It’s almost time for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Team USA intends to make a big splash in the swimming events. The water at La Defense Arena will be star-studded, with Caeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke, Chase Kalisz and Ryan Murphy competing for the U.S. on the men’s side. On the women’s side, we’ve got Katie Ledecky, Lilly King, Regan Smith, Simone Manuel and the Walsh sisters. Are you ready to watch Olympic Swimming? Here’s what you need to know about tuning in, including the full Team USA Swimming roster, the Olympic Swimming schedule and more.
Dates: July 27 – August 8
Location: La Defense Arena, Seine River
TV channels: NBC, USA Network, CNBC, Telemundo, NBC Universo
Streaming: Peacock
You can watch every single Olympic sport and event this summer on Peacock, including every swimming event. You can also find most events covered on NBCOlympics.com.
In addition to streaming on Peacock, select swimming events will air live or on delay on USA Network or CNBC. To check if an event is airing live on TV, check out the official NBC Olympics schedule and toggle the filter to “TV only.”
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854 athletes 463 male and 391 female from 187 countries, plus the Individual Neutral Athletes and the IOC (International Olympic Committee) Refugee Olympic Team will compete in the 2024 Olympics.
Phoebe Bacon
Katharine Berkoff
Kate Douglass
Erin Gemmell
Katie Grimes
Torri Huske
Lilly King
Katie Ledecky
Paige Madden
Simone Manuel
Alex Shackell
Regan Smith
Alex Walsh
Gretchen Walsh
Emma Weber
Claire Weinstein
Jack Alexy
Hunter Armstrong
Shaine Casas
Caeleb Dressel
Matt Fallon
Nic Fink
Bobby Finke
Carson Foster
Chris Guiliano
Thomas Heilman
Luke Hobson
David Johnston
Keaton Jones
Chase Kalisz
Kalisz, 30, will be competing in the 400m IM.
Drew Kibler
Josh Matheny
Ryan Murphy
Aaron Shackell
Kieran Smith
Charlie Swanson
Luca Urlando
Luke Whitlock
50m freestyle
100m freestyle
200m freestyle
400m freestyle
800m freestyle
1,500m freestyle
100m backstroke
200m backstroke
100m breaststroke
200m breaststroke
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
200m individual medley
400m individual medley
4x100m freestyle relay
4x200m freestyle relay
4x100m medley relay
The complete Olympic Swimming schedule is below. The swimming slate is divided into two parts: pool events, which run from Saturday, July 27 to Sunday, August 4, and open water events which will take place on Thursday, August 8 and Friday, August 9.
All times Eastern
Saturday, July 27
Heats: M&W 400m Free, M&W 4x100m Free & more: 5 – 7:15 a.m.
Finals: M&W 400m Free, M&W 4x100m Free: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 28
Heats: M 400m IM, W 100m Breast & more: 5 – 7 a.m.
Finals: M 400m IM, W 100m Fly, M 100m Breast: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Monday, July 29
Heats: W 400m IM, W 100m Back, M 800m Free: 5 – 7 a.m.
Finals: W 400m IM, M 100m Back & more: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 30
Heats: M&W 100m Free, W 1500m Free & more: 5 – 7:45 a.m.
Finals: W 100m Back, M 800m Free & more: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 31
Heats: W 200m Breast, M 200m Back, W 200m Fly: 5 – 6:30 a.m.
Finals: W 1500m Free, M&W 100m Free & more: 2:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Thursday, August 1
Heats: M 50m Free, W 200m Back & more: 5 – 7 a.m.
Finals: W 200m Fly, M 200m Back & more: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Friday, August 2
Heats: M 100m Fly, W 800m Free & more: 5 – 7 a.m.
Finals: M 50m Free, W 200m Back, M 200m IM: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 3
Heats: M&W 4x100m Medley, W 50m Free & more: 5 – 7:15 a.m.
Finals: M 100m Fly, W 800m Free & more: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 4
Finals: W 50m Free, M&W 4x100m Medley & more: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 8
1:30-4:30a Women’s 10km Open Water: 1:30 – 4:30 a.m.
Friday, August 9
Men’s 10km Open Water: 1 :30 – 4:30 a.m.
In addition to Pool Swimming, there are plenty of other Olympic Swimming categories taking place in or around the pool at the Paris Games.
Artistic swimming
Diving
Marathon swimming
Modern pentathlon
Triathlon
Water polo
After the Opening Ceremony parade on the river, there will be two days of men and women’s Open Water Swimming events held on August 8 and 9. In addition, both the Triathlon and Marathon Swimming will be held in the Seine River as well.