Usain Bolt and 7 Really Fast Other Guys

Bolt wins the marquee 100m Olympic finals in 9.63s and defends his Olympic title. He looks forward to winning 2 more gold medals (200m and 4x100m relay) which he is favored to do. What's amazing is that 7 people ran sub 10s. It would have been 8 if Asafa Powell didn't pull out (he ran the most sub 10s times races in history, 87 times!). The field was stacked with multiple WR holders and top contenders.


I remember watching Canadian Donovan Bailey break the back-then WR with a run of 9.84s at the Atlanta Games in 1996. I was in high school and part of the track & field team so it was something that I remember clearly. That time would place him 5th in today's race! Insane how people are getting faster and faster.

Bolt said he'd consider running the 4x400m relay as well, which I REALLY want to see. Imagine he were to also compete in the individual 400m? No one in the world has ever dominated athletics like he has in the 100m.

Final

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Rk	Bib	Athlete	Mark		+
1	2170	BOLT Usain	9.63	OR	+
2	2169	BLAKE Yohan	9.75	=PB	+
3	3216	GATLIN Justin	9.79	PB	+
4	3217	GAY Tyson	9.80	SB	+
5	3205	BAILEY Ryan	9.88	=PB	+
6	2547	MARTINA Churandy	9.94		+
7	3051	THOMPSON Richard	9.98		+
8	2184	POWELL Asafa	11.99		+