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Best Ways to Bet on Swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Zach Kelley — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 21:50:26 +0000

Men’s 100m Breaststroke odds narrowly favor Adam Peaty (-110) of Great Britain over Qin Haiyang (+120) of China for the gold medal.
David Popovici is a heavy favorite (-300) to win the Men’s 200m Freestyle gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Betting odds for the Men’s 100m Backstroke and 200m Butterfly favor Ryan Murphy (+150) and Leon Marchand (+130), respectively.

PARIS – With so many different swimming events and styles at the 2024 Paris Olympic, there are plenty of ways to get in on the betting action. Here are some of the best ways to bet on Olympic swimming, including valuable Olympic betting odds and places to bet.

Men’s 100m Breaststroke Odds

Adam Peaty (GBR) -110
Qin Haiyang (CHN) +120
Nic Fink (USA) +1100
Arno Kamminga (NED) +2000
Evgenii Somov (AIN) +2000
Samuel Williamson (AUS) +2000
Sun Jiajun (CHN) +2000
Melvin Imoudu (GER) +2500
Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) +2500
Charlie Swanson (USA) +5000
Lucas Matzerath (GER) +5000
Casper Corbeau (NED) +6600
James Wilby (GBR) +6600
Omer Ogretir (TUR) +6600
Andrius Sidlauskas (LTU) +7500
Ludovico Viberti (ITA) +7500

The 100m Breaststroke is the most commonly used swim stroke but it’s the slowest in terms of Olympic competitive swim strokes. Adam Peaty has -110 odds to win the gold medal, but Qin Haiyang’s +120 odds are right behind him.

Meanwhile, the freestyle is the fastest stroke and one of the most entertaining to watch. As indicated by aquatic betting odds, David Popovici expects to win the Men’s 200m Freestyle gold medal with -300 odds.

Men’s 200m Freestyle Betting Odds

David Popovici (ROU) -300
Lukas Martens (GER) +550
Hwang Sun-Woo (KOR) +900
Matt Richards (GBR) +1000
Pan Zhanle (CHN) +1400
Duncan Scott (GBR) +1600
Luke Hobson (USA) +2200
Danas Rapsys (LTU) +2500
Maximilian Giuliani (AUS) +2500
Chris Guiliano (USA) +4000
Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN) +5000
Lee Ho-Joon (KOR) +6600
Thomas Neill (AUS) +7500
Alessandro Ragaini (ITA) +10000
Rafael Miroslaw (GER) +10000

Popovici is an incredibly talented swimmer that also has the second-shortest odds to win the Men’s 100m Freestyle at +175 odds behind favorite Pan Zhanle. Zhanle is also competing in the 200m for China, but his long +1400 odds prove he’s more effective in a shorter race.

Olympic Swimming Betting Odds For Backstroke And Butterfly

Two other exciting ways to bet on Summer Olympics betting odds for swimming are the Men’s 100m Backstroke and the Men’s 200m Butterfly competitions. Ryan Murphy of the United States has the chance to win two gold medals, as he’s +150 for the 100m Backstroke and +175 for the 200m Backstroke.

Men’s 100m Backstroke Odds

Ryan Murphy (USA) +150
Xu Jiayu (CHN) +275
Apostolos Christou (GRE) +300
Thomas Ceccon (ITA) +400
Hunter Armstrong (USA) +1200
Hubert Kos (HUN) +2500
Hugo Gonzalez (ESP) +2500
Oliver Morgan (GBR) +2500
Evangelos Makrygiannis (GRE) +3300
Mewen Tomac (FRA) +4000
Pieter Coetze (RSA) +4000
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (FRA) +4000
Jonathon Marshall (GBR) +5000
Blake Tierney (CAN) +8000
Isaac Cooper (AUS) +8000
Bradley Woodward (AUS) +10000

Murphy recently took home the 100m Backstroke gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships final over world record holder Thomas Ceccon. Ceccon has +400 odds to get revenge at the 2024 Paris Olympics and bring home a gold medal for Italy.

