OLYMPICS IN HIGH HEELS: MORE NEWS ON SWIMMING TRIALS
STAMFORD, Conn. – June 23, 2016 – NBC Olympics presents 15.5 hours of coverage of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials from CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb., including eight consecutive nights in primetime. It begins this Sunday, June 26, at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and continues at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
Six nights of primetime coverage will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT throughout the week on NBC, with primetie coverage on Saturday, July 2, airing live at 8 p.
m. ET on NBCSN. Daily telecasts of the qualifying heats will air on NBCSN throughout the competition. Coverage culminates Sunday, July 3, with a two-hour show combining the Swimming and Track & Field Trials at 7 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will livestream all the action, and present supplemental digital-only coverage daily at 11 a.m. ET from Sunday, June 26, through Saturday, July 2.
Headlining the men’s field is Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 Olympic medals, and 11-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte. At the 2015 U.S. National Championships, Phelps won gold medals in the 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, and the 200m individual medley, while Lochte took home gold in the 200m medley, 4×100m medley and 4×100m mixed freestyle at the 2015 World Championships. Four-time Olympic medalist Nathan Adrian and six-time Olympic medalist Matt Grevers will each look to compete in their third Olympic Games.
Highlighting the women’s field are Missy Franklin, who won four gold and five total medals in her Olympic debut in London, and nine-time world champion Katie Ledecky. Ledecky looks to add to her medal count in Rio after stunning the field by winning gold in the 800m free in 2012 at the age of 15. At the 2015 World Championships, she won five gold medals and broke three world records. Natalie Coughlin, a 12-time Olympic medalist, and Dana Vollmer, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, will also compete for spots on the Olympic team.
In all events excluding the men’s and women’s 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle, the top two swimmers in the event make the Rio team. For the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle, the top six athletes make the Olympic team.
NBC Olympics’ swimming commentary team of longtime NBC golf commentator Dan Hicks (play-by-play) calls the action, joined by three-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines (analyst), and NBC’s Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya (reporter).
NBC Olympics presents primetime coverage of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials during an unprecedented 20 of 23 nights across NBC and NBCSN. The full schedule for this week’s coverage of the Trials, which also includes diving and men’s gymnastics, can be found here. It all leads up to the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August on the networks of NBCUniversal.
Following is the schedule for NBC Sports Group’s Olympic Swimming Trials coverage:
| Date | Time | Events | Network |
| Sun., June 26 | 11 a.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Men’s 400m Free, Men’s & Women’s 400m IM | NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app |
| Sun., June 26 | 6 p.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Men’s 400m Free, Men’s & Women’s 400m IM* | NBCSN |
| Sun., June 26 | 8 p.m. ET/PT | Finals – Men’s 400m Free, Men’s & Women’s 400m IM | NBC |
| Mon., June 27 | 11 a.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Back & Breast, Men’s 200m Free | NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app |
| Mon., June 27 | 6:30 p.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Back & Breast, Men’s 200m Free* | NBCSN |
| Mon., June 27 | 8 p.m. ET/PT | Finals – Women’s 100m Fly & 400m Free, Men’s 100m Breast | NBC |
| Tues., June 28 | 11 a.m. ET | Qualifying Heats s – Women’s 200m Free & 200m IM, Men’s 200m Fly | NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app |
| Tues., June 28 | 7 p.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Women’s 200m Free & 200m IM, Men’s 200m Fly | NBCSN |
| Tues., June 28 | 8 p.m. ET/PT | Finals – Men’s 200m Free & 100m Back, Women’s 100m Breast & 100m Back | NBC |
| Wed., June 29 | 11 a.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Men’s 100m Free & 200m Breast, Women’s 200m Fly | NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app |
| Wed., June 29 | 7 p.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Men’s 100m Free & 200m Breast, Women’s 200m Fly | NBCSN |
| Wed., June 29 | 8 p.m. ET/PT | Finals – Women’s 200m IM & Free, Men’s 200m Fly | NBC |
| Thur., June 30 | 11 a.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Free, Men’s 200m IM & Back | NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app |
| Thur., June 30 | 6:30 p.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Free, Men’s 200m IM & Back* | NBCSN |
| Thur., June 30 | 8 p.m. ET/PT | Finals – Men’s 100m Free & 200m Breast, Women’s 200m Fly | NBC |
| Fri., July 1 | 11 a.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Men’s 50m Free & 100m Fly, Women’s 200m Back | NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app |
| Fri., July 1 | 6 p.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Men’s 50m Free & 100m Fly, Women’s 200m Back* | NBCSN |
| Fri., July 1 | 8 p.m. ET/PT | Finals – Women’s 200m Breast & 100m Free, Men’s 200m IM & Back | NBC |
| Sat., July 2 | 11 a.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Women’s 50m Free, Men’s 1500m Free | NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app |
| Sat., July 2 | 5 p.m. ET | Qualifying Heats – Women’s 50m Free, Men’s 1500m Free** | NBCSN |
| Sat., July 2 | 8 p.m. ET | Finals – Women’s 200m Back & 800m Free, Men’s 50m Free & 100m Fly | NBCSN |
| Sun., July 3 | 7 p.m. ET/PT | Finals – Women’s 50m Free, Men’s 1500 Free** | NBC |
*coverage may include additional events
** show includes coverage of Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.
U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS COVERAGE ON THE NBC SPORTS APP
NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will stream the Olympic Trials coverage via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports app is powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.
