NBC Sports Network will present 330 hours of programming for the Olympic Games of Rio more than any other linear network, NBC Olympics announced. Programming on NBCSN will span 20-plus sports -- also more than any other network -- including extensive coverage of men’s and women’s basketball, and men’s and women’s soccer. Medals will be won every day on NBCSN from Saturday, August 6, through Sunday, August 21. In addition to basketball and soccer, coverage will include track and field, archery, boxing, cycling, fencing, field hockey, judo, open water swimming, rugby, shooting, synchronized swimming, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling and more.
The network’s 18 days of coverage begins on Wednesday, August 3, two days before the Opening Ceremony, with women’s soccer, and concludes on Sunday, August 21, the final day of the Games. On most days, NBCSN will televise 16 hours of coverage, from 8 a.m. to midnight ET.