The Games are upon us, teams have been selected, and rosters fleshed out. Athletes are making their final preparations to compete in Rio for the XXXI Olympiad! Here's the Rio 2016 Olympics® swimming schedule, and some other useful information you should know:

• The swimming portion of the games will take place at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium and Fort Copacabana during the second week of August.
• Swimming events will be contested from August 6th through 13th while the open water event will be contested on the 15th and 16th.
• Michael Phelps has the potential to make history again if he should win a 4th gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly.
• Katie Ledecky also stands to make history should she win gold in 200, 400, and 800 freestyles completing a feat last achieved by Debby Meyer in Mexico City back in 1968.

There are a total of 34 events for swimmers, 17 for men and 17 for women.

• Butterfly: 100 and 200
• Backstroke: 100 and 200
• Breaststroke: 100 and 200
• Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men)
• Individual medley: 200 and 400;
• Relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free; 4×100 medley
• Marathon: 10 kilometers

Rio Olympics® Swimming Schedule

Swimmers will be competing at all hours to accommodate NBC and get the races on live for prime time. HEATS SATURDAY, AUG 6TH Men’s 400m IM Women’s 100m Fly Men’s 400m Free Women’s 400m IM Men’s 100m Breast Women’s 4 x 100m Free Relay SUNDAY, AUG 7TH Women’s 100m Back Men’s 200m Free Women’s 100m Breast Men’s 100m Back Women’s 400m Free MONDAY, AUG 8TH Women’s 200m Free Men’s 200m Fly Women’s 200m IM TUESDAY, AUG 9TH Men’s 100m Free Women’s 200m Fly Men’s 200m Breast Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Men’s 4 x 100m Free Relay WEDNESDAY, AUG 10TH Women’s 100m Free Men’s 200m Back Women’s 200m Breast Men’s 200m IM Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay THURSDAY, AUG 11TH Men’s 50m Free Women’s 800m Free Men’s 100m Fly Women’s 200m Back FRIDAY, AUG 12TH Women’s 50m Free Men’s 1500m Free Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay SEMIFINALS & FINALS SATURDAY, AUG 6TH Men’s 400m IM – Final Women’s 100m Fly – Semifinal Men’s 400m Free – Final Women’s 400m IM – Final Men’s 100m Breast – Semifinal Women’s 4 x 100m Free Relay – Final SUNDAY, AUG 7TH Women’s 100m Fly – Final Men’s 200m Free – Semifinal Women’s 100m Breast – Semifinal Men’s 100m Breast – Final Women’s 400m Free – Final Men’s 100m Back – Semifinal Women’s 100m Back – Semifinal Men’s 4 x 100m Free Relay – Final MONDAY, AUG 8TH Women’s 200m Free – Semifinal Men’s 200m Free – Final Women’s 100m Back – Final Men’s 100m Back – Final Women’s 100m Breast – Final Men’s 200m Fly – Semifinal Women’s 200m IM — Semifinal TUESDAY, AUG 9TH Men’s 100m Free – Semifinal Women’s 200m Free – Final Men’s 200m Fly – Final Women’s 200m Fly – Semifinal Men’s 200m Breast – Semifinal Women’s 200m IM – Final Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay – Final WEDNESDAY, AUG 10TH Men’s 200m Breast – Final Women’s 100m Free – Semifinal Men’s 200m Back – Semifinal Women’s 200m Fly – Final Men’s 100m Free – Final Women’s 200m Breast – Semifinal Men’s 200m IM – Semifinal Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay – Final THURSDAY, AUG 11TH Men’s 50m Free – Semifinal Women’s 200m Breast – Final Men’s 200m Back – Final Women’s 200m Back – Semifinal Men’s 200m IM – Final Women’s 100m Free – Final Men’s 100m Fly – Semifinal FRIDAY, AUG 12TH Women’s 200m Back – Final Men’s 100m Fly – Final Women’s 800m Free – Final Men’s 50m Free – Final Women’s 50m Free – Semifinal SATURDAY, AUG 13TH Women’s 50m Free – Final Men’s 1500m Free – Final Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay – Final Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay – Final The women will compete on the 15th for the open water and the men on the 16th.