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Usain Bolt has competed for Jamaica Usain Bolt has won 8 gold medals at the Olympic Games 

Usain Bolt is a track and field athlete who has competed for Jamaica. He competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Bolt was widely considered as the world's greatest and fastest sprinter of all-time, winning a total of eight Olympic gold medals. When he first competed as a 17-year-old in 2004, he was hampered by a leg injury that eliminated him early from the first round of the 200 metres. Bolt rose to worldwide prominence four years later in Beijing, when he comfortably established a new world record of 9.69 to win his first-ever gold medal in the 100 metres. He also lowered Michael Johnson's 1996 world record to add another gold in the 200 metres and helped his Jamaican teammates produce another world-record-breaking feat in the 4x100 metres relay, increasing his gold medal total to three. The feat also made Bolt the first sprinter since Don Quarrie to hold both 100 and 200 metres world records simultaneously and to break both of them in a single Olympiad since the introduction of electronic timing.

At London 2012, Bolt returned to his third Games as the triple Olympic champion in the sprint races. Moreover, he was selected to carry the Jamaican flag during the opening ceremony. In the 100 metres, he improved upon his own Olympic record to defend his 100 metres title for the first time since Carl Lewis in 1988. Then, he followed up with another successful defense in the 200 metres and enjoyed his Jamaican teammates Yohan Blake and Warren Weir taking the other podium spots for a complete 1–2–3 sweep. He closed out his London 2012 campaign by winning his third gold and sixth overall as a member of the Jamaican men's 4x100 metres relay team. With this, Bolt became the first man in history to strike the "double triple", dominating the 100, 200, and 4x100 metres relay twice.

At his fourth and final Olympics in 2016, Bolt set a historic record as the first man to attain a "triple triple", winning the 100 and 200 metres for the third consecutive time and anchoring his Jamaican team to another 4x100 metres relay gold. Bolt ended his illustrious Olympic career with nine gold medals, matching the record set by the Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi and American track legend Lewis. In January 2017, Bolt was stripped of the 4x100 metres relay gold from Beijing 2008 because his teammate Nesta Carter was found guilty of a doping violation, decreasing his gold medal total to eight.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Result
2004 Men's 200m 40th
2008 Men's 100m Gold
Men's 200m Gold
Men's 4x100m relay DQ
2012 Men's 100m Gold
Men's 200m Gold
Men's 4x100m relay Gold
2016 Men's 100m Gold
Men's 200m Gold
Men's 4x100m relay Gold

2004[]

Distance Round Time
200 metres Heats 21.05
Quarterfinal Did not advance
Semifinal
Final

2008[]

Distance Round Time
100 metres Heats 10.20
Quarterfinal 9.92
Semifinal 9.85
Final 9.69 WR
200 metres Heats 20.64
Quarterfinal 20.29
Semifinal 20.09
Final 19.30 WR
4x100 metres relay Heats 38.31
Final 37.10 WR

2012[]

Distance Round Time
100 metres Heats 10.09
Semifinal 9.87
Final 9.63 OR
200 metres Heats 20.39
Semifinal 20.18
Final 19.32
4x100 metres relay Heats 37.39
Final 36.84 WR

2016[]

Distance Round Time
100 metres Heats 10.07
Semifinal 9.86
Final 9.81
200 metres Heats 20.28
Semifinal 19.78
Final 19.78
4x100 metres relay Heats 37.94
Final 37.27
Jamaica Athletics 2016 • Men's 4x100 metre relay Jamaica
Nickel Ashmeade
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Jevaughn Minzie
Asafa Powell
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