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After a 112-year absence, golf returns to the Olympics with first-round action in the men's competition (4:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Golf Channel).
And in the pool, Michael Phelps sets out to do one more thing no Olympian has done before. If he can win the 200 IM competition, he'll be the first swimmer to win an individual event at four consecutive Games (7-11 p.m., tape-delayed, NBC/Ch. 5
NBC/Ch. 5 • Rowing – semifinals and finals; Women's water polo – USA vs. China (9-11 a.m.)
• Swimming – qualifying heats (11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)
• Women's beach volleyball – Fendrick-Sweat/USA vs. TBA/Russia; Men's beach volleyball – Dalhausser-Lucena/USA vs. Nicolai/Lupo/Italy; Canoe/kayak – whitewater finals (1:30-4 p.m.)
• Women's gymnastics – individual all-around final; Swimming — Men's 50m freestyle semifinals; Women's 200m breaststroke final; Men's 200m backstroke final; Women's 200m backstroke semifinals; Men's 200m IMedley final; Women's 100m freestyle final; Men's 100m butterfly semifinals (7-11 p.m.)
• Women's gymnastics – individual all-around Gold Medal final; Canoe/kayak – whitewater final (11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.)
NBCSN • Women's archery – individuals eliminations; Beach volleyball – prelims (6-7:45 a.m.)
• Women's fencing – team epee quarterfinals; Women's judo – 78kg elimination round; Women's archery – individual final (7:45-11:30 a.m.
• Men's rugby – semifinals (11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
• Women's archery – individual final; Women's Judo – final; Beach Volleyball – prelims (12:30-3:30 p.m.
• Men's rugby – bronze gold medal final (4:30-5:30 p.m.)
• Women's field hockey – USA. vs. India (4:30-6 p.m.)
• Boxing – elimination matches; Men's table tennis – singles final; Men's volleyball – USA vs. Brazil; Women's shooting – rifle, three positions finals (6-10 p.m.
USA • Women's water polo – Italy vs. Australia (7-8:30 a.m.
• Men's table tennis – semifinals; Badminton – prelims (8:30-11 a.m.)
• Men's Basketball – Brazil vs. Croatia (11 a.m.-1 p.m.)
• Badminton – prelims; Men's handall — Brazil vs. Germany (1-3 p.m.)
MSNBC • Beach volleyball – prelims; Women's water polo – Spain vs. Hungary (10 a.m.-noon)
• Men's volleyball – Poland vs. Argentina (noon-1:45 p.m.)
• Equestrian – team dressage qualifying; Sailing (1:45-3 p.m.)
CNBC • Women's Fencing – Team Epee Final; Cycling – track final (3-6 p.m.)
Golf Channel • Men's first round — 4:30 a.m.-1 p.m..
Bravo • Tennis competition — 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Basketball specialty channel • Women – Belarus vs. Turkey (9:15-11 a.m.)
• Men – Brazil vs. Croatia (11:15 a.m.-1 p.m.)
• Men – Nigeria vs. Spain (4-5:45 p.m.)
• Men – Lithuania vs. Argentina (7:30 -9:15 p.m.)