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 Friday, August 3 to Sunday, August 5

Twenty most-mentioned athletes:

Michael Phelps (USA, swimming): 133

Misty May-Treanor (USA, beach volleyball): 126

Usain Bolt (Jamaica, track): 101

Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA, beach volleyball): 82

Missy Franklin (USA, swimming): 53

Yohan Blake (Jamaica, track): 44

Carmelita Jeter (USA, track): 42

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica, track): 41

Marta Menegatti (Italy, beach volleyball): 40

Justin Gatlin (USA, track): 39

Oscar Pistorius (South Africa, track): 35

Veronica Campbell-Brown (USA, track): 31

Matthew Centrowitz (USA, track): 31

Cassidy Krug (USA, diving): 31

Tyson Gay (USA, track): 30

McKayla Maroney (USA, gymnastics): 30

Sanya Richards-Ross (USA, track): 27

Wu Minxia (China, diving): 26

Allyson Felix (USA, track): 25

Laura Sanchez (Mexico, diving): 24


Countries, by number of mentions:

USA: 412

China: 66

Jamaica: 53

Great Britain: 52

Netherlands: 31

Australia: 31

Italy: 19

Russia: 18

Kenya: 14

Japan: 12

Germany: 11

South Korea: 10

Brazil: 10

South Africa: 9

Trinidad & Tobago: 7

Canada: 7

Austria: 6

Dominican Repuplic: 5

France: 5

Nigeria: 5

Hungary: 5

Romania: 5

Belgium: 4

Botswana: 4

Turkey: 3

Mexico: 3

Morocco: 3

Czech Republic: 3

Grenada: 3

Serbia: 3

Argentina: 2

Bulgaria: 2

Lithuania: 2

Ukraine: 2

Uzbekistan: 2

Switzerland: 2

Algeria: 1

Saudi Arabia: 1

Bahrain: 1

Cuba: 1

Denmark: 1

Ecuador: 1

Finland: 1

Poland: 1

Sweden: 1

Tanzania: 1

Tunisia: 1

Cumulative prime-time mentions and number of Olympic medals won, through August 5

USA: 972 mentions, 63 medals

China: 215 mentions, 64 medals

Great Britain: 133 mentions, 40 medals

Russia: 113 mentions, 42 medals

Australia: 103 mentions, 22 medals

France: 63 mentions, 26 medals

Brazil: 61 mentions, 8 medals

Japan: 58 mentions, 28 medals

Jamaica: 57 mentions, 4 medals

Canada: 48 mentions, 10 medals

Netherlands: 44 mentions, 10 medals

Ukraine: 30 mentions, 9 medals

Austria: 26 mentions, 0 medals

Mexico: 24 mentions, 5 medals

Germany: 23 mentions, 22 medals

Romania: 22 mentions, 8 medals

Italy: 22 mentions, 17 medals

South Africa: 17 mentions, 4 medals

Hungary: 12 mentions, 8 medals

Serbia: 10 mention, 2 medal

South Korea: 10 mentions, 22 medals [Note: NBC has still made no mention of the 22 medals; of the 10 times the network mentioned the country, six were in reference to the 2011 track and field world championships held there, and four were passing references to the women's volleyball team.]

Denmark: 7 mentions, 8 medals

Belgium: 7 mentions, 3 medals

Trinidad & Tobago: 7 mentions, 1 medal

Lithuania: 6 mentions, 2 medals

Cuba: 5 mentions, 7 medals

Dominican Republic: 5 mentions, 0 medals

Poland: 5 mentions, 6 medals

Tunisia: 4 mentions, 2 medals

Botswana: 4 mentions, 0 medals

Bulgaria: 3 mentions, 0 medals

Czech Republic: 3 mentions, 5 medals

Turkey: 3 mentions, 1 medal

Malaysia: 2 mentions, 1 medal

Belarus: 2 mentions, 8 medals

Argentina: 2 mentions, 1 medal

Uzbekistan: 2 medals, 1 mention

Switzerland: 2 mentions, 2 medals

Colombia: 1 mention, 4 medals

Spain: 1 mention, 3 medals

Morocco: 1 mention, 0 medals

Greece: 1 mention, 2 medals

Algeria: 1 mention, 0 medals

Saudi Arabia: 1 mention, 1 medal

Bahrain: 1 mention, 0 medals

Denmark: 1 mention, 8 medals

Ecuador: 1 mention, 0 medals

Finland: 1 mention, 0 medals

Sweden: 1 mention, 6 medals

Tanzania: 1 mention, 0 medals