2016 Rio Olympics

[Macca 16,972]

Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read.

Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results)

* * *  Denotes gold medal event

 

                       Monday August 8th (evening)

7,00pm   Highlights program .......... In Rio Today (7hd/7)

9.30pm   Rowing ............................. Heats, Repechages & Semi finals

11.00pm Beach Volleyball (W) ........ Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs Switzerland

11.00pm Equestrian ........................ Eventing individual* & team* cross country

11.00pm Women's Hockey ........... Hockeyroos vs USA   

11.55pm Boxing .............................. Preliminary bouts 

 

*Australian Christopher Burton is currently 2nd after the individual dressage whilst the Australians are currently 3rd after the team dressage.                                                         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Tuesday August 9th (morning)

2.00am   Swimming ....................... Heats  

3.15am   Men's Basketball ............. Boomers vs Serbia

3.30am   Women's Rugby 7's  ..... Pearls vs Canada (S/F) 

4.00am   Shooting .......................... Men's trap final

5.00am    Diving ............................. Men's synchronised 10m platform final  * * *

5.00am    Gymnastic....................... Men's team final * * *

7.30am   Women's Rugby 7's ...... Bronze medal match  * * *

8.00am   Women's Rugby 7's ...... Gold medal match * * *

9.50am   Men's Waterpolo .............. Sharks vs Hungary   

                   

                          11.00am Swimming Finals

Men's 200m freestyle final (11.21am)   * * *

Women's 100m backstroke final - Emily Seebohm,  Madison Wilson (11.30am)  * * *

Men's 100m backstroke final -  Mitch Larkin (11.38am) * * *

Women's 100m breaststroke final (11.54am)   * * *

 

12.00pm  Beach Volleyball (W) ....... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Venezuela           

                         Tuesday August 9th (evening)

7,00pm   Highlights program ........... In Rio Today (7hd/7)

9.30pm   Rowing ............................. Quarter finals & Semi finals

11.00pm  Equestrian ........................ Eventing Individual jumping final * * *

                                                           Eventing Team jumping final * * *

11.55pm  Men's Rugby 7's ............... Thunderbolts vs France

11.55pm Boxing ................................ Preliminary bouts

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                       Wednesday August 10th (morning)

1.15am   Women's Basketball ........ Opals vs France

2.00am   Swimming ........................... Heats

2.00am   Women's Waterpolo ........... Stingers vs Russia  

5.00am    Diving ................................ Women's synchronised 10m platform final  * * *

5.00am   Gymnastics ........................ Women's team final * * *

5.00am   Women's Soccer ................ Matildas vs Zimbabwe

5.00am   Men's Rugby 7's ................ Thunderbolts vs Spain

9.30am   Men's Hockey .................... Kookaburras vs Belgium

10.00pm Men's Waterpolo ................ Sharks vs Japan

11.00am Swimming .......................... Women's 200m freestyle final (11.19am) * * *

                                                            Men's 200m butterfly final (11.28am) * * *

                                                            Women's 200 IM final (12.29pm) * * *

                                                            Men's 4 x 200 freestyle relay final (12.38pm) * * *         

Edited August 9, 2016 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Trying to figure out why i'm being forced to watch the last quarter of a greece v serbia water polo match when the australian womens beach volleyball ball team are currently playing?

I have the 7 app, however 6min later it's still buffering. 

Pathetic coverage by channel 7, but should i be suprised?

Edited August 8, 2016 by AngryAtCasey

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Australian Women Rugby 7's team defeat Canada 17-5 to secure a medal. Just a question now of whether it will be gold or silver?

As a nation we're yet to win a silver medal at these games yet. Lets hope it stays that way a little longer!

In other team sports over night the news hasn't been as good. The Hockeyroos lost their 2nd match to start the tournament 1-2 to USA which was another game they'd of expected to win.

While our beach volleyball team of Laird & De Solar also had their 2nd loss from 2 games, loosing in three sets to the Swiss despite having 4 match points in the third set. Was a very good match to watch. They'll need to win their final group match now if they're to progress to the Round of 16.

Edited August 8, 2016 by AngryAtCasey

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Boomers run out 15 point winners over Serbia 95-80 outscoring the Serbians 33-17 in the final term.

Brilliant effort by the Boomers and Matthew Dellavedova in particular.

Things may be a little tougher for them in their next match v The Dream Team however.

[Macca 16,972]

Pearls 24 - 5 in front with 2:30 minutes to go!

