TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 – DAY 11

NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Women’s Volleyball - Quarterfinal (LIVE)

Track & Field

Women’s Water Polo – Semifinal

Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s 400m, 100m Hurdles

Men’s 1500m

Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

Men’s Parallel Bars, High Bar

Women’s Balance Beam

Men’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final

Men’s Cycling – BMX Quarterfinal (LIVE)

11:35 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s High Jump, Discus Throw

Men’s Cycling – BMX Competition

Men’s Beach Volleyball - Semifinal

NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:

The women’s balance beam final should be a showcase for America’s top two gymnasts: Nastia Liukin, the reigning world champion on this event, and Shawn Johnson, the reigning world all-around champion.
Sanya Richards is one half of what could be the world’s fastest couple – her fiance is cornerback Aaron Ross of the reigning Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Richards, the 2005 world silver medalist in the women’s 400m, should contend for gold in her best event.
Olympic Trials sensation Lolo Jones declared herself as a gold medal contender in the women’s 100m hurdles with her stunning times in Eugene. The first-time Olympian looks to win America’s second straight gold in this event tonight.
Bernard Lagat was born in Kenya, then moved to the United States 12 years ago for college and now has a chance to end an Olympic drought for his adopted country – no American man has won an Olympic medal in the 1500m since Jim Ryun in 1968. Lagat, the 2007 world champion, will be in the hunt for gold. Also watch for one of the most compelling stories of the Beijing Olympics: Lopez Lomong, a “Lost Boy” of Sudan who came to the U.S. after years as a refugee and is a rising star in the event.
The world’s dominant diving power will have two of its stars on display in men’s 3m springboard, as Qin Kai (the 2007 world champion) and He Chong (the 2008 World Cup champion) attempt to fend off Olympic silver medalist and 2005 world champion Alexandre Despatie of Canada. Troy Dumais is the top American contender.

NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:

The USA Women’s Water Polo Team finished second in Sydney and third in Athens, but now has its sights on Olympic gold after winning the 2007 world championships. Team USA looks to advance to the gold medal match with a win in the semifinals.

Legendary Chinese coach (and former player) “Jenny” Lang Ping, whose popularity has been likened to that of Michael Jordan in the Olympic host nation, looks to lead the USA Women’s Volleyball Team one step closer to medal contention in the quarterfinal round.

NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:

Here's your first, live look at one of the Olympics new events, BMX racing. Watch as competitors race through a treacherous course filled with turns, bumps and jumps as they try to advance toward the gold medal final. Though the event is unpredictable, Team USA has strong contenders in Kyle Bennett, Mike Day and Donny Robinson on the men's side

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 – DAY 12

NBC and NBC HD

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. all time zones

Men’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE)

Women’s Diving – Platform Competition

7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s 200m

Women’s 400m Hurdles

Gymnastics - Gala

Women’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Match (LIVE)

Cycling – BMX Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)

11:35 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Women’s Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE)

Women’s Track & Field - Hammer Throw Gold Medal Final

Women’s Diving – Platform Semifinal

NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:

The 200m sprint could be a wide-open classic. Americans swept the medals four years ago in Athens, led by Shawn Crawford, who's back at the fore of another strong USA group that includes Florida State standout Walter Dix and former Arkansas Razorback Wallace Spearmon. But the favorite may be Jamaican sensation Usain "Lightning" Bolt, who could be attempting to complete a 100m-200m gold medal sweep.
Olympic Trials champion Tiffany Ross-Williams, who came up through the same Miami (Liberty City) track club as Bershawn "Batman" Jackson and is the mother of a young daughter, leads the way for the USA Team in the 400m hurdles.

Defending Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh could confirm their status as “Queens of the Beach” in the gold medal final. The top competition is expected to come from their American teammates, Brazil and host country China.

Think of it as the roller derby of bikes. BMX racing is one of the new events at the Olympics – an all-out, full-contact, eight-man race through a twisting course with plenty of jumps. Though the event is wildly unpredictable in nature, the American men have unmatched depth, featuring 2007 world champion Kyle Bennett, world medalist Mike Day, and 2007 USA champion Donny Robinson. On the women’s side, Jill Kintner, who returned to BMX racing when it was added to the Olympic program, was the top American finisher at the 2007 World Championships and is a medal contender.

In the gymnastics Champions Gala, see the men’s and women’s stars of the Beijing gymnastics competition one last time as they perform routines set to their favorite music.

NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:

The USA Men’s Volleyball Team finished fourth at last year’s World Cup and is looking to climb to the medal podium in Beijing. Now it’s time for the elimination round: the quarterfinals are today.
Sydney Olympic champion Laura Wilkinson begins her pursuit of another Olympic medal in women’s platform qualifying.
NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:

In volleyball, a place in the gold medal match is at stake in the women’s semifinals. Team USA, led by veteran Logan Tom, could be aiming to advance to the final for the first time since 1984.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 – DAY 13

NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Track & Field - Decathlon

Gymnastics – Rhythmic Competition

Women’s Water Polo – Gold Medal Match

Equestrian – Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final

Softball – Gold Medal Game Report

7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s 400m, 110m Hurdles, Triple Jump

Women’s 200m

Decathlon Day 1

Women’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final

Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Match (LIVE)

11:35 a.m. – 1:00 a.m

Men’s Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE)

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Women’s Javelin Throw

Men’s Beach Volleyball – Bronze Medal Match

NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:

Defending Olympic gold medalist and two-time reigning world champion Jeremy Wariner – whose agent and mentor is the only man to repeat as Olympic 400m champion Michael Johnson – has been dominant in his signature event, the 400m, though fellow American LaShawn Merritt topped Wariner at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Led by Wariner, the USA swept the medals in Athens and at the 2007 World Championships, and a repeat sweep with Wariner and Merritt at the fore in Beijing is possible.
Four years ago, teen sensation Allyson Felix was a rising star and won the 200m silver in her Olympic debut. Last year at the World Championships, she dominated the field and is the favorite for gold in Beijing. Also watch for Jamaican sprint queen Veronica Campbell-Brown, the defending Olympic champion in the 200m.
Americans David Oliver, the Olympic Trials champ and Terrence Trammell, runner-up in this event at the past two Olympics, plus Cuban Dayron Robles are the top candidates to play spoiler.
Who’s the “World’s Greatest Athlete?” It just may be reigning Olympic and world champion Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic, who will face a strong challenge from his good friend and Athens silver medalist Bryan Clay in Day 1 of the two-day decathlon competition.
Laura Wilkinson is used to being the underdog. In Sydney she came back from eighth place in the final round to win an unexpected gold medal, competing with broken bones in her foot. Then after a fifth-place finish in Athens, Wilkinson came back to win a world championship one year later. Now, at age 30, she plays the underdog again, this time behind two Chinese teens half her age: Wang Xin, the 2007 world champion, and Chen Ruolin, 2008 World Cup champion.

NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:

Gold is at stake in women’s water polo for the third time in Olympic history, and Team USA, led by Brenda Villa, could be looking to add one to its collection after winning silver in 2000 and bronze in 2004.

NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:

If you like volleyball, this show is for you. Indoors, you’ll find live semifinal action. On the sand, it’s the men’s bronze medal match in beach volleyball.