Men’s 200m Butterfly Odds

Leon Marchand (FRA) +130
Kristof Milak (HUN) +175
Tomoru Honda (JPN) +350
Krzysztof Chmielewski (POL) +1400
Thomas Heilman (USA) +1400
Genki Terakado (JPN) +2000
Ilya Kharun (CAN) +2500
Noe Ponti (SUI) +3300
Giacomo Carini (ITA) +3500
Alberto Razzeti (ITA) +4000
Luca Urlando (USA) +4000
Michal Chmielewski (POL) +4000
Martin Espernberger (AUT) +6000
Kim Min-Seop (KOR) +6600
Niu Guangsheng (CHN) +10000
Matthew Sates (RSA) +15000

Leon Marchand leads the board of Bovada Olympic betting odds for the Men’s 200m Butterfly competition with +130 odds. Kristof Milak (+175) and Tomoru Honda (+350) trail before a big odds drop at Krzysztof Chmielewski at +1400 odds.

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Olympic Men’s 100m Freestyle Odds Torn Between World Record Holders

Zach Kelley — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:48:37 +0000

Men’s 100m Freestyle odds favor Pan Zhanle of China to win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
David Popovici (+175) of Romania recorded two of the three fastest 100m freestyle times ever.
Top American Jack Alexy has +550 odds to win the gold medal, but fellow countryman Chris Guiliano (+1000) is the better wager with longer odds.

PARIS – Betting odds for the Men’s 100m Freestyle gold medal favor Pan Zhanle of China with +125 odds. David Popovici’s +175 Olympic betting odds aren’t too far behind as the former 100m Freestyle world record holder.

Current Men’s 100m Freestyle Gold Medal Winner Odds

Pan Zhanle (CHN) +125
David Popovici (ROU) +175
Jack Alexy (USA) +550
Kyle Chalmers (AUS) +600
Chris Guiliano (USA) +1000
Maxime Grousset (FRA) +1600
Josh Liendo (CAN) +3300
Matt Richards (GBR) +4000
Alessandro Miressi (ITA) +5000
Nandor Nemeth (HUN) +5000
Andrej Barna (SRB) +6600
William Yang (AUS) +6600
Hwang Sun-Woo (KOR) +10000
Josha Salchow (GBR) +12500
Duncan Scott (GBR) +15000
Guilherme Caribe (BRA) +15000
Wang Haoyu (CHN) +15000
Danas Rapsys (LTU) +20000
Velimir Stjepanovic (SRB) +20000

Pan Zhanle set the current world record (46.80 seconds) for the 100m freestyle during the leadoff leg of the 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the World Aquatics Championships back in March. Popovici added a 46.88-second time during the European Championships final, the third-fastest 100m freestyle time ever behind Pan Zhanle’s 46.80-second and his former world record time of 46.86 seconds.

Chris Guiliano Best Men’s 100m Freestyle Longshot At +1000 Odds

Betting odds rightfully show this will be a two-man race, but American Jack Alexy has the third-shortest Olympic betting odds to win the gold medal at +550. Alexy posted a 47.47-second 100m freestyle at the United States trials, which was good enough for a second-place finish.

It was Chris Guiliano who came away with first place, but aquatic betting odds have him much longer at +1000 odds to win the gold medal. Guiliano posted a 47.38-second winning 100m freestyle time at trials, roughly half a second slower than the top two swimmers based on odds.

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Women’s 100m Freestyle Odds: Australian O’Callaghan Favored for Gold

Zach Kelley — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:30:12 +0000

Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia has +130 odds to win the Women’s 100m freestyle gold medal.
Top American Kate Douglass saw her odds shorten to +1200 after posting a 52.56-second 100m in the United States Olympic trials.
Australia has -650 odds to win the Women’s 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay gold medal, with the United States positioned second at +400 odds.

PARIS – Australia’s women swimmers, coined the Dolphins, are set to make a splash at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Mollie O’Callaghan is the Olympic betting odds favorite to win the Women’s 100m Freestyle gold medal.

Women’s 100m Freestyle Gold Medal Odds

Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) +130
Siobhan Haughey (HGK) +180
Marrit Steenbergen (NED) +400
Shayna Jack (AUS) +1000
Kate Douglass (USA) +1200
Yang Junxuan (CHN) +2000
Torri Huske (USA) +3300
Anna Hopkin (GBR) +5000
Wu Qingfeng (CHN) +6600
Barbora Seemanova (CZE) +10000

O’Callaghan is the fastest swimmer in the pool based on Olympic trial times, where she posted a 52.33-second 100m freestyle. Fellow Australian Shayna Jack has +1000 odds to win after posting a 52.72-second finish at the Australian Olympic trials.

