2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Athletics Odds and Predictions

For the first time in the history of the Summer Olympics, the men and women Athletic competitions will have the same number of gold medals at 23 apiece. In total, the 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 48 medal events for the entire Olympic Games. 

The Olympics Athletics category encompasses three distinct disciplines: track and field, racewalking and road running events. These competitions will take place from Thursday, August 1^st to Sunday, August 11^th. 

The marathon races will start at Hotel de Ville and conclude at Les Invalides. Racewalking competitions will be held at Pont d’lena. The popular track and field events will be on display at France’s crown jewel stadium – Stade de France. These venues will be the same for the Men’s Olympics Athletics events as well.

If you are looking to bet on the Olympics, keep reading below as we dive into the latest Paris Games Women’s Athletics odds and make our Summer Olympics Women’s Athletics predictions.

2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Athletic Odds

Check out the latest Summer Olympics Women’s Athletic Odds, courtesy of the top sports betting sites:

2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Athletic Predictions

Check out our Summer Olympics Women’s Athletic predictions for the following events: 

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s Hammer Throw

• Camryn Rogers (CAN) -140 
• DeAnna Price (USA) +170 
• Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) +700 
• Sara Fantini (ITA) +1400 
• Annette Echikunwoke (USA) +2000 

Just like with the men’s hammer throw, Canada is favored to win the gold medal in the women’s hammer throw event at Paris. 

Camryn Rogers is the odds-on favorite to claim the top spot in this competition as she is the reigning World Champion having won the gold in 2023. She was also a silver medalist in the 2022 World Championships. The 25-year-old Rogers has a season best mark of 77.6 meters that she threw in June. 

At the U.S. Olympic Trials, Annette Echikunwoke finished first with a throw of 74.68 meters. She beat out the two-time Olympian DeAnna Price who finished with a 74.52m throw. Price finished 8^th in Tokyo and Rio for this competition. She is the 2019 World Champion. 

I really like Echikunwoke’s chances of medaling. After her heartbreaking disqualification in Tokyo, I think she’s on a mission this year. Unfortunately, Rogers is throwing three meters further than the competition. This gold medal is hers to lose. 

Bet: Camryn Rogers (CAN) -140

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s Shot Put

• Chase Jackson (USA) -140 
• Sarah Mitton (CAN) +160 
• Gong Lijiao (CHN) +500 
• Jessica Schilder (NED) +500 
• Raven Saunders (USA) +2200
• Jaida Ross (USA) +2900

USA features three competitors that all have a chance to win gold. Jaida Ross was an accomplished collegiate athlete in the shot put with a record-breaking season. She’s also the NACAC U23 champ. At the Olympic Trials, Ross threw for 19.6 meters. Although she’s still behind Chase Jackson and Sarah Mitton, Ross is my longshot pick for this event. 

With that said, this competition will come down to an epic battle between the American Jackson and Canada’s Mitton. 

Jackson is the two-time defending World Champion and scored a 20.10m throw at the Trials. It was a season best for her. Unfortunately, that is still behind Mitton’s career-best mark of 20.68m that she set in May. 

Mitton was the silver medalist at the World Championships last year. However, I see her taking home the gold in the Paris Olympics as she edges out Jackson. 

Bet: Sarah Mitton (CAN) +160

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s Pole Vault

• Molly Caudery (GBR) +125 
• Katie Moon (USA) +185 
• Nina Kennedy (AUS) +225 
• Eliza McCartney (NZL) +1400 
• Wilma Murto (FIN) +1600

Unlike the men’s Olympic pole vault competition where Armand Duplantis is a massive betting favorite (-4000), the women’s Olympic pole vault event features three competitors all with a chance to win gold.

Despite being the reigning gold medalist, having won this event in Tokyo, USA’s Katie Moon is not favored to win gold in Paris. The two-time World Champion actually tied with Australia’s Nina Kennedy last year and the two agreed to share the gold instead of having a jump-off. These two competitors are only separated by four centimeters in their career-best marks. 

Despite the success that Moon and Kennedy have had, and their chances of winning gold in Paris, Britain’s Molly Caudery enters as the odds-on favorite to capture the gold for this event. In March, she won the World Athletics Indoor Championship. 

However, it was her 4.92 meters vault in June that not only took the lead for this year’s highest jumps, but it also broke the British women’s pole vault world record. 

The three favorites went head-to-head at the Monaco Diamond League this week, and it was Kennedy who edged out Caudrey and Moon.

