Free swimming winner prediction: how to bet on this discipline?

There swimming is one of the inseparable sports of the Olympic Games . Grouping different events every 4 years, this discipline is followed by millions of viewers around the world, including a significant share of bettors.

If it is an Olympic sport, swimming is however not very popular on sports betting sites, except on the occasion of the Olympics. This is the reason why we decided to give you some tips as well as our prediction of the winner of the freestyle olympics about the different events contested during the tournament!

Bookmakers to bet on the freestyle winners at the 2021 Olympics

First of all, you will have to choose a bookmaker with a view to betting on the freestyle winners at the 2021 Olympics. In normal times, you should know that swimming is not available on all sports betting sites.

However, most platforms are tuning in to the occasion of the Olympic Games. For our part, we would like to direct you to the bookmakers who have really specialized in swimming.

You can thus choose one of the operators selected in our Top 3. You have the assurance of taking advantage of the highest ratings on swimming and to have a wide range of bets. Several bonuses will also apply to this Olympic sport.

Finally, you will have access to several tools to better succeed in your sports betting on freestyle events: detailed statistics on swimmers, a cash out to secure your winnings and sometimes even a streaming service to view certain races or their summaries.

Definition of freestyle swimming and the history of swimming at the Olympic Games

Freestyle swimming is one of the major disciplines of competitive swimming. As the name suggests, the swimming style is not regulated here. The swimmers simply two constraints : have a part of the body that cuts the surface of the water throughout the race and touch the wall at the end of each length.

Considered the fastest swimming, crawl is used by most athletes. The event is therefore generally synonymous with crawl even if nothing prevents you from practicing backstroke, butterfly or breaststroke.

Swimming has been on the Summer Olympic Games program since the first edition of the Modern Olympics in 1896. It is about the sport that awards the most medals , in the same way as athletics. Freestyle swimming has also always been present at the Olympic Games, even if some events have disappeared over time.

On the medal side, Michael Phelps holds the absolute record in swimming. The American has won 28 Olympic medals, 23 of which are gold! For comparison, Mark Spitz, the second in the ranking, won "only" 11 medals, 9 of which were gold. The first five places, by the way, are occupied by Americans: Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, Jenny Thompson, Matt Biondi and Ryan Lochte. It must be said that swimming is usually the guarded hunt of the United States (489 medals), which is at the top of the ranking far ahead of Australia (168).

Our prognosis gold medal freestyle on the various events

Throughout the tournament, we offer you a free swimming gold medal prediction on the main events of the category: 50 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters!

OLYMPICS 2021 - Bet 50m freestyle

• july 31 : men's and women's qualifications
• august 1st : men's and women's semi-finals
• august 2nd : men's and women's finals

Among men, the American Anthony Ervin had won the gold medal in 2016 ahead of the Frenchman Florian Manaudou and his compatriot Nathan Adrian. Among women, the Danish Pernille Blume had beaten the American Simone Manuel and the Belarusian Aliaksandra Herasimenia.

OLYMPICS 2021 - Bet 100m freestyle

• july 28 : men's qualifications
• july 29 : men's semi-finals and women's qualifiers
• july 30 : men's final and women's semi-finals
• july 31 : women's final

In men, the Australian Kyle Chalmers had won the gold medal in 2016 ahead of the Belgian Pieter Timmers and his compatriot Nathan Adrian. Among women, the Canadian Penny Oleksiak and the American Simone Manuel had finished first tied ahead of Sweden's Sarah Sjöström.

OLYMPICS 2021 - Bet 200m freestyle

• july 26 : men's qualifications
• july 27 : men's semi-finals and women's qualifiers
• july 28 : men's final and women's semi-finals
• july 29 : women's final

In men, the Chinese Sun Yang had won the gold medal in 2016 ahead of South African Chad Le Clos and American Conor Dwyer. Among women, the American Katie Ledecky had beaten Sweden's Sarah Sjöström and Australia's Emma McKeon.

OLYMPICS 2021 - Bet 400m freestyle

• july 25 : men's qualifications
• july 26 : men's final and women's qualifiers
• july 27 : women's final

In men, the Australian Mack Horton had won the gold medal in 2016 ahead of the Chinese Sun Yang and the Italian Gabriele Detti. Among women, the American Katie Ledecky had beaten the Englishwoman Jazmin Carlin and her compatriot Leah Smith.

Our tips for betting on swimming at the Olympic Games

In order to find the right predictions for each OLYMPIC freestyle gold medal, we advise you to establish a comparison between the results of the Rio Games and those of the last World Swimming Championships, which took place in 2019.

By comparing the times achieved, but also the swimmers present on the podium, you will be able to more easily identify certainties about the next upcoming deadlines. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you the results of the 2019 World Swimming Championships as far as freestyle swimming is concerned.

Test	Gold 🥇	Money 🥈	Tan 🥉
men's 50 metres	Caeleb Dressel (USA)	Bruno Fratus (BRE) and Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE)	Not assigned
men's 100 metres	Caeleb Dressel (USA)	Kyle Chalmers (AUS)	Vladislav Grinev (RUS)
men's 200 metres	Sun Yang (CHI)	Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JAP)	Martin Malyutin (RUS) and Duncan Scott (ANG)
men's 400 metres	Sun Yang (CHI)	Mack Horton (AUS)	Gabriele Detti (ITA)
women's 50 metres	Simone Manuel (USA)	Sarah Sjöström (SUE)	Cate Campbell (AUS)
women's 100 metres	Simone Manuel (USA)	Cate Campbell (AUS)	Sarah Sjöström (SUE)
women's 200 metres	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	Ariarne Titmus (AUS)	Sarah Sjöström (SUE)
women's 400 metres	Ariarne Titmus (AUS)	Katie Ledecky (USA)	Leah Smith (USA)