American Kate Douglass (+1200) has longer aquatic betting odds than Jack despite posting a faster 52.56-second 100m freestyle finish at the United States Olympic trials. Douglass was only 0.23 seconds slower than the favorite O’Callaghan, meaning she has great value in improving her time with a gold medal on the line.

Australia Heavily Favored In 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay

The Australians had three swimmers finish the Women’s 100m Freestyle trial in under 53 seconds, more than any other country. Gold medal odds for the 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay heavily favor the Australians at -650 odds.

Women's 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay Gold Medal Odds

Australia -650
United States +400
Canada +1200
China +1500
Great Britain +5000
France +6600
Sweden +7500
Netherlands +8000
Italy +15000
Hong Kong +25000

The American relay team consists of Kate Douglass (52.56), Torri Huske (52.93), Gretchen Walsh (53.13), and Simone Manuel (53.25), while the fourth member of the Australian relay team is unconfirmed.

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Katie Ledecky Aims For Gold, Despite Illness

Daniel Borjas — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:10:10 +0000

The FINA World Championships are underway.
Katie Ledecky has been suffering from an undiagnosed illness during FINA.
Many winners in FINA automatically qualify for Tokyo 2020.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Katie Ledecky is heading to the 800m freestyle final at the FINA championships on Saturday.

Pushing Through Illness

It’s clear that Ledecky’s undiagnosed illness is affecting her FINA World Championships results. So far, she has won two silver medals. In the 400m freestyle individual and the 4x200m relay, she won silver medals. Although those are impressive feats, we are more used to seeing Ledecky win gold.

Unfortunately, there were moments where Ledecky could not even compete. Illness caused Ledecky to withdraw from the 400m freestyle and the 1,500m freestyle. The 1,500m freestyle is her best event, so Ledecky could have won if she was healthy.

But Ledecky still wants to swim. She competed in the 800m freestyle event and finished second with a time of 8:14.42. Leah Smith from team USA finished in first. Both swimmers are heading to the 800m freestyle finals on Saturday.

OlympicBettingOdds.com knows normally, swimmers who complete a heat will immediately look at the clock to see their results. Ledecky did not. She was clearly out of breath and exhausted from the 800m heat. After Ledecky left the pool, she went straight to the warm-down pool. She did not take any questions from reporters and looked drained.

But now Ledecky has the time to rest. After 800m heat, she will likely not enter the pool until the finals on Saturday. That gives around 33 hours to rest and recover from her illness. The 800m freestyle is Ledecky’s last shot to win gold at the FINA World Championships. Team USA is hoping Ledecky will get the rest she needs for the 800m freestyle finals on Saturday.

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Haley Anderson And Ashley Twichell Are Heading To Tokyo 2020

Daniel Borjas — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:07:34 +0000

Qualifiers for the 2020 Olympics are happening during the FINA World Championships.
Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell are the first members of Team USA for Tokyo 2020.
First time US women have automatically qualified for open water swimming at the Olympics.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell have both qualified for open water swimming in Tokyo 2020.

The FINA World Aquatics Championships are well underway. During these aquatic events, athletes have the opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. No woman from the US has ever automatically qualified for the 10k open water event at the Olympics. OlympicBettingOdds.com thinks that has now changed.

Two Successful Swims

Anderson won Team USA its first women’s 10k worlds medal. She did so by getting second place at the FINA world championships. Anderson finished the 10k with a time of 1:54:48:10. She was only 00:00:90 behind Xin Xin of China. With the silver medal in hand, Anderson is now heading to Tokyo 2020.

Anderson is not the only one heading to Tokyo. The top 10 finishers are all automatically going to the Olympics. That means Ashley Twichell also qualifies. Twichell finished with a time of 1:54:505:50. That puts Twichell 00:03:30 behind Xin Xin. Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Australia’s Kareena Lee ended with the same time as Twichell. In a three-way tie for fifth, Twichell will also represent Team USA in Tokyo.