 

Edit: Gold to Australia in the women's rugby 7's!!

An excellent win too ... 24 - 17 in the end. 

Charlotte Caslick is a star ... well done to the Pearls.

Edited August 8, 2016 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,212]

28 minutes ago, Macca said:

Pearls 24 - 5 in front with 2:30 minutes to go!

 

Edit: Gold to Australia in the women's rugby 7's!!

An excellent win too ... 24 - 17 in the end. 

Charlotte Caslick is a star ... well done to the Pearls.

A great performance after the Kiwis had them on the back foot for the first 6 minutes.

We were fortunate with the first try, but fortunately we won by a converted try and we didn't convert the first try so we'd of won anyway. Also doubt we'd of given up that final try if we didn't have the buffer we did at the time.

Feel sorry for the Kiwis, in fact I always feel for the silver medalists in team events as they're always coming off a loss compared to the bronze & gold medalists.

The Australian Olympic team tracking a lot better these games then 4 years ago Macca!

Edited August 8, 2016 by AngryAtCasey
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[Macca 16,972]

46 minutes ago, AngryAtCasey said:

A great performance after the Kiwis had them on the back foot for the first 6 minutes.

We were fortunate with the first try, but fortunately we won by a converted try and we didn't convert the first try so we'd of won anyway. Also doubt we'd of given up that final try if we didn't have the buffer we did at the time.

Feel sorry for the Kiwis, in fact I always feel for the silver medalists in team events as they're always coming off a loss compared to the bronze & gold medalists.

The Australian Olympic team tracking a lot better these games then 4 years ago Macca!

Agreed on all points TD

Especially your last point!

Now for our swimmers to get amongst it (again)

 

[MadAsHell 4,212]

No medals in the pool tonight, but in better news the Australian Womens Beach Volleyball team of Clancy & Bawden won their 2nd match securing their passage to the Round of 16. Next match will just determine their positioning in that stage.

[Macca 16,972]

53 minutes ago, AngryAtCasey said:

No medals in the pool tonight, but in better news the Australian Womens Beach Volleyball team of Clancy & Bawden won their 2nd match securing their passage to the Round of 16. Next match will just determine their positioning in that stage.

Bit disappointing to not at least pick up a medal or 2 in the swimming this morning but it's tough competition.

If it was easy we'd win 20+ gold medals every Olympics.  We're tracking very well, all things considered.

Well placed in the individual & team eventing in the equestrian  ... leading in both apparently with the show jumping to come tonight (11pm) 

[Macca 16,972]

Our women’s Rugby Sevens team wasn’t made up of born footy players

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What made the triumph more remarkable was the fact so few of our girls had a history of playing rugby sevens.

When it was announced the sport would be part of the Olympics in Brazil, Australia began scouring the nation to find the best available talent — from any background — that would give them the best chance of finishing atop the podium in 2016.

The ARU held a series of national talent searches across the country, where interested players were encouraged to come and try out.

It was a stroke of genius.

Edited August 9, 2016 by Macca

[Macca 16,972]

Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read.

Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results)

* * *  Denotes gold medal event

                       Tuesday August 9th (evening)

7,00pm   Highlights program ............ In Rio Today (7hd/7)

9.30pm   Rowing .............................. Quarter finals & Semi finals

11.00pm  Equestrian ......................... Eventing Individual* jumping final * * *

                                                            Eventing Team* jumping final * * *

11.55pm  Men's Rugby 7's ................ Thunderbolts vs France

11.55pm  Boxing ................................ Preliminary bouts

 

*Australian Christopher Burton is currently in 1st position after the cross country division of the individual eventing whilst the Australian team is also in 1st position after the cross country division of the team eventing. 

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                       Wednesday August 10th (morning)

1.15am   Women's Basketball ........ Opals vs France

2.00am   Swimming ........................... Heats

2.00am   Women's Waterpolo ............ Stingers vs Russia  

5.00am    Diving ................................. Women's synchronised 10m platform final  * * *

5.00am   Gymnastics ......................... Women's team final * * *

5.00am   Women's Soccer ................. Matildas vs Zimbabwe

5.00am   Men's Rugby 7's ................. Thunderbolts vs Spain

9.30am   Men's Hockey ...................... Kookaburras vs Belgium

                       11.00am Swimming Finals

Women's 200m freestyle final - Emma McKeon, Bronte Barratt (11.19am) * * *

Men's 200m butterfly final (11.28am) * * *

 Women's 200 IM final - Alicia Coutts (12.29pm) * * *

 Men's 4 x 200 freestyle relay final - Australia - TBC (12.38pm) * * *               

                       Wednesday August 10th (evening)

