Usain Bolt sweeps by winning the 200m
Celebrates WR time in 200m
Lightning does strikes twice on the same track. Usain Bolt destroys the field in the 200m and breaks the world record set by Michael Johnson (originally 19.32 seconds). Usain’s 19.30 seconds is now the new time that all future runners will be judged. Also, medal hopefuls, Wallace Spearmon & Churandy Martina were both disqualified and finished outside of the medals because of lane violations.
Final Results of the Olympic Men’s 200m
1 Usain Bolt – Jamaica 19.30 WR
2 Shawn Crawford – United States 19.96
3 Walter Dix – United States 19.98
4 Brian Dzingai - Zimbabwe 20.22
5 Christian Malcolm – Great Britain 20.40
6 Kim Collins – Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.59
- Wallace Spearmon – United States DQ
- Churandy Martina – Netherlands Antilles DQ
All the information provided is courtesy of Olympics 2008
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(Wid a name like “Kim” de 6th place man shoulda did tek 1st place, hummuch time him used to haffe run from de bully dem over dat name?!) Usain a gwaan fi wi, eeh! God did give that man de gift!
I can identify with him. If you read my “What’s in a name” page, you will see what I mean.