This will not be the first time that Anderson will be at the Olympics. She was present in London 2012 and Rio 2016. In London, Anderson won the silver medal for the 10k marathon. She, unfortunately, did not win any medals in Rio. As for Twichell, this will be the first time she qualifies for the Olympic Games.

Due to these qualifiers, Twichell and Anderson are both the first members of Team USA for Tokyo 2020. As the FINA World Championships continue, more US athletes will join them at the Olympics.

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Katrina Young and Murphy Bromberg Qualify For Tokyo 2020

Daniel Borjas — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:54:36 +0000

The US now has a position in the Olympics for the synchronized 10-meter dive.
Katrina Young and her partner Murphy Bromberg will both head to the 2020 Olympics.
China and Malaysia won the gold and silver medals respectively for the FINA World Championships.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Former Florida State University student Katrina Young has qualified for the Olympics for the second time.

She was also in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Her partner for Tokyo 2020 will be Murphy Bromberg. This will be the first time that Bromberg will make it to the Olympics.

How Did They Qualify?

Qualifications happened at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Before the final dive for Team USA, the pair was in fourth place behind team Canada. They needed to overtake the Canadian pair to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

In their final dive, the US pair performed a back 2 ½ with 1 ½ twists. This gave team USA a score of 69.12 points. That meant their final score was 304.86 points. Murphy was not confident that the dive was enough. Next up was the Canadian pair.

For Team Canada’s final dive, they performed an inward 3 ½ tuck to score 62.40 points. That left team Canada with a score of 304.05. Team USA overtook team Canada by .81 points and placed third in the FINA World Championships. This means that the US pair won bronze and most of all, qualified for the 2020 Olympics.

OlympicBettingOdds.com knows Young and Bromberg will not be the only Americans with a shot to qualify for Tokyo 2020. The FINA World Championships last until July 24. Ben Bramley and Steele Johnson will compete in the men’s synchronized 10-meter. Alison Gibson and Krysta Palmer will compete in the women’s synchronized 3-meter. They are hoping to compete in the 2020 Olympics along with Young and Bromberg.

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Swimmer Jordan Wilimovsky Is First Swimmer To Make U.S. Team For Tokyo 2020

Christina Monroe — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:58:11 +0000

Jordan Wilimovsky becomes the first swimmer on the Men’s U.S. Olympic team.
Fellow American swimmer David Heron came in twenty spots behind with a less than a two-minute deficit.
Wilimovsky has been the only American swimmer to qualify in both pool and open water events during his swimming career.

NEW YORK – Only the top ten swimmers in a 10km Olympic qualifier competition would place to make the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Among those ten was Jordan Wilimovsky, coming in fifth and becoming the first American to qualify for the male U.S. swim team. The 2019 FINA World Championships took place in the open waters of Gwangju, South Korea.

The qualifier allowed 74 competitors to swim for a chance of going to the Olympics. The 25-year-old from Malibu, California had a time of 1 hour, 48 minutes and 1 second to get him into fifth place. David Heron, the other American swimmer in the competition finished in 25th place with a time of 1 hour 49 minutes and a little over 57 seconds. Less than two minutes made the difference as to which American would be heading to Tokyo.

"Usually, I try to hang back a little more, but this being an Olympic qualifier and everything, the first half of the race I went a little harder than I normally do just to make sure I was in a good position and be safe and be at the front the whole way," said Wilimovsky. "So I changed my strategy a little bit compared to what I normally do."

What’s Next?

Wilimovsky has been swimming since he was 9 years old. He competed in the 2016 Olympics in Rio where he placed fourth, missing the bronze by a little over 4 seconds. Wilimovsky will continue to compete in the remainder of the FINA World Championships. Next week he is scheduled for both an 800 meter and 1,500-meter freestyle competition, although he has already solidified his spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

“I’m obviously super stoked to get top 10 and make the Olympic Team,” said Wilimovsky. “Any time you get to represent the U.S. is super cool, so that’s awesome. I definitely wanted to do better than fifth, but I’ve got a year to work on that, so overall I’m happy.”

A few other swimmers to place for their countries Olympic teams were Marc-Antoine Olivier of France, Florian Wellbrock of Germany, and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy. While Wilimovsky had hoped to place higher than he did, he’s happy to be heading to the Olympics. And now OlympicBettingOdds.com knows he has over a year to practice for that better score he was hoping for.

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