How to watch Rowing at Olympics 2024: free live streams, Emily Craig & Imogen Grant bag more rowing gold for Team GB

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Watch rowing at Olympics 2024 as the Team GB Men's Eights team look to end their dominant year with Olympic glory. Below we have all the information on how to watch rowing at the 2024 Paris Olympics Game from anywhere in the world with details on worldwide TV channels, broadcasters and free streams.

Another day, another medal haul for Team GB's rowing squad. This time out, it was the Lightweight Women's Double Sculls team topping the podium, with Emily Craig and Imogen Grant taking the lead after 500m of the 2k race, beating Romania in second by almost an entire boat length. Elsewhere, Oliver Wynne-Griffith and Tom George secured silver for the Brits in the Men's Pairs behind Croatia. 

The last set of medals are up for grabs today as the Olympic Rowing draws to a close, with finals in the Single Sculls and Eights. The Eights in particular should be an interesting contest, with current Olympic champions Canada and European champions Romania both in contention in the women's race. The USA have historically been great performers in this sport too and GB can never be ruled out. On the men's side of things, World Champions GB look the likely winner, dominating the sport for the past year. However, while USA left it late to qualify, they came second to the Brits at the World Rowing Cup. New Zealand are the defending Olympic champions and Germany have been historically dominant, so there's plenty of teams in the mix for the final podium spots in Olympic Rowing. 

Here's where to watch rowing and 2024 Olympics live streams online from anywhere – including FREE options.

Watch Rowing at Olympics 2024 Quick Guide

Key Dates

  • Event dates: July 27 – August 3
  • Daily start: 3am ET / 8am BST
  • Finals dates: July 31 – August 3

Best free streams

FREE rowing Olympics 2024 live stream broadcasters

You can watch rowing at Olympics 2024 for free with English language commentary on the BBC and iPlayer in the UK, RTÉ in Ireland, CBC in Canada and Channel 9 in Australia.

Channel 9 and the 9Now streaming service in Australia have the most comprehensive Olympics 2024 free-to-air coverage of all.

You can watch almost every session from every single 2024 Olympic event live and on demand through dedicated channels on the 9Now streaming service, including Olympic rowing.

Other, non-English language Olympics free streams can be found on ORF (Austria), RTBF (Belgium), VRT (Belgium), RDS (Canada), Chilevision (Chile), Caracol (Colombia), DR (Denmark), France TV (France), RAI (Italy), Yle (Finland), ARD (Germany), ZDF (Germany), RUV (Iceland), JioCinema (India), TV3 (Lithuania), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), SABC (South Africa), RTVE (Spain), SNRT (Morocco), Canal 5 (Mexico) and the SRG SSR channels (Switzerland).

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How to watch rowing Olympic 2024 live streams in the US

The rowing live stream from Olympics 2024 is on Peacock and USA Network in the States.

Broadcast rights to the 2024 Paris Olympics belong to NBC. All Olympics 2024 sessions are available to watch on Peacock. Select events will also be on the NBC, USA Network, E!, CNBC and Golf Channel cable channels.

If you don't have cable, Peacock is the best option. You'll need a subscription to the ad-supported Peacock Premium which is $7.99 per month, or ad-less Peacock Plus which is $13.99 per month.

How to watch rowing Olympic 2024 live streams in the UK and Europe

While many public and national TV broadcasters have the TV and live stream rights to the Paris Olympic Games in the UK and Europe, it's the Discovery Plus subscription service that offers the most comprehensive coverage across the region, with 3,800 hours of live coverage across 55 streams.

Plans usually start at £6.99 per month in the UK for the Discovery Plus Standard plan (which gets you access to all the Olympic action), but from July 17 – August 11 you can take advantage of a special Olympics offer which cuts the price to £3.99 per month. New customers will be able to take advantage of the discounted price for the rest of the year.

The BBC and RTÉ are the places for free Olympics 2024 live streams in the UK and Ireland. You can find a list of other public broadcasters with Olympics 2024 broadcast rights across Europe in the Rest of the World section below.

Official Olympic rowing broadcasters by region

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Can I watch 2024 Olympic rowing for free?

Check your local broadcaster above but people in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and many other nations listed have free Olympics 2024 coverage as well as subscription broadcasters.

Those in Australia and Canada can watch almost every session of every Olympics 2024 event for free on 9Now and CBC. That will very likely include rowing free live streams.

Remember that, if you're traveling away from home, you can use a VPN to watch the 2024 Olympics free from abroad on your usual streaming service.

When is the rowing at the 2024 Olympics?

The 2024 Olympic rowing takes place between Saturday, July 27 and Saturday, August 3. Start times are at approximately 9am local time each day.

All of today's rowing is being televised, starting at 3.30am ET / 8.30am BST. The finals begin with the Eight's Finals beginning at 4.50 am ET / 9.50am BST.

The 2024 Olympic rowing medal days and finals take place from Wednesday, July 31.

Can I watch 2024 Olympic rowing on my mobile?

Of course, most broadcasters have streaming services that you can access through mobile apps or via your phone's browser.

You can also stay up-to-date with all 2024 Olympic Games events on the official social media channels on X/Twitter (@Olympics), Instagram (@Olympics), TikTok (@Olympics) and YouTube (@Olympics).

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Tom Wardley
Tom Wardley

Tom is a freelance writer, predominantly focusing on film and TV. A graduate of Film Studies at University of South Wales, if he's not diving in to the Collector's Edition Blu Ray of an obscure 80s horror, you'll find him getting lost with his dog or mucking about in the water with his board.