Olympic Viewing Guide for Thursday

This is the viewing menu for Day 6 of the Olympics in Communist China on the networks of NBC Universal:

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 – DAY 6

NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. all time zones
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (USA) vs. Asahi/Shiratori (JPN)
Swimming
Rowing – Semifinals

8:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. ET/PT
Women’s Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Men’s – 200m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley
Women’s – 200m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle
Beach Volleyball (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – USA vs. Bulgaria
Men’s Canoeing – Canoe Double Whitewater Gold Medal Final

*Note: LIVE Swimming Semifinal Men’s 100m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle

1:35 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.ET/PT
Swimming – Women’s 200 Back Semifinal
Women’s Canoeing – Kayak Single Whitewater Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball

CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight – 4:30 a.m.ET
Softball – USA vs. Canada (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (69kg, 81kg) (LIVE)

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – Noon ET
Men’s Basketball – USA vs. Greece (LIVE)
Baseball – USA vs. Netherlands
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Xu/Wu (CHN) vs. Herrera/Mesa (ESP)
Tennis – Quarterfinals
Women’s Field Hockey – USA vs. Germany
Women’s Fencing – Team Sabre Gold Medal Final
Women’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.ET
Men’s Basketball – Argentina vs. Croatia (LIVE)
Russia vs. Lithuania (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – China vs. Japan (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Russia
Wrestling – Greco Roman 84kg, 96kg, 120kg Competition & Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Araujo/Luiz (BRA) vs. Barsouk/Kolodinsky (RUS)
Men’s Handball – France vs. Croatia
Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Spain
Badminton – Quarterfinals
Table Tennis – Team Competition

OXYGEN
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.ET/PT
Tennis – Semifinals and Quarterfinals
Equestrian – Team Dressage Gold Medal Final
Gymnastics on Oxygen

TELEMUNDO
2:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m.ET/PT
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Qualifier
Men’s Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Competition

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.ET/PT
Diving – Synchronized Gold Medal Final
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Talita/Renata (BRA) vs. Karantasiou/Arvaniti (GRE)

Midnight – 1:00 a.m.ET/PT
TBA

UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
2:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.ET
Men’s Qualifying Round
2:30 a.m.- 4:15 a.m. Angola vs. China (LIVE)
4:45 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. Lithuania vs. Russia (LIVE)
6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Spain vs. Qualifier
8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. USA vs. Qualifier (LIVE)
10:15 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Argentina vs. Qualifier (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Australia vs. Iran
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. USA vs. Qualifier (2nd half re-air)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.ET
Best of Men’s & Women’s Soccer

NBCOlympics.com – LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women’s Archery – Individual Competition, Semifinals & Final
Men’s Archery – Individual Competition
Men’s & Women’s Badminton – Competition & Semifinals
Baseball
Women’s Fencing – Team Sabre Competition & Gold Medal Final
Men’s Fencing – Team Epee Competition
Men’s & Women’s Field Hockey
Men’s Judo – 100kg Competition & Gold Medal Finals
+100kg Competition
Women’s Judo – 78kg Competition & Gold Medal Finals
+78kg Competition
Sailing
Women’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final
Men’s Shooting – Skeet Competition
50m Rifle Prone Competition & Gold Medal Final
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Competition
Men’s & Women’s Basketball
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Finals
Equestrian – Team Dressage
Men’s & Women’s Handball
Rowing – Semifinals & Competition
Softball
Men’s & Women’s Table Tennis – Team Competition
Men’s & Women’s Tennis
Wrestling – Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Weightlifting – 75kg
Men’s Weightlifting – 85kg
Water Polo

NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:
·It’s perhaps the most anticipated and compelling event of any Olympic Games – the women’s all-around gold medal final-and it’s live in primetime. In Beijing, two American women will look to join Mary Lou Retton and Carly Patterson as Olympic all-around champions: Shawn Johnson, the 16-year-old wonder from West Des Moines, Iowa, who is coached by former Chinese gymnasts and is the reigning world champion, and nine-time world medalist Nastia Liukin, who was born in Moscow and raised in Texas. Liukin’s coach is her father, Valery Liukin, who won all-around silver for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
·It’s a huge night at the Water Cube on day six of swimming finals, where world record holder Michael Phelps seeks potential Beijing gold medal number six, this time in the 200m Individual Medley where his toughest competition is expected to come from teammate Ryan Lochte. Phelps also renews his rivalry with teammate Ian Crocker in the 100m butterfly semifinals, while Lochte has a “Mission Impossible” kind of night, as he also takes on defending Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol in the 200m backstroke (Lochte and Peirsol are co-world record holders). Plus four-time Olympian Amanda Beard swims for gold in her best event, the 200m breaststroke, alongside multi-medal threat Natalie Coughlin; the Americans will try to chase down the favorite, Australia’s Libby Trickett.

NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:
·Americans Michael Phelps and Ian Crocker, the two fastest ever in the 100m butterfly, renew their rivalry as they swim to advance to the semifinals. For Phelps, this is a key event in his chase for history. Also, gold medal action in whitewater canoeing and live beach volleyball.

NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
·It’s all a splash and dash in latenight as Olympic gold is determined in whitewater and 2007 world champion Margaret Hoelzer leads the USA charge in the women’s 200m backstroke semifinals, which also features Zimbabwe’s star swimmer Kirsty Coventry.

USA NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS:
·The womens’ team sabre event will be held for the first time at the Olympics and Team USA should be a factor. Individually, Mariel Zagunis won Athens gold (the first fencing Olympic gold for an American in 100 years). Rebecca Ward, Zagunis and Sada Jacobson won gold, silver and bronze, respectively, at the 2006 World Championships, making the USA as deep as any team in the world.

CNBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
·The usually dominant USA Softball Team plays its North American neighbor Canada. Plus, full coverage of elimination bouts in boxing.

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
·Greco-Roman Super Hea
vyweight gold is at stake as Dremiel Byers wrestles on this day. Byers is competing in his first Olympics after years battling his longtime teammate, rival and training partner, Sydney Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner. Gardner, new as an NBC Olympic analyst, will call the match.
·In Men’s Basketball, defending Olympic champion Team Argentina look to continue their quest for a second Olympic gold medal.

OXYGEN HIGHLIGHTS:
·Team USA has won a team dressage medal in each of the past four Olympics and should challenge again in Beijing. Plus everything you need to know about the women’s all-around gold medal final, featuring USA gold medal contenders Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, coming up tonight live in primetime.