The day will get started at 5 AM when the men’s pole vault qualification round starts. It ends at 5:15 PM with the US men’s basketball team taking on Australia in the quarterfinals.
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Athletics
Starting at 5 AM the men’s pole vault will begin their qualification round. Jeremy Scott and Derek Miles will be in the 1st group and Brad Walker will be in the 2nd group. All of them will be looking to finish in the top 12 and advance to the final.
Also at 5 AM will be the 1st group of the women’s hammer throw qualification. Jessica Cosby and Amber Campbell will be in this group. A top twelve final in the qualification round is necessary to move into the final. Amanda Bingson is in the 2nd group at 6:25 AM.
Then the men’s decathlon gets underway with the 100m. Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee are the only two American competitors and they will be in the 3rd heat at 5:26 AM.
Next on the track is the men’s 5000m 1st round Lopez Lomong is the first American to get underway at 5:45 AM in heat 1 while Galen Rupp and Bernard Lagat are in heat 2 at 6:06 AM. If they finish in the top five they are guaranteed a spot in the final.
At 6:10 AM the decathlon moves to the long jump for their 2nd event out of ten.
Next on the track is the women’s 800m where Alysia Johnson Montano (6:35 AM), Alice Schmidt (6:44 AM), and Geena Gall (7:02 AM) are all in separate heats of the 1st round where a top three finish will advance them to the semifinals.
The final morning event on Wednesday is the men’s decathlon’s shot put competition. This should start around 8:10 AM.
The first event in the afternoon is the decathlon once again, this time the high jump competition, starting at 1 PM.
At 2:05 PM the men’s javelin throw qualification starts with Cyrus Hostetler in the 1st group. Sean Furey and Craig Kinsley are in the 2nd group at 3:35 PM.
The first track event of the afternoon is the men’s 110m hurdles semifinals. Jason Richardson (2:15 PM), Aries Merritt (2:23 PM) and Jeff Porter (2:31 PM) are all in separate heats. Top two finishes would move them into the final later that afternoon.
The next track event is the women’s 1500m semifinals where Morgan Uceny and Shannon Rowbury are in the first heat at 2:45 PM and Jennifer Simpson is in the 2nd heat at 2:56 PM. Top five finishes would move them into the final.
At 3:05 PM the women’s long jump final will be held with Brittney Reese and Janay Deloach in the field for the US. Deloach has a great chance at a medal in the event.
In the men’s 200m semifinals Wallace Spearmon (3:10 PM), Isiah Young (3:18 PM) and Maurice Mitchell (3:26 PM) are in separate heats as they look for top two finishes to advance to the final.
At 3:45 PM the women’s 400m hurdles final will be held. Three Americans, T’Erea Brown, Lashinda Demus, and Georganne Moline all are in the final for the US.
At 4 PM the women’s 200m final will start with Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix, and Sanya Richards-Ross all in the field for the US.
Then at 4:15 PM the men’s 110m hurdles will have their 2nd run of the day as the final is contested. We’ll know about two hours earlier if Jason Richardson, Aries Merritt, and Jeff Porter will be in the field.
The day will end with the men’s decathlon 400m. Trey Hardee will run in heat 3 at 4:46 PM while Ashton Eaton is in the 4th heat at 4:54 PM.
Athletics will be covered from 10:45-11 AM and 1:15-2 PM on tape delay on NBC. The 400m race from the men’s decathlon will be LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC from 4:30-5 PM. The rest of the events will be shown in primetime from 8-11 PM on NBC with the javelin qualifying shown on the late night coverage from 12:05-1:05 AM on Thursday.
