2008 Olympic Commentators
Note if CBC has none in the commentary list, it is assumed that TSN has the rights to the specific event.
Ceremonies (Opening and Closing)
BBC: Sue Barker, Huw Edwards, Hazel Irvine, Carrie Gracie
CBC: Ron MacLean, Peter Mansbridge
NBC: Bob Costas……..yeah they haven’t said, I don’t know, maybe just Costas!
Archery
BBC: Eddie Butler
CBC: None
NBC: Joe Castellano, Denise Parker
Athletics
BBC: Steve Cram, Michael Johnson, Colin Jackson, Jonathan Edwards, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson, Stuart Storey
CBC: Mark Lee, Michael Smith, Perdita Felicien, Dave Moorcroft, Scott Oake
NBC: Tom Hammond, Lewis Johnson, Carol Lewis, Dwight Stones, Ato Boldin, Craig Masback, Ed Eyestone, Bob Neumeier
Badminton
BBC: David Mercer, Gillian Clark
CBC: None
NBC: Jim Kozimor, Steve Kearney, Bill Clement
Baseball
BBC: None
CBC: Jim Van Horne, Warren Sawkiw
NBC: Eric Collins, Joe Magrane
Basketball
BBC: John Amaechi, Ron McIntosh
CBC: Paul Romanuk, Jay Triano
NBC: Mike Breen, Chris Carrino, Mike Crispino, Pete Pranica, Eric Collins, Teresa Edwards, Doug Collins, Ann Meyers, Bob Salmi, Snapper Jones, Craig Sager
Beach Volleyball
BBC:Matt Chilton
CBC: Elliotte Friedman, Charles Parkinson and Erminia Russo
NBC: Chris Marlowe, Karch Kiraly, Heather Cox
Boxing
BBC: Jim Neilly, Richie Woodhall
CBC: Vic Rauter, Russ Anber
NBC: Bob Papa, Teddy Atlas, Jim Gray
Canoeing
BBC: Garry Herbert, Helen Reeves
CBC: Scott Oake, Scott Logan
NBC: Tim Ryan, Joe Jacobi
Cycling
BBC:Hugh Porter, Chris Boardman, Gary Sutton, Jill Douglas
CBC: Mark Connolly, Clara Hughes, Kevin O’Brien (BMX only)
NBC: Pat Parnell, Craig Hummer, Kenan Harkin, Paul Sherwin, Marty Snider
Diving
BBC: Bob Ballard, Leon Taylor
CBC: Steve Armitage, I’ll tell you when I watch
NBC: Ted Robinson, Cynthia Potter, Bob Neumeier, Andrea Kremer
Equestrian
BBC Michael Tucker
CBC: Nancy Wetmore, Beth Underhill, Cara Whitham
NBC: Kenny Rice, Melanie Smith-Taylor
Football (soccer)
BBC: Martin Fisher, John Roder, Alistair Mann, Jacqui Oatley
CBC: Nigel Reed, Jason DeVos, Erin Paul
NBC: JP Dellacamera, Glenn Davis, Steve Cangialosi, Adrian Healey, Marcelo Balboa, Brandi Chastain, Shep Messing, Lori Walker
Gymnastics
BBC: Matt Baker, Christine Still, Mitch Fenner
CBC: Brenda Irving, Lori Strong-Ballard (artistic only), BB Ignatova (rhythmic only)
NBC: Al Trautwig (artistic and trampoline) Elfi Schlegel (trampoline, artistic, rhythmic), Tim Daggett (trampoline and artistic), Andrea Joyce (rhythmic and artistic)
Field Hockey
BBC:Barry Davies, Sean Kerly
CBC: Bob Snoek, Hari Kant
NBC: Mike Corey, Nick Conway
Handball
BBC:: None listed
CBC: None listed
NBC: Andrew Catalon, Dawn Lewis
Judo
BBC:Nicola Fairbrother, Nick Mullins
CBC: Jeff Marek
NBC: None listed
Modern Pentathlon
BBC: Andrew Cotter, Eleanor Oldroyd
CBC: None
NBC: Ron Vaccaro, Rob Stull
Race Walking
BBC: None listed
CBC: None listed
NBC: Ron Vaccaro, Ed Eyestone, Carol Lewis
Rowing
BBC: Garry Herbert, Daniel Topolski, Sir Steve Redgrave, John Inverdale
CBC: Scott Oake, Barney Williams
NBC: Tim Ryan, Yaz Farooq
Sailing
BBC:Shirley Robertson, Richard Simmonds, Rob Walker
CBC: Peter Rusch, Fionia Kidd
NBC: None listed
Shooting
BBC: Eleanor Oldroyd
CBC: None listed
NBC: Bill Clement, Shari LeGate
Softball
BBC: None listed
CBC: Jim Van Horne, Haley Wickenheiser
Synchronized Swimming
BBC: None Listed
CBC: Karin Larson, Karin Clark Le Poole
NBC: Craig Hummer, Heather Olson
Swimming
BBC: Andy Jameson, Adrian Moorhouse, Sharron Davies
CBC: Steve Armitage, Byron MacDonald, Scott Oake
NBC: Craig Hummer, Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines, Andrea Kremer
Table Tennis
BBC: Matthew Syed
CBC: None
NBC: Bill Clement, Sean O’Neill
Taekwondo
BBC: Nick Mullins, John Cullen
CBC: Nigel Reed, Tino Dossantos
NBC: None listed
Tennis
BBC: John Lloyd, Sam Smith, Chris Bradnum, David Garrido
CBC: Karin Larson
NBC: None listed
Triathlon
BBC: Matt Chilton
CBC: Karin Larson, Barrie Shepley
NBC: Craig Hummer, Siri Lindley, Marty Snider
Volleyball
BBC: Matt Chilton
CBC: Doug Dirks, Charles Parkinson and Erminia Russo
NBC: Paul Sunderland, Kevin Barnett
Water Polo
BBC:< Bob Ballard
CBC: Bob Snoek, George Gross Jr.