Any of the three favorites can win the pole vault event in Paris. However, we must pick one. Moon has the experience of winning gold and the confidence to do it again. Caudrey and Kennedy have been chasing after her for a few years now. 

Moon hasn’t looked as great as the other two have this year. She was hampered by an injury for part of the season. Although she claims to be back at full strength, Caudrey and Kennedy just look to be in better form heading into Paris. 

It’s going to take a minimum 4.90m vault to win gold. Moon is certainly capable of hitting this mark, but she hasn’t come close to it as we get closer to Paris. Both Caudrey and Kennedy have. I’m rooting for a three-way tie. But, since we have to pick a winner, I’m taking Kennedy. 

Caudrey has the highest numbers this season, but Kennedy beat her in Monaco. Additionally, with Moon appearing less than 100% and Caudrey originally aiming for 2028 Olympic gold, Kennedy’s consistency gives me some confidence to bet on her for gold in Paris. 

Bet: Nina Kennedy (AUS) +225

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s Discus Throw

• Valarie Allman (USA) -600 
• Yaime Perez (CUB) +450 
• Feng Bin (CHN) +850 
• Sandra Elkasevic (CRO) +1700 
• Denia Caballero (CUB) +2500 

As you can see by the discus throw odds, Valarie Allman is a sizable betting favorite to win gold in Paris. Allman is the defending gold medalist for this event having won the discus throw in Tokyo. In 2024, the American has yet to lose a competition and just recently dominated the Paris Diamond League event. That improves her to 4-0 in Diamond League competitions. Nobody was even close to Allman in Paris. 

I expect the same results in the 2024 Summer Olympics as well. The competition is for silver as Allman is going to easily win Olympic gold for a second time in her career. 

Bet: Valarie Allman (USA) -600

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s Long Jump

• Malaika Mihambo (GER) -150 
• Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA) +240 
• Ivana Spanovic (SRB) +400 
• Larissa Lapichino (ITA) +1000 
• Ese Brume (NGR) +1700

Ivana Spanovic is the most accomplished long jumper of this group as this will be her 5^th Olympics appearance. She finished 28^th in 2008, 8^th in 2012, scored a bronze in 2016, and finished 4^th in 2020. 

It’s rather surprising that she has yet to win Olympic gold considering that she’s won gold at every other major event: European Championships, European Indoor Championships, World Championships, World Indoor Championships, and Diamond League titles. Spanovic enters Paris as the third odds-on favorite, well behind Tara Davis-Woodhall and Malaika Mihambo. 

Spanovic and Mihambo have been rivals for many years now as the two have alternated between international competition victories. With that said, Mihambo has the one thing that Spanovic doesn’t, that’s Olympic gold. The German long jumper won gold in Tokyo. It was a marked improvement from her 4^th in Rio. 

Tara Davis-Woodhall, the reigning World outdoor silver medalist and indoor champion, is the only competitor capable of upstaging these two international stars. She won the U.S. Olympic Trials with a 7.00m jump. However, that’s still behind Mihambo’s season leading jump of 7.22m at the European Championships. The jump was .28 better than the second-place winner. 

At the Olympics, Davis-Woodhall and Spanovic will both need to jump least 7.0m to contend with Mihambo. Even if they do, I think the reigning Olympic gold medalist is just too tough to beat in Paris. There’s still solid value on Mihambo’s odds. 

Bet: Malaika Mihambo (GER) -150

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s Javelin

• Flor Ruiz (COL) +200
• Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) +200
• Victoria Hudson (AUT) +350
• Maggie Malone (USA) +500
• Maria Andrejczyk (POL) +1000

The women’s Olympics javelin throw might just be the most competitive of all the Athletics events in Paris. We have four legit contenders for the gold medal and all of them capable of winning. 

Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi is a World Champion and just picked up a big Dimond League victory in Monaco with a season best throw of 65.21 meters. She finished 12^th in the Tokyo games, but appears ready to challenge for the podium in Paris. 

American Maggie Malone is a two-time Olympian with her best result coming in Tokyo when she finished 10^th. However, Malone is consistently throwing over 64 meters including in her Olympic qualification. 

Victoria Hudson won the European Athletics Championship in Rome this year with a season pest 64.62 meters. This will be the Austrian’s second Olympic appearance as she didn’t qualify for the medal round in Tokyo. 

Flor Ruiz, of Colombia, is a two-time Olympian with a 9^th place finish as her personal best. That came in the 2016 Rio Games. In May, at the Ibero-American Championships, Ruiz’s best throw of 66.70 meters broke the South American record. She also had a throw of 65.36 meters. 

