The highly anticipated 2024 Paris Olympics will begin in just one weeks!

This year’s summer Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11, providing nearly two weeks of high-intensity and entertaining competition between the world’s best athletes in a range of categories. Fans of these sportsmen and sports will undoubtedly be eager to wager on their favorite contender and team to win the coveted gold medal!

As a result, we’ve prepared this guide to help you choose from a variety of events and direct you to all of the betting favorites!

This article will cover:

• Give a summary of the Olympic Games and their significance throughout history, including the next one in Paris.
• The primary events to monitor, coupled with some simple yet efficient betting tactics you may apply to maximize your time and output.

• The History of Summer Olympics

The Olympics began as a religious celebration in Ancient Greece to honor the god Zeus. The first edition of these games took place in 776 BC in Olympia, which is now located in Southern Greece, hence the name “Olympics”. Interestingly, similar to the present version, these games were held every four years and drew athletes from all over.

The ancient Olympics lasted until 393 AD, following which they were not held again until 1896, when they were legally held in Athens, Greece.

• Key Sports and Athletes to Follow

Paris, along with London, will become the first city to hold the Summer Olympics for the third time in history (since 1896), following the games in 1900 and 1924. This year’s Olympics will include over 10,500 competitors from more than 209 countries competing in 329 individual events across 45 different sports, ranging from fencing to basketball, javelin throw to archery, and much more. Aquatic sports, such as diving and water polo, have the most events (49).

• How and Which Athletes to Bet On at the 2024 Olympics

Although the Olympic Games are still a few weeks away, we already know who will compete in this year’s edition. This will help us decide which event to participate in, which team to support, and which athlete to believe in.

You will undoubtedly be able to wager on who wins the gold medal in each individual competition among the 32 included sports, whether played alone, in pairs, or as a team.

Many bookmakers also let you bet on how many medals each country will earn. As is customary in some sports (such as football), you will be able to put unique bets on, say, over/under markets. Other unusual bets, such as incorrect starts in swimming or running events, will also be available.

Some sports, such as football, basketball, volleyball, and even tennis, enable you to place additional bets, which other sports do not. These include markets like as exact score, red cards, both teams to score, ace amounts, and much more, which you may find on CoinGames as the Olympics get closer.

• Top Athletes Participating in the Paris Olympics

This year’s edition will feature many of the world’s best sportsmen and personalities, as have prior editions. The football competition will primarily include young and rising stars, but some established players, such as Brazil’s Vinicius Jr., may still compete. Basketball will not have this problem: Jokic, Doncic, LeBron, Giannis, Curry, Durant, Embiid, and Wembanyama will all play for their own countries, to mention a few. The same goes for water polo, volleyball, and other team sports.

In terms of individual events, numerous athletes will compete for gold. So far, Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz, Murray, Medvedev, and Swiatek have all confirmed their participation in the Tennis tournament. Marcell Jacobs of Italy, who won the 100-meter sprint in Tokyo 2021, will try to defend his title against Noah Lyles. Sha’carri Richardson will do the same on the women’s side for the United States. Mondo Duplantis, the Swedish pole vaulting champion, will aim to extend his record-breaking year.

Simone Biles will return to the gymnastics floor for Team USA, as will — most likely — heavyweight British boxer Anthony Joshua. There are also a slew of other world-renowned competitors vying for the most coveted medals in sports.

• Team USA: Will the USA Make It Look Easy?

According to Team USA’s Olympic medal count odds, they should win the most gold and overall medals. Historically, the United States has dominated the Summer Olympics.

Team USA has won the most Summer Olympics medals (2,655) since Athens in 1896. That total includes 1,070 gold, 841 silver, and 744 bronze. The Soviet Union, which had a bitter rivalry with the United States, ranks second with 1,010 medals.

The Americans won Tokyo 2020, although their campaign was widely seen as lackluster. They won 113 medals, finishing far ahead of China’s 89. However, 39 gold medals was just one more than China’s 38!

It was a close race, but the United States won the most medals at the Summer Olympics for the eighth consecutive time. In 1992, the Unified (the team from the disintegrated Soviet Union) was the last country to earn more total medals than the United States.

Team USA’s dominance was also threatened in Beijing 2008, as they won only 36 gold medals against China’s 36. Let’s see what the country has to offer in Paris to see whether there will be any surprises.