2008 Beijing Olympics: Sunday, August 17th Schedule

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Sunday is Day 9 of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the line-up is full of summer-sports fun. Women’s basketball, Track & Field, Cycling, and if you’re a fan of horses, the Equestrian Team Jumping competition is set to take place. All of this is going on on the other side of the planet but fortunately, thanks to NBC and various other affiliated channels as well as NBC’s Olympic website, you can watch all of it.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 – DAY 9

NBC and NBC HD

10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Women's Basketball – USA vs. New Zealand (LIVE)

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Men's 10K

Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal Branagh/Youngs (USA) vs. Xue/Zhang (CHN)

Women's Volleyball – USA vs. Poland

Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals

Women's Table Tennis – Team Gold Medal Final

Equestrian – Team Jumping Competition

Rowing – Gold Medal Finals

7:00 p.m. – Midnight

Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

Men's Floor, Pommel Horse

Women's Floor, Vault

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Women's 100m

Women's Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final

Women's Triathlon (LIVE)

12:35 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Men's Hammer Throw

Women's Triple Jump

Women's Steeplechase

Men's Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal Rogers/Dalhausser (USA) vs. Klemperer/Koreng (GER)

CNBC and CNBC HD

Midnight – 2:00 a.m.

Women's Basketball – Austria vs. Russia (LIVE)

Women's Weightlifting – Super Heavyweight Competition

3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Boxing – 64kg, 69kg, 91kg Quarterfinals

USA and USA HD

2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Men's Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Women's Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Doubles Gold Medal Final

Women's Beach Volleyball - Quarterfinal Barnett/Cook (AUS) vs. Talita/Renata (BRA)

Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals

Women's Handball – Norway vs. Romania

MSNBC

5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Softball – USA vs. Netherlands (LIVE)

Women's Wrestling – 63kg, 72kg Gold Medal Finals

Women's Volleyball – Italy vs. Brazil

China vs. Japan

Women's Water Polo – Quarterfinal Italy vs. Netherlands

Quarterfinal China vs. Australia

Women's Table Tennis – Team Bronze

Badminton – Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final

Men's Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final

Men's Fencing – Team Sabre Gold Medal Final

Men's Weightlifting – 94kg Competition

Men's Field Hockey – Austria vs. Netherlands

TELEMUNDO

4:00 am – 2:00 p.m.

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Women's Volleyball – Cuba vs. Venezuela

Italy vs. Brazil

Women's Diving – Springboard Semifinal

Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals

Women's Beach Volleyball - Quarterfinal

Boxing

Gymnastics – Trampoline Competition

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Women's Beach Volleyball - Quarterfinal

Midnight – 1:00 a.m.

TBA

UNIVERSAL HD

24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

2:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Women's Qualifying Round

2:30 a.m. – 4:15 a.m. S. Korea vs. Latvia (LIVE)

4:45 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)

6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Australia vs. Russia

8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. China vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)

10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. USA vs. New Zealand (LIVE)

12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Mali vs. Spain

1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. USA vs. New Zealand (2nd half re-air)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

"The Quarterfinals Encore"

6:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Women's Match #1

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Women's Match #2

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Women's Match #3

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Women's Match #4

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. Men's Match #1

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Men's Match #2

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Men's Match #3

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Men's Match #4

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:

Men's & Women's Basketball Games

Badminton – Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Finals

Men's Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Finals

Baseball – Qualifying Games

Men's & Women's Field Hockey

Sailing – Competition & Finals

Men's Fencing – Team Sabre Semifinal & Gold Medal Final

Men's & Women's Basketball

Cycling – Track Events

Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final

Women's & Men's Handball

Rowing – Finals

Softball

Women's Table Tennis – Team Bronze, Gold Medal Matches

Singles Competition

Men's Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final

Women's Tennis – Doubles Gold Medal Final

Men's Weightlifting- 94kg

Women's Wrestling – Freestyle 63kg, 72kg Gold Medal Final

Women's Triathlon

Water Polo

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