NBCmetrics: After 22 Medals, NBC Finally Mentions South Korea For The First Time [Nbc]

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

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NBCmetrics: Through Wednesday, South Korea Had 14 Medals, And NBC Had Never Mentioned It In Primetime [Nbc]

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 1; 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Twenty most-mentioned athletes:

Misty May-Treanor (USA, beach volleyball): 59
Michael Phelps (USA, swimming): 56
Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA, beach volleyball): 49
Ryan Lochte (USA, swimming): 47
Danell Leyva (USA, gymnastics): 46
Troy Dumais (USA, diving): 28
Missy Franklin (USA, swimming): 24
Allison Schmitt (USA, swimming): 24
Nathan Adrian (USA, swimming): 22
Doris Schwaiger (Austria, beach volleyball): 21
Rebecca Soni (USA, swimming): 21
John Orozco (USA, gymnastics): 20
Stephanie Schwaiger (Austria, beach volleyball): 20
Kristian Ipsen (USA, diving): 19
Daniel Gyurta (Hungary, swimming): 16
Kohei Uchimura (Japan, gymnastics): 15
Kathleen Hersey (USA, swimming): 13
Kosuke Kitajima (Japan, swimming): 13
Shannon Vreeland (USA, swimming): 13
James Magnussen (AUS, swimming): 13

Countries, by number of mentions:

USA: 143
China: 42
Australia: 35
Russia: 19
Austria: 18
Great Britain: 16
Japan: 16
France: 15
Ukraine: 9
Canada: 6
Hungary: 5
Cuba: 3
Denmark: 3
Malaysia: 2
Belgium: 1
Brazil: 1
Italy: 1
Lithuania: 1
Netherlands: 1
Nigeria: 1
Poland: 1
Spain: 1
New Zealand: 1
Colombia: 1
South Africa:1

Cumulative prime-time mentions and number of Olympic medals won, through August 1

USA: 409 mentions, 37 medals
China: 139 mentions, 33 medals
Great Britain: 74 mentions, 15 medals
Russia: 68 mentions, 16 medals
Australia: 61 mentions, 11 medals
France: 57 mentions, 16 medals
Japan: 43 mentions, 19 medals
Ukraine: 28 mentions, 6 medals
Mexico: 21 mentions, 4 medals
Austria: 20 mentions, 0 medals
Canada: 18 mentions, 7 medals
Romania: 14 mentions, 6 medals
Hungary: 6 mentions, 5 medals
South Africa: 5 mentions, 3 medals
Germany: 4 mentions, 17 medals
Lithuania: 4 mentions, 0 medals
Cuba: 4 mentions, 3 medals
Denmark: 4 mentions, 2 medals
Brazil: 3 mentions, 4 medals
Tunisia: 2 mentions, 0 medals
Italy: 2 mentions, 0 medals
Netherlands: 2 mentions, 5 medals
Poland: 2 mentions, 1 medal
Malaysia: 2 mentions, 0 medals
Colombia: 1 mention, 3 medals
Spain: 1 mention, 2 medals
Morocco: 1 mention, 0 medals
Serbia: 1 mention, 1 medal
South Korea: 0 mentions, 14 medals

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How Much Are Olympic Medals Actually Worth? [Olympic Medals]

Let's say you're among best in the world at some bizarre sport that only gets attention every four years. You can't make money doing it for a living, and eventually you fall on hard times. At the end of your rope, you go to a pawn shop to sell your most treasured possession: your Olympic medal. How much would you get for it? Let's just say, I hope you finished in the top two.

There are plenty of medals on eBay and other auction sites, but the historic, symbolic, and sentimenal values far outweigh the cost of the raw materials. But if the London medals were to be melted down, they've each got a very specific intrinsic worth.

• The gold medal is largely silver, 92.5 percent silver with a bit of copper mixed in for strength. But they're gilded in about 6 grams of 24k gold. Their street value: about $644.

• The silver medal's composition is the same as the gold, except without the gilding. With no gold, the silver medal is worth about $330.

• The bronze medal is not bronze at all. Mostly copper, with a bit of zinc and tin, it's basically a giant penny. It's worth a little less than $5.

Of course for those who actually earned the medals, they're worth more. They're a lot like those commemorative coins they advertise on the Military Channel, with the Twin Towers on one side and a weeping bald eagle on the other—ask your grandpa, you can't put a price on history.

[Daily Mail]

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