5 AM – Men’s Athletics – Pole Vault – Qualification
5 AM – Women’s Athletics – Hammer Throw – Jessica Cosby and Amber Campbell – Qualification
5:26 AM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee – 100m – Heat 3
5:45 AM – Men’s Athletics – 5000m – Lopez Lomong – Round 1 – Heat 1
6:06 AM – Men’s Athletics – 5000m – Galen Rupp and Bernard Lagat – Round 1 – Heat 2
6:10 AM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – Long Jump
6:25 AM – Women’s Athletics – Hammer Throw – Amanda Bingson – Qualification
6:35 AM – Women’s Athletics – 800m – Alysia Johnson Montano – Round 1 – Heat 1
6:44 AM – Women’s Athletics – 800m – Alice Schmidt – Round 1 – Heat 2
7:02 AM – Women’s Athletics – 800m – Geena Gall – Round 1 – Heat 4
8:10 AM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – Shot Put
1 PM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – High Jump
2:05 PM – Men’s Athletics – Javelin Throw – Cyrus Hostetler – Qualification
2:15 PM – Men’s Athletics – 110m Hurdles – Jason Richardson – Semifinals – Heat 1
2:23 PM – Men’s Athletics – 110m Hurdles – Aries Merritt – Semifinals – Heat 2
2:31 PM – Men’s Athletics – 110m Hurdles – Jeff Porter – Semifinals – Heat 3
2:45 PM – Women’s Athletics – 1500m – Morgan Uceny and Shannon Rowbury – Semifinals – Heat 1
2:56 PM – Women’s Athletics – 1500m – Jennifer Simpson – Semifinals – Heat 2
3:05 PM – Women’s Athletics – Long Jump – Final
3:10 PM – Men’s Athletics – 200m – Wallace Spearmon – Semifinals – Heat 1
3:18 PM – Men’s Athletics – 200m – Isiah Young – Semifinals – Heat 2
3:26 PM – Men’s Athletics – 200m – Maurice Mitchell – Semifinals – Heat 3
3:35 PM – Men’s Athletics – Javelin Throw – Sean Furey and Craig Kinsley – Qualification
3:45 PM – Women’s Athletics – 400m Hurdles – Final
4 PM – Women’s Athletics – 200m – Final
4:15 PM – Men’s Athletics – 110m Hurdles – Final
4:46 PM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – 400m – Trey Hardee – Heat 3
4:54 PM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – 400m – Ashton Eaton – Heat 4
Basketball
In the men’s basketball quarterfinals at 5:15 PM the US will take on Australia. The US went 5-0 in group stage play while Australia went 3-2 in their group including being the only team to beat Russia so far.
The USA basketball game will be LIVE on the NBC Sports Network and the Special Basketball channel from 5:15-7 PM
5:15 PM – Men’s Basketball – Australia – Quarterfinals
Beach Volleyball
What can you say? Neither American team has been beaten but that will change on Wednesday when Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings takes on April Ross/Jennifer Kessy in the gold medal match at 4 PM. Both teams have won all their matches, but Ross/Kessy have lost three sets to May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings one.
The match will be shown in primetime on NBC between 8-11 PM on tape delay.
4 PM – Women’s Beach Volleyball – Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings vs. April Ross/Jennifer Kessy – Gold Medal Match
Boxing
Both remaining women’s boxers are guaranteed medals but have a chance to make sure they are at least silvers when they have their semifinal boxing matches on Wednesday. Marlen Esparza will take on Cancan Ren of China at 8:30 AM in the flyweight competition. In the middleweight competition Claressa Shields takes on Marina Volnova of Kazakhstan at 9:30 AM.
CNBC has coverage from 1-2:15 PM that will show the women’s fights on tape delay.
8:30 AM – Women’s Boxing – Flyweight – Marlen Esparza vs. Cancan Ren – Semifinals
9:30 AM – Women’s Boxing – Middleweight – Claressa Shields vs. Marina Volnova – Semifinals
Cycling
At 10 AM the women’s BMX seeding runs will be held. Alise Post will be the 12th to run while Brooke Crain is the 14th to run. These runs will determine the seeding for the semifinals on Friday.
At 10:40 AM the men’s BMX seeding runs will start. Nicholas Long goes 23rd, David Herman goes 28th, and Connor Fields goes 31st. The runs will determine seedings for Thursday’s quarterfinals.
