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Video. Olympic Games Rio 2016. Men, 100 m. Final.

46 PHOTOS

Video. Olympic Games Rio 2016. Men, 100 m. Final.

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Gold - Usain Bolt, Jamaica - 9.81s

Silver - Justin Gatlin, United States - 9.89 s

Bronze - Andre De Grasse, Canada - 9.91s

4th - Yohan Blake, Jamaica – 9.93 s

5th - Akani Simbine, South Africa - 9.94s

6th - Ben Youssef Meïté, Côte d'Ivoire - 9.96s

7th - Jimmy Vicaut, France - 10.04s

8 - Trayvon Bromell, United States - 10.06s

It was Bolt’s historical win of seventh Olympic gold medal. Usain Bolt settled up his living legend status 4 years ago at the London 2012 Olympic Games. And now he became the first man in history to win three successive Olympic 100m titles.

He made quite a sluggish start being behind of his US rival Justin Gatlin, but he run excellent in the final 30 metres to make the time 9.81 and clinch gold by a clear margin of 0.08.

Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, CD is a Jamaican sprinter. Regarded as the fastest human ever timed, he is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records.

Born: August 21, 1986 (age 30), Sherwood Content, Jamaica
Height: 1.95 m
Full name: Usain St. Leo Bolt
Nationality: Jamaican
Weight: 95 kg

Back in time:

London 2012 - Gold - Usain Bolt, Jamaica - 9.63 s
Beijing 2008 - Gold - Usain Bolt, Jamaica - 9.69 s

Gatlin – who became at the age of 34 the oldest man ever to win an Olympic 100m medal – had to settle for silver to complete the full complement of Olympic 100m medals, having also struck gold in 2004 and bronze in 2012.
And on the third place was Andre de Grasse, who swiped 0.01 from his lifetime best to make result 9.91.

The 2012 Olympic silver medallist Yohan Blake produced an accomplished piece of sprinting to claim fourth in 9.93, his fastest 100m time for four years.

Simbine – the first South African in an Olympic 100m final for 84 years – performed highly creditably.
He was holding a medal position with 20 metres remaining only to be see De Grasse and Blake flash by the final few strides and he had to settle for fifth in 9.94.

Meite, who had set a national record of 9.97 in the semi-final went 0.01 quicker again in the final to place sixth.
Completing the top eight, but performing under-par on this occasion, were European record holder Jimmy Vicaut (10.04) of France and 2016 world indoor 60m champion Trayvon Bromell of the USA (10.07).