The 2024 Summer Olympics began on July 26 in Paris. This year’s games return to form after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the 2020 edition and pushed it to 2021. Sportsbooks are currently rolling out odds for the Olympics, including for individual events and total medal count. Breakdancing, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing – played out in Tahiti – are all new to the table in 2024. Gymnastics, swimming, and basketball will likely again draw the most viewers. Below, you’ll find a rundown of Summer Olympics betting for this year’s events.
Summer Olympics Betting: Most Gold Medals odds (Country)
Olympics odds have been posted at the best sports betting sites. One of the most straightforward bets you can make on the Olympics is on which country will win the most gold medals.
Early odds have the U.S. as a heavy favorite to again take home the most gold medals, set betwen -500 and -750. There will also be over/under markets on how many gold medals individual countries will win. For instance, the gold medal total for the US is set around 40.5 at most books.
Looking back at the 2021 Games in Tokyo, a bet on Team USA to win the most gold medals and the most total medals would have been a winner. The U.S. brought home 39 gold medals and 113 total. China was second in terms of gold medals won with 38, and host Japan finished third with 27.
Olympics betting: Most medals (country)
Here is a look at the betting market for most total medals by country. The USA opened as a heavy favorite with a -2500 at most sportsbooks.
List of events
Here is a list of Paris 2024 Olympic events, many of which will have betting markets:
- Archery
- Artistic swimming
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball (5v5, 3v3)
- Beach volleyball
- Boxing
- Breakdancing
- Canoeing (distance, sprint)
- Cycling (road, track)
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Golf
- Gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic)
- Handball
- Judo
- Modern pentathalon
- Rowing
- Rugby sevens
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Skateboarding
- Soccer – Men’s
- Soccer – Women’s
- Sport climbing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis – Men’s
- Tennis – Women’s
- Track and Field
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling