Rio Olympics Table Tennis Coverage Reached 552 Million Viewers

A "stunning" 552 million TV viewers "watched table tennis at the 2016 Rio Olympics when China dominated the event," according to Chan Kin-wa of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. Figures released by the Int'l Table Tennis Federation "showed the two top markets were China and Japan, the two countries that also collected the highest number of medals among the 56 participating nations" competing in the Riocentro Pavilion 3 from Aug. 6-17. TV viewer numbers "were also high" in the U.S., India and Brazil. China recorded an overall viewership of 372 million, with "no fewer" than 13.3 million tuning in for the men’s team contest when it beat South Korea 3-0 in the semifinals. Meanwhile, in Japan the number of total viewers reached 27.8 million, with the figure for the U.S. at 24.9 million (SCMP, 1/5).