Caeleb Dressel swimming schedule: How to watch USA star's events live at 2021 Olympics

Edward Sutelan

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Caeleb Dressel has emerged as the new face of the United States' men's swimming team.

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, he swam alongside Michael Phelps in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay and the 4x100 medley relay to win his first two gold medals on the world stage. Since then, he's emerged as perhaps the most dominant sprint swimmer in the world, winning gold medals at the world championships in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 butterfly, along with the 4x100 free relay in the 2017 and 2019 long course races.

Now preparing to compete in his second Olympics, Dressel is expected to put on a show. He's favored to win the 50 and 100 free races, and could set new world and Olympic records in both races. He already owns the world record in the 100 breaststroke at 49.50 seconds and should win gold in that event too with the chance to reset the world record. And that's not to mention the fact he'll be racing in a few strong relays for the United States, as well. 

Here's a breakdown of when you can expect to see Dressel swim during the Olympics. 

MORE: Watch the Olympics live on fuboTV (7day free trial)

What events is Caeleb Dressel swimming? 

Dressel is one of the world's best sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmers. He owns the world record in the 100 meter butterfly and appears to have a strong chance to break Cesar Cielo's world records in the 50 and 100 freestyles this year. He'll compete in all three of those individual events and will also swim in the 4x100 freestyle relay. 

Though the unit has not been announced, the men's 4x100 medley relay is almost certainly going to include Dressel swimming either freestyle or butterfly as well. He might also be on the 4x100 mixed medley relay. 

How to watch Olympic swimming 2021

NBC have the exclusive rights to all Olympic content in the U.S., and as such, it will carry all the swimming events during the 2021 Tokyo Games on its channels, including NBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, the Golf Channel, Telemundo and USA Network. All the swimming events will be carried on either NBC or the USA Network during the week. 

MORE: Full results for every Olympic swimming event

Caeleb Dressel swimming schedule

Dressel is going to be busy during the 2021 Olympics. He's set to compete in three individual events, and will likely be on three relay units as well. 

Those interested in streaming his races can log onto NBC platforms NBCOlympics.com, NBCSports.com or Peacock, or watch them on fuboTV, which offers a 7-day free trial

Here is the full schedule for when Dressel will be swimming, including the two medley relays in which he seems likely to be competing. Times are based on the schedule from NBC Olympics

Sunday, July 25

Event Time (ET) Channel
4x100 Freestyle Relay (Heats) 8:10 a.m. USA
4x100 Freestyle Relay (Finals) 11:05 p.m. NBC

Tuesday, July 27

Event Time (ET) Channel
100 Freestyle (Heats) 6:02 a.m. USA
4x200 Freestyle Relay (Heats) 7:17 a.m. USA
100 Freestyle (Semifinals) 9:30 p.m. NBC
4x200 Freestyle Relay (Finals) 11:26 p.m. NBC

Wednesday, July 28

Event Time (ET) Channel
100 Freestyle (Finals) 10:37 p.m. NBC

Thursday, July 29

Event Time (ET) Channel
100 Butterfly (Heats) 6:02 a.m. USA
Mixed 4x100 Medley Relay (Heats) 7:28 a.m. USA
100 Butterfly (Semifinals) 9:30 p.m. NBC

Friday, July 30

Event Time (ET) Channel
50 Freestyle (Heats) 6:02 a.m. USA
Men's 4x100 Medley Relay (Heats) 8:50 a.m. USA
100 Butterfly (Finals) 9:30 p.m. NBC
50 Free (Finals) 10:11 p.m. NBC
Mixed 4x100 Medley Relay (Finals) 10:43 p.m. NBC

Saturday, July 31

Event Time (ET) Channel
50 Freestyle (Finals) 9:30 p.m. NBC
Men's 4x100 Medley Relay (Finals) 10:36 p.m. NBC

Edward Sutelan

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Edward Sutelan joined The Sporting News in 2021 after covering high school sports for PennLive. Edward graduated from The Ohio State University in 2019, where he gained experience covering the baseball, football and basketball teams. Edward also spent time working for The Columbus Dispatch and Cape Cod Times.