2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Swimming: August 6-13
- Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro
- Prelims – 9:00 a.m/12:00 p.m PST/EST (1:00 p.m local), Finals – 6:00 p.m/9:00 p.m PST/EST (10:00 p.m local)
- SwimSwam previews
- Rio Schedule & Results
- Live Stream (NBC)
Tuesday night was the fourth night of swimming in these Rio Olympics, and what a night it was! Michael Phelps, aka the GOAT, made his comeback official by taking the gold medal in the men’s 200 fly; Katie Ledecky made a statement by winning the 200 freestyle, defeating 100 butterfly champion and world record holder Sarah Sjostrom in the process; Katinka Hosszu won her third gold medal of these games in the 200 IM; and the finalists of the men’s 200 breast and and 100 free and women’s 200 fly were decided. Before the action came to an end, Phelps was back in the pool, anchoring Team USA’s 4 x 200 freestyle relay and winning his 21st Olympic gold medal. The action was epic, and if you missed it, or simply want to relive it before tonight’s races, all the videos from last night’s final session are below.
Please be aware that some of the links provided below may not work in your region.
Women’s 200 meter freestyle final (Katie Ledecky – USA):
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/katie-ledecky-finishes-2nd-womens-200m-freestyle-semis
Men’s 200 meter butterfly final (Michael Phelps – USA):
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/michael-phelps-takes-back-200m-butterfly-gold-rio
Men’s 100 meter freestyle semifinal 1 (Nathan Adrian – USA):
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/nathan-adrian-storms-back-win-100m-freestyle-semifinal
Men’s 100 meter freestyle semifinal 2 (Kyle Chalmers – AUS):
Women’s 200 meter butterfly semifinal 1 (Yilin Zhou – CHN):
Video unavailable as of posting.
Women’s 200 meter butterfly semifinal 2 (Madeline Groves – AUS);
Men’s 200 meter breaststroke semifinal 1 (Ippei Watanabe – JPN):
http://olympics.cbc.ca/video/vod/japan-ippei-watanabe-sets-new-olympic-record.html
Men’s 200 meter breaststroke semifinal 2 (Anton Chupkov – RUS):
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/josh-prenot-top-us-qualifier-mens-200m-breaststroke-final
Women’s 200 meter IM final (Katinka Hosszu – HUN):
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/katinka-hosszu-wins-200m-im-third-gold-rio-olympics
Men’s 4 x 200 freestyle relay final (USA – Dwyer, Haas, Lochte, Phelps):
Bonus video: Phelps cap fail pre-relay:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/michael-phelps-tears-cap-seconds-swimming-relay
Please make these for all the other nights too! I can only find a few full videos (men’s 4×100 fr relay) and everything else is just highlight vids — nothing on YouTube either 🙁