We’re on Katie Ledecky watch.
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Have you ever tried swimming any distance farther than 100 meters without stopping? Not easy! Doing it with different strokes is even harder. That’s what makes this sport so thrilling to watch: Athletes like Team USA’s Katie Ledecky and France’s Léon Marchand torpedo through the water on their way to the podium and make it all look as natural as walking. As of publication time, the U.S. has secured a whopping 15 medals (of a total 27) in swimming — the most of any sport at the 2024 Summer Olympics — and the aquatic athletics show no signs of slowing down.
Below, see the full remaining schedule for live swimming events at the Games in Paris — including marathon and artistic swimming. (If you want more than swimming, check out our full Olympics schedule of the biggest medal events, too.) And as you can imagine from the medal count, swimming, like gymnastics, is a big enough deal that it’s typically featured in NBC’s prime-time coverage, which starts at 8 p.m daily.
We’ll update this post on weekdays as the Olympics progress. Events are listed in Eastern time and will stream live and replay on Peacock.* Every day, NBC will present at least nine hours of live daytime programming, followed by prime-time coverage. Some events will also appear on Telemundo, USA Network, E!, CNBC, Golf Channel, and Universo.
• Women’s swimming, 2:30 p.m. — 100m freestyle final
• Men’s swimming, 2:37 p.m. — 200m butterfly final
• Women’s swimming, 2:45 p.m. — 200m butterfly semifinals
• Men’s swimming, 2:30 p.m. — 800m freestyle final
• Women’s swimming, 3:13 p.m. — 1500m freestyle final
• Men’s swimming, 3:47 p.m. — 200m backstroke semifinals
• Women’s swimming, 4:03 p.m. — 200m breaststroke semifinals
• Men’s swimming, 4:31 p.m. — 200m breaststroke final
• Men’s swimming, 4:39 p.m. — 100m freestyle final
• Women’s swimming, 5 a.m. — 200m backstroke heats
• Men’s swimming, 5:18 a.m. — 50m freestyle heats
• Men’s swimming, 5:47 a.m. — 200m individual-medley heats
• Women’s swimming, 6:05 a.m. — 4x200m freestyle relay heats
• Women’s swimming, 2:30 p.m. — 200m butterfly final
• Men’s swimming, 2:38 p.m. — 200m backstroke final
• Men’s swimming, 2:46 p.m. — 50m freestyle semifinals
• Women’s swimming, 3:11 p.m. — 200m breaststroke final
• Women’s swimming, 3:19 p.m. — 200m backstroke semifinals
• Men’s swimming, 3:47 p.m. — 200m individual-medley semifinals
• Women’s swimming, 4:03 p.m. — 4x200m freestyle relay final
• Men’s swimming, 5 a.m. — 100m butterfly heats
• Women’s swimming, 5:17 a.m. — 200m individual-medley heats
• Women’s swimming, 5:40 a.m. — 800m freestyle heats
• Mixed swimming, 6:03 a.m. — 4x100m medley relay heats
• Men’s swimming, 2:30 p.m. — 50m freestyle final
• Women’s swimming, 2:36 p.m. — 200m backstroke final
• Men’s swimming, 2:43 p.m. — 200m individual-medley final
• Men’s swimming, 3 p.m. — 100m butterfly semifinals
• Women’s swimming, 3:22 p.m. — 200m individual-medley semifinals
• Women’s swimming, 5 a.m. — 50m freestyle heats
• Men’s swimming, 5:30 a.m. — 1500m freestyle heats
• Men’s swimming, 6:40 a.m. — 4x100m medley relay heats
• Women’s swimming, 6:52 a.m. — 4x100m medley relay heats
• Men’s swimming, 2:30 p.m. — 100m butterfly final
• Women’s swimming, 2:37 p.m. — 50m freestyle semifinals
• Women’s swimming, 3:01 p.m. — 200m individual-medley final
• Women’s swimming, 3:08 p.m. — 800m freestyle final
• Mixed swimming, 3:34 p.m. — 4x100m medley relay final
• Women’s swimming, 12:30 p.m. — 50m freestyle final
• Men’s swimming, 12:36 p.m. — 1500m freestyle final
• Men’s swimming, 1:06 p.m. — 4x100m medley relay final
• Women’s swimming, 1:26 p.m. — 4x100m medley relay final
• Artistic swimming, 1:30 p.m. — team technical routine
• Artistic swimming, 1:30 p.m. — team free routine
• Artistic swimming, 1:30 p.m. — team acrobatic routine
• Women’s marathon swimming, 1:30 a.m. — 10km
• Artistic swimming, 1:30 p.m. — duet technical routine
• Men’s marathon swimming, 1:30 a.m. — 10km
• Artistic swimming, 1:30 p.m. — duet free routine
*Start times are as of publication date and are subject to schedule changes.