USA’s 2024 Gold Medal Odds at the Most Popular Events

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris give us 16 days to be patriotic and back our fellow Americans as they go for the gold.

Oddsmakers expect plenty of opportunities for the USA to cash as we have the best odds for the most gold medals by a wide margin. The United States is -750, while the next closest countries are China (+350), France (+6500), Japan (+8000) and Great Britain (+80000)

But just how good are the United States' chances in each sport?

Well, let’s take a closer look at the odds for popular individual and team events.

Men's Basketball

No one will ever forget the original Dream Team in 1992, which was the first time active NBA stars participated in the Summer Games. One of the highest honors these days is to be picked for Team USA, which has won gold every year except in 2004, when they infamously settled for bronze. The United States has struggled in it's tune-ups, despite going undefeated, but is still heavily favored to win it all (-500).  Canada is seen as the biggest threat at +1100.

Women's Basketball

Women's basketball has undergone a renaissance, and you could argue there's more attention on this years' Olympic team than ever. The US has won gold nine times, including seven straight dating back to 1996. The Americans are a massive favorite at -1800 to win an eighth straight gold. Australia and Spain own the next best odds at +2200.

Men's Golf

Americans dominated the four majors this year, winning them all for the 11th time. Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship and British Open, Scottie Scheffler won the Masters and Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open.

Women's Golf

Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu are the favorites to win gold, while Rose Zhang has the fifth-best odds.

Men's Soccer

The Unites States flamed out in the Copa America, which resulted in Gregg Berhalter's firing.  The Olympic team looks awfully different as players must be under 23 (albeit with a few exceptions). The United State enter the tournament with the fifth-best odds at +1600.

Women's Soccer

The US women have long been a dynamo, and that remains the case as they're favored to bring home the gold at +175.

Men's Swimming

This used to be all about Michael Phelps. However, there's no elite US men's swimmer these days, making it a wide open field for several Americans.

100m Freestyle

1500m Freestyle

100m Butterfly

100m Backstroke

200m Backstroke

200m Breaststroke

200m Individual Medley

4x100m Freestyle Relay

50m Freestyle

800m Freestyle

Women's Swimming

If it's the Summer Olympics, that means it's Katie Ledecky's time to shine. She owns seven gold medals and has a chance to tie or surpass Jenny Thompson for the most in Olympic history. However, she's far from the only American who'll hit the pool with chances to finish in first. After all, she's not competing in every event.

800m Freestyle

1500m Freestyle

100m Breaststroke

100m Backstroke

1500m Breaststroke

200m Breaststroke

4x100m Freestyle Relay

50m Freestyle

800m Freestyle

Men and Women's Track and Field

Track and field boasts a wide array of events. The most notable name this year is Sha'Carri Richardson, one of the fastest women in the world, who was controversially disqualified from the 2020 Summer Games for testing positive for marijuana.

Men's 100m

Women's 100m

Men's 110m Hurdles

Women's 100m Hurdles

Men's 1500m

Women's 1500m

Men's 200m

Women's 200m

Men's 400m

Women's 400m

Men's 400m Hurdles

Women's 400m Hurdles

Men's 500m

Women's 500m

Men's 800m

Men's Discus Throw

Women's Discus Throw

Men's Hammer Throw

Women's Hammer Throw

Men's High Jump

Women's High Jump

Men's Javelin Throw

Women's Javelin Throw

Men's Long Jump

Women's Long Jump

Men's Pole Vault

Women's Pole Vault

Men's Shot Put

Women's Shot Put

Men's Triple Jump

Women's Triple Jump

Men and Women's Gymnastics

There aren't too many gymnastics odds available yet, but oddsmakers couldn't wait to post the line for an event featuring Simone Biles.

Women's All-Around