NBCmetrics: On Wednesday Night, NBC Mentioned The United States More Times Than Every Other Country Combined

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 Wednesday, August 8; 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

20 most-mentioned athletes: Misty May-Treanor (USA, beach volleyball): 136 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA, beach volleyball): 136 Jen Kessy (USA, beach volleyball): 91 April Ross (USA, beach volleyball): 79 Brittney Reese (USA, long jump): 35 Aries Merritt (USA, track): 35 Allyson Felix (USA, track): 33 Usain Bolt (Jamaica, track): 32 Brittany Viola (USA, diving): 30 Jason Richardson (USA, track): 28 Lashinda Demus (USA, track): 27 Chen Ruolin (China, diving): 24 Dayron Robles (Cuba, track): 19 Yohan Blake (Jamaica, track): 18 Veronica Campbell-Brown (USA, track): 18 Katie Bell (USA, diving): 16 Wallace Spearmon (USA, track): 16 Ashton Eaton (USA, decathlon): 14 Natalya Antyukh (Russia, track): 13 Trey Hardee (USA, decathlon): 13

Countries, by number of mentions: USA: 87 Jamaica: 21 China: 14 Cuba: 8 Barbados: 6 Brazil: 6 Russia: 6 South Africa: 5 Australia: 4 Malaysia: 3 Czech Republic: 2 Great Britain: 2 Grenada: 2 Japan: 2 Trinidad & Tobago: 2 Kenya: 1 Netherlands: 1 Nigeria: 1 Spain: 1 South Korea: 1

Cumulative prime-time mentions and number of Olympic medals won, through August 8

USA: 1,372 mentions, 90 medals China: 328 mentions, 79 medals Great Britain: 168 mentions, 51 medals Russia: 141 mentions, 56 medals Australia: 124 mentions, 29 medals Jamaica: 92 mentions, 9 medals Brazil: 77 mentions, 10 medals France: 67 mentions, 29 medals Japan: 64 mentions, 33 medals Canada: 54 mentions, 16 medals Netherlands: 47 mentions, 16 medals Ukraine: 31 mentions, 10 medals Austria: 29 mentions, 0 medals Germany: 29 mentions, 34 medals Mexico: 24 mentions, 5 medals Romania: 24 mentions, 9 medals Italy: 22 mentions, 19 medals South Africa: 22 mentions, 4 medals Cuba: 16 mentions, 8 medals Trinidad & Tobago: 16 mentions, 1 medal Dominican Republic: 15 mentions, 2 medals South Korea: 13 mentions, 25 medals Hungary: 12 mentions, 15 medals Serbia: 10 mention, 2 medals Belgium: 8 mentions, 3 medals Nigeria: 8 mentions, 0 medals Denmark: 7 mentions, 9 medals Bahamas: 6 mentions, 0 medals Barbados: 6 mentions, 0 medals Czech Republic: 6 mentions, 8 medals Lithuania: 6 mentions, 2 medals Poland: 6 mentions, 9 medals Turkey: 6 mentions, 1 medal Botswana: 4 mentions, 1 medal Bulgaria: 4 mentions, 1 medal Morocco: 4 mention, 1 medals Puerto Rico: 4 mentions, 1 medal Tunisia: 4 mentions, 2 medals Chile: 3 mentions, 0 medals Malaysia: 3 mentions, 2 medal Argentina: 2 mentions, 1 medal Bahrain: 2 mentions, 0 medals Belarus: 2 mentions, 10 medals Ivory Coast: 2 mentions, 0 medals Spain: 2 mentions, 11 medals Switzerland: 2 mentions, 3 medals Algeria: 1 mention, 1 medals Colombia: 1 mention, 6 medals Denmark: 1 mention, 9 medals Ecuador: 1 mention, 0 medals Finland: 1 mention, 1 medals Greece: 1 mention, 2 medals Ireland: 1 mention, 2 medal New Zealand: 1 mention, 10 medals Saudi Arabia: 1 mention, 1 medal Sweden: 1 mention, 7 medals Tanzania: 1 mention, 0 medals Uzbekistan: 1 mention, 2 medals Venezuela: 1 mention, 1 medal