Olympics Schedule 2016: Full Calendar Of Events In Rio De Janeiro And How To Watch Them

The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, don't officially begin until the opening ceremony on Friday, but some events — namely, gymnastics and soccer — were getting underway early. FoxSports reported both had training sessions or games scheduled for Wednesday.

The Olympics, which will run from Friday to Aug. 21, will feature athletes from more than 200 countries competing in 42 sports. You need to figure out what to watch and when to do it, but don't get overwhelmed. Just get informed.

• Check out a full schedule of events sorted by day and sport on the official Rio 2016 website here.

• Figure out when to log onto to NBCOlympics.com to live stream certain matchups here.

• See a TV schedule here.

• Look at individual daily schedules for each sport here.

• Print out this list of the one event you should watch each day here.

In the United States, NBC is the network televising the Summer Games. The company will put on nearly 7,000 hours of content and use 11 networks to highlight the big events. As the Washington Post noted, "it's more or less all Rio, all the time" on NBC, with coverage every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight. Some events will air on Telemundo, the NBC Sports Network, the Golf Channel and USA Network, as well.

No cable, no problem — TechHive recommends signing up for a service like Sling or buying a digital antenna to get your Olympics fix.

"We expect consumption of the Olympics to soar ... on both our web and mobile apps. These are optimized for viewing," NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel told Sports Video Group. "It's there every second. If you like tennis, you can watch three courts at one time. And then, if you're just away from your television and you want to catch what's on NBCSN, it's there as well."

After the Olympics are the Paralympics, which will be held in Rio from Sept. 7 to 18. Check out that schedule here.