The 2018 US Winter National Swimming Championships will be live-streamed on USASwimming.org and telecast on the Olympic Channel. Prelims, as usual, will be live-streamed on USA Swimming’s home page. Mirroring this summer’s National Championship meet, which caused frustration for fans having to flip back-and-forth between platforms, the evening sessions will be split between USA Swimming and the Olympic Channel/NBCSports.com, with interested viewers having to flip between the two to see the B Finals and then the A finals.
There will then be two re-packaged broadcasts of the finals on NBC’s networks. The day after the meet’s conclusion, on Sunday, December 2nd, the finals highlights will be aired in a 2-hour segment on NBC Sports Network at 10PM Eastern. They’ll be re-aired 2 weeks later on NBC at 3PM Eastern Time.
| Date | Network | Time (ET) | Event | Live or Delay | Webcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 28 | N/A | 6 p.m. ET | 800 Freestyle Heats | Live | usaswimming.org |
| November 29 | N/A | 9 a.m. ET | Day 2 Prelims | Live | usaswimming.org |
| November 29 | Olympic Channel | 5 p.m. ET | Day 2 A Finals | Live | nbcsports.com |
| November 29 | N/A | 5 p.m. ET | Day 2 B Finals | Live | usaswimming.org |
| November 30 | N/A | 9 a.m. ET | Day 3 Prelims | Live | usaswimming.org |
| November 30 | Olympic Channel | 5 p.m. ET | Day 3 A Finals | Live | nbcsports.com |
| November 30 | N/A | 5 p.m. ET | Day 3 B Finals | Live | usaswimming.org |
| December 1 | N/A | 9 a.m. ET | Day 4 Prelims | Live | usaswimming.org |
| December 1 | N/A | 5 p.m. ET | Day 4 Finals | Live | usaswimming.org |
| December 2 | NBC Sports Network | 10 p.m. ET | Finals | Taped | nbcports.com |
| December 16 | NBC | 3 p.m. ET | Finals | Taped | nbcports.com |
Agree 100% with “not shocking”. And for us cable-cutters, you’re screwed all around with NBC owning all the coverage of major international events in swimming as well as the other fun-to-watch olympic style sports, like track-and-field. Sure, it’s “free”!!! Just watch the stream by logging in with your cable carrier. Well, that doesn’t work if you don’t get cable. I guess the “netflix model” is where we’re at. Pay to watch. Sucks, but i suppose that’s what it is.
says tv finals start at 5p but meet info says finals start at 6p
did they change the start time for finals – anyone know
Meet info here agrees with schedule above – https://swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-winter-nationals-meet-info-8-28-18.pdf
First day starts at 6PM, but all other days start at 5PM. Do you have a link to where you see that all sessions start at 6? If you send it, I can pass it along to USA Swimming so that they can get it corrected to match the above.
Disappointed, but not surprised, that we’re sticking with a setup that doesn’t allow any true swim fans to watch finals in their entirety in one spot. Not exactly the same but I personally feel it compares to if during a baseball game we showed the 1st two outs of every inning on network TV then you have to switch to cable for out #3. Or maybe the 1st half of football on NBC then the second half on ESPN.