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
Haiti at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Montreál, Canada). As of 2008, Haiti had not participated at a Winter Olympics. The delegation that Haiti sent to Beijing included seven athletes across three sports. With four female athletes, more women participated for Haiti in Beijing than at any single Olympic games before. Prior to Beijing, athletes from Haiti had won one silver medal (by Silvio Cator in 1928) and one bronze medal (by five athletes in 1924). Between then and including the 2008 Olympics, Haitian athletes had not won medals in any event. Moise Joseph, an athlete of the University of Florida, was destined to participate for Haiti