Gretchen Walsh Gold Medal Odds

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh, a multi-time NCAA champion with the University of Virginia, will make her Olympic debut this summer.

Walsh has won 21 medals at NCAA Championships, with 18 of those being gold. In the process, she led Virginia to three straight team national championships.

The 21-year-old primarily swims in short-distance freestyle races, but she has found success in butterfly, backstroke and medley races as well.

In 2024 USA Swimming Olympic trials, Walsh finished first in the women's 100m butterfly with a time of 55.31s, second in the 50m freestyle with a 24.15s time, and third in the 100m freestyle with a 52.56s time.

In a preliminary round at the trials, she swam the 100m butterfly in a world record time of 55.18s.

In Paris, Walsh will swim the 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, and 4x100m freestyle relay.

To Win 50m Freestyle

Gretchen Walsh

+1100

Gretchen Walsh has the fourth-shortest odds to win the women's 50m freestyle event at the Olympics.

She qualified 0.02 seconds behind first-placed Simone Manuel, and she has shorter odds than Manuel to win gold in this event this summer.

Walsh's best time in the 50m freestyle is 24.15s, which she achieved at Olympic trials.

To Win 100m Butterfly

Gretchen Walsh

-163

Walsh is the favorite to win the 100m butterfly race after setting the world record in the event at Olympic trials.

The second favorite is fellow American swimmer Torri Huske, who finished 0.21s behind Walsh at Olympic trials.

Walsh also happens to be the reigning NCAA champion in the women's 100m butterfly, swimming it in a USA-record 47.42s, albiet in a 25-yard pool as opposed to the Olympic-sized 50-yard pools.

To Win 4x100m Freestyle Relay

USA Women

+500

Team USA are the second favorites to win the women's 4x100m freestyle relay, behind heavy favorites Australia priced at -900.

Walsh qualified for the team with the third-fastest time at 53.13s, and she will be the only first-time Olympian among her relay teammates.

On the relay team, Walsh will be joined by Virginia teammate and first-placed 100m freestyle qualifier Kate Douglass, second-placed 100m freestyle qualifier and Tokyo Olympics relay silver medalist Torri Huske, and USA Swimming veteran Simone Manuel.

Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.