I do see the gold medal coming down between Kitaguchi and Ruiz. However, with the way Ruiz has been throwing this season, it’s hard to pick against her. And, I love the plus-money odds we’re getting. 

Bet: Flor Ruiz (COL) +200

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s High Jump

• Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) -500 
• Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) +330 
• Angelina Topic (SRB) +900 
• Vashti Cunningham (USA) +2200 
• Eleanor Patterson (AUS) +2200 

Yaroslava Mahuchikh is the large betting favorite for the Olympics Women’s high jump event, and rightfully so. The Ukranian just set the world record with a 2.10m high jump, which was one centimeter higher than the all-time record that stood for 37 years. 

The 22-year-old easily dispatched of Nicola Olyslagers at the World Championships as the Austrian finished with a 2.01m high jump. Olyslagers was the silver medalist for this event in Tokyo. She appears destined to win another silver medal in Paris. 

I caught Yaroslava Mahuchikh’s world record jump on my Facebook feed after it happened. That three-minute clip had me captivated and celebrating as if I knew this world class athlete personally. Nevertheless, I will be rooting and betting on her to win the gold in Paris. 

Bet: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) -500

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s Triple Jump

• Leyanis Perez (CUB) +150 
• Shanieka Ricketts (JAM) +250 
• Ana Peleteiro (ESP) +500 
• Liadagmis Povea (CUB) +500 
• Ackelia Smith (JAM) +500
• Thea LaFond (DMA) +600 

Leyanis Perez of Cuba is the odds-on favorite to win this event. The 22-year-old has wracked up some medals along the way, but she has yet to win gold in the Worlds Indoor or Outdoor competitions. In fact, she lost to Thea LaFond at the World Indoors in March. We’ll circle back to Perez in a moment. 

LaFond won the World Indoors with a 15.01m mark, which made her the only woman to accomplish the 15m feat in the competition. Perez was second with 14.90m. Spain’s Ana Peleteiro was third. 

Speaking of Peleteiro, she improved on her World’s bronze by winning gold at the European Championships in Rome last month. She finished with a 14.85m jump. Let’s also not forget that she won the bronze medal in the 2020 Olympics. Shanieka Ricketts finished 4^th in the triple jump at Tokyo. 

Ricketts is hoping to better that mark in Paris this summer. However, Ricketts has some work to do if she wants to win gold. This week in Monaco, she finished 4^th with a 14.67m mark, which is a season best for the Jamaican Olympian. 

In that Monaco event, Thea LaFond finished second with a 14.87m jump and Perez finished first with her season best mark of 14.96m. 

There is plenty of value and things to like about LaFond and Peleteiro for the Paris Olympics. Both women offer great value, especially LaFond at +600 odds. 

You can certainly take a flier on one of these athletes. Or, you can go the safe route and wager on Perez who is heating up as we get closer to the Olympics. For me, I’m taking Perez for the gold, LaFond for silver and Peleteiro for bronze. 

Bet: Leyanis Perez (CUB) +150

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s 100M Hurdles

• Cyrena Samba-Mayela (FRA) +230 
• Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) +240 
• Masai Russell (USA) +260 
• Ackera Nugent (JAM) +600 
• Alaysha Johnson (USA) +850 
• Grace Stark (USA) +1000 
• Tobi Amusan (NGR) +1000 
• Danielle Williams (JAM) +1400

The 100m hurdles is going to be an exciting event to watch due to how competitive this field is. We have as many as six competitors with a real shot at winning the gold for this event in Paris.

Danielle Williams is a World Champion and yet she’s viewed as a longshot among the rest of this group. The slight odds-on favorite Cyrena Samba-Mayela just torched the field at the European Championships with a time of 12.31 seconds. 

Nipping at Samba-Mayela’s heels is Jasmine Camacho-Quinn who is the defending gold medalist for this event. She won gold in Tokyo with a time of 12.37 seconds. Camacho-Quinn will also be Puerto Rico’s flag bearer in Paris. 

The United States has three legitimate contenders in this event. And, all three of these athletes put up fast times at the Olympics Trial. Grace Stark, the 2024 NCAA Champion, ran a 12.309 100m and finished third. Alaysha Johnson ran a 12.302 and finished second. 

Both of these times were spectacular, but Masai Russell won the meet with a new Olympic Trial record of 12.25 seconds. As of this writing, Russell’s time is the fastest this year. In fact, it’s the fourth fastest mark ever in this event. 

With such a close field, you can almost throw a dart and end up picking the winner. However, I’m going with Russell to win this event. Her run at the Olympic Trials was fantastic. I’m hoping we can sweep the podium with three Americans taking all of the medals. 

