How To Watch Swimming At The 2024 Olympic Games Around The World

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

It’s the most exciting time of year for swimming fans, with the Olympics just a few days away from getting underway in Paris.

As one of the marquee sports of the Games, swimming will be widely available across the globe on both streaming platforms and broadcast television. Below, we’ll outline where you can watch the action from wherever you are in the world.

UNITED STATES

American viewers can find finals live on the main NBC broadcast network daily at 2:30 p.m. ET, or they can alternatively stream it on either Peacock or NBC Olympics. Full prelim sessions will also be available on both streaming platforms.

Read more here.

CANADA

Similarly in Canada, finals sessions (and some prelim action) can be found on the country’s primary broadcast network, CBC, and full sessions for both prelims and finals can be found via streaming on CBC Gem and CBC Sports.

AUSTRALIA

In Australia, the Olympics will be broadcast live on the Network Nine TV channels, and live streams of all sessions can be found on 9Now and Stan Sport.

GREAT BRITAIN

In the United Kingdom, free coverage of the Olympics will be provided on BBC One from 8 am to 10 pm (BST) daily, with coverage switching to BBC Two during off hours. There will also be BBC Olympics coverage streaming on its iPlayer hub here.

There will also be comprehensive coverage on Discovery+ (subscription).

REST OF EUROPE

European viewers can watch the Olympics on linear TV on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2, providing “wall-to-wall action across every day of competition.”

Discovery+ is the primary streaming option for Europe, described by Eurosport as the “streaming home of the Olympics.”

Each nation’s national broadcast rights holder will typically also have varying levels of Olympic coverage, which usually prioritized swimming during the first week.

See a breakdown here:

Austria
Web ORF
Web Eurosport
Web Discovery+
Azerbaijani Republic
TV TBC
TV Eurosport
Bulgaria
Web Max
Web BNT
TV Eurosport
Croatia
Web Max
Web HRTi
TV Eurosport
Cyprus
TV Eurosport
App CyBC
Czechia
Web Max
Web CT Sport
TV Eurosport
Denmark
Web Max
Web DRTV
Web TV2 Play
TV Eurosport
Estonia
Web postimees.ee
TV Eurosport
Finland
Web Max
Web Yle Areena
TV Eurosport
Georgia
Web 1TV Play
TV Eurosport
Gibraltar
Web Discovery+
Web RTVE Play
TV Eurosport
Greece
Web ERT Flix
TV Eurosport
Hungary
Web Max
TV TBC
TV Eurosport
Italy
Web Discovery+
Web RAI
TV Eurosport
Latvia
Web
TV Eurosport
Lithuania
Web TV3 Play
TV Eurosport
Luxembourg
Web RTL
TV Eurosport
Macedonia
Web Max
TV TBC
TV Eurosport
Malta TV Eurosport
Moldova
Web TVR Plus
TV Eurosport
TV Eurosport
Norway
Web Max
TV Eurosport
App NRK
Poland
Web Max
Web TVP Sport
TV Eurosport
Portugal
Web Max
Web RTP Play
TV Eurosport
Romania
Web Max
Web TVR Plus
TV Eurosport
Serbia
Web Max
Web RTS Planeta
TV Eurosport
Slovakia
Web Max
Web RTVS
TV Eurosport
Slovenia
Web Max
Web RTV 365
TV Eurosport
Sweden
Web Max
TV Eurosport
Switzerland
Web Play SRF
Web Play RTS
Web Play RSI
TV Eurosport
Türkiye
Web Tabii
TV Eurosport
Ukraine
Web Suspilne sport
TV Eurosport
Belgium
Web HBO Max
Web VTM Go
Web RTBF
Web Sportza
TV Eurosport
France
Web Max
Web France.tv
TV Eurosport
Germany
Web ZDF
Web Discovery+
Web ARD Mediathek
TV Eurosport
Great Britain
Web Discovery+
Web BBC iPlayer
TV Eurosport
Ireland
Web Discovery+
Web RTÉ Player
TV Eurosport
Netherlands
Web HBO Max
Web NOS
TV Eurosport
Spain
Web Max
Web RTVE Play
TV Eurosport

AFRICA

The primary destination for Olympic coverage in African countries is SuperSport, which reports that it will be broadcasting all gold medal events live. SuperSport is South African-based but is accessible in several other African countries including Nigeria and Kenya.

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Sportinindc
4 months ago

I am in Hungary and bought a VPN to watch Peacock. Playback errors….no stream. 😟

NotHimAgain
4 months ago

Can’t wait to watch the swimming on Stan. No ads. No having to put up with the broadcaster switching back to sports I don’t want to see. Get to view the gold-medal performances in 4K.

Will be recording 9’s FTA coverage. That way I can skip through the countless commercials after the finals have been won. I honestly don’t know how people are able to sit through 4 to 5 minutes or more of ads per commercial break without going insane.

Barty’s Bakery
4 months ago

9Now will have Giaan, Thorpe and Campbell… does anyone know if Stan has different commentators?

Duck
Reply to  Barty’s Bakery
4 months ago

I heard stan sport will have international channels like eurosport but i dont know if swimming will be shown through that.
On the bright side (for me), i bellieve stan sport has full replays. Not sure if 9now will have replays.

Barty’s Bakery
Reply to  Duck
4 months ago

9Now has had full session replays for all of the competitions they’ve covered previously so I can’t see why they wouldn’t.

Are you saying you’re not sure if Stan Sport will have swimming? It’s listed in the article as a way to watch…

Duck
Reply to  Barty’s Bakery
4 months ago

Oh ok cool. I meant that im not sure if they will air swimming through eurosport, meaning international commentary, or if they will have their own swimming feed seeing as they have grant hackett and stephanie rice as part of their staff. Sorry i dont use streaming services so not sure how it works.

Barty’s Bakery
Reply to  Duck
4 months ago

Oh right sorry I misunderstood what you’re saying. Yeah Rice and Hackett are probably right

NotHimAgain
Reply to  Barty’s Bakery
4 months ago

Stan has Grant Hackett and Stephanie Rice.

Oceanian
Reply to  Barty’s Bakery
4 months ago

Stan will likely have world-feed commentators (plus other languages for those Greek etc streams – as will 9now individual sport feeds – though we won’t know for sure until D1 starts.

hudson
4 months ago

Here I am in Japan…no love.

MIKE IN DALLAS
4 months ago

Thank you for repeating and clarifying this information.
TEAM USA — and all the athletes of the globe — have earned our support – watching is a great way to do that!

EXCALIBUR
Reply to  MIKE IN DALLAS
4 months ago

Can’t wait to watch those 400 free relays unfold …..and maybe witness 2 WR’s to start the fire works

Thomas The Tank Engine
Reply to  EXCALIBUR
4 months ago

Could be 4 WRs:

W400 free, m400 free, w4x100 free, m4x100 free.

SwimStats
Reply to  Thomas The Tank Engine
4 months ago

And the individual 100 Free WRs… they’re also possible.

About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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