Olympics 2012 - Saturday 4 August

9:00am Saturday 4 August on BBC THREE

Today’s London 2012 Olympics coverage on BBC Three.

Olympics 2012 – 0900-1400

Presenters: Rishi Persad with Jonathan Edwards, Michael Johnson and Denise Lewis

A morning of Athletics to look forward to as Jessica Ennis continues her Heptathlon campaign and we get a first look at the fastest men in the world.

Plus news of British competitors and teams in action in the first few hours of ‘Super Saturday’.

And around lunchtime, a visit to Weymouth to check on progress at the Sailing regatta.

Athletics:

10:00 Men’s 100m Preliminary Round

10:05 Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump

10:35 Men’s 400m Round 1 – Heats

11:35 Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Rnd 1-Heats

11:40 Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw – Gp A

12:30 Men’s 100m Round 1 – Heats

Olympics 2012 – 1400-1900

Presenter: Manish Bhasin

The Badminton and Tennis competitions have reached the stage when medals are being won; Britain’s women’s Hockey team play a crucial fourth out of five preliminary matches against China and there’s the possibility of the Men’s Football team in quarter final action at Wembley if they’ve finished second in their group.

Badminton:

13:30 Women’s Singles Gold

13:30 Women’s Doubles Gold

Hockey:

16:00 Women’s Preliminary GB v China

Tennis:

14:00 Men’s Doubles Gold Medal Match

Football:

14:30 Men’s Q/Final 2

Olympics 2012 – 1900-2300

Presenters: Jake Humphrey with Clare Balding and Mark Foster

It’s the final night of Swimming with the spotlight on the fastest woman over 50 metres. Can Fran Halsall improve on her 2011 world championship fourth place and win a medal? Also by the end of competition, who will have dominated the medal podium? Will it be the USA and Michael Phelps again?

There’s also the possibility of the British Men’s football team playing a quarter final match this evening if they’ve finished top of their preliminary group.

Also late night Basketball with Great Britain’s Men meeting traditional rivals Australia.

Swimming:

19:30 Women’s 50m Freestyle Final

19:36 Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final

20:07 Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final

20:25 Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final

Football:

19:30 Men’s Q/Final 1

Basketball:

Men’s Preliminary GB v Australia

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