The Summer Olympics in Rio have officially gotten underway, and each day will be chock full of events for everyone around the world to watch and pay attention to as they hope that their country's best athletes bring home the gold.

Here is a schedule of events for the games for today, Wednesday, August 17, plus where and when you can watch them:

9:00 a.m. EST: Badminton on USA; Golf Women's First Round on Golf Channel

10:00 a.m. EST: Track and Field, Canoe/Kayak, Equestrian on NBC; Basketball Men's Quarterfinal AUS vs. LTU on USA; Basketball Men's Quarterfinal #1 AUS vs. LTU on Basketball Channel

11:00 a.m. EST: Field Hockey Women's Semifinal NED vs. GER on MSNBC

11:45 a.m. EST: Water Polo Women's Semifinal RUS vs. ITA, Badminton on USA

12:00 p.m. EST: Soccer Men's Semifinal BRA vs. HON on NBCSN; Golf Women's Forst Round on Golf Channel; Soccer Men's Semifinal#1 BRA vs. HON on Soccer Channel

12:30 p.m. EST: Handball Men's Quarterfinal BRA vs. FRA on MSNBC

1:00 p.m. EST: Volleyball Men's Quarterfinal USA vs. POL on NBC

1:30 p.m. EST: Basketball Men's Quarterfinal ESP vs. FRA on USA; Basketball Men's Quarterfinal #2 ESP vs. USA on Basketball Channel

2:00 p.m. EST; Cycling (BMX) on NBCSN; Wrestling, Handball Men's Quarterfinal GER vs. QAT, Sailing on MSNBC

3:00 p.m. EST: Gymnastics, Water Polo Women's Semifinal USA vs. HUN, Canoe/Kayak on NBC; Soccer Men's Semifinal NIG vs. GER, Gymnastics on NBCSN; Golf Central Live from the Olympics; Soccer Men's Semifinal #2 NIG vs. GER on Soccer Channel

3:15 p.m. EST: Badminton, Table Tennis, Taekwondo on USA

3:30 p.m. EST: Gymnastics on MSNBC

5:00 p.m. EST: Volleyball Men's Quarterfinal ITA vs. IRI, Field Hockey Women's Semifinal NZL vs. GBR on CNBC

5:30 p.m. EST: Basketball Men's Quarterfinal USA vs. ARG on NBCSN

5:45 p.m. EST: Basketball Men's Quarterfinal #3 USA vs. ARG on Basketball Channel

7:30 p.m. EST: Handball Men's Quarterfinal DEN vs. SLO, Boxing, Wrestling on NBCSN

8:00 p.m. EST: Track and Field, Diving, Beach Volleyball on NBC

9:00 p.m. EST: Beach Volleyball Women's Bronze Medal Match, Volleyball Men's Quarterfinal BRA vs. ARG on NBCSN

9:15 p.m. EST: Basketball Men's Quarterfinal #4 CRO vs. SRB on Basketball Channel   

11:00 p.m. EST: Table Tennis, Taekwondo on NBCSN

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