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
The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Olympics, Gambia was represented by one male athlete in athletics, 100 metres sprinter Suwaibou Sanneh. At age 17, Sanneh was the country's youngest competitor, and was competing at his first Olympics. He competed on 15 August in Beijing, and finished 5th out of 8 in heat eight. His time of 10.52seconds placed him 46th out of 80 competitors overall. The fastest athlete was Tyrone Edgar (10.13seconds) and the slowest athlete that progressed to the semi-finals was Uchenna Emedolu (10.46seconds). Youssouf, who was 0.06seconds behind Emedolu, did not progress to the semi-finals. Competing at her first Olympics, Fatou Tiyana was