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The men's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August. [1] There were 54 competitors from 40 nations. [2] The event was won by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, the first man to repeat as champion in the 200 metres.
Bolt set a new Olympic record (beating his own record set at the 2008 Olympic Games) of 9.64 seconds, later rounded down to 9.63 seconds. Blake edged past Gatlin, who in turn held off a closing Gay at the finish line. [11] [12] Usain Bolt was the second athlete after Carl Lewis (1984, 1988) to retain the men's 100m championship. His winning ...
In the final 100 metres, Bolt extended that lead to a few metres and crossed the line in a new world-record time for his country for the second consecutive Olympics, with the US finishing second. Although the Canadian team finished third, they were disqualified after third leg runner Jared Connaughton stepped on a line, and the bronze medal ...
At Beijing four years ago, the 6-foot-5 Bolt seemingly reinvented sprinting and electrified track and field, winning gold medals in world-record times in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay something no ...
Usain Bolt was the first track athlete to improve an Olympic record as he defended his 100 m title with a run of 9.63 s. [36] He later joined the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team (featuring Nesta Carter , Michael Frater and Yohan Blake ) to set a world record time of 36.84 s. [ 37 ]
In 2013, Usain Bolt had the world at his feet. The Jamaican had been dominating athletics ever since he announced himself to the world at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races. He won gold at the 100m at the 2011 World Athletics Championships as the youngest 100m world champion ever, and a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 100m and 200m races for the Jamaican team behind Usain Bolt.
In the men's 200 metres, Jamaica swept the medals with Usain Bolt taking gold in 19.32 seconds, Yohan Blake silver in 19.44, and Warren Weir bronze with 19.84. Bolt became the first man to win the 200 metres in two Olympics and the first to win the 100 and 200m races double in two Olympics. [232]