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Paris Olympics live updates: Swimming schedule Friday, track & field events, how to watch

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The 2024 Paris Olympics have entered the portion of the schedule during which swimming and track and field overlap, and what a packed slate it is.

The Olympic swimming schedule today features three finals, including Caeleb Dressel in the 50m free. The Olympic track and field schedule is full prelims, heats and qualifying rounds, including Sha’Carri Richardson’s heat in the 100 meters, but the men’s 10,000m final is today.

At least seven U.S. squads are competing across five team sports, 26 sports in total are in action, and USA TODAY Sports will bring you live results, medal count, highlights, and more throughout the day. Follow along.

Here are some Olympic schedule highlights. Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds in Paris.

(All times Eastern)

  • Swimming heats start at 5 a.m. The finals — men’s 50m free, women’s 200m backstroke, men’s 200m IM — are back to back to back and start at 2:30 p.m. Caeleb Dressel will swim in the 100m fly heats, Katie Ledecky in the 800m free heats. NBC is airing the finals. USA Network is airing the heats.
  • Track and field prelims, heats and qualifying rounds start at 4:05 a.m. and run through 2:50 p.m. E! is airing 4:05-7 a.m. and noon-3:50 p.m. NBC is airing from 1-3:50 p.m.
  • Men’s soccer enters the quarterfinals today with four matches: 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The U.S. plays Morocco at 9 a.m. ET. This is the first time since 2000 and second since pool play was introduced at the 1960 Rome Olympics that the U.S. men’s team has advanced beyond the group stage. The U.S. has never medaled in men’s soccer.
  • Men’s golf continues play with Round 2 starting at 3 a.m.
  • The 3×3 basketball slate has 16 games starting at 3 a.m. and running through 4:35 p.m.
  • Other sports in action: Archery, badminton, beach volleyball, BMX racing, boxing, canoe slalom, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, handball, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, tennis, track & field, trampoline, volleyball and water polo.

NBC is airing and streaming the Paris Olympics from all angles: Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds; NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! are carrying various live events and replays throughout the day. Here are 6 tips and tricks for getting the most out of Peacock during the Olympics.

Our 2024 Paris Olympics medal count tracker updates after every single medal event.

(All times Eastern)

  • The U.S. men’s soccer team plays in a quarterfinal match against Morocco at Parc des Princes in Paris at 9 a.m. USA Network, Telemundo and Peacock are airing.
  • The U.S. men’s golf team continues play with Round 2, which starts at 3 a.m. Friday’s tee times for American golfers: Xander Schauffele at 3:55 a.m., Collin Morikawa at 4:11 a.m., Wyndham Clark at 5:44 a.m., Scottie Scheffler at 6:06 a.m. Golf Channel is airing.
  • The U.S. men’s volleyball team faces Japan in pool play at 3 p.m. USA Network is airing.
  • The U.S. women’s water polo team faces France in group play at 12:30 p.m. USA Network is airing.
  • The U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team plays two games: The first is against France at 7 a.m. (USA Network), the second against Canada at noon (NBC).
  • The U.S. men’s 3×3 basketball team plays two games: The first against France at 12:35 p.m. (NBC), the second against China at 4:35 p.m.
  • The U.S. is competing in men’s beach volleyball against Spain at 9 a.m. NBC is airing.
  • The U.S. is competing in women’s beach volleyball against Germany at 4 p.m. NBC is airing.

(All times Eastern)

  • Swimming: men’s 50m free (2:30 p.m.), women’s 200m backstroke (2:39 p.m.), men’s 200m IM (2:49 p.m., NBC)
  • Tennis: women’s singles bronze (6 a.m.), men’s doubles bronze (6 a.m.), mixed doubles bronze (6 a.m.), mixed doubles gold (1 p.m.)
  • BMX racing: men’s final (3:35 p.m.), women’s final (3:50 p.m.)
  • Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions women’s final (3:30 a.m., NBC)
  • Rowing: men’s pair final A (5:30 a.m.), women’s pair final A (5:42 a.m.), LWT men’s doubles sculls final A (6:02 a.m.), LWT women’s double sculls final A (6:22 a.m.)
  • Trampoline: women’s final (7:50 a.m.), men’s final (1:45 p.m.)
  • Equestrian: Jumping team final (8 a.m., E!)
  • Diving: men’s synchronized 3m springboard final (8 a.m.)
  • Badminton: mixed doubles bronze (9 a.m.), mixed doubles gold (10:10 a.m., USA Network)
  • Archery: mixed team bronze (10:24 a.m., USA Network), mixed team gold (10:43 a.m., NBC)
  • Judo: Six medal matches (11:18 a.m. start)
  • Track & field: men’s 10,000m final (3:20 p.m., NBC)
  • Fencing: men’s epee team bronze (1:30 p.m.), men’s epee team gold (2:30 p.m.)
  • Sailing: windsurfing finals (times TBD)

(All times Eastern)

  • Heats for the following events start at 5 a.m.: men’s 100m fly, women’s 200m IM, women’s 800m free, mixed 4×100 medley relay.
  • Semifinals for the following events start in the afternoon: men’s 100m fly (5:09 p.m.), women’s 200m IM (3:34 p.m.)
  • Today’s finals: men’s 50m free (2:30 p.m.), women’s 200m backstroke (2:39 p.m.), men’s 200m IM (2:49 p.m.)

(All times Eastern)

  • Men’s decathlon events: 100m (4:05 a.m.), long jump (4:55 a.m.), shot put (6:15 a.m.),  high jump (noon), 400m (2:50 p.m.)
  • Qualifications: men’s hammer throw (4:10 a.m., 5:35 a.m.), women’s high jump (4:15 a.m.), women’s triple jump (12:15 p.m.), women’s discus throw (12:55 p.m, 2:20 p.m..), men’s shot put (2:10 p.m.)
  • Preliminary rounds: women’s 100m (4:35 a.m.)
  • Round 1s: men’s 1,500m (5:05 a.m.), women’s 100m (5:50 a.m.), women’s 5,000m (12:10 p.m.), 4x400m mixed relay (1:10 p.m.), women’s 800m (1:45 p.m.)
  • Final: men’s 10,000m (3:20 p.m.) 

The Carissa Moore retirement party will not include another Olympic gold medal.

Moore, the defending Olympic champion surfer who planned to step away from the sport after the Paris Games, failed to make it out of the women’s quarterfinals.

She lost a head-to-head heat with France’s Johanne Defray, who earlier in the competition needed four stitches after suffering a head wound after crashing into the coral reef in Teahupo’o, Tahiti.

The United States still has a chance to medal in surfing, with Caroline Marks reaching the semifinals after winning her quarterfinal heat against Australia’s Tyler Wright.

Marks is scheduled to face Defray in the semifinals. In the other semifinal match, Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb will face Costa Rica’s Brisa Hennessy.

The two American men surfers, John John Florence and Griffin Colapinto, failed to make it out of the round of 16.  Caitlin Simmers, the final member of the team, lost in the women’s round of 16. — Josh Peter

The finals of the men’s 50 freestyle will be held on Aug. 2 and American Caeleb Dressel is the event’s defending Olympic champion. After taking nearly nine months off last year, Dressel is back to training and dropping time in his events. The men’s 100 butterfly semifinals are also Friday night, an event Dressel won in Tokyo.

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