2012 Summer Olympics: Complete TV Schedule For London Games

Today, it all ends: the Summer Olympics, that two-week stretch of sports you love mixed in with sports you didn’t know existed that only comes around once every four years, wraps up today on the 16th day of competition. And there’s still a lot to figure out.

The highlight of the day is probably the United States’ gold medal matchup with Spain in men’s basketball. This iteration of the Dream Team may have looked dominant at times, but that’s all prologue: if they don’t win today, it’ll all have been for naught. Elsewhere, many boxing golds will be given out, as will the finishes to men’s volleyball, water polo, and handball.

The 2012 London Olympics are nearing a conclusion with the second-to-last day of competition scheduled for Saturday.

Saturday will be a huge day in track & field with eight gold medals up for grabs. The men’s and women’s 4x100m relays headline the action with the men’s 5000m, women’s 800m, men’s javelin, women’s high jump, women’s 20km walk and men’s 50km walk the other event finals.

The 2012 Olympic Games are heading into their final weekend. Friday’s events will run the gamut from taekwondo to wrestling to swimming marathons to BMX. If you were looking for the TV listings for Friday, you’ve come to the right place.

Here is Friday’s full TV schedule. All times are Eastern. All listed events will be live, except for NBC coverage, which will air at the same time in all time zones. NBC prime time events will air on tape delay. All of the day’s events can be streamed live online at the NBCOlympics.com website.

With the final weekend of the 2012 Summer Olympics nearing, Thursday’s schedule includes final and semifinal matches in a number of team sports competitions, as well as a trio of fan-favorite track and field events.

And also, dressage.

Day 12 of the 2012 Summer Olympics gets underway on Wednesday, with 16 gold medals on the line. Of particular interest will be Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings going up against fellow U.S. athletes April Ross and Jen Kessy in the gold medal game in beach volleyball. May-Treanor and Walsh are looking for their third-straight gold medal in the event. The match begins at 4:00 p.m. ET, but it won’t be shown on television until NBC’s primetime broadcast.

Team USA men’s basketball begins the quarterfinals with a contest against Australia at 5:15 p.m. ET, which will be shown live on NBC Sports Network. The men’s volleyball and water polo teams also open quarterfinal play on Wednesday.

21 gold medals will be given out on Day 11 of the London Olympics as the United States and China continue to battle for control of the medal count.

The gymnastics portion of the games comes to a close with four gold medals, with Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman trying to win gold on their individual apparatuses of the balance beam and floor exercise. Track and field will feature Lolo Jones in the women’s 100m hurdles and three American finalists in the men’s long jump.

The 2012 London Olympics continue Monday with men’s basketball, gymnastics, and track & field headlining the day’s action.

Group play in the men’s basketball tournament concludes Monday with the United States returning to the court to face Argentina. Team USA will win Group A with a win, but would finish tied for first with Argentina and lose the tiebreaker with a loss.

Day 9 of the London Olympics promises to be a busy day, with 24 gold medals up for grabs. A number of notable events and athletes will be in action on Sunday.

The women’s doubles and men’s singles gold medal matches headline the Day 9 action in Tennis. Serena and Venus Williams will attempt to repeat as Olympic gold medalists in women’s doubles. The Williams sisters previously won gold in 2008 and 2000. Roger Federer will try to win his first Olympic gold medal when he faces Andy Murray.

The 2012 Olympics continue Saturday with the eighth day of competition from London. Saturday’s events include a number of swimming and track & field finals, two sports the United States is expected to excel in.

The swimming events include the men’s and women’s 4x100 medley relays. The United States’ women’s 4x100m team includes 2012 Olympic stars Rebecca Soni and Missy Franklin. Michael Phelps already set the career record for Olympic medals, but he will go for another in the men’s 4x100m medley relay.

Alright the weekend is here. Whether you’re allowed summer hours and can catch up on live action during the afternoon or need appointment television for the evening, there’s plenty to watch and enjoy as the 2012 Summer Olympics head into the second full weekend of competition.

The biggest events will be broadcast in primetime, naturally, as Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin and Cullen Jones all chase gold at the London Aquatics Center. Phelps will look to defend in the 100m butterfly. Franklin will hope to cruise to her fourth medal of these games in the 200m backstroke and Jones will have to proverbially sprint to victory in the 50m freestyle.

The sixth day of the 2012 London Olympics is a day for the men’s basketball and swimming fans.

And also the small pocket of dressage equestrian fans.

The fifth day of the 2012 London Olympics will begin with the United States and China continuing its battle for dominance in the medal count. As things stand the two nations are tied at 23 medals apiece, but China holds a 13-9 lead in gold medals. Both countries will have several chances to pick up some more hardware on Wednesday.

Among the gold medal events athletes from the United States will compete in include two cycling events: the men’s and women’s individual time trial. Kristin Armstrong and Amber Neben will go for gold in the women’s event while Taylor Phinney rides for the men’s team.

The fourth day of the 2012 Olympic Games happens Tuesday in London. The United States will open the day tied with China for the overall medal count lead and looking to close the gap in total gold medals.

Tuesday’s marquee event will be the gold medal finals in women’s team gymnastics, although there will of course be a full day of action, including plenty of gold medal swimming events. Swimming, gymnastics and diving will take up the lion’s share of NBC’s prime time coverage.

The 2012 London Olympics continue Monday with some high-profile team sports continuing their preliminary rounds and some big events heading for the medal stand, such as men’s team gymnastics.

The events start off at 4 a.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. local time with New Zealand vs. South Korea in men’s field hockey on NBC Sports Network and Croatia vs. China in women’s basketball on the special Olympic Basketball channel. Some more good stuff gets going just an hour later at 5 a.m. Eastern with China vs. Switzerland in women’s beach volleyball, also on NBC Sports.

The 2012 London Olympics continue Sunday with a full day of events. The USA men’s basketball team’s first game of Olympic play will headline the action.

Team USA will play France with the game beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live in the United States on the NBC Sports Network and can be streamed online at NBCOlympics.com.

With the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony over and done with, we can now get to the actual events in the Summer Games. The games get started as early as 4 a.m. ET and will last until as late as midnight. The day gets kicked off with some Beach Volleyball qualifying.

The day will also feature some key evens like swimming qualifying (11 a.m. ET on NBC) and the first round of tennis matches which well be shown on Bravo.

Although some Olympic competitions have begun, the 2012 London Olympics officially begin with Friday’s Opening Ceremony.

The Opening Ceremony is typically one of the most notable events of the Olympic games, and 2012 figures to be no different. The Opening Ceremony will be produced and directed by Oscar winning movie director Danny Boyle. More than 15,000 people will participate in the opening and closing ceremonies, including an expected appearance by Paul McCartney.

NOTE: All times ET, except for NBC coverage, which will air at the assigned times in all time zones. The only exception will be the basketball Gold Medal Game, which airs live throughout the country.

10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. (MSNBC)