7,00pm   Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7)

9.30pm    Rowing ............................... Repechages & semi finals 

                                                             Men's quadruple sculls final - TBC (11.22pm) * * *

                                                             Women's quadruple sculls final - TBC (11.34pm) * * *

9.30pm    Women's Road Cycling ...... Women's time trial final * * *

11.55pm  Women's Hockey ..............Hockeyroos vs India

11.55pm  Men's Road Cycling ............ Men's time trial final * * *

11.55pm  Boxing ................................. Preliminary bouts

12.00pm  Beach Volleyball (W) .......... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Netherlands

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                        Thursday August 11th (morning)

12.30am  Men's Rugby 7's ................. Thunderbolts vs South Africa

2.00am    Beach Volleyball (W) .......... Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs China

2.00am    Swimming ........................... Heats

5.00am    Diving ................................. Men's synchronised 3m springboard final  * * *

5.00am    Gymnastics ......................... Men's all-around final * * *

8.00am    Men's Basketball ................. Boomers vs USA

9.30am    Men's Hockey ...................... Kookaburras vs Great Britain

                       11.00am  Swimming Finals

Men's 200m breaststroke final (11.03am) * * *

Women's 200m butterfly final (11.54am) * * *

Men's 100m freestyle final (12.03pm) * * *

Women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay final (12.55pm) * * *

Edited August 10, 2016 by Macca

[RalphiusMaximus 6,053]

Things are insanely close in the equestrian right now.  We're in second place in the teams event, marginally ahead of the French.  Right now we need our last rider to go clear in the jumping leg to get us the Silver.  If he does that and Mark Todd has a disaster on his round then we might sneak the Gold.  For reference, Mark Todd is one of the best riders in the world, has been for about twenty years and the chances of him blowing this are probably similar to the chances of Melbourne playing finals this year. 

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Seems the gold medal from our women's rugby 7's didn't rub off on the men who lost first up to France 14-31.

As you said RM, lets hope for the same miracle in the equestrian that we are in the AFL.

 

[RalphiusMaximus 6,053]

Well, we had a mixed miracle with the Horsies.  Mark Todd did indeed stuff it up and knocked the Kiwis out of the medals, but then our last rider knocked two rails down as well and suddenly we're in third behind the French and German teams. 

 

I guess this means that The Saints are going to get eighth spot? 

[MadAsHell 4,212]

8 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Well, we had a mixed miracle with the Horsies.  Mark Todd did indeed stuff it up and knocked the Kiwis out of the medals, but then our last rider knocked two rails down as well and suddenly we're in third behind the French and German teams. 

 

I guess this means that The Saints are going to get eighth spot? 

Always a bit disappointing when you fall from a gold medal position to the bronze. But a great effort either way, considering our once dominance in equestrian hasn't been there since Sydney 2000.

Edited August 9, 2016 by AngryAtCasey

[MadAsHell 4,212]

 

Australia Opals seem to have found their groove with a 89-71 victory over France.

Opals had been scratchy in their fiest two matches, but from part way through tje 2nd term the Opals found some breathing space and never looked back. Penny Taylor reminding everyone why she's one of the worlds best players.

Meanwhile our mens rugby 7's team are in all sorts, just ahead 14-12 at half time with Spain. 

Loose this and there goes any medal chance for them. Baring a miracle.

Edited August 9, 2016 by AngryAtCasey

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Rugby 7's win 26-12 to keep their medal chances alive. Meanwhile the matildas are 2-0 up on Zimbabwe to also keep their chances of progressing to the quarter finals alive.

[Macca 16,972]

The Matildas are now assured of a Q/F berth after their 6 - 1 victory over Zimbabwe.

And the Stingers (the women's water polo team) had a convincing first-up win over Russia (14 - 4)

Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read.

Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results)

* * *  Denotes gold medal event

                        

                         Wednesday August 10th (morning)

9.30am   Men's Hockey ...................... Kookaburras vs Belgium

                           11.00am Swimming Finals

Women's 200m freestyle final - Emma McKeon, Bronte Barratt (11.19am) * * *

Men's 200m butterfly final (11.28am) * * *

 Women's 200 IM final - Alicia Coutts (12.29pm) * * *

 Men's 4 x 200 freestyle relay final - Australia (12.38pm) * * *               

                       Wednesday August 10th (evening)

7,00pm   Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7)

9.30pm    Rowing ............................... Repechages & semi finals 

                                                             Men's quadruple sculls final - Australia (L3) (11.22pm) * * *

                                                             Women's quadruple sculls final (11.34pm) * * *

9.30pm    Women's Road Cycling ...... Women's time trial final * * *

11.55pm  Women's Hockey ..............Hockeyroos vs India

11.55pm  Men's Road Cycling ............ Men's time trial final * * *

11.55pm  Boxing ................................. Preliminary bouts

12.00pm  Beach Volleyball (W) .......... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Netherlands

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                        Thursday August 11th (morning)

12.30am  Men's Rugby 7's ................ Thunderbolts vs South Africa

2.00am    Beach Volleyball (W) ......... Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs China

2.00am    Swimming .......................... Heats

5.00am    Diving ................................. Men's synchronised 3m springboard final  * * *

5.00am    Gymnastics ........................ Men's all-around final * * *

8.00am    Men's Basketball ................ Boomers vs USA

9.30am    Men's Hockey ..................... Kookaburras vs Great Britain

                       11.00am  Swimming Finals

Men's 200m breaststroke final (11.03am) * * *

Women's 200m butterfly final - Brianna Throssell (L1), Madeline Groves (L4) (11.54am) * * *

Men's 100m freestyle final - Cameron McEvoy (L3), Kyle Chalmers (L5) (12.03pm) * * *

Women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay final - Australia TBC (12.55pm) * * *

 

Edited August 10, 2016 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,212]

While are basketball teams are flying with 5 wins from 5 matches combined, our hockey teams are really struggling with only one win from 5 matches now.

Kookaburra's went down 1-0 to Belgium and are now really up against it. They have Great Britain next and need a win to get some confidence back before the quarter finals. They certainly beat Brazil in their final match, but a win over decent opposition is what they really need.

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Bronze to Emma McKeon in the 200m Freestyle. 

Great effort by the girl after her poor swin in the final of the 100m Fly. She went out hard and held on for bronze.

That's a bronze to be proud of. And also well done to Bronte Barratt swimming a PB in her final individual swim.

[Macca 16,972]

So close to another gold but to medal is an achievement in the whole scheme of things ...

Aussies pay price for clipped fences as gold slips from Australia’s grasp in the eventing team’s event

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Like a batsman getting a thin edge Christopher Burton sensed the “thud of death’’ behind him and knew the gold was gone midway through his round.

“It is pretty hard to miss the oohs noise the crowd make in a stadium like this. The horse is still learning but I am not disappointed in him. He is a little superstar.’’

Emma McKeon claims bronze in super heat won by American star Katie Ledecky

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EMMA McKeon has pulled out a stunning 200m freestyle performance with an incredibly brave swim to claim a deserved bronze medal at the Rio Olympic Games.

Just 48 hours after she shed tears of disappointment over her 100m butterfly final, McKeon bounced back with an outstanding swim against two of the biggest names in the sport to finish third.

 

[Macca 16,972]

Medal chances tonight in the Rowing,  Men's & Women's Cycling time trials & Swimming (x 3) ...

Daily schedule from NBC.com ... although the site is US based, the website does convert the event times to AEST and is easy to read.

Chronological summary, results & scheduling of each day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Wiki) (click on any day for the schedule or results)

* * *  Denotes gold medal event

                      Wednesday August 10th (evening)

7,00pm    Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7)

9.30pm    Rowing ............................... Repechages & semi finals 

                                                             Men's quadruple sculls final - Australia (L3) (11.22pm) * * *

                                                             Women's quadruple sculls final (11.34pm) * * *

9.30pm    Women's Road Cycling ...... Women's time trial final * * *

10.00pm  Men's Waterpolo ................ Sharks vs Japan

11.55pm  Women's Hockey ..............Hockeyroos vs India

11.55pm  Men's Road Cycling ............ Men's time trial final * * *

11.55pm  Boxing ................................. Preliminary bouts

12.00pm  Beach Volleyball (W) .......... Australia (Clancy & Bawden) vs Netherlands

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                        Thursday August 11th (morning)

12.30am  Men's Rugby 7's ................ Thunderbolts vs South Africa

2.00am    Beach Volleyball (W) ......... Australia (Laird & Artacho del Solar) vs China

