Tokyo Olympics 2020 Swimming Schedule: Where to Watch Live Coverage in US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Others
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The Tokyo Olympics 2020 swimming events start on July 24th. The Olympics is back again after a 5-year gap because of the ongoing pandemic. Thus, no fans would be allowed inside the venues according to strict rules by the Japanese government.
Moreover, swimming events this year would be an ongoing battle between different nations in the world. The amount of talent available this time around is quite incredible.
As usual, the USA looks to lead the medal charts while Australia proves to be an able contender. The complete schedule to watch the events are available on different sites as well.
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When and where to watch swimming events?
Following is the schedule of swimming events with local time and US time.
Saturday, July 24
Heats (6 a.m., USA)
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Men: 400m IM, 400m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke
Women: 100m Butterfly, 400m IM, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)
Men:400m IM, 400m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke (Semifinals)
Women: 100m Butterfly (Semifinal), 400m IM, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Sunday, July 25
Heats (6 a.m., USA)
Men: 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Women: 100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 400m Freestyle
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)Â
Men: 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke (Semifinals), 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 100m Breaststroke
Women:100m Butterfly,100m Backstroke (Semifinals), 100m Breaststroke, 400m Freestyle
Monday, July 26
Heats (6 a.m., USA)
Men: 200m Butterfly
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Women: 200m Freestyle, 200m IM, 1500m Freestyle
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)
Men: 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke,200m Butterfly (Semifinals)
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Women: 200m Freestyle (Semifinal), 100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 200m IM (Semifinals)
Tuesday, July 27
Heats (6 a.m., USA)
Men: 100m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke, 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 800m Freestyle
Women: 200m Butterfly
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)
Men: 100m Freestyle (Semifinals), 200m Butterfly,200m Breaststroke (Semifinals), 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Women:200m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 200m IM, 1500m Freestyle
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Wednesday, July 28
Heats (6 a.m., USA)
Men: 200m Backstroke, 200m IM
Women: 100m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)
Men: 800m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke,200m Backstroke (Semifinals), 100m Freestyle, 200m IM (Semifinals)
Women: 100m Freestyle (Semifinals), 200m Butterfly, 200m Breaststroke (Semifinals), 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Thursday, July 29
Heats (6 a.m., USA)
Men: 100m Butterfly
Women: 800m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke Mixed: 4x100m Medley Relay
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)
Men: 100m Butterfly (Semifinals), 200m Backstroke, 200m IM
Women:Â 200m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke
Friday, July 30
Heats (6 a.m., USA)
Men: 50m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle, 4x100m Medley Relay
Women: 50m Freestyle, 4x100m Medley Relay
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)
Men: 100m Butterfly,50m Freestyle (Semifinals)
Women: 200m Backstroke, 800m Freestyle,50m Freestyle (Semifinals Mixed): 4x100m Medley Relay
Saturday, July 31
Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC)
Men: 50m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle, 4x100m Medley Relay
Women:Â 50m Freestyle, 4x100m Medley Relay
Tuesday, August 3
Womenâs Open Water 10km (5:30 p.m., NBCSN)
Wednesday, August 4
Menâs Open Water 10km (5:30 p.m., NBCSN)
Where to watch Tokyo Olympics 2020 in different countries?
While the Olympics is a big sporting event, many countries have different platforms to stream the live events. Different broadcasters are plying their trade in different countries.
In the UK, BBC Eurosport is the official broadcaster of the games. Meanwhile, NBC has taken the rights for broadcasting in the US. Furthermore, the programs will include in the USA Network, CNBC, and NBC Sports network.
In Canada, Sportsnet offers the viewers to experience Tokyo Olympics. There are different subscriptions and plans regarding that. Finally, Seven Network is the available broadcaster for Australia. Apart from the aforementioned sites, fans can view the games through different streaming platforms like Sony LIV, ESPN+, NBC, YouTube TV, and other streaming platforms.
Armenia: APMTV
Asia: Dentsu
Australia: Seven Network
Austria: ORF
Belarus: Belteleradio
Belgium: VRT
Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT
Brazil: Grupo Globo
Bulgaria: BNT
Canada: CBC/Radio-Canada Sportsnet TSN TLN
Caribbean: International Media Content Ltd. SportsMax
China: CCTV
Croatia: HRT
Czech Republic: ÄT
Denmark: DR
Estonia: Eesti Meedia
Europe: Discovery Communications Eurosport
Finland: Yle
France: France Télévisions Canal+
Georgia: GPB
Germany: ARD ZDF
Greece: ERT
Hungary: MTVA
Iceland: RĂV
Indian subcontinent: Sony Pictures Networks
Ireland: RTĂ
Japan: Japan Consortium
Kosovo: RTK
Latin America: América Móvil
Latvia: LTV
Lithuania: TV3
Luxembourg: RTL
Macedonia: MRT
MENA: beIN Sports
Montenegro: RTCG
Netherlands: NOS
New Zealand: Sky Television
North Korea: SBS
Norway: TVNorge
Oceania[iii]: Sky Television
Poland: TVP
Portugal: RTPRomania: TVR
Singapore: Mediacorp
Slovakia: RTVS
Slovenia: RTV
South Africa: SABC SuperSport
South Korea: SBS
Sub-Saharan Africa: Kwesé Sports
Sweden: Kanal 5
Switzerland: SRG SSR
Ukraine UA: PBC
United Kingdom: BBC/Eurosport
United States: NBCUniversal
Notably, the streams for these events are available on FuboTV and Peacock. The complete schedule looks promising and fans are in for an exciting event.
Moreover, swimmers like Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, and Simone Manuel look to continue their dominance from Rio Olympics 2016.
The swimming events for Tokyo Olympics 2020 is a much-anticipated event this time around because of the presence of excellent swimmers.
Even though there wonât be any audience in attendance, the competition between the swimmers is enough to excite the audience.
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