Letsile Tebogo leaves the American trio of 200 metre finalists in his wake,
as he takes the Gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, in an All Africa
record time of 19.46 seconds. A silver (100m) and a bronze (200m) at the 2023
World Champioships in Budapest had show he was now the man to beat at major
championships. And in Paris he proved it. Add to that, he won a bronze medal
in the 4x400m relay, on the last day of the track events in Paris
Final Men's 200 metres.
2024 Paris Olympic Games.
1. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana)
19.46
AR, WL
2. Kenneth Bednarek (United States)
19.62
3. Noah Lyles (United States)
19.70
4.
Erriyon Knighton (United States)
19.99
5.
Alexander Ogando (Dominican Republic)
20.02
6.
Tapiwanashe Makarawu (Zimbabwe)
20.10
7.
Joseph Fahnbulleh (Liberia)
20.15
8.
Makanakaishe Charamba (Zimbabwe)
20.53
Kenneth Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo after the final.
2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Final men's 100 metres.
1. Noah Lyles (United States) 9.79 (9.784) PB
2. Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) 9.79 (9.789)
3. Fred Kerley (United States) 9.81 SB
4. Akani Simbine (South Africa) 9.82 NR
5. Marcell Jacobs (Italy) 9.85 SB
6. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) 9.86 NR
7. Kenny Bednarek (United States) 9.88
8. Oblique Seville (Jamaica) 9.91 (9.81 was his PB).
Letsile Tebogo running in his semi-final of the men's 100 metres. Akani Simbine won in 9.87, Letsile was
second in 9.91 seconds.
Final men's 4x400 metres relay.