gold medal final

12:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.: Men's gymnastics, team competition*
1:30 a.m. to 5 a.m.: Primetime encore

NBCSN

9 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Men's beach volleyball, Doppler/Horst (Austria) vs. Rangheiri/Carambula (Italy); Women's shooting, 10m air rifle gold medal final; Men's beach volleyball, Alison/Bruno (Brazil) vs. Binstock/Schachter (Canada); Women's volleyball, Japan vs. South Korea*
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.: Women's rugby, United States vs. Fiji; Women's rugby, Japan vs. South Korea
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Men's basketball, Australia vs. France; Women's beach volleyball, Agatha/Barbara (Brazil) vs. Hermannova/Slukoba (Czech Republic)*; Women's table tennis, Zhang (U.S.) vs. Arvelo (Venezuela)*
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Women's soccer, United States. vs. France
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Men's basketball, United States vs. China
8 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Judo, gold medal finals*; Women's weightlifting, 48kg gold medal final*
9 p.m. to 12 a.m.: Women's soccer, Brazil vs. Sweden; Table tennis, singles first and second rounds*; Boxing, elimination matches*

MSNBC

12 p.m. to 2:15 p.m: Women's beach volleyball, Elsa/Liliana (Spain) vs. Gallay/Klug (Argentina); Women's handball, Norway vs. Brazil*
2:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Men's archery team quarterfinal, United States vs. TBD; Men's table tennis, Jha (United States) vs. Alamian (Iran); Men's archery, team gold medal final; Women's table tennis, Wu (United States) vs. Odorova (Georgia)

USA Network

3 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Equestrian, eventing dressage*
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Women's field hockey, United States vs. Argentina
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Women's basketball, Brazil vs. Australia
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Men's water polo, France vs. Montenegro

CNBC

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Women's rugby, United States vs. Colombia; Women's rugby, other preliminary round matches*; Women's soccer, Germany vs. Australia; Women's fencing, individual epee gold medal final

Bravo

9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.: Tennis, whip-around coverage of all matches

Basketball specialty channel

11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.: Women's basketball, Turkey vs. France
1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Men's basketball, Australia vs. France
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Women's basketball, China vs. Canada*
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Men's basketball, Australia vs. France encore
6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.: Men's basketball China vs. U.S.
7:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.: Women's basketball, Brazil vs. Australia*
9:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.: Men's basketball, Venezuela vs. Serbia
11:15 p.m. to 1 a.m.: Women's basketball, Belarus vs. Japan*

Soccer specialty channel

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Women's soccer, Canada vs. Zimbabwe
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Women's soccer, United States vs. France
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Women's soccer, South Africa vs. China
8 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Women's soccer, Germany vs. Australia*
9 p.m. to 11 p.m.: Women's soccer, Brazil vs. Sweden
11 p.m. to 1 a.m.: Women's soccer, Colombia vs. New Zealand*

Telemundo

9 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Opening Ceremonies recap
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Boxing, elimination matches*; Women's beach volleyball, Elsa/Liliana (Spain) vs. Gallay/Klug (Argentina); Swimming, qualifying heats*
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Women's volleyball, Brazil vs. Cameroon; Women's volleyball, United States vs. Puerto Rico
12 p.m. to 2 a.m.: Late night recap show

NBC Universo

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Men's basketball, United States vs. China; Boxing, elimination matches*

Jonathan Tannenwald, Staff Writer

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