Another busy day of live action from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games across the BBC gets underway from 1.00pm on TV, Red Button and Online.
GYMNASTICS: Headlining day four’s events will be the women’s team gymnastics final from 8.00pm, one of the Olympics’ biggest draws, particularly in the United States, who won gold at London 2012 and both subsequent world titles.
The British team of Elissa Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Amy Tinkler, Rebecca Downie and Ruby Harrold, who picked up world bronze last year, will be competing after coming fourth in the previous round.
SWIMMING: In today’s action in the pool, we’ll find out whether one British swimmer can repeat one of 2015’s great sporting upsets in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
Last year, James Guy made up a 1.63-second deficit in the final leg to overhaul the US and give Britain world gold, ending a streak of five consecutive world titles in the event for America. Can he now add a second swimming gold medal at these Games for Team GB?
Other Brits to look out for in the pool include Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, who has hopes of a medal in the women’s 200m individual medley having swum to world bronze last year and the Commonwealth title in 2014.
Elsewhere, the men’s 200m butterfly sees Chad Le Clos and Michael Phelps go head-to-head once again, with the American looking to win Olympic gold in this event for the third time, while Le Clos aims to defend the title he won so memorably in London four years ago, which led to his father Bert becoming a TV superstar.
CANOE SLALOM: David Florence won gold in canoe slalom’s C1 event at both the 2013 and 2015 world championships – and Tuesday (from 17:30) could be the day he converts that into his first Olympic title.
Twice a silver medallist on the ultimate stage, the Scot will celebrate his 34th birthday the day before Rio’s C1 final.
EQUESTRIAN: Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt faces a near-impossible task if his fairy-tale Olympic return is to end with gold medals on a busy fourth day at Rio.
His horse Chilli Morning ran around a fence to incur penalty points that leave him in individual 21st place and the GB team seventh in the team event.
In order for Fox-Pitt to add to Team GB’s tally he must overcome Germany – the champions from London 2012 and the 2014 World Equestrian Championships – who are heavily favoured to triumph again.
SAILING: With Sir Ben Ainslie out of the picture after three straight Olympic titles in sailing’s Finn class, the discipline is left in the hands of Giles Scott for Rio 2016.
Scott has already won two Rio test events and the past three Finn world titles, making him the rock-solid favourite as the class gets under way from 17:00 on Tuesday.
TENNIS: The Olympic tennis tournament continues with Andy Murray, who second on Centre Court in his men’s singles second round match with Juan Monaco of Argentina, while Britain’s only player remaining in the women’s singles Jo Konta faces Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova.
In hockey, Britain’s men play hosts Brazil at 22:00, while the men’s rugby sevens competition begins with Britain facing Kenya at 16:00 and Japan at 21:00.
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09:15-13:00 |
RIO REPLAY – DAY 3 Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
BBC Two starts the day with a full replay of all the overnight action from day three, with the swimming finals headlining once again.
There is also a round-up of the artistic gymnastics, rowing, cross-country eventing, tennis and beach volleyball.
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13:00-13:45 |
DAY 4 PREVIEW, ROWING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
Day three coverage begins on BBC Two with the build-up to today’s key events, plus the start of the rowing action.
The men’s rowing single sculls quarter-finals take place at Lagoa Stadium, with Britain’s Alan Campbell among the contenders.
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13:45-18:00 |
ROWING, EQUESTRIAN, SWIMMING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
The opening live action on BBC One on day four features a mixture of rowing, eventing and swimming.
The action starts at the Lagoa Stadium, with the men’s rowing pair semi-finals at 13.50, and the women’s double, men’s double and men’s lightweight four semis also taking place throughout the afternoon.
The team show jumping final begins at 14.00 at the National Equestrian Centre, where it looks likely that Team GB, who won silver medal in the event in London four years ago, will miss out on the medals this time.
The coverage then crosses to the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, with the men’s 100m freestyle heats at 17.00 followed by the women’s 200m butterfly heats at 17.26 and the men’s 200m breaststroke heats at 17.48.
There are also updates from the men’s C1 canoe slalom semi-final at the Whitewater Stadium from 17.30.
18:00-19:00 |
EQUESTRIAN, CANOE SLALOM Presenter: Clare Balding |
Live coverage switches to BBC Two at 6.00pm with Clare Balding taking over presenting duties from Rio’s Olympic Park.
The individual show jumping final gets under way at the National Equestrian Centre at 18.00, with Olympic and European champion Michael Jung hoping to retain his crown for Germany.
Plus, there is canoe slalom action from the Whitewater Stadium.
19:00-19:30 |
CANOE SLALOM Presenter: Clare Balding |
The action resumes on BBC One at 7.00pm with Clare Balding rounding up the latest from day four in Rio.
