Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres

] [ cite web |last=Broadbent |first=Rick |title=Deluded Jacques Rogge fails to see the champion in Usain Bolt |publisher="The Times" |date=2008-08-21 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4578959.ece |accessdate=2008-08-21 ] Bolt denied that this was the purpose of his mid-race celebration by saying "I wasn't bragging. When I saw I wasn't covered, I was just happy." [ cite web |last=Landells |first=Steve |title="It was crazy, phenomenal" - Bolt's 9.69 100 metres stuns the Bird's Nest |publisher=IAAF |date=2008-08-16 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/news/kind=100/newsid=46772.html |accessdate=2008-08-18 ]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World Olympic Record
world_athlete = flagathlete|Usain Bolt|JAM
world_mark = 9.72 s
world_place = New York, USA
world_date = 31 May 2008
olympic_athlete = flagIOCathlete|Donovan Bailey|CAN|1996 Summer
olympic_mark = 9.84 s
olympic_place = Atlanta, USA
olympic_date = 27 July 1996

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Heat 3

Heat 6

Heat 9

Quarterfinal 2

Quarterfinal 5

Final

The final was held on August 16.

References

External links

* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C74D/ATM001000.shtml Official final classification]
* [http://smarkus.vserver.softronics.ch/Olympic_100m_mens_final_small.avi] Video 100m Mens Final