Gymnastics Betting Odds 2021 Olympics Betting

By Josh Walfish
Updated August 6, 2021

Gymnastics Odd’s Table: Group Rhythmic

Russia: -600
Bulgaria: +850
Israel: +1100
Belarus: +1800
Italy: +2300
Japan: +2900
Ukraine: +5000
Azerbaijan: +8000
Brazil: +10000
Australia: +10000
China: +10000
USA: +10000
Uzbekistan: +10000
Egypt: +10000

Gymnastics Odd’s Table: Individual Rhythmic

Dina Averina (ROC): -310
Arina Averina (ROC): +280
Linoy Ashram (ISR): +1000
Boryana Kaleyn (BUL): +1800
Alina Harnasko (BLR): +2900
Anastasiia Salos (BLR): +2900
Katrin Taseva (BUL): +3400
Nicol Zelikman (ISR): +6000
Alexandra Agiurgiuculese (ITA): +8000
Milena Baldassarri (ITA): +8000
Laura Zeng (USA): +8000
Khrystyna Pohranychna (UKR): +9500
Alina Adilkhanova (KAZ): +10000
Zohra Aghamirova (AZE): +10000
Chisaki Oiwa (JPN): +10000
Ekaterina Vedeneeva (SLO): +10000
Salome Pazhava (GEO): +10000
Rut Castillo (MEX): +10000
Fanni Pigniczki (HUN): +10000
Sumire Kita (JPN): +10000
Marcia Lopes (CPV): +10000
Habiba Marzouk (EGY): +10000
Sabina Tashkenbaeva (UZB): +10000
Evita Griskenas (USA): +10000

2020 Summer Olympics Gymnastics Betting Odds

The artistic gymnastics portion of the 2020 Summer Olympics has ended, but there are still two more gymnastics medals to be awarded. The rhythmic gymnasts will go for gold on Saturday and Sunday with the individual and group finals. The individuals qualified on Friday and it was no surprise that the Averina sisters from the Russia Olympic Committee topped qualifying with Dina edging out Arina for the top spot. Dina Averina is the heavy betting favorite over Arina with Israel’s Linoy Ashram as the third choice after being the only other gymnasts to top 100 points in qualifying. That trio was the medalists at the 2017 and 2019 world championships with Dina Averina winning the past three world championships, Arina winning silver in 2017 and 2019 and Ashram winning bronze in 2017 and 2019 as well as silver in 2018 when Arina failed to qualify for the final.

The group qualifying will take place Saturday prior to the individual final and the Russians are the heavy favorites to win the gold medal on Sunday. Russia has won the group gold medal at the past five Olympics, and earned bronze in 1996 when the discipline was first introduced. After the Russians, Bulgaria is the second choice having earned medals at the last five world championships, including bronze in 2018 and 2019. Israel edges our Belarus for the third spot in the betting odds after a strong showing at the 2019 world championships. Japan won the silver medal at the 2019 world championships, and is the sixth choice on the board.

2020 Summer Olympics Gymnastics Betting Market

Few sports can captivate an audience like gymnastics can at the Summer Olympics. The artistic gymnastics competitions are among the most watched events, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo should be no different. The first week of competition will be about the all-around -- both individual and team -- and the second half focuses on the specific apparatuses. The qualifying for the men’s team all-around, individual all-around and all apparatus finals will take place on the first day of competition, July 24, and the following day, the women will try to qualify in those disciplines. The men’s team finals take place July 26 and the women’s team finals are July 27, followed by the men’s individual all-around on July 28 and the women’s individual all-around on July 29. The apparatus finals are spaced out over the course of August 1-3.

In between the individual all-around finals and the apparatus finals is the trampoline competition with the women battling July 30 and the men competing the following day. The rhythmic gymnastics portion of the competition is set for August 6-8. The individual qualifying for the women will take place on August 6 and the finals will be contested on August 7. The team qualifying is also on August 7 and the finals are on August 8.

Japan is hosting the Olympics this year and is the second-most successful men’s gymnastics country in history. The Japanese have won 97 total gymnastics medals on the men’s side, including 31 gold, whereas the Soviet Union has won 94 total medals, including 39 gold. If you include Russia’s four golds and 21 total medals, it is by far the most accomplished country. On the women’s side, the Soviets have won 33 gold medals and 88 total medals while Russia has added six golds and 23 total medals. Romania ranks second with 24 golds and 62 total medals, followed by the United States with 14 gold medals among its 48 total medals. Russia is by far the most-accomplished rhythmic gymnastics nation with 10 gold medals, which is more than any other nation has total medals in the event since its debut in 1984. China holds a slim 11-7 lead over Canada in total trampoline medals since its debut in 2000.   

