• A USA special at Bovada offers +280 odds for Sha’Carri Richardson to win the Women’s 100m gold medal and Melissa Jefferson to get silver or bronze.
• Richardson has -185 odds to win the gold medal, while Jefferson has +140 odds to win a medal.
• Richardson proved she’s a lock with a 10.71-second 100m, but Jefferson wasn’t far behind at 10.80 seconds.

PARIS – Bovada’s USA special for the Women’s 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics is the best way to get value on Sha’Carri Richardson. Richardson is the heavy favorite with -185 Olympic betting odds to win the 100m gold medal, but betting the USA special that includes fellow American Melissa Jefferson to win the silver or bronze medal has +280 odds.

USA Women’s 100m Betting Special

Sha'Carri Richardson to Win Gold Medal And Melissa Jefferson To Win Silver Or Bronze +280

Richardson proved she’s the fastest woman in the world at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, winning all three races and setting the world-leading time of 10.71 seconds. Her -185 track & field betting odds are a lock, so the pressure is on Melissa Jefferson, who has +1600 odds to win gold.

Olympic Odds Women’s 100m Gold Medal Winner

• Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) -185
• Shericka Jackson (JAM) +410
• Julien Alfred (LCA) +575
• Melissa Jefferson (USA) +1600
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) +1600
• Tia Clayton (JAM) +2500
• Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) +3300
• Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV) +3300
• Twanisha Terry (USA) +3300
• Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR) +10000

Jefferson Primed For Silver Or Bronze Medal Finish

Shericka Jackson of Jamaica has far shorter odds than Jefferson to win gold, but she ran the 100m 0.04 seconds slower than Jefferson at their respective Olympic trials. In fact, Jefferson’s 10.80-second 100m was faster than both Jackson (10.84) and Julien Alfred (10.85), who have far shorter odds.

Odds To Win a Medal at Women's 100m

• Sha'carri Richardson (USA) -2000
• Julien Alfred (LCA) -400
• Shericka Jackson (JAM) -167
• Melissa Jefferson (USA) +140
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) +170
• Tia Clayton (JAM) +200

Jefferson’s +140 odds to win a medal at the Women’s 100m have great value as the second-fastest athlete in the field. It makes the +280 Bovada Olympic betting odds for the USA special even better with Richardson expected to take gold.