The men’s runs will be shown from 4-4:30 PM on NBC while the women’s runs will be shown during late night coverage, 12:05-1:05 AM on Thursday
10 AM – Women’s Cycling – BMX – Seeding
10:40 AM – Men’s Cycling – BMX – Seeding
Diving
At 2 PM the women’s 10m platform competition will begin with Brittany Viola going first for the US and Katie Bell going 22nd. They’ll need to reach the top 18 over their five dives to reach the semifinals on Thursday.
The men’s diving will be shown during the primetime coverage, 8-11:05 PM on NBC.
2 PM – Women’s Diving – 10m Platform – Preliminary Round
Equestrian
The equestrian individual jumping medals will be determined on Wednesday. The first round of the final is at 7 AM while the 2nd is at 9:55 AM. The order is not clear but Rich Fellers on Flexible is in 11th heading into the final with 8 penalties and McLain Ward on Antares is in 26th with 12 penalties. Only the top twenty will take place in the 2nd round of the final.
There will be LIVE coverage of the equestrian competition from 10-10:45 AM.
7 AM – Equestrian – Jump – Individual – Final r. A
9:55 AM – Equestrian – Jump – Individual – Final r. B
Sailing
The 9th (7 AM) and 10th (8:30 AM) women’s 470 races will be on Wednesday and Amanda Clark/Sarah Lihan are in good position to make the medal race as they sit in 7th place overall.
The only other sailing competition for the US remaining is the elliott 6m races. In the quarterfinals against Finland the US went 0-2 on the first day. They’ll have race 3 at 9:05 AM. If they win that they’ll race again at 10:05 AM, and if they win that they’ll be in the final race at 11:05 AM with a chance to advance.
No sailing coverage on TV again.
7 AM – Women’s Sailing – 470 – Race 9
8:30 AM – Men’s Sailing – 470 – Race 10
9:05 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Finland – Quarterfinals – Race 3
10:05 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Finland – Quarterfinals – Race 4
11:05 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Finland – Quarterfinals – Race 5
Volleyball
In the men’s volleyball quarterfinals the US men, 5-0 in group play, will take on Italy at 11 AM. Italy went 3-2 in the group stage but were swept by the best team in the group, Bulgaria, and only took one set off the 2nd best team, Poland.
The volleyball match will be shown LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC from 11 AM – 12:45 PM.
11 AM – Men’s Volleyball – Italy – Quarterfinals
Water Polo
In the men’s water polo quarterfinal the US faces a huge test at 3 PM if they want to medal, Croatia. Croatia was the only team to win all their matches in the group stage round while the US lost their last two games by 11-6 scores to fall to 4th in their group and wind up in this situation. There is no doubt that the US is a talented team, but they will really need to put it together on Wednesday if they want to move into the semifinals.
The water polo match will be shown LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC from 3-4 PM.
3 PM – Men’s Water Polo – Croatia – Quarterfinals
Wrestling
Women’s wrestling starts it’s Olympics with the 48kg and 63kg competitions on Wednesday. Clarissa Chun is in the 48kg division and will face Shasha Zhao of China in the qualification round at 8 AM. If she wins she’ll advance into the rest of the rounds which start at the times listed below. The 63kg division features Elena Pirozhkov taking on Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia in the round of 16 at 8:48 AM. If she wins that she’ll advance to the following rounds at the times listed below.
There will be tape delayed coverage of the finals on MSNBC from 4-4:30 PM.
8 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 48kg – Clarissa Chun vs. Shasha Zhao – Qualification Round
8:24 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 48kg – Round of 16
8:48 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 63kg – Elena Pirozhkov vs. Anastasija Grigorjeva – Round of 16
9:04 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 48kg – Quarterfinals
9:36 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 63kg – Quarterfinals
10:08 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 48kg – Semifinals
10:24 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 63kg – Semifinals
12:45 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 48kg – Repechage & Bronze Finals
12:45 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 63kg – Repechage & Bronze Finals
2:03 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 48kg – Gold Medal Final
2:48 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 63kg – Gold Medal Final