東京五輪、閉会式の視聴率４６．７％

　８日夜にＮＨＫ総合で中継された東京五輪の閉会式の世帯平均視聴率（関東地区）の速報値は４６．７％だった。ビデオリサーチが１０日、発表した。前回１９６４年の東京大会（６３．２％）、７２年ミュンヘン五輪（４６．９％）に次ぐ高さだった。
　閉会式はニュースを挟んで放送された前半が４６．７％、後半が３９．８％だった。また、日本が米国を破って金メダルを獲得した７日の野球決勝戦（ＮＨＫ総合）は、最高値３７．０％。８日の陸上男子マラソン（ＮＨＫ総合）は同３１．４％だった。（2021/08/10-11:46）

The live broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics' closing ceremony on Sunday night drew an average household viewership rate of 46.7 pct in the Kanto eastern Japan region, Video Research Ltd. said Tuesday.
   The figure for the live coverage by public broadcaster NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., was the third highest for an Olympic closing ceremony, after the 63.2 pct for the 1964 Tokyo Games and the 46.9 pct for the 1972 Munich Games.
   The first half of the ceremony had a viewership rate of 46.7 pct, while the latter half had 39.8 pct.
   Of all live-broadcast events of the Tokyo Olympics, Saturday's final baseball match, in which Japan beat the United States to win gold, had the highest average TV rating, at 37.0 pct, followed by Sunday's men's marathon event, at 31.4 pct.