Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres The Men's 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 20.59 s (A standard) and 20.75 s (B standard). Usain Bolt set a new world record of 19.30 s in the final, and won by the largest margin of victory (0.66 s, after two disqualifications) in an Olympic 200 m final (previously, Walter Tewksbury had a 0.6 seconds margin of victory in the first Olympic 200 m final in 1900). Controversy arose within minutes after the medal
Comoros at the 2008 Summer Olympics 18, Youssouf was the country's youngest competitor, and was competing at his first Olympics. He competed in the 100 metres on 15 August in Beijing, and finished 6th out of 8 in heat five. His time of 10.62seconds was a personal best, which, as of October 2014, is still his personal best. Overall, Youssouf finished 55th out of 80 competitors. The fastest athlete was Tyrone Edgar (10.13seconds) and the slowest athlete that progressed to the quarterfinals was Uchenna Emedolu (10.46seconds). Youssouf, who was 0.16seconds behind Emedolu, did not progress to the quarterfinals. Competing at her first Olympics, Feta Ahamada was