The men’s C1 canoe slalom final getting under way at 19.10 at the Whitewater Stadium, with Britain’s David Florence among those hoping to be involved.
There is also build-up to the women’s 10m synchronised platform diving final, which starts at 20.00 at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.
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19:30-20:00 |
CANOE SLALOM Presenter: Clare Balding |
With Eastenders over on BBC One, Rio Olympics coverage switches to BBC Two for half-hour at 7.30pm.
The men’s C1 canoe slalom final continues at the Whitewater Stadium, with the leading contenders starting in reverse order.
Plus, there is a look ahead to the women’s artistic gymnastics team final at the Rio Olympic Arena, as the USA look to defend their title.
20:00-22:00 |
GYMNASTICS Presenter: Clare Balding |
Live coverage returns to BBC One at 8.00pm with the women’s artistic gymnastics team final at the Rio Olympic Arena taking centre stage.
The USA will be looking to defend the title they won in London four years ago, however, a strong Great Britain team featuring the likes of Becky and Ellie Downie, plus Claudia Fragapane, will fancy their chances of causing an upset.
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22:00-22:45 |
GYMNASTICS, HOCKEY, RUGBY SEVENS Presenter: Clare Balding |
Coverage switches back to BBC Two at 10.00pm with the concluding disciplines in the women’s artistic gymnastics team final at the Rio Olympic Arena.
Schedule permitting, this slot may also include action from the men’s hockey with Great Britain v Brazil at the Olympic Hockey Centre, and rugby sevens from the Deodoro Stadium.
22:45-00:00 |
DAY 4 ROUND-UP SO FAR Presenter: Clare Balding & Mark Chapman |
Clare Balding and Mark Chapman present a round-up of the action so far on day four in Rio.
The main events included the women’s artistic gymnastics team final and the eventing team final, with British hopes of medals high in both sports.
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00:00-04:00 |
SWIMMING, WEIGHTLIFTING & BEACH VOLLEYBALL Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
Jason Mohammad introduces the final block of live coverage on day four in Rio.
The men’s 69kg weightlifting final reaches its conclusion at Riocentro, followed by beach volleyball action from Beach Volleyball Arena.
The focus then switches to the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, kicking off with the men’s 100m freestyle semi-finals at 02.00. Medals are then decided in the women’s 200m freestyle and men’s 200m butterfly finals at 02.13 and 02.22 respectively, before further semis in the women’s 200m butterfly at 02.25 and men’s 200m breaststroke at 02.57.
The women’s 200m individual medley and men’s 4x200m freestyle relay finals then round off proceedings at 03.23 and 03.32.
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13:00-19:00 |
ROWING, HOCKEY, CANOE SLALOM, SWIMMING Presenter: Ore Oduba |
Ore Oduba introduces the opening live BBC Four coverage on day four of the Games in Rio.
There are rowing semi-finals in the men’s and women’s double sculls at the Lagoa Stadium from 14.10, as well as the men’s lightweight four semi-finals at 14.50.
Katherine Grainger is part of the women’s double sculls team alongside Victoria Thornley, and will be looking to defend the title she won with Anna Watkins in London four years ago.
Grainger is tied with Rebecca Adlington as Team GB’s most decorated female Olympian, with three silver medals from Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, as well as gold from 2012 to her name.
The men’s hockey continues with Ireland v Germany at the Olympic Hockey Centre from 16.30, and the men’s C1 canoe slalom semi-finals get under way at 17.30 at the Whitewater Stadium.
Swimming coverage at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium includes the men’s 200m breaststroke heats from 17.48, with possible British interest in the form of Michael Jamieson, Ross Murdoch and Andrew Willis, before the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay heats begin at 18.15.
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19:00-02:00 |
DIVING, RUGBY SEVENS, JUDO, HOCKEY Presenter: Dan Walker |
Dan Walker takes over at 7.00pm with further live coverage from day four in Rio, as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad continue.
The women’s 10m synchronised platform diving final gets under way at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre at 20.00, where Team GB’s Tonia Couch will be hoping to build on her sixth-place finish at last year’s World Aquatics Championships, should she have made it this far with new partner Lois Toulson.
There is also action from the men’s pool matches in the rugby sevens at the Deodoro Stadium, before the women’s -63kg and men’s -81kg judo finals take place from 21.20 at Carioca Arena 2, with Alice Schlesinger representing Team GB in the women’s event.
Great Britain’s men’s hockey team meet host nation Brazil at 22.00 at the Olympic Hockey Centre, hoping to improve on their agonising fourth-place finish on home soil in London four years ago.
From 23.30 there is handball and volleyball coverage from the Future Arena and Maracanazinho respectively to end the evening’s proceedings.
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