Paris 2024 Olympics breaks BBC Sport record with 218 million streams

BBC Sport’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics was streamed a record-breaking 218 million times online – more than doubling the 104 million streams recorded during the Tokyo Games three years ago.

BBC TV also enjoyed consistently high viewing figures, with a peak audience of over six million viewers on 14 separate days.

Keely Hodgkinson’s gold medal in the women’s 800m final was the most watched event with 9.1million viewers on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Paris handed over to the city of Los Angeles – who will host the Games in 2028 – during the closing ceremony on Sunday.

Across the 19 days of competition, 36.1 million viewers watched 15 minutes or more of the Paris Olympics on BBC TV – equivalent to 59% of the UK population.

The BBC iPlayer also saw 12.2 million people sign in to their account to watch the action.

Alex Kay-Jelski, director of BBC Sport, said the broadcaster “has been there to champion the athletes” and also to “take the audience on a journey across multiple sporting disciplines”.

He added: “It is not an easy job, but these figures across digital, linear, online and audio demonstrates that BBC Sport’s unique multi-platform offer is capable of uniting the nation with the very best of British storytelling.”

Other BBC TV highlights include 8.5m viewers tuning in to watch Adam Peaty take silver in the men’s 100m breaststroke final and 7.3m viewers watching Katarina Johnson-Thompson secure her first Olympic medal with a silver in the heptathlon.