GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD, THE {2012 LONDON OLYMPICS}: DAY 14 {PART 3} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 2012 Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad from London. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Bob Costas presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Tom Hammond and Ato Boldon cover the men’s 200m track and field finals: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) wins the gold medal with a time of 19.32, Yohan Blake (Jamaica) wins the silver medal with a time of 19.44, and Warren Weir (Jamaica) wins the bronze medal with a time of 19.84.
Sports commentator Lewis Johnson interviews Bolt (Jamaica), the first man to repeat as winner of the 100m and 200m races.
Hammond and sports commentator Dwight Stones cover the final event of the decathlon, the 1500m: Ashton Eaton (USA) wins the gold medal with a final score of 8869, Trey Hardee (USA) wins the silver medal with a score of 8671, and Leonel Suarez (Cuba) wins the bronze medal with a score of 8523.
Johnson interviews Eaton (USA) and Hardee (USA) after their decathlon victories.
Sports commentators Todd Harris and Jamie Bestwick cover the third race of the men’s BMX first quarterfinals: Raymon van der Biezen (Netherlands) wins, Edzus Treimanis (Latvia) takes second place, and Khalen Young (Australia) takes third place.
Harris and Bestwick cover the first race of the men’s BMX second quarterfinals: Connor Fields (USA) wins, Liam Phillips (Great Britain) takes second place, and Andres Jimenez-Caicedo (Colombia) takes third place.
Harris and Bestwick cover the second race of the men’s BMX second quarterfinals: Fields (USA) wins, Phillips (Great Britain) takes second place, and Rihards Veide (Latvia) takes third place.
Harris and Bestwick cover the first race of the men’s BMX third quarterfinals: Marc Willers (New Zealand) is the only man to finish after the entire field crashes.
Harris and Bestwick cover the third race of the men’s BMX third quarterfinals: Willers (New Zealand) wins, Joris Daudet (France) takes second place, and Roger Rinderknecht (Switzerland) takes third place.
Sports commentator Marshall Harris interviews Fields (USA) after the he advances to the semifinals.
Harris and Bestwick cover the first race of the men’s BMX fourth quarterfinals: Maris Strombergs (Latvia) wins, Carlos Oquendo-Zabala (Colombia) takes second place, and Sam Willoughby (Australia) takes third place.
Harris and Bestwick cover the second race of the men’s BMX fourth quarterfinals: Quentin Caleyron (France) wins, Morten Therkildsen (Denmark) takes second place, and Emilio Falla-Buchely (Ecuador) takes third place.
Harris and Bestwick cover the third race of the men’s BMX fourth quarterfinals: Tory Nyhaug (Canada) wins, Veide (Latvia) takes second place, and Jelle van Gorkom (Netherlands) takes third place.
Harris and Bestwick cover the fourth race of the men’s BMX third quarterfinals: Nicholas Long (USA) wins, David Herman (USA) takes second place, and Rinderknecht (Switzerland) takes third place.
Harris and Bestwick cover the fourth race of the men’s BMX fourth quarterfinals: Oquendo-Zabala (Colombia) wins, Brian Kirkham (Australia) takes second place, and Arnaud Dubois (Belgium) takes third place.
Marshall Harris interviews Herman (USA) after he advances to the semifinals.
Costas interviews gold medal women’s soccer players Hope Solo (USA), Carli Lloyd (USA), Alex Morgan (USA), and Abby Wambach (USA) in the studio.
Costas introduces the medal ceremony for women’s soccer: the USA stands for the gold medal.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Diana Lopez for Procter & Gamble.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 9, 2012
- RUNNING TIME: 01:04:50
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112962
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 2012, Summer, London; Olympics; Sports; Track and Field, 200m men; Track and Field, decathlon men; Cycling BMX, Individual men; Soccer, soccer women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - McDonald’s
- TV - Commercials - Panasonic
- TV - Commercials - Procter & Gamble
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Tom Hammond … Sports Commentator
- Ato Boldon … Sports Commentator
- Lewis Johnson … Sports Commentator
- Dwight Stones … Sports Commentator
- Todd Harris … Sports Commentator
- Jamie Bestwick … Sports Commentator
- Marshall Harris … Sports Commentator
- Usain Bolt … Athlete
- Yohan Blake … Athlete
- Warren Weir … Athlete
- Ashton Eaton … Athlete
- Trey Hardee … Athlete
- Leonel Suarez … Athlete
- Raymon van der Biezen … Athlete
- Edzus Treimanis … Athlete
- Khalen Young … Athlete
- Connor Fields … Athlete
- Liam Phillips … Athlete
- Andres Jimenez-Caicedo … Athlete
- Rihards Veide … Athlete
- Marc Willers … Athlete
- Joris Daudet … Athlete
- Roger Rinderknecht … Athlete
- Carlos Oquendo-Zabala … Athlete
- Sam Willoughby … Athlete
- Maris Strombergs … Athlete
- Quentin Caleyron … Athlete
- Morten Therkildsen … Athlete
- Emilio Falla-Buchely … Athlete
- Tory Nyhaug … Athlete
- Jelle van Gorkom … Athlete
- Nicholas Long … Athlete
- David Herman … Athlete
- Brian Kirkham … Athlete
- Arnaud Dubois … Athlete
- Hope Solo … Athlete
- Carli Lloyd … Athlete
- Abby Wambach … Athlete
- Alex Morgan … Athlete
- Diana Lopez … Talent, P&G Commercial