NBC, Universal Sports, and UniversalSports.com will air every session of the World Championships, in some form or fashion, through both their television networks and online platform.
All sessions will be available live online at UniversalSports.com for only $9.99 for the whole meet: a worthwhile fee. Click here to purchase the online package, which also includes the water polo semi-final and medal matches. Each Prelims session will begin at 9PM Eastern Time, with finals starting at 6AM Eastern Time.
For those who get Universal Sports, finals sessions will be shown live over the air on tape delay at 8PM Eastern Time every night. Select Sessions will also be shown on NBC. Below is the US Viewing schedule
| July 24 | 2 p.m. ET | Day 1 Finals | NBC |
| 8 p.m. ET | Universal Sports | ||
| July 25 | 8 p.m. ET | Day 2 Finals | Universal Sports |
| July 26 | 8 p.m. ET | Day 3 Finals | Universal Sports |
| July 27 | 8 p.m. ET | Day 4 Finals | Universal Sports |
| July 28 | 8 p.m. ET | Day 5 Finals | Universal Sports |
| July 29 | 8 p.m. ET | Day 6 Finals | Universal Sports |
| July 30 | 1 p.m. ET | Day 7 Finals | NBC |
| 8 p.m. ET | Universal Sports | ||
| July 31 | 1 p.m. ET | Day 8 Finals | NBC |
| 8 p.m. ET | Universal Sports |
Below is the full event schedule.
| Date | Sunday July 24, 2011 |
Monday July 25, 2011 |
Tuesday July 26, 2011 |
Wednesday July 27, 2011 |
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| E v e n t s |
Women’s 100 fly [sf] Men’s 400 free Women’s 200 IM [sf] Men’s 50 fly [sf] Women’s 400 free Men’s 100 breast [sf] Women’s 4×100 freestyle Men’s 4×100 freestyle |
Women’s 100 fly Men’s 100 back [sf] Women’s 100 breast [sf] Men’s 50 fly Women’s 100 back [sf] Men’s 200 free [sf] Women’s 200 IM Men’s 100 breast |
Men’s 200 free Women’s 100 back Men’s 50 breast [sf] Women’s 1500 free Men’s 100 back Women’s 200 free [sf] Men’s 200 fly [sf] Women’s 100 breast |
Men’s 100 free [sf] Women’s 50 back [sf] Men’s 200 fly Women’s 200 free Men’s 800 free Women’s 200 fly [sf] Men’s 200 IM [sf] Men’s 50 breast |
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| Date | Thursday July 28, 2011 |
Friday July 29, 2011 |
Saturday July 30, 2011 |
Sunday July 31, 2011 |
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| E v e n t s |
Women’s 100 free [sf] Men’s 200 IM Women’s 200 breast [sf] Men’s 100 free Women’s 200 fly Men’s 200 breast [sf] Women’s 50 back Men’s 200 back [sf] Women’s 4×200 freestyle |
Women’s 100 free Men’s 200 back Women’s 50 fly [sf] Men’s 50 free [sf] Women’s 200 breast Men’s 100 fly [sf] Women’s 200 back [sf] Men’s 200 breast Men’s 4×200 freestyle |
Women’s 50 fly Men’s 50 free Women’s 50 breast [sf] Women’s 200 back Men’s 100 fly Women’s 50 free [sf] Men’s 50 back [sf] Women’s 800 free Women’s 4×100 medley |
Women’s 50 breast Men’s 400 IM Women’s 50 free Men’s 50 back Men’s 1500 free Women’s 400 IM Men’s |
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United Kingdom
In the UK, fans can watch online for free through both EuroSport and the BBC.
The BBC will play most sessions both through their internet platform as well as live on TV.
Every finals session will be aired from 11 AM to 1 PM on Red Button/BBC Radio/BBC.co.uk
Australia
No live action available here on TV, just like in the US, even though in Australia, the finals sessions will be swum in primetime. This has been a highly controversial decision in the country, as the sport is quite popular there.
The full schedule of highlights and tape delays, which will take place on the One network, is available here.
France
If you have sattlite or cable and get Europsport, you can watch all of the action there. Heats will be broadcast on France O, while finals will be broadcast live on FRANCE 2 and FRANCE 3 over the air.
If anyone has viewing information for other countries, feel free to post it in the comments and I’ll add it here.
universalsport.com coverage was excellent after having a hard time getting started the first few minutes. of course the start time for the semifinal and final sessions is awful here for us on the west coast ! not even roosters wake up that early !
if you go to the speedendurance blog (google it and blogspot), they have a direct feed from bbc eurosport that has live coverage of all heats and finals, swimoffs, and even an interview after the session. finals are at 3am pst.
Anyone (everyone?) having trouble with the Omegatiming.com live results? And did I just pay 9.99 and not get to watch the heats tonight? How lame is that. Are we going backwards? Im following races by Twitter now? Thanks Swimmerscircle, but what is wrong?
Prelims are live on Eurosport right now. Please delete if it’s inappropriate to say it, but you can find a feed by googling Shadownet.
Looks like Dana Vollmer just missed an AR.
in france : two choice
1/ Eurosport for those who have satelite or cable or eurosport player for 4.99 euros the month .
2/ for the reste the french public tv will be broadcasting the heats on France O or on the internet site of france television . The final will be broadcast live on FRANCE 2 AND FRANCE 3
Thanks! Will post.
This is really ‘handy’–thanks!
The British schedule is actually slightly wrong as it has been changed! The BBC will now broadcast all finals sessions live on the BBC red button, BBC Website and Radio! Including day 1, from 11am to 1pm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/5345480.stm
UK:
http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/swimming/7736021.stm