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
Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics fifth. She returned at 35 years of age to the 2008 Olympics. During the August 15 qualifying round, Yamilé Aldama competed in the second heat against 17 other athletes. However, she fouled out on all three attempts, and was one of three athletes who did not rank in her heat (the others were Czech jumper Martina Sestakova and Slovak athlete Dana Veldakova). Ahmed Adam represented Sudan at the Beijing Olympics as its only swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 meters freestyle. Born in Sudan in 1987, Adam was 20 years old at the time he competed in the Beijing