ARD, ZDF and Eurosport broadcast
Olympia 2022 in live stream and TV: Here you can see the winter games
The Winter Olympics will take place in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou from February 4th to 20th under strict corona conditions
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Who is showing the competitions of the 2022 Winter Olympics on TV or as a live stream? The broadcasters ARD, ZDF and Eurosport share the rights to the Olympics in Beijing. Here you can find out where which decisions can be seen.
After years of protest and criticism, the Beijing Winter Olympics will start on Friday, February 4th. China’s handling of human rights and the zero-Covid strategy, which condemned hundreds of athletes and spectators to quarantine in the coming days, was repeatedly criticized. Notwithstanding, the games traditionally begin on Friday with a grand opening ceremony. The first preliminary round games in curling and ice hockey will take place two days earlier.
Olympic hopes lie with ski jumpers
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, participants will fight for 109 gold medals in 15 different sports. In addition to well-known disciplines such as biathlon, curling and ice hockey, seven new competitions are also represented. For the first time, medals will also be awarded in the mixed competitions in ski jumping, the team relay in short track, women’s monobob, snowboard cross, ski freestyle (big aerials) and the big air events in ski freestyle for men and women.
Four years ago in Pyeongchang, the German team achieved a surprising second place in the country ranking with 31 medals. A similar success is likely to be difficult in Beijing. Disappointments are looming in former parade disciplines such as biathlon and speed skating. On the other hand, there are gold chances for the ski jumpers around Karl Geiger and Katharina Althaus.
ZDF and ARD show live streams and TV programs
As usual, the Winter Olympics will be broadcast by the two public broadcasters ARD and ZDF as well as the private broadcaster Eurosport. ARD and ZDF broadcast up to 16 hours a day live from Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. Due to the time difference, the competitions start at two in the morning German time. The competition day usually ends around 4 p.m.
The sports show will be moderated by Jessy Wellmer and Julia Scharf. Kati Wilhelm, Felix Neureuther and Sven Hannawald are working as experts. Michael Antwerpes reports on site. Rudi Cerne and Katrin Müller-Hohenstein lead through the program on ZDF. Amongst others, Laura Dahlmeier and Sven Fischer (biathlon), Marco Büchel (alpine skiing) and Toni Innauer (ski jumping) are at your side as experts.
In addition to the program on TV, Erste offers up to six different live stream channels, which can be viewed in parallel on sportschau.de. ZDF broadcasts the live streams in the media library, on zdfheute.de and sportstudio.de.
The following overview shows the individual transmission days of the two public broadcasters:
- Friday, February 4, 12:10 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Opening ceremony ZDF
- Saturday, February 5, 3:00 a.m. – 5:50 p.m. ARD
- Sunday, February 6, 2:10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ZDF
- Monday, February 7, 2:05 – 1:00 p.m. ZDF
- Tuesday, February 8, 2:25 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ARD
- Wednesday, February 9, 3:05 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ZDF
- Thursday, February 10, 2:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ZDF
- Friday, February 11th, 2.10 – 18.00 ARD
- Saturday 12th February, 3 a.m. – 5 p.m. ZDF
- Sunday, February 13, 1:25 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ARD
- Monday, February 14, 1:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ARD
- Tuesday, February 15, 2 a.m. – 5 p.m. ZDF
- Wednesday 16 February, 2.25 a.m. – 6 p.m. ARD
- Thursday, February 17, 2:10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ARD
- Friday, February 18, 2:25 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ZDF
- Saturday, February 19, 2:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ZDF
- Sunday, February 20, closing ceremony 1.25 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. ARD
Eurosport broadcasts 24 hours a day
Eurosport has secured the rights to the entire Winter Olympics and will be showing the competitions, behind-the-scenes material and other content related to the Games 24/7 for the next two weeks, such as the daily “Olympic Show” with Fabian Hambüchen and Presenter Thomas Wagner. From 5 to 6 p.m. the highlights of the past day will be shown here.
The regular program will be moderated by Wolfgang Nadvornik and Oliver Sequenz. They are supported by moderator Birgit Nössing, who keeps viewers up to date with regular news updates. You can also switch back and forth between different competitions via the Eurosport Player, which is subject to a fee.
Schedule Olympics: competitions and medals
The graphics above show the schedule for the 2022 Olympics.
Source:table football, sports show, FAZ