michael johnson held the 200m world record before usain bolt.
michael johnson held the 200m world record before usain bolt.
who held the 200m world record before usain bolt?
michael johnson
bolt then focused on attaining a gold medal in the 200 m event, aiming to emulate carl lewis' double win in the 1984 los angeles olympics. michael johnson felt that bolt would easily win gold but believed that his own world record of 19.32 s set at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta would remain intact at the olympics. bolt eased through the first and second rounds of the 200 m, jogging towards the end of his run both times. he won his semi-final and progressed to the final as the favourite to win. retired jamaican sprinter don quarrie praised bolt, saying he was confident that johnson's record could be beaten. the following day, at the final, he won jamaica's fourth gold of the games, setting a new world and olympic record of 19.30 s. johnson's record fell despite the fact that bolt was impeded by a 0.9 m/s headwind. the feat made him the first sprinter since quarrie to hold both 100 m and 200 m world records simultaneously and the first to hold both records since the introduction of electronic timing. furthermore, bolt became the first sprinter to break both records at the same olympics. unlike in the 100 m final, bolt sprinted hard all the way to the finishing line in the 200 m race, even dipping his chest to improve his time. following the race, "happy birthday" was played over the stadium's sound system as his 22nd birthday would begin at midnight.
usain bolt
over the past six decades jamaica has produced dozens of world class sprinters including olympic and world champion usain bolt, world record holder in the 100m for men at 9.58s, and 200m for men at 19.19s. other noteworthy jamaican sprinters include arthur wint, the first jamaican olympic gold medalist; donald quarrie, elaine thompson double olympic champion from rio 2016 in the 100m and 200m, olympic champion and former 200m world record holder; roy anthony bridge, part of the international olympic committee; merlene ottey; delloreen ennis-london; shelly-ann fraser-pryce, the former world and two time olympic 100m champion; kerron stewart; aleen bailey; juliet cuthbert; three-time olympic gold medalist; veronica campbell-brown; sherone simpson; brigitte foster-hylton; yohan blake; herb mckenley; george rhoden, olympic gold medalist; deon hemmings, olympic gold medalist; as well as asafa powell, former 100m world record holder and 2x 100m olympic finalist and gold medal winner in the men's 2008 olympic 4 × 100 m. american olympic winner sanya richards-ross was also born in jamaica.
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