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Paris 2024 Olympics: How to watch swimming today, full event schedule and more

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Swimming - Men's 100m backstroke - Heats - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - July 28, 2024. Ryan Murphy of the United States reacts after the race. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Ryan Murphy swims for Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

The Paris 2024 Olympics are in full swing and Team USA is making a big splash in the swimming events. The water at La Defense Arena is certainly star-studded, with Caeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke, Chase Kalisz and Ryan Murphy competing for the U.S. in the men’s event. On the women’s side, we have Katie Ledecky, Lilly King, Regan Smith, Simone Manuel and the Walsh sisters. Today sees the finals for the W 200m Fly, M 200m Back, W 4x200m Free and more, starting at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Watching Olympic Swimming? Here’s what you need to know about watching, including the full Team USA Swimming roster, the Olympic Swimming schedule, and more.

Data: July 27 – August 8

Place: La Defense Arena, River Seine

TV channels: NBC, USA Network, CNBC, Telemundo, NBC Universo

Streaming: Peacock

You can watch every Olympic sport and event this summer on Peacock, including every swimming event. You can also find most events on NBCOlympics.com.

In addition to streaming on Peacock, select swimming events will be broadcast live or on delay on USA Network or CNBC. To see if an event will be broadcast live on TV, check the official NBC Olympics schedule and set the filter to “TV Only.”

(Peacock)

Starting at $8 per month, a Peacock subscription is the easiest way to stream every Olympic game in the 2024 Olympics. Peacock will cover every Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Additionally, the platform will offer subscribers an Olympics Discovery Multiview, allowing you to watch up to four events at once. Peacock will also have several original shows covering the Games, including Gold Zone, Watch with Alex Cooper and an exclusive, customizable and personalized recap of the Olympic Games in a mobile app, narrated by the AI-generated voice of Al Michaels.

In addition to coverage of every Olympic sport in 2024, you’ll also get access to thousands of hours of shows and movies, including beloved sitcoms like Parks and recreation And The officeFor $14 a month, you can upgrade to an ad-free subscription, which gives you live access to your local NBC affiliate (not just during select sports and events) and the ability to download select titles to watch offline.

$8/month at Peacock

854 athletes – 463 men and 391 women – from 187 countries, plus the International Olympic Committee (IOC) individual neutral athletes and refugee team will compete in the 2024 Olympic Games.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JUNE 22: Katie Ledecky of the United States competes in the final of the women's 800-meter freestyle during day eight of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Competitions at Lucas Oil Stadium on June 22, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JUNE 22: Katie Ledecky of the United States competes in the final of the women's 800-meter freestyle during day eight of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Competitions at Lucas Oil Stadium on June 22, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Katie Ledecky will once again represent the United States on Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

  • Phoebe Spek

  • Katharine Berkoff

  • Kate Douglass

  • Erin Gemmell

  • Katie Grimes

  • Torri Huske

  • Lily King

  • Katie Ledecky

  • Paige Madden

  • Simone Manuel

  • Alex Sjackell

  • Regan Smith

  • Alex Walsh

  • Gretchen Walsh

  • Emma Weber

  • Claire Weinstein

  • 50m freestyle

  • 100m freestyle

  • 200m freestyle

  • 400m freestyle

  • 800m freestyle

  • 1500m freestyle

  • 100m backstroke

  • 200m backstroke

  • 100m breaststroke

  • 200m breaststroke

  • 100m butterfly

  • 200m butterfly

  • 200m medley

  • 400m medley

  • 4x100m freestyle relay

  • 4x200m freestyle relay

  • 4x100m medley relay

The complete Olympic swimming schedule is below. The swimming schedule is divided into two parts: pool events, which run from Saturday, July 27 through Sunday, August 4, and open water events, which take place on Thursday, August 8 and Friday, August 9.

All times Eastern

Thursday August 1st

Heats: M 50m Freestyle, W 200m Back and Over: 5 – 7am

Finals: W 200m Butterfly, M 200m Backstroke and Other: 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Friday August 2nd

Heats: M 100m Butterfly, W 800m Freestyle and more: 5 – 7am

Finals: M 50m freestyle, V 200m backstroke, M 200m medley: 2:30 – 4:30 pm

Saturday August 3rd

Series: M&W 4x100m medley, W 50m freestyle and more: ​​5 – 7:15 hrs

Finals: M 100m Butterfly, W 800m Freestyle and more: 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Sunday August 4th

Finals: W 50m Freestyle, M&W 4x100m Medley and more: 12:30 – 14:30

Thursday August 8th

1:30-4:30a Women’s 10km Open Water: 1:30 – 4:30 hrs

Friday August 9th

10 km Open Water for men: 01:30 – 04:30 hrs

In addition to pool swimming, many other swimming categories will take place in or around the pool during the Olympic Games in Paris.

  • Artistic swimming

  • To dive

  • Marathon swimming

  • Modern Pentathlon

  • Triathlon

  • Water polo

Following the opening ceremony parade on the river, two days of Open Water Swimming events for men and women will take place on 8 and 9 August. The triathlon and marathon swimming events will also be held in the Seine.

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