NBCmetrics: Of The 20 Most-Mentioned Athletes On Tuesday Night, 17 Were Women
During the Olympics, we'll be analyzing NBC's primetime coverage sort of the way we analyze SportsCenter in Bristolmetrics. We'll break down what countries the Peacock is talking about, and which athletes are getting the most attention.
Data for Tuesday, August 7; 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Twenty most-mentioned athletes: Misty May-Treanor (USA, beach volleyball): 134 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA, beach volleyball): 111 Xue Chen (China, beach volleyball): 88 Xi Zhang (China, beach volleyball): 72 Aly Raisman (USA, gymnastics): 55 Dawn Harper (USA, track): 30 Sally Pearson (AUS, track): 29 Lolo Jones (USA, track): 22 Kellie Wells (USA, track): 19 Alyson Felix (USA, track): 17 Carmelita Jeter (USA, track): 15 Sanya Richards-Ross (USA): 15 Gabby Douglas (USA, gymnastics): 14 Catalina Ponor (Romania, gymnastics): 14 Jordyn Wieber (USA, gymnastics): 12 Leo Manzano (USA, track): 12 Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica, track): 12 Matthew Centrowitz (USA, track): 10 Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria, track): 9 Murielle Ahoure (Ivory Coast, track): 9
Countries, by number of mentions: USA: 136 China: 83 Russia: 10 Australia: 10 Canada: 5 Kenya: 4 Algeria: 4 Great Britain: 3 Jamaica: 3 Turkey: 3 Romania: 3 Austria: 2 Bahrain: 2 Brazil: 2 Germany: 2 Ivory Coast: 2 Morocco: 2 Netherlands: 2 Romania: 2 Ireland: 1 Japan: 1 New Zealand: 1 South Korea: 1 [Note: Gymnast Kim Jihoon was the first South Korean athlete to mentioned by name by NBC. He placed eighth in the men's horizontal bar on Tuesday.]
Cumulative prime-time mentions and number of Olympic medals won, through August 5 USA: 1,285 mentions, 81 medals China: 314 mentions, 76 medals Great Britain: 166 mentions, 48 medals Russia: 135 mentions, 52 medals Australia: 120 mentions, 26 medals Brazil: 71 mentions, 9 medals Jamaica: 71 mentions, 6 medals France: 67 mentions, 28 medals Japan: 62 mentions, 31 medals Canada: 54 mentions, 14 medals Netherlands: 46 mentions, 15 medals Ukraine: 31 mentions, 9 medals Germany: 29 mentions, 32 medals Austria: 28 mentions, 0 medals Mexico: 24 mentions, 5 medals Romania: 24 mentions, 9 medals Italy: 22 mentions, 17 medals South Africa: 17 mentions, 4 medals Dominican Republic: 15 mentions, 2 medals Trinidad & Tobago: 14 mentions, 1 medal Hungary: 12 mentions, 11 medals South Korea: 12 mentions, 24 medals Serbia: 10 mention, 2 medals Belgium: 8 mentions, 3 medals Cuba: 8 mentions, 7 medals Denmark: 7 mentions, 9 medals Nigeria: 7 mentions, 0 medals Bahamas: 6 mentions Lithuania: 6 mentions, 2 medals Poland: 6 mentions, 8 medals Turkey: 6 mentions, 1 medal Botswana: 4 mentions, 0 medals Bulgaria: 4 mentions, 0 medals Czech Republic: 4 mentions, 6 medals Morocco: 4 mention, 1 medals Puerto Rico: 4 mentions, 1 medal Tunisia: 4 mentions, 2 medals Chile: 3 mentions, 0 medals Malaysia: 2 mentions, 1 medal Argentina: 2 mentions, 1 medal Bahrain: 2 mentions, 0 medals Belarus: 2 mentions, 9 medals Ivory Coast: 2 mentions, 0 medals Switzerland: 2 mentions, 3 medals Uzbekistan: 2 medals, 1 mention Algeria: 1 mention, 1 medals Colombia: 1 mention, 5 medals Denmark: 1 mention, 9 medals Ecuador: 1 mention, 0 medals Finland: 1 mention, 1 medals Greece: 1 mention, 2 medals Ireland: 1 mention, 1 medal New Zealand: 1 mention, 10 medals Saudi Arabia: 1 mention, 1 medal Spain: 1 mention, 7 medals Sweden: 1 mention, 7 medals Tanzania: 1 mention, 0 medals Venezuela: 1 mention, 1 medal
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