Canada enters the Paris 2024 track and field meet on Thursday with more than half a dozen legitimate medal prospects, but the biggest haul as usual will be claimed by the United States, with a push from Jamaica and Kenya. Here is a look at Postmedia’s podium predictions:
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100 metres
Noah Lyles – USA
Letsile Tebogo – Botswana
Kishane Thompson – Jamaica
110-metre hurdles
Grant Holloway – USA
Daniel Roberts – USA
Hansle Parchment – Jamaica
200 metres
Noah Lyles – USA
Letsile Tebogo – Botswana
Andre De Grasse – Canada
400 metres
Matthew Hudson-Smith – Great Britain
Quincy Hall – USA
Steven Gardiner – Bahamas
400 metre hurdles
Karsten Warholm – Norway
Alison dos Santos – Brazil
Rai Benjamin – USA
800 metres
Djamel Sedjati – Algeria
Emmanuel Wanyonyi – Kenya
Marco Arop – Canada
1,500 metres
Jakob Ingebrigtsen – Norway
Timothy Cheruiyot – Kenya
Josh Kerr – Great Britain
3,000-metre steeplechase
Lamecha Girma – Ethiopia
Soufiane El Bakkali – Morocco
Abraham Kibiwott – Kenya
5,000 metres
Jakob Ingebrigtsen – Norway
Hagos Gebrhiwet – Ethiopia
Jacob Kiplimo – Uganda
10,000 metres
Joshua Cheptegei – Uganda
Selemon Barega – Ethiopia
Jacob Kiplimo – Uganda
20-kilometre race walk
Alvaro Martin – Spain
Perseus Karlström – Sweden
Evan Dunfee – Canada
Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge – Kenya
Sisay Lemma – Ethiopia
Benson Kipruto – Kenya
High jump
Mutaz Barshim – Qatar
Gianmarco Tamberi – Italy
JuVaughn Harrison – USA
Long jump
Militiadis Tentoglou – Greece
Wayne Pinnock – Jamaica
Simon Ehammer – Switzerland
Pole vault
Armand Duplantis – Sweden
Chris Nilsen – USA
Ernest John Obiena – Philippines
Triple jump
Jordan Díaz Fortun – Spain
Andy Díaz Hernández – Italy
Jaydon Hibbert – Jamaica
Discus
Mykolas Alekna – Lithuania
Kistjan Čeh – Slovenia
Matthew Denny – Australia
Shot put
Ryan Crouser – USA
Leonardo Fabbri – Italy
Joe Kovacs – USA
Javelin
Jakub Vadlejch – Czechia
Neeraj Chopra – India
Julian Weber – Germany
Hammer throw
Ethan Katzberg – Canada
Wojciech Nowicki – Poland
Pawel Fajdek – Poland
Decathlon
Damian Warner – Canada
Johannes Erm – Estonia
Ashley Moloney – Australia
4×100-metre relay
USA
Canada
Jamaica
4×400-metre relay
USA
France
Botswana
WOMEN
100 metres
Sha’Carri Richardson – USA
Julien Alfred – St. Lucia
Tia Clayton – Jamaica
100-metre hurdles
Ackera Nugent – Jamaica
Alaysha Johnson – USA
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn – Puerto Rico
200 metres
Gabby Thomas – USA
Julien Alfred – St. Lucia
McKenzie Long – USA
400 metres
Nickisha Pryce – Jamaica
Natalia Kaczmarek – Poland
Rhasidat Adeleke – Ireland
400-metre hurdles
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone – USA
Femke Bol – Netherlands
Rushell Clayton – Jamaica
800 metres
Mary Moraa – Kenya
Keely Hodgkinson – Great Britain
Jemma Reekie – Great Britain
1,500 metres
Faith Kipyegon – Kenya
Gudaf Tsegay – Ethiopia
Jess Hull – Australia
3,000-metre steeplechase
Winfred Yavi – Bahrain
Beatrice Chepkoech – Kenya
Peruth Chemutai – Uganda
5,000 metres
Beatrice Chebet – Kenya
Gudaf Tsegay – Ethiopia
Sifan Hassan – Netherlands
10,000 metres
Sifan Hassan – Netherlands
Gudaf Tsegay – Ethiopia
Margaret Chelimo – Kenya
Marathon
Tigist Assefa – Ethiopia
Peres Jepchirchir – Kenya
Hellen Obiri – Kenya
20-kilometre race walk
Ma Zhenxia – China
Liu Hong – China
Kimberly García León – Peru
High jump
Yaroslava Mahuchikh – Ukraine
Nicola Olyslagers – Australia
Rachel Glenn – USA
Triple jump
Leyanis Pérez Hernández – Cuba
Thea Lafond – Dominica
Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré – Spain
Pole vault
Nina Kennedy – Australia
Molly Caudery – Great Britain
Sandi Morris – USA
Long jump
Malaika Mihambo – Germany
Tara Davis-Woodhall – USA
Jasmine Moore – USA
Discus
Valarie Allman – USA
Yaimé Pérez – Cuba
Bin Feng – China
Shot put
Sarah Mitton – Canada
Chase Jackson – USA
Jessica Schilder – Netherlands
Javelin
Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado – Colombia
Maggie Malone Hardin – USA
Haruka Kitaguchi – Japan
Hammer throw
Camryn Rogers – Canada
DeAnna Price – USA
Jie Zhao – China
Heptathlon
Nafi Thiam – Belgium
Anouk Vetter – Netherlands
Anna Hall – USA
4×100-metre relay
USA
Jamaica
Great Britain
4×400-metre relay
USA
Netherlands
Jamaica
Mixed 4×400-metre relay
USA
Netherlands
Great Britain
Mixed 35km race walk
Spain
China
Ecuador