Rio Olympics 2016: TV schedule for Saturday, August 6 (Day 1)

Colleen Thomas

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The opening ceremony *officially* kicked off the 2016 Rio Olympics Friday night. Now the competition can finally begin.

Below you'll find the schedule of events for Day 1 of the Olympics, from rowing qualifying heats early Saturday morning to the U.S. women's soccer team's opening match and the first swimming events in primetime.

MORE: Relive the opening ceremony | Opening ceremony photos

All of the events can be found live or tape delayed on seven NBC affiliates throughout the day and live online at NBCOlympics.com.

TV schedule for Saturday, August 6

8:00 a.m. on NBC (live): Men's and women's rowing qualifying heats, Men's cycling road race (medal), Men's water polo — U.S. vs. Croatia

9:00 a.m. on NBCSN (live): Men's beach volleyball preliminary round, men's archery team round of 16, women's shooting 10m air rifle final (medal)

9:30 a.m. on Bravo (live): Men's and women's tennis singles/doubles first round

10:30 a.m. on NBC (live): Men's cycling road race part one (medal), men's and women's swimming qualifying heats

12:00 p.m. on NBCSN (live): Women's rugby — U.S. vs. Fiji

12:00 p.m. on MSNBC (tape delay): Women's beach volleyball preliminary round, women's handball — Norway vs. Brazil

12:30 p.m. on Bravo (live): Men's and women's tennis singles/doubles first round

1:00 p.m. on NBCSN (live): Men's basketball — Australia vs. France

2:15 on MSNBC (tape delay): Men's and women's table tennis singles first round, men's archery team final (medal)

2:30 p.m. on NBC (tape delay): Men's and women's rowing qualifying heats, men's beach volleyball — U.S. vs. Qatar

3:00 p.m. on NBCSN (tape delay): Men's water polo, women's beach volleyball preliminary round

3:00 p.m. on USA (tape delay): Equestrian individual/team eventing and dressage

3:30 p.m. on Bravo (live): Men's and women's tennis singles/doubles first round

4:00 p.m. on USA (live): Women's field hockey — U.S. vs. Argentina

4:00 p.m. on NBCSN (live): Women's soccer — U.S. vs. France

4:15 p.m. on NBC (live) Women's volleyball — U.S. vs. Puerto Rico

5:00 p.m. on CNBC (live): Women's rugby — U.S. vs. Colombia, women's soccer — Germany vs. Australia

5:30 p.m. on USA (live): Women's beach volleyball preliminary round

5:45 p.m. on Bravo (live): Men's and women's tennis singles/doubles first round

6:00 p.m. on NBCSN (live): Men's basketball — U.S. vs. China

6:30 p.m. on USA (tape delay): Women's fencing individual epee final (medal)

8:00 p.m. on NBC (live/tape delay): Women's beach volleyball preliminary round, men's and women's swimming qualifying heats, men's gymnastics team competition

8:00 p.m. on NBCSN (tape delay): Men's judo 60kg repechage and women's judo 48kg repechage (medal), women's weightlifting 48kg final (medal)

9:00 p.m. on NBCSN (live): Women's soccer — Brazil vs. Sweden

11:00 p.m. on NBCSN (tape delay): Men's and women's table tennis singles first round, men's boxing elimination matches

12:30 a.m. on NBC (tape delay): Men's gymnastics team competition

1:30 a.m. on NBC (tape delay): Replay of primetime coverage

Other sports available on live stream: Archery, boxing, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting

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Colleen Thomas is an Associate Editor at Sporting News. She joined Sporting News in 2014.