2.00am    Swimming .......................... Heats

5.00am    Diving ................................ Men's synchronised 3m springboard final  * * *

5.00am    Gymnastics ....................... Men's all-around final * * *

6.00am    Men's Rugby 7's ............... Men's quarter finals x 4  

8.00am    Men's Basketball .............. Boomers vs USA

9.30am    Men's Hockey ................... Kookaburras vs Great Britain

                       11.00am  Swimming Finals

Men's 200m breaststroke final (11.03am) * * *

Women's 200m butterfly final - Brianna Throssell (L1), Madeline Groves (L4) (11.54am) * * *

Men's 100m freestyle final - Cameron McEvoy (L3), Kyle Chalmers (L5) (12.03pm) * * *

Women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay final - Australia TBC (12.55pm) * * *

                     Thursday August 11th (evening)

7,00pm    Highlights program ............. In Rio Today (7hd/7)

9.30pm    Rowing ............................... Semi finals

                                                             Men's coxless pair final (10.52pm) * * *

                                                             Women's double sculls final (11.04pm) * * *

                                                             Men's double sculls final (11.24pm) * * *

                                                             Men's lightweight coxless four final (11.44pm) * * *

11.20pm  Women's Waterpolo ........... Stingers vs Italy

11.55pm  Boxing ................................ Preliminary bouts

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                     Friday August 12th (morning)

1.30pm Canoe/Kayak ....................... Men's canoe double slalom S/F & Final * * *

                                                             Women's kayak single slalom S/F & Final * * *

2.00am  Swimming ............................ Heats

6.00am  Men's Rugby 7's .................. Men's semi finals x 2  

5.00am  Gymnastics .......................... Women's all-around final * * *

5.00am  Cycling (track) ...................... Qualifying Men's & Women's team pursuit

                                                             Men's team sprint finals (7.21am) * * *

6.45am  Women's Basketball .......... Opals vs Japan

7.00am  Women's Hockey ............... Hockeyroos vs Argentina

7.30am   Men's Rugby 7's ................. Men's bronze medal match  * * *

8.00am   Men's Rugby 7's ................. Men's gold medal match  * * *

                     11.00am Swimming Finals 

Women's 200m breaststroke final (11.17am) * * *

Men's 200m backstroke final (11.26am) * * *

Men's 200m IM final (12.01pm) * * *

Women's 100m freestyle final (12.18pm) * * *  

Edited August 10, 2016 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Thanks for the update once again Macca.

A few crucial team sport matches overnight. Our Rugby 7's team need a good result to progress to the quarter finals, the hockeyroos need to knock over Argentina to get their campaign back on track while in the beach volleyball Laird & Del Solar need to win to keep their hopes of progressing to the Round of 16 alive.

[Macca 16,972]

1 hour ago, AngryAtCasey said:

Thanks for the update once again Macca.

A few crucial team sport matches overnight. Our Rugby 7's team need a good result to progress to the quarter finals, the hockeyroos need to knock over Argentina to get their campaign back on track while in the beach volleyball Laird & Del Solar need to win to keep their hopes of progressing to the Round of 16 alive.

Typical of the Olympics isn't it? ... we often do well or very well in events in an unexpected way and often not-so-well with the more fancies chances in other events.  Of course sport is the ultimate reality show so anything can happen and often does.

The biggest long shots in terms of winning a medal of any colour in the team events would be the Boomers and the Sharks (men's waterpolo) ... wouldn't it be great to see a medal in either sport?  More so the Boomers because of their profile and so far, they're tracking very well. 

The Sharks aren't out of medal contention with 8 nations qualifying for the Q/F's but we'll need to defeat Japan tonight and then defeat one of Greece or Serbia to have a chance of advancing.

As always, the team events are great to watch with so much on the line in any of the matches.  Getting to the Q/F's is not always as easy as it might seem and as we know, anything can happen once it's gets to the knockout stage.

Both the men's & women's hockey teams need to get a move on.

[MadAsHell 4,212]

A talking point from today that had slipped my mind until now was the decision to withdraw Cam McEvoy from the 4 x 200m squad to rest him for the 100m Freestyle final.

McEvoy's replacement Daniel Smith swam a good second plus slower then the other relay members. Having McEvoy instead could have secured a bronze or silver instead of 4th.

I hope Cam wins gold in the 100m Freestyle tomorrow so the end justify the means.