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Today's NBC Olympics TV schedule: Saturday, August 13, 2016

The middle Saturday of the Summer Olympics always features some of the biggest spectacles, and this year in Rio de Janeiro is no different.

The middle Saturday of the Summer Olympics always features some of the Games' biggest spectacles, and this year in Rio de Janeiro is no different. Michael Phelps goes for one last swimming gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay, while at the track, the highlight is the women's 100-meter sprint final. There are also heats of the men's 100m featuring Usain Bolt, and the women's 400m featuring Allyson Felix.

Here are Saturday's full listings. All event broadcasts are live except for those noted with an asterisk, and all times are Eastern.

If you want to watch online, all events are streamed live at NBCOlympics.com and in Spanish at TelemundoDeportes.com. Access is free with authentication through participating pay-TV providers.

These track and field events will be televised live during NBC's primetime broadcast:

- Men's long jump gold medal final
- Men's 10,000m run gold medal final
- Women's 100m sprint semifinals and final
- Women's heptathlon 800m run

- Women's 50m freestyle gold medal final
- Men's 1500m freestyle gold medal final
- Women's 4x100m medley relay gold medal final
- Men's 4x100m medley relay gold medal final

12:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.: Track and field, semifinals
1:35 a.m. to 5 a.m.: Primetime encore

2 a.m. to 6 a.m.: NBCSN primetime encore
6 a.m. to 7 a.m.: NBC late night encore
8 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Women's fencing, team sabre quarterfinals; Track and field, qualifying rounds; Men's discus gold medal final*
12 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.: Men's soccer, Portugal vs. Germany quarterfinal; Men's shooting, skeet gold medal final
2:40 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Men's trampoline, gold medal final; Men's soccer, Nigeria vs. Denmark quarterfinal (joined in progress at 3:15); Women's cycling, track gold medal finals*; Men's beach volleyball, Pedro/Evandro (Brazil) vs. Liamin/Barsuk (Russia)*
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Men's basketball, Spain vs. Lithuania; Cycling, track finals*; Men's boxing, elimination matches*
9 p.m. to 12 a.m.: Men's soccer, Brazil vs. Colombia quarterfinal; Men's weightlifting, 94kg gold medal final*; Men's shooting, pistol gold medal final*

9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.: Women's water polo, Russia vs. Italy; Women's fencing, team sabre semifinals; Cycling, track qualifying
1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Men's badminton doubles, Chew/Pongnairat (United States) vs. Fuchs/Schoettler (Germany)*; Men's badminton singles, Shu (United States) vs. Guerrero (Cuba)*; Women's table tennis, team quarterfinal*; Men's volleyball, Poland vs. Russia
4 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.: Women's fencing, team sabre bronze and gold medal matches; Sailing*

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Men's beach volleyball, Alison/Bruno (Brazil) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain); Women's beach volleyball, Pavan/Bansley (Canada) vs. Broder/Valjas (Canada); Men's handball, Slovenia vs. Germany*
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Men's basketball, Argentina vs. Brazil (LIVE)

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Women's field hockey, United States vs. Great Britain
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Men's soccer, South Korea vs. Honduras quarterfinal (joined in progress, kickoff is at 6 p.m.)

5 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.: Golf Central live from the Olympics
6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Men's golf, third round
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Golf Central live from the Olympics
11 p.m. to 5 a.m.: Men's golf, third round encore

11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Tennis, whip-around coverage of all matches

11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Women's basketball, Australia vs. Belarus
1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Men's basketball, Argentina vs. Brazil
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Men's basketball, Argentina vs. Brazil encore
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Women's basketball, Turkey vs. Brazil*
6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.: Men's basketball, Spain vs. Lithuania
7:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Women's basketball, Japan vs. France
9:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.: Men's basketball, Croatia vs. Nigeria

3 a.m. to 5 a.m.: Late night encore
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: News recap; Men's soccer, Portugal vs. Germany quarterfinal
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Men's volleyball, Canada vs. Mexico*; Men's soccer, Nigeria vs. Denmark quarterfinal
12 a.m. to 2 a.m.: Late night recap

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