Men’s Gymnastics

Japan is the reigning Olympic champion and is hoping to make it two gold medals in a row in its home country. Russia finished in the silver medal spot five years ago in Rio, but are the reigning world champions, even if they will compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics not under the Russian flag. China captured bronze in Rio, but is coming off a silver-medal performance in the 2019 World Championships. 

Kōhei Uchimura has won the last two all-around men’s titles, but he is likely only going to contribute as an event specialist for the Japanese team at these Olympics. Bronze medalist Max Whitlock hasn’t competed at a major event in the all-around since the 2016 Olympics, but will also still be competing as an event specialist for Great Britain. Nikita Nagornyy of Russia is the current world champion, and 2018 world champion Artur Dalaloyan finished in the silver-medal sport at the 2019 World Championships. The bronze medalist at the last world championships was Ukraine’s Oleg Vernyayev, who also won silver in the all-around in Rio.  

Whitlock is the defending Olympic champion in the floor exercise and the pommel horse, but he has focused on the pommel horse since the 2016 Summer Olympics. Neither of the other two medalists on the floor, Brazilians Diego Hypólito and Arthur Mariano are likely to compete on the floor, but reigning world champion Carlos Yulo and world silver medalist Artem Dolgopyat will both compete. Whitlock will not be joined by either of his fellow medalists on the pommel horse in Tokyo, leaving 2019 world silver medalist Lee Chih-kai to challenge the reigning world champion on the apparatus. 

None of the three medalists on the horizontal bars five years ago are returning as defending champion Fabian Hambüchen as well as silver medalist Danell Leyva and bronze medalist Nile Wilson all retired from the sport. Mariano is the defending world champion on the horizontal bar. Vernyayev is the defending champion in the parallel bars, but did not compete on the apparatus at the last world championships. David Belyavskiy won a bronze medal in the parallel bars in Rio, but he too did not compete at the last world championships on the parallel bars. That left Great Britain’s Joe Fraser as the reigning world champion on the apparatus. Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece is the reigning Olympic champion on the rings, but he did not qualify to defend his gold medal in Tokyo. The 2012 Olympic champion and 2016 silver medalist, Arthur Zanetti, could qualify for the event if he makes Brazil’s team because of his fifth-place finish at the world championships. The same goes for Russia’s Denis Ablyazin after he finished sixth at the 2019 World Championships. Turkey’s İbrahim Çolak is the reigning world champion on the rings.

Women’s Gymnastics

The United States has won the past two Olympic team championships, and is poised for a three-peat this year in Tokyo. The Russians are always a threat and edged out China for the silver medal five years ago in Rio. China won the team gold medal on home soil in 2008, however, Italy captured the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships by a little more than half a point over the Chinese.

The real question is can anyone stop Simone Biles from winning another individual all-around title at this year’s Olympics. Biles is not only the defending champion, but she has won the world championship in her last five appearances. She is the only medalist from 2016 to return to compete in Tokyo as Aly Raisman and Aliya Mustafina both retired from the sport. China’s Tang Xijing finished two points behind Biles at the 2019 World Championships. 

Biles is also the reigning Olympic champion in the vault and the floor exercise, and is one of just two medalists from either of those competitions to return to action in Tokyo. Switzerland’s Giulia Steingruber finished with a bronze medal on the vault five years ago in Rio and has again qualified as an individual for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Mustafina was the two-time defending Olympic champion on the uneven bars, and none of the medalists on the apparatus from five years ago are returning to compete in Tokyo. Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers is the defending champion on the balance beam while Biles finished with a bronze medal. Biles is the defending world champion on the balance beam, however. 

Rhythmic Gymnastics Trampoline

Russia is the defending champion in the team rhythmic gymnastics competition, but will compete under a neutral flag at the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the current doping ban on Russian athletes. Spain finished in the silver medal spot in 2016 and Bulgaria took home the bronze medal. However, Spain did not qualify for the team competition for this year’s Olympics. Margarita Mamun won the gold medal in the all-around competition five years ago, edging out fellow Russian Yana Kudryavtseva and Ukrainian Ganna Rizatdinova. 

In the men’s trampoline, Uladzislau Hancharou is the defending Olympic champion from five years ago and helped Belarus win the 2019 World Championships’ team competition. However, the Olympics only sponsors an individual competition, so he’ll have to beat out his two Chinese rivals, Dong Dong and Gao Lei, who won silver and bronze, respectively, five years ago in Rio. Lei won the individual world championship in 2019 and Dong finished third that year. 

Canada’s Rosie MacLennan is the defending champion for the women and won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships. Bryony Page from Great Britain took home the silver medal in Rio and China’s Li Dan won the bronze medal five years ago. However, the hosts Japan were the big story from the 2019 World Championships as they captured the team title -- which again is not sponsored for the Olympics -- and took home the gold and silver medals in the individual competition. Hikaru Mori is the reigning world champion and Chisato Doihata won the silver medal in 2019.