Olympic Track and Field 2016: Men's 200M Medal Winners, Times and Results

The men's 200-meter final from Rio de Janeiro sawUsain Bolttake home the 2016 Olympic gold medal with a dazzling time of19.79 seconds.A deep field that included eight of the world's finest runners, led byBolt, was looking for immortality in the final days of this year's Games. No one else even posed a challenge for the eight-time gold-medal winner, though.Here are the full results from Thursday's race:NBC Olympics provided the visual evidence of Bolt's dominance against the rest of the 200-meter field:Mohandas Menon noted what it has to feel like for the rest of the world running against Bolt:The level of consistency Bolt puts on display in every Olympic final he's been a part of since 2008 is remarkable. He is a perfect 8-of-8 after Thursday's win. But the dominance doesn't stop there, as the U.S. Embassy Jamaica tweeted after the race:Bolt was the story coming into the race, as he is in every event he enters. The Jamaican superstar had already defended his gold in the 100-meter race on Sunday and was looking to add a third Olympic gold in the 200 meters.The 29-year-old showed no signs of slowing down during qualifying, winning his semi-final on Wednesday with a time of 19.78 seconds. He also holds the world record in this event at 19.19 seconds, though he told reporters that beating that mark wouldn't surprise him."I definitely think I can try for the world record, I definitely feel that," Bolt said, perBBC.com. "I need to run efficiently and get into the straight and run the perfect race."Even though Bolt did not break his own world record in the event, he did set a new standard based on his age, per ESPN Stats & Info:ESPN Stats & Info also noted that Bolt's eight gold medals tie him withRay Ewry for the third-most in track and field history.Canada's Andre De Grasse was Bolt's biggest threat in the semi-finals, crossing the finish line in 19.80 seconds. Bolt did pull up at the end of the run because he was safely into the finals, adding another level of intrigue to their showdown.While De Grasse was able to secure a silver medal in the race with a time of20.02 seconds. Bolt's dominance in virtually every event he tries is legendary, and ESPN noted how he's rewriting the record books in the 200:De Grasse, at just 21 years old in his first Olympics, has a bright future. He just picked the wrong sprinter to go up against.While this night is all about Bolt, his legend does not end here. He is expected to be part of Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay team in the final on Friday.Adding a ninth gold medal will only solidify Bolt's status as the most dominant runner of this generation and possibly of all time. In a sport that has seen its share of special talents, he is making his fellow Olympians look like high school track athletes.
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