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Bolt : Fastest man on the Earth
Name
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Usain Bolt
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Nickname(s)
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Lightning Bolt
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Nationality
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Jamaican
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Born
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21 August 1986 (age 30) Sherwood Content, Trelawny, Jamaica
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Residence
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Kingston, Jamaica
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Height
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195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
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Weight
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94 kg (207 lb)
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Sport
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Sport
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Track and field
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Event(s)
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Sprints
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Club
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Racers Track Club
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Achievements
and titles
Personal
best(s)
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100 m
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9.58 WR (Berlin 2009)
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150 m
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14.35 WB(Manchester 2009)
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200 m
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19.19 WR (Berlin 2009)
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300 m
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30.97 (Ostrava 2010)
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400 m
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45.28 (Kingston 2007)
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Medal
record
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Men's
athletics
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Representing Jamaica
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Event
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Olympic Games
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9
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0
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0
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World Championships
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11
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2
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0
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World Relay Championships
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0
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1
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0
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CAC Championships
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1
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0
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0
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Commonwealth Games
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1
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0
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0
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World Junior Championships
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1
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2
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0
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World Youth Championships
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1
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0
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0
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Total
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24
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5
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0
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Event
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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100 m
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6
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0
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0
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200 m
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10
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1
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0
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4×100 m relay
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8
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3
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0
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4×400 m relay
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0
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1
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0
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Olympic
Games
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Gold medal – first place
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2008 Beijing
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100 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2008 Beijing
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200 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2008 Beijing
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4×100 m relay
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Gold medal – first place
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2012 London
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100 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2012 London
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200 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2012 London
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4×100 m relay
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Gold medal – first place
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2016 Rio de Janeiro
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100 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2016 Rio de Janeiro
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200 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2016 Rio de Janeiro
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4×100 m relay
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World
Championships
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Gold medal – first place
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2009 Berlin
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100 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2009 Berlin
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200 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2009 Berlin
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4×100 m relay
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Gold medal – first place
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2011 Daegu
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200 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2011 Daegu
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4×100 m relay
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Gold medal – first place
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2013 Moscow
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100 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2013 Moscow
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200 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2013 Moscow
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4×100 m relay
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Gold medal – first place
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2015 Beijing
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100 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2015 Beijing
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200 m
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Gold medal – first place
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2015 Beijing
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4×100 m relay
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Silver medal – second place
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2007 Osaka
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200 m
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Silver medal – second place
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2007 Osaka
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4×100 m relay
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World
Relay Championships
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Silver medal – second place
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2015 Nassau
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4×100 m relay
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CAC
Championships
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Gold medal – first place
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2005 Nassau
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200 m
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Commonwealth
Games
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Gold medal – first place
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2014 Glasgow
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4×100 m relay
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World
Junior Championships
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Gold medal – first place
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2002 Kingston
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200 m
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Silver medal – second place
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2002 Kingston
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4×100 m relay
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Silver medal – second place
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2002 Kingston
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4×400 m relay
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World
Youth Championships
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Gold medal – first place
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2003 Sherbrooke
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200 m
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Representing
Americas
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World
Cup
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Silver medal – second place
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2006 Athens
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200 m
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Recognition
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IAAF World Athlete of the Year
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2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
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Track & Field Athlete of the Year
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2008, 2009
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Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
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2009, 2010, 2013
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BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
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2008, 2009, 2012
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L'Équipe Champion of Champions
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2008, 2009, 2012, 2015
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Jamaica Sportsman of the year
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2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
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AIPS Male Athlete of the Year
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2015
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Marca Leyenda
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2009
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In October 2008, he was made a Commander of the Order of Distinction,
which entitles him to use the post nominal letters CD.
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In 2009, at age 23, Usain Bolt became the youngest member so far of
the Order of Jamaica. The award was "for outstanding performance in the
field of athletics at the international level". In the Jamaican honours
system, this is considered the equivalent of a knighthood in the British
honours system, and entitles him to be formally styled "The
Honourable", and to use the post nominal letters OJ.
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Event
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Time (seconds)
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Venue
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Date
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Records
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Notes
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100 metres
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9.58
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Berlin, Germany
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16 August 2009
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World record
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Also has the second fastest time (9.63) and shares the third fastest
time of 9.69 with Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake. Bolt's 9.63 is the Olympic
record, set at the 2012 games.
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150 metres
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14.35
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Manchester, United Kingdom
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17 May 2009
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World best
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He ran the last 100 m in 8.70, the fastest ever recorded time over a
100 m distance. This would equal an average speed of 41.38 km/h (25.71 mph).
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200 metres
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19.19
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Berlin, Germany
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20 August 2009
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World record
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Also holds the Olympic record with 19.30, which was then (2008) a
world record.
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300 metres
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30.97
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Ostrava, Czech Republic
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27 May 2010
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This is the second fastest time, behind Michael Johnson's 30.85. The
event is not recognized by the IAAF.
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400 metres
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45.28
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Kingston, Jamaica
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5 May 2007
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4 × 100 metres relay
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36.84
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London, England
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11 August 2012
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World record
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Shared with Yohan Blake, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter.
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Records
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Bolt's personal best of 9.58 seconds in the 100 metres is the fastest
ever run. Bolt also holds the second fastest time of 9.63 seconds, the
current Olympic record,and set two previous world records in the event.
Bolt's personal best of 19.19 s in the 200 metres is the world record. This
was recorded at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin against a
headwind of −0.3 m/s. This performance broke his previous world record in the
event, his 19.30 s clocking in winning the 2008 Olympic 200 metres title.
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Bolt has been on three world-record-setting Jamaican relay teams. The
first record, 37.10 seconds, was set in winning gold at the 2008 Summer
Olympics. The second record came at the 2011 World Championships in
Athletics, a time of 37.04 seconds. The third world record was set at the
2012 Summer Olympics, a time of 36.84 seconds.
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Bolt also holds the 200 metres world teenage best results for the age
categories 15 (20.58 s), 16 (20.13 s, world youth record), 17 (19.93 s) and
18 (19.93 s, world junior record). He also holds the 150 metres world best
set in 2009, during which he ran the last 100 metres in 8.70 seconds, the
quickest timed 100 metres ever.
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Average
and top speeds
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From his record time of 9.58 s for the 100 m sprint, Usain Bolt's
average ground speed equates to 37.58 km/h (23.35 mph). However, once his
reaction time of 0.15 s is subtracted, his time is 9.43 s, making his average
speed 38.18 km/h (23.72 mph).[263] Bolt's top speed, based on his split time
of 1.61 s for the 20 metres from the 60- to 80-metre marks (made during the
9.58 WR at 100m), is 12.42 m/s (44.72 km/h (27.79 mph)).
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