The LetsRun.com Focused 2011 World Track & Field Championships Schedule
Tailor-Made For The US Viewer Who Is Playing In Our Prediction Contest
The 2011 World Track & Field Championships start on Saturday, but in reality they start on Friday night for US fans. What the hell does that mean?
Well, the event is taking place in Daegu, Korea, which is 13 hours ahead of the Eastern time zone in the US, so all of the morning sessions in Daegu are evening sessions here and vice versa. The huge time gap creates some weird oddities as journalists and fans in Korea basically get one full day off - Wednesday August, 31st - as the only event that day is the women's 20km walk but US fans get no days off from big-time action as they catch the next day's morning session the night before. On 8/31, US fans will actually watch a lot of stuff, as the men's 5,000 heats and women's 800 heats all occur on that day for US visitors.
To help US fans better enjoy the 2011 World Championships, we've created two schedules for you that list the time of all the events in a time that US-based visitors should be able to understand - Eastern Standard Time (New York) (Editor's Note: a very smart LRC visitor has written in and said the following: "In your article about times for the World Championship events, you refer to Eastern Standard Time. Until the beginning of November, the US is on daylight saving time. I believe your references should be to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), not Eastern Standard Time (EST)"'). The schedules should help you plan ahead if you want to watch your favorite events live. To watch anything live in the US, you are going to have to pony up $14.99 to watch it on universalsports.com as unfortunately the people at Universal Sports TV have told us that nothing they broadcast will be on live television (although looking at their schedule, we're wondering if the women's marathon might be live). Alternatively, you can pay $3.99 to catch a single full day but they sell it as a full day in Daegu, not the US.
The two schedules are as follows:
A LetsRun.com Focused Schedule: This includes al the mid-d and distance events plus the finals all the events in the LRC Prediction Contest Powered By Puma.
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A Full Schedule Of Everything
The The LetsRun.com Focused Schedule appears below. The full schedule is here.
Note: All times listed are for people on the East coast. Mid-d and distance finals appear in bold. Note, the tv times listed below have changed. To see updated tv coverage, look here.
Friday 8/26 | TV: 8 pm | ||
800 PM | W | Marathon | Final |
935 PM | W | 3,000 Metres Steeplechase | Heats |
1105 PM | M | 800 Metres | Heats |
Saturday 8/27 | TV: 8 pm | ||
800 AM | W | 10,000 Metres | Final |
940 PM | W | 1,500 Metres | Heats |
Sunday 8/28 | TV: 2:30pm and 10 pm | ||
500 AM | M | 800 Metres | Semifinal |
630 AM | M | 10,000 Metres | Final |
715 AM | M | 1,500 Metres | Decathlon |
745 AM | M | 100 Metres | Final |
940 PM | M | 3,000 Metres Steeplechase | Heats |
Monday 8/29 | TV: 5:30pm and 10 pm | ||
625 AM | M | Pole Vault | Final |
805 AM | W | 400 Metres | Final |
825 AM | M | 110 Metres Hurdles | Final |
845 AM | W | 100 Metres | Final |
920 PM | W | 5,000 Metres | Heats |
1020 PM | M | 1500 Metres | Heats |
Tuesday 8/30 | TV: 6:00pm and 10 pm | ||
605 AM | W | Pole Vault | Final |
700 AM | W | 800 Metres | Heptathlon |
735 AM | W | 1,500 Metres | Semifinal |
800 AM | M | 800 Metres | Final |
820 AM | W | 3,000 Metres Steeplechase | Final |
845 AM | M | 400 Metres | Final |
Wed. 8/31 | TV: 6:00pm and 10 pm | ||
905 PM | M | 5,000 Metres | Heats |
1040 PM | W | 800 Metres | Heats |
Thursday 9/1 | TV: 6:00pm and 10 pm | ||
610 AM | M | High Jump | Final |
655 AM | M | 1,500 Metres | Semifinal |
725 AM | M | 3,000 Metres Steeplechase | Final |
755 AM | W | 1,500 Metres | Final |
815 AM | W | 400 Metres Hurdles | Final |
830 AM | M | 400 Metres Hurdles | Final |
Friday 9/2 | TV: 6:00pm and 10 pm | ||
600 AM | M | Shot Put | Final |
620 AM | M | Long Jump | Final |
625 AM | W | 800 Metres | Semifinal |
725 AM | W | 5,000 Metres | Final |
755 AM | W | 200 Metres | Final |
815 AM | M | 4 x 400 Metres Relay | Final |
Saturday 9/3 | TV: 3:30pm and 8 pm | ||
600 AM | W | High Jump | Final |
715 AM | M | 1,500 Metres | Final |
740 AM | W | 4 x 400 Metres Relay | Final |
800 AM | W | 100 Metres Hurdles | Final |
820 AM | M | 200 Metres | Final |
800 PM | M | Marathon | Final |
Sunday 9/4 | TV: 3:00pm | ||
640 AM | M | 5,000 Metres | Final |
715 AM | W | 800 Metres | Final |
735 AM | W | 4 x 100 Metres Relay | Final |
800 AM | M | 4 x 100 Metres Relay | Final |
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