Women’s sports received more coverage than men’s sports by more than a 3 to 1 margin during NBC’s primetime Paris Summer Olympic broadcast on Monday, August 5, 2024.

Three men’s events had at least one minute of broadcast coverage.

Men’s track and field had more than 22 minutes with coverage of the pole vault final where Sweden’s Armand Duplantis won gold, Team USA’s Noah Lyles’s gold medal ceremony for the 100 meter, and Lyles’s first heat in the 200 meter race.

Men’s basketball had exactly two minutes, which included a brief interview with Kevin Durant and highlights of the gold medal 3×3 match between the Netherlands and France.

Men’s volleyball had more than 1 and a half minutes of the U.S. victory over Brazil.

Three women’s events had at least one minute of broadcast coverage.

Women’s gymnastics had more than 1 hour and 12 minutes with coverage of the balance beam finals where Italy’s Alice D’Amato won gold, the floor exercise finals where Americans Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles won silver and gold, an in-studio interview with Simone Biles, and the medal ceremony for the floor exercise.

Women’s track and field had more than 30 and a half minutes due to coverage of the 200-meter semifinals, the 5,000-meter final where Kenyan Beatrice Chebet won gold, the 800-meter final where Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson won gold, and the discus final where American Valarie Allman repeated as gold medalist.

Women’s surfing had just over 1 minute with coverage of American Caroline Marks winning the gold medal.

No mixed events were featured.

Overall, coverage of men’s events accounted for 21.64% of NBC’s primetime Olympic broadcast. Women’s events received 78.36% of NBC’s coverage. Mixed sex events (e.g., equestrian) received 0.00% of NBC’s coverage.

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After 11 nights, when mixed sex events are excluded, men’s events have received 44.70% of NBC’s primetime broadcast coverage compared to 55.30% for women’s events.

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Method: The percentage of primetime devoted to men’s, women’s and mixed sex sports is calculated by a single researcher, utilizing a stopwatch and DVR or DVD time codes, measuring (to the millisecond) the total amount of time devoted to each event. Any time spent at the actual athletic site, on a profile about an athlete, promos about a specific athlete or sport, and host commentary about a specific sport or athlete is recorded. Split screens combining commercials and live coverage are included in the calculations, but commercial breaks are not included. The NBC broadcast network East Coast feed is used for the calculations. Olympic coverage on cable networks and live streaming are not included. Network overruns beyond 11:00pm up to the break for local news are included within the calculations.

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