Léon Marchand of France won four individual golds in the Paris pool: the 200m and 400m individual medley, the 200m breaststroke and the 200m butterfly. Two men’s individual world records fell, Pan Zhanle’s 46.40 in the 100m freestyle and Bobby Finke’s 14:30.67 in the 1500m freestyle. The next Olympic swimming program is at the Los Angeles 2028 Games, at the 2028 Stadium in Inglewood, from Saturday, July 22 to Sunday, July 30, 2028.
This page names no price for 2028. It keeps Paris as the record and will take the LA fields and prices when they are set.
Paris 2024 men’s results and our picks
The 2024 version of this page made one pick in each of 13 individual events. Seven won and six lost. One unit on each would have returned a profit of 1.73 units at the prices printed.
| Event | Gold | Winning time | Our pick | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m Freestyle | Cameron McEvoy (Australia) | 21.25 | Caeleb Dressel +250 | Lost: 6th in the final |
| 100m Freestyle | Pan Zhanle (China) | 46.40 (WR) | Pan Zhanle -125 | Won |
| 200m Freestyle | David Popovici (Romania) | 1:44.72 | David Popovici -300 | Won |
| 400m Freestyle | Lukas Maertens (Germany) | 3:41.78 | Lukas Maertens +125 | Won |
| 800m Freestyle | Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) | 7:38.19 (OR) | Daniel Wiffen +210 | Won |
| 1500m Freestyle | Bobby Finke (United States) | 14:30.67 (WR) | Bobby Finke +125 | Won |
| 100m Backstroke | Thomas Ceccon (Italy) | 52.00 | Ryan Murphy +200 | Lost: bronze |
| 200m Backstroke | Hubert Kos (Hungary) | 1:54.26 | Ryan Murphy +125 | Lost: 10th in the semifinals, no final |
| 100m Breaststroke | Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy) | 59.03 | Adam Peaty +120 | Lost: tied for silver |
| 200m Breaststroke | Léon Marchand (France) | 2:05.85 (OR) | Zac Stubblety-Cook +200 | Lost: silver |
| 100m Butterfly | Kristof Milak (Hungary) | 49.90 | Caeleb Dressel +250 | Lost: 13th in the semifinals, no final |
| 200m Individual Medley | Léon Marchand (France) | 1:54.06 (OR) | Léon Marchand +180 | Won |
| 400m Individual Medley | Léon Marchand (France) | 4:02.95 (OR) | Léon Marchand -500 | Won |
WR is a world record and OR an Olympic record, as the official results mark them. In the 100m breaststroke Peaty (Adam Ramsay-Peaty in the official results) and Nic Fink of the United States tied for silver in 59.05, 0.02 behind Nicolo Martinenghi.
Where the picks went wrong
Caeleb Dressel was the costliest name on the page. He was backed in two events at +250 and finished sixth in the 50m freestyle final, then missed the 100m butterfly final, 13th in the semifinals. Ryan Murphy took bronze in the 100m backstroke and missed the 200m final, 10th in the semifinals.
Two picks finished second. Zac Stubblety-Cook swam 2:06.79 in the 200m breaststroke and still finished 0.94 behind Marchand, and Peaty shared silver in the 100m breaststroke.
The 100m butterfly went to a swimmer missing from the board this page printed. That board had Josh Liendo of Canada and Dressel at +250 and Noe Ponti of Switzerland at +400; Kristof Milak of Hungary won in 49.90, with Liendo second. In the 50m freestyle the favorite, Cameron McEvoy at -125, won.
Swimming at LA 2028
LA28’s competition schedule (version 4.0, dated July 29, 2026, and subject to change) runs pool swimming over nine days at the 2028 Stadium in Inglewood, from Saturday, July 22 to Sunday, July 30, 2028. From July 22 to July 29 each day has a morning session at 9:30 a.m. and an evening session at 6:00 p.m. Pacific time; the last session is on the afternoon of Sunday, July 30.
The schedule adds men’s 50m races in backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly to the 50m freestyle, the only 50m men’s race in Paris. The men’s 800m freestyle and the women’s 1500m freestyle are both on it.
How to bet Olympic swimming
A price is a chance. At -125 the implied chance is 55.6%, at +125 it is 44.4%, and at +250 it is 28.6%. A futures bet is worth making only when you rate the swimmer’s chance higher than the price does. Check the entries before you bet, since a swimmer can qualify in one event and not another.
For the women’s events, see our Olympic women’s swimming odds. For the rest of the Games, see our guides to Summer Olympics betting and how to bet on the Olympics.