How to watch the 2023 World Outdoor Athletics Championships on NBC, Peacock and CNBC (August 19-27, 2023)

The World Athletics Championships are upon us! For those millions who will watch it from the US, NBC TV and Peacock will do a great job in giving you all of the coverage your heart could desire as a track geek! Special thanks to our friends at NBCTV for this exciting coverage. Please check out your favorite blog, #RunBlogRun, each and every day (several times a day, mind you), to get our expert and thoughtful commentary on the most important nine days of track & field!

Mondo has fans, photo by ISTAF Berlin Indoor

The world track and field championships air live across NBC Universal broadcast and streaming platforms and Peacock from Aug. 19-27 in Budapest.

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NBC, CNBC, and the USA Network combine to air live coverage of each day of the nine-day meet. All TV coverage also streams for subscribers on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

Peacock also simul-streams all TV coverage plus has additional live coverage, including individual streams of field event finals.

Mondo Duplantis, in action during the pole vault, during the European Championships 2022 on August 20, 2022, in Munich, Germany. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / Munich2022

Last year, the U.S. won a record-breaking 33 medals at the Worlds, hosting for the first time (in Eugene, Oregon).

The U.S. returns world champions, including Noah Lyles (200m), Ryan Crouser and Chase Ealey (shot put), and Katie Moon (pole vault).

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July 23, 2023, London, England, U.K., photo by Kevin Morris

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the Olympic and world champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles, withdrew from her planned entry in the flat 400m due to a minor knee issue.

Faith Kipyegon takes World Athletics Championships
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The top global stars include Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kenyan distance runner Faith Kipyegon and Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis.

2023 World Track and Field Championships TV Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Network	Notable Events
Sat., Aug. 19	4:30-8 a.m.	CNBC	Heats/Qualifying
	1-2:30 p.m.	CNBC	M100 (R1)
	2:30-4 p.m.	NBC	Mixed 4×400 Relay
Sun., Aug. 20	3:30-8 a.m.	CNBC	Heats
	10:30 a.m.-Noon	CNBC	M100 (SF)
	Noon-4 p.m.	NBC	M100 (Final)
Mon., Aug. 21	1-4 p.m.	USA Network	W100, M110h
Tue., Aug. 22	12:30-4 p.m.	USA Network	W1500
Wed., Aug. 23	4-7:30 a.m.	USA Network	Heats/Qualifying
	1:30-4 p.m.	USA Network	W400, M400h
Thu., Aug. 24	1-4 p.m.	USA Network	M400, W100h
Fri., Aug. 25	1:30-4 p.m.	USA Network	M200, W200
Sat., Aug. 26	1-4 a.m.	CNBC	WMarathon
	1:30-4 p.m.	CNBC	4×100 Relays
Sun., Aug. 27	1-3:30 a.m.	CNBC	MMarathon
	12-2:30 p.m.*	CNBC	MMarathon
	1-3:30 p.m.	NBC	W800
	2:30-4 p.m.	CNBC	4×400 Relays

*Delayed broadcast

2023 World Track and Field Championships Streaming Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Platform	Notable Events
Sat., Aug. 19	2:50-4:30 a.m.	Peacock (World Feed)	M20km Race Walk
	4:30-8 a.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	Heats/Qualifying
	5:45 a.m.	Peacock (World Feed)	Heptathlon Day 1
	1-2:30 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	M100 (R1)
	2:30-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (NBC simul-stream)	Mixed 4×400 Relay
Sun., Aug. 20	1:15-3 a.m.	Peacock (World Feed)	W20km Race Walk
	3:30-8 a.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	Heats
	3:50 a.m.	Peacock (World Feed)	Heptathlon Day 2
	10:30 a.m.-Noon	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	M100 (SF)
	Noon-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (NBC simul-stream)	M100 (Final)
Mon., Aug. 21	1-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (USA Network simul-stream)	W100, M110h
Tue., Aug. 22	12:30-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (USA Network simul-stream)	W1500
Wed., Aug. 23	4-7:30 a.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (USA Network simul-stream)	Heats/Qualifying
	1:30-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (USA Network simul-stream)	W400, M400h
Thu., Aug. 24	1-4:15 a.m.	Peacock (World Feed)	35km Race Walks
	1-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (USA Network simul-stream)	M400, W100h
Fri., Aug. 25	4:05 a.m.	Peacock (World Feed)	Decathlon Day 1
	1:30-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (USA Network simul-stream)	M200, W200
Sat., Aug. 26	1-4 a.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	WMarathon
	4:05 a.m.	Peacock (World Feed)	Decathlon Day 2
	1:30-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	4×100 Relays
Sun., Aug. 27	1-3:30 a.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	MMarathon
	12-2:30 p.m.*	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	MMarathon
	1-3:30 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (NBC simul-stream)	W800
	2:30-4 p.m.	NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, Peacock (CNBC simul-stream)	4×400 Relays

*Delayed broadcast

2023 World Track and Field Championships Streaming Schedule (Field Event Specific Streams, World Feed)

Day	Time (ET)	Platform	Event
Sat., Aug. 19	2:35 p.m.	Peacock	Men’s Shot Put
Sun., Aug. 20	10:49 a.m.	Peacock	Men’s Hammer
	10:55 a.m.	Peacock	Women’s Long Jump
Mon., Aug. 21	1:40 p.m.	Peacock	Men’s Triple Jump
	2:30 p.m.	Peacock	Men’s Discus
Tue., Aug. 22	1:55 p.m.	Peacock	Men’s High Jump
	2:20 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s Discus
Wed., Aug. 23	1:30 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s Pole Vault
Thu., Aug. 24	1:30 p.m.	Peacock	Men’s Long Jump
	2:15 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s Hammer
Fri., Aug. 25	1:35 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s Triple Jump
	2:20 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s Javelin
Sat., Aug. 26	1:25 p.m.	Peacock	Men’s Pole Vault
	2:15 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s Shot Put
Sun., Aug. 27	2:05 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s High Jump
	2:20 p.m.	Peacock	Women’s Javelin

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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