2008 Olympic event schedules

[dsapery]

First off, I apologise in advance if someone else already posted this. I did a search but didn't find it.

Here is the schedule of the fencing events at the Olympics this year with all of the start times converted to EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. If you're elsewhere in the US, please forgive me for standardizing on my time zone. :-)

Women's Saber - Fri Aug 8 to Sat Aug 9
10:00pm-1:45am Round of 64 through quarterfinals
7:00am Semifinals
7:50am Bronze Medal Match
8:10am Gold Medal Match

Men's Epee - Sat Aug 9 to Sun Aug 10
10:00pm-3:00am Round of 64 through quarterfinals
7:00am Semifinals
8:10am Bronze Medal Match
8:40am Gold Medal Match

Women's Foil - Sun Aug 10 to Mon Aug 11
10:00pm-3:00am Round of 64 through quarterfinals
7:00am Semifinals
8:10am Bronze Medal Match
8:40am Gold Medal Match

Men's Saber - Mon Aug 11 to Tue Aug 12
10:00pm-1:45am Round of 64 through quarterfinals
7:00am Semifinals
7:50am Bronze Medal Match
8:10am Gold Medal Match

Men's Foil - Tue Aug 12 to Wed Aug 13
10:00pm-1:00am Round of 32 through quarterfinals
6:00am Semifinals
8:00am Bronze Medal Match
9:00am Gold Medal Match

Women's Epee - Wed Aug 13
1:30am-4:30am Round of 32 through quarterfinals
7:00am Semifinals
8:30am Bronze Medal Match
9:30am Gold Medal Match

Women's Saber Team - Wed Aug 13 to Thu Aug 14
9:30pm Quarterfinals
10:40pm Losers bracket
11:40pm Semifinals
12:50am 5th place and 7th place matches
6:00am Bronze Medal Match
7:00am Gold Medal Match

Men's Epee Team - Thu Aug 14 to Fri Aug 15
9:00pm Round of 16 (1 match)
11:00pm Quarterfinals
12:30am Losers bracket
2:00am Semifinals
3:30am 5th place and 7th place matches
6:00am Bronze Medal Match
7:30am Gold Medal Match

Women's Foil Team - Fri Aug 15 to Sat Aug 16
9:00pm Quarterfinals
10:30pm Losers bracket
12:00am Semifinals
1:30am 5th place and 7th place matches
6:00am Bronze Medal Match
7:30am Gold Medal Match

Men's Saber Team - Sat Aug 16 to Sun Aug 17
9:30pm Quarterfinals
10:40pm Losers bracket
11:40pm Semifinals
12:50am 5th place and 7th place matches
6:00am Bronze Medal Match
7:00am Gold Medal Match

[Phrogger]

BRILLIANT.

Thank you so much. I was struggling to figure out when I would be able to watch the "live" coverage, as NBC only lists a 6-hour window for coverage.

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!

BRILLIANT.

Thank you so much. I was struggling to figure out when I would be able to watch the "live" coverage, as NBC only lists a 6-hour window for coverage.

Check out my previous mention of web TV by Swedish state TV. Their short-time channel for niche sports (fencing, gymnastics,archery, etc) is called Peking+


Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

[fencerbill]

Will commentary be in Swedish? How can we pick up your live translation?

[Phrogger]

Hi!




Check out my previous mention of web TV by Swedish state TV. Their short-time channel for niche sports (fencing, gymnastics,archery, etc) is called Peking+


Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

Thanks, Peter- I must have missed it. Hopefully it isn't blocked in the U.S. Can you link to the post again?

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!

Will commentary be in Swedish? How can we pick up your live translation?

According to the column by a sports pundit in the largest national newspaper, there will be no commentary at all, is Swedish or otherwise. I can not find any mention about the broadcasts on the website of the Swedish fencing federation.

IF they change their mind (highly unlikely) and there is Swedish commentary, I might be able to provide some after-the-fact translation. I will be staying at my parents summer cottage during the first day of fencing coverage, and fly back the 2nd day. I will in all likelihood see very little, if any at all, fencing during those two days. Even after that, I do not have a recorder, nor am a I real-time translator.

Since the fencing coverage will be via webcast, I can not record it. If Edew can record it somehow, then I could write a translation and post it here, once I get his putative DVD´s of the coverage.

Here is the relevant website with the broadcast times. Look for "Fäktning". All times are CET, 1 hour east of Greenwich Mean Time.


Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

[silver2e]

This is what I find for fencing on the site.
http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?...7&lpos=extra_1
CET time
10 aug
13.50-15.30 Fäktning, värja semi och final herrar.

11 aug
12.55-15.30 Fäktning, florett semi och final damer.

12 aug
07.00-07-45 Fäktning, sabel herrar.
12.50-14.50 Fäktning, sabel herrar, semifinal, bronsmatch och final.

13 aug
06.50-08.45 Fäktning, florett och värja.

14 aug
11.55-14.20 Fäktning, sabel lag damer final.

Looks like there's no WS individ and no MS Team events scheduled--or did I read this wrong? Now just have to figure out the Eastern DST for the events!

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!

This is what I find for fencing on the site.


Looks like there's no WS individ and no MS Team events scheduled--or did I read this wrong? Now just have to figure out the Eastern DST for the events!

Upon rechecking, that is indeed the case. OTOH, This channel shows 2 hours, 25 minutes of the final bouts of the WST event. That is in all likelyhood more than two hours more than what NBC will show.

In Sweden, sabre is a distant 3rd among the weapons. That might have influenced the decisions by the TV executives.


Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

[Timacheff]

We will be posting images each day on FencingPhotos.com ... typically a few best shots of the action, medals, etc. as well as feeding images to various media sources, including Fencing.net.

The comprehensive set of images will be going up during and after the games, including the major action from semi-finals and finals as well as preliminary action.

As some of you may know, for this Olympic Games Amy Timacheff (my wife, who is also a photographer) will be working specifically with the U.S. team and USOC to get shots that I typically don't have bandwidth to get as I work with the entire FIE "family" of athletes. Amy is the one who photographed the official portraits of the athletes in Portland, and she's been working closely with the USFA and Fencing.net to plan for coverage.

Amy is very excited to be working with them at the Games, and I'm jazzed that she'll be with me and that we'll be working together. I will also be providing action and other shots of U.S. athletes, especially when they make it into higher rounds. I'll also be at the Opening Ceremonies, and we're still trying to get Amy a ticket.

Please feel free to let us know if there are any athletes or anything else you think you'd like to see us cover (specifically in regards to fencing) while we're there.

Following the games, we'll have a special feature on the Web site with top images.

[Mr.MightyMouse]

Thanks in advance, Serge.

On the other hand, almost all semis start between 3 and 4 a.m. on the West Coast - I'll be turning into "The Machinist."

[JacopoP]

Hi guys. I'm an Italian sports fan, and also a close friend of Andrea Baldini (#1 of Foil Ranking), so I was looking for a way to follow his performance at the olympics. Maybe my english is so bad but I didn't understand how this swedish channel is played. I mean... is it a webTV? Do I need a sotfware for it?

Thank you.

[erooMynohtnA]

Hi guys. I'm an Italian sports fan, and also a close friend of Andrea Baldini (#1 of Foil Ranking), so I was looking for a way to follow his performance at the olympics. Maybe my english is so bad but I didn't understand how this swedish channel is played. I mean... is it a webTV? Do I need a sotfware for it?

Thank you.

Your English seems pretty good. I don't think anyone has figured out the Swedish channel yet.

NBC should be showing a lot of the fencing on NBCOlympics.com. The schedule is detailed here: Olympic fencing coverage

[telkanuru]

I was under the impression that the NBC site was US viewers only.

[fnzizxpnzve]

Pictures of the USA and Italian foil/sabre teams would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance and have a great time!

[500gms]

Athens,2004 RAI had all or most of the fencing broacast on the internet. Other than Swedish TV are there any websites that will have the fencing events from Beijing for free like RAI did in 2004?

[Capt. Slo-mo]

Allegedly, www.nbcolympics.com

[bunbury]

I was under the impression that the NBC site was US viewers only.

A simple proxy can get around any of these types of restrictions, if they even existed.

[Army Fencer]

It looks like Baldini isn't going to be fencing for the Italian team:

http://www.rte.ie/sport/2008/0806/fencing.html

[Capt. Slo-mo]

I was under the impression that the NBC site was US viewers only.

A simple proxy can get around any of these types of restrictions, if they even existed.

I can now attest that the video clips and streams on the www.NBColympics.com site are indeed restricted when one is outside the USA. For those of us with Internet Display in International Olympic Timezones (IDIOT) disabilities, how does one go about setting up a "simple proxy" to bypass the restrictions?

[DJ Apostrophe]

Less than 14 hours to go... who's excited???

-w