Bet: Masai Russell (USA) +260

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s 400M Hurdles

• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) -2500 
• Femke Bol (NED) +330 
• Rushell Clayton (JAM) +2000 
• Anna Cockrell (USA) +4500 
• Kemi Adekoya (BRN) +5000

The women’s 400m hurdles event has the largest betting favorite for the entire Women’s Athletics Olympics category. In fact, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is one of the largest betting favorites for the entire Paris Games. 

For the fifth time in her illustrious career, McLaughlin-Levrone set a new world record for this event. At the Olympic Trials, she showed her dominance by running 50.65 seconds, which was .03 faster than her previous world record set at the 2022 World Championships. Anna Cockrell came in second with a time of 52.64 seconds. 

Femke Bol has been billed as a rival and threat to McLaughlin-Levrone, but her season best time is 52.49 seconds. That’s not going to get it done against the American champion. Bol won the bronze in Tokyo, but finished over a half second slower than McLaughlin-Levrone who won the gold with a time of 51.46 seconds. The American is nearly a second faster than that gold medal performance. 

There’s no value with her odds, but you can still sit back an enjoy the magnificence of Mclaughlin-Levrone. 

Bet: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) -2500

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s 200M

• Gabrielle Thomas (USA) +110 
• Shericka Jackson (JAM) +120 
• McKenzie Long (USA) +400 
• Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) +900 
• Brittany Brown (USA) +1200 

Once again, we have three Americans with a real shot at taking home medals in the 200m event at the Paris Games. USA’s Gabrielle Thomas and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson are basically even when it comes to the oddsmakers. But, McKenzie Long and Brittany Brown both have real shots at upstaging the favorites. 

Brown is making her first appearance in the Olympics after finishing second at the Olympics Trials with a personal best time of 21.90 seconds. She beat McKenzie Long by one thousandth of a second. Both women were behind Thomas who ran a 21.81s time. 

Thomas won the bronze in this event at Tokyo along with silver in the 4x100m relay. She’s faster now than she was then and looks more explosive. Thomas also has career goals outside of winning Olympic gold, which she is also chasing. Another one of those goals is to beat Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson. 

Jackson has gotten the better of Thomas in the handful of races they’ve competed against each other. Her personal best time is 21.41 seconds, which is better than Thomas’ best of 21.6 seconds and the second fastest time ever. Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the record with 21.34 seconds.  

Jackson is a highly decorated sprinter with five Olympic medals spanning Rio and Tokyo. Her lone gold medal came in the 4x100m relay. She’s one of the fastest women on the planet in any sprinting distance. 

Unfortunately, at the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix earlier this month, Jackson pulled up during her race with an apparent injury. Keep in mind, Jamaica is already missing Elaine Thompson-Herah for the Paris Olympics due to an Achilles injury. She’s the reigning Olympic champion at the 100 and 200 meters. 

Not only is Jackson a contender for the 200m gold at Paris, but she’s also a contender for the 100m gold as well. As of now, there’s no word on the severity of her injury. But the timing of it will definitely impact her final preparations for the Olympics. 

With that said, when you combine Jackson’s injury with Thomas’ consistent times this year, you have to lean towards Gabby to win the gold medal in Paris. 

Bet: Gabrielle Thomas (USA) +110

2024 Summer Olympics Women’s 100M

• Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) -225 
• Shericka Jackson (JAM) +350 
• Melissa Jefferson (USA) +750 
• Julien Alfred (STL) +800 
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) +900 

As mentioned above, Shericka Jackson recently suffered a leg injury. She’s still supposed to compete as of this writing, but we’re unsure if the talented sprinter will be at full strength or not. With that said, it probably wouldn’t matter anyways for this race. In the 200m, Jackson would be the favorite. In the 100m, she’s not capable of beating Sha’Carri Richardson. 

Richardson ran the fastest time this year when she won the U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 10.71 seconds. It was slightly slower than her best time last year of 10.65 seconds, which is still a notch behind Griffith-Joyner’s record of 10.49 seconds that she set in the 1988 Olympic Games. 

Melissa Jefferson finished second in the Trials and could finish second in Paris if Jackson isn’t at full strength. Also keep an eye out for Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who is the reigning silver medalist in this event. 

With that said, Richardson will bring home the gold in the 100m. The only question that remains, is how close can she get to “Flo-Jo’s” record? For someone who’s notably faster than the rest of the competition, it’s quite surprising that her odds are only this small. 

Bet: Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) -225