At the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil, Usain Bolt became the first sprinter to win
three 100 metres Gold medals.
He then followed that unique feat by becoming the first sprinter to win three gold
medals in the men's 200 metres.
Then he helped Jamaica win the men's 4x100 and thereby won a third gold medal
at The Games.
2016: 2012: 2008. 3 x 3 x 3 = 9.
It confirmed him as the greatest Olympic runner of all time,
with a total of nine* gold medals. And he was still not thirty years old.
However, in January 2017 Usain lost his first relay gold medal (2008) following
the disqualification of the team because of a retesting of Nesta Carter's fluid samples.
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro.
100 metres men's final.
1.
|
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
9.81 |
SB |
| 2. |
Justin Gatlin |
United States |
9.89 |
|
| 3. |
Andre De Grasse |
Canada |
9.91 |
PB |
| 4. |
Yohan Blake |
Jamaica |
9.93 |
SB |
| 5. |
Akani Simbine |
South Africa |
9.94 |
|
6.
|
Ben Youssef Meïté |
Ivory Coast |
9.96 |
NR |
| 7. |
Jimmy Vicaut |
France |
10.04 |
|
| 8. |
Trayvon Bromell |
United States |
10.06 |
|
.
As the times of the other finalists indicate Usain was in a class of his own. Always had been of course.
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro.
200 metres men's final. 18th August 2016
| 1. |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica
|
19.78 |
|
| 2. |
Andre De Grasse |
Canada |
20.02 |
|
| 3. |
Christophe Lemaitre |
France |
20.12 |
|
| 4. |
Adam Gemili |
Great Britain |
20.12 |
|
| 5. |
Churandy Martina |
Netherlands |
20.13 |
|
| 6. |
LaShawn Merritt |
United States |
20.19 |
|
| 7. |
Alonso Edward |
Panama |
20.23 |
|
| 8. |
Ramil Guliyev |
Turkey |
20.49 |
|
4x100 metres relay. Men's Final. The ninth Gold medal.
| 1. |
Jamaica |
Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, USAIN BOLT
|
37.27 |
SB |
| 2. |
Japan |
Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu, Asuka Cambridge |
37.60
|
AR |
| 3. |
Canada |
Akeem Haynes, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse |
37.64 |
NR |
| 4. |
China
|
Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng |
37.90
|
|
5.
|
Great Britain |
Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Adam Gemili |
37.98 |
|
6.
|
Brazil |
Ricardo de Souza, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Bruno de Barros, Jorge Vides |
38.41 |
|