Jamaica’s Usain Bolt greatest competitor isn’t the field, but rather the world records he’s set. While Bolt didn’t accomplish his goal of breaking the world record of 19.19 seconds that he set in the 200, he easily blew away the field to win the event for a third consecutive Summer Olympics.
Bolt finished in 19.78 seconds, winning his final individual Olympic race. Now his attention will turn to the 4×100, an event that Jamaica has won (with Bolt’s help, of course) in the last two Olympics.
Taking silver was Canada’s Andre De Grasse with a time of 20.