Noah Lyles, the bronze medalist in the 200-metre dash at Tokyo 2020, is heavily favoured to claim gold at Paris 2024.
The latest: Lyles won track's maximally prestigious event, the 100m dash, but the thinnest of margins early in the Olympiad. The reigning 200m world champion is off to a strong start at that distance in Paris.
Here are the latest Olympic men's 200m dash odds for the competition that concludes on Aug. 8.
Olympic men's 200m dash odds
Check out the latest odds for the men's Olympic 200m dash at Paris 2024. Click odds to add selection to betslip.
| Athlete | To win | To medal |
| Noah Lyles (USA) | -670 | -10,000 |
| Kenneth Bednarek (USA) | +650 | -560 |
| Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) | +1,000 | -286 |
| Erriyon Knighton (USA) | +1,500 | +115 |
| Andre De Grasse (Canada) | +3,300 | +450 |
| Joseph Fahnbulleh (Liberia) | +6,600 | +750 |
| Alexander Ogando (Dominican Republic) | +6,600 | +750 |
| Wayde Van Niekerk (South Africa) | +6,600 | +750 |
200m dash odds as of 3:10 p.m. ET on 08/06/24.
Best Olympic men's 200m dash odds
The favourite: Noah Lyles (-670)
Entering the men's 100m dash final, Noah Lyles had +550 odds to win. And up until the final few metres, it looked like he'd come up short.
But Lyles surged to the line nose-to-nose with Jamaica's Kishane Thompson. After a photo finish review, Lyles was ruled the winner by five-thousandths of a second.
For the 200m dash, Lyles is expected to win without all that drama.
The 2023 world champion in Budapest cruised to the top time in the Round 1 heats on Tuesday, finishing with a time of 20.19. He pulled up near the end of the race and was capable of a far better time than that.
Two years ago, Lyles set his 200m personal best with a time of 19.31. That is also the American record.
At the world championships last August, Lyles ran a 19.52 to win gold over teammate Erriyon Knighton (19.75) and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo (19.81). All three men are odds-on favourites to return to the podium on Thursday.
Andre De Grass odds
In 2016, De Grasse won silver in the 200m dash at the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Five years later, he one-upped himself by claiming gold in Tokyo.
Now, he's a +450 outsider to get on the podium in any capacity.
But the 29-year-old from Markham, Ontario is in a strong position to reach the final and at least have a shot at medalling.
On Tuesday, De Grasse clocked a 20.30 time to place second in his heat (behind Lyles) and advance to Wednesday's semis.
He's not at the peak of his powers — De Grasse's 200m personal best came in Tokyo when he ran a 19.62 to win gold — but a sub-20-second finish is doable. And that's a must if he hopes to get on the podium.
Backing De Grasse to win a 33-to-1 is difficult to justify, but there's a pathway to him winning a medal of some kind.