NBC: Bob Fitzgerald, Wolf Wigo
Weightlifting
BBC: Andrew Cotter
CBC: Nigel Reed, Aldo Roy
NBC: Pete Pranica, Shane Hamman
Presentation team
BBC:Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine, Adrian Chiles, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jake Humphrey, John Inverdale, Rishi Persad
CBC: Diana Swain, Scott Russell, Ian Hanomansing, Peter Mansbridge, Ron MacLean
NBC: Bob Costas, Jim Lampley, Mary Carillo, Melissa Stark, Fred Roggin, Matt Vasgersian, Bill Patrick, Alex Flanagan, Lindsay Czarniak
Reporters
BBC: Garry Richardson, Phil Jones, Jill Douglas, Sir Matt Pinsen
CBC: Scott Oake, Erin Paul, Elliott Friedman
NBC: Cris Collinsworth, Mary Carillo, Jimmy Roberts
Please e-mail me if I’ve missed anyone.
Dear Sir,
could you please tell me when Daniel Topolski will be in the commentator´s seat?
With interest
Rita-Jay Sührig from Germany
Should be for any of the rowing events, likely on BBC Radio.
Paul Dickenson is alongside Helen Reeves for the Canoeing/Kayaking on the BBC not Garry Herbert.
Can you tell me when someone will mention an “english” person. Whenever a Scot, Irish or Welshman wins, they mention their nationality. When an English person wins something, they say Great Britain. Can we not have the same treatment for the English please? There are still some of us left.
Will Matthew Syed please tell me why Ma Lin is allowed to foul serve? Every time he throws the ball in the air he throws it backwards!
I have been listening and watching the CBC commentators and was extremely impressed with Rosie who did some commentary on the track events. She was fanatastic. Her knowledge is great, her voice is wonderful – doesn’t rub you the wrong way tone-wise. She is a bright young women and should be made a part of CbC’s future.
I can’t stand the CBC female diving commentator. She has terribly inconsistent volume, even yelling at times, coupled with a grating voice and primarily negative comments about all the non-Canadian divers. I just hope they have someone new for 2012.
Can anyone tell me who the young, Scouse, male, co-commentator for both the Men’s & Women’s 10k Open Water Swim, is, please? Great fun, yet highly informative, while seeming to enjoy things from the viewers’ perspective too. Doesn’t try & make things seem complicated as if the viewer is daft, like many others do. A joy to listen to – PLEASE try & use him somewhere again.
Also, the informative, yet friendly style of Matt Baker, & his GENUINE sheer joyful exuberance commenting on the Gymnastics is another joy. To see him as pleased for the competitors as they were for themselves was lovely!!!!
caroll lewis does’t know what she’s talking about! I’d like to see her go try all of those olympic events. the only thing her fat bottom would be good at is making a good splash in the diving events!
I am getting sick of the commentators asking the athletes who have a heart break completely ridiculous and rude questions like “how does it feel to just miss the medals.” Or how about the comment made to the gymnast after they won second, “Don’t worry, I never won a super bowl.. So I know how you’re feeling” I am about ready to slap one of them! Or maybe the best question of all that they seem to keep repeating “What happened? You only won Silver. What went wrong?” DUH!!! Why not, “Congratulations!!” I feel like the commentators are portraying the US athletes as not measuring up, rather than how outstanding they truly are to have made it to the Olympic Games.
In answer to Allison Hughes’s question: it’s Stephen Parry commentating on the open-water swimming. He won bronze for GB in the 200m butterfly in Athens – behind Phelps, of course! There’s a great bit of BBC video doing the rounds of him filming in Tianenman Square and being mobbed by Chinese fans who think he’s the great man Phelps himself…try to catch it!
During gymnastics I thought I heard Bart Conner voice/ commentary…but apparently not? Very similar….S
Don’t know where you’re coming from, so I don’t know what you’re talking about, sorry. :(
An update, Ron MacLean will leave Beijing, his mother passed away and Scott Russell will now host Olympic Prime.
Could someone please tell Lewis Johnson to put a sock in it. He is ruining the whole track and field olympic experience with his continual negative commentating. Sometimes too much is way too much.
“AND THAT WAS A MISS FOR HER”
That female diving commentator for CBC was definitely a miss for the network…
Indeed, Sam. The female commentator is Ann Montminy (sp?). She’s so outrageously negative, it’s sick.
Does anyone know who was the gymnastic commentators?
For who?
Anne Montminy is the MOST biased reporter on CBC I’ve ever seen… it’s really annoying seeing her talk, and giving stupid comments
Anne Montminy on a pair of American synchronized divers: “They have matching suits and tans.”
(who doesn’t have matching suits in synchro diving?! They are from the same team/country~)
just fire her already………….
who is the female commentator for th men’s platform diving??
@ Plato, it’s Cynthia Potter for NBC.
See MSNBC Blog: Please Fire Female Diving Commentator
how many times did the commentator call the marothon gold medallist silly for just been good?
NBC is the worst broadcast network ever. NBC sucks big time. When the rest of world is having fun, we are not! Soon or later, we will see the rest of world is forgetting about us!!!
This is what we have been doing for years. The world is “US”. SO anything you see and hear is “US” and money. However, the rest of world know how to collaborate while enjoying the life in a better way. When you see what we can get from NBC, you will see what we will have in the future. It is very sad!
Because of “money”, NBC deprives us of the right of “witness the history”!
we loved the enthusiasm and commentating of matt baker, he was great, he really grabbed our interest in the games. next games more from matt please!