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Summer Olympics 2012: Usain Bolt Wins 200m Gold, Wallace Spearmon Finishes 4th

Chicago native Wallace Spearmon ran the best 200m of his season, finishing with a 19.90 mark, but his impressive sprint fell short of the dynamic Jamaican trio of Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir who finished first, second and third.

Bolt once again took the gold medal, finishing 0.58 seconds ahead of Spearmon with a 19.32 mark, but Blake and Warren were not far behind.

Here is a look at the final standings for the men's 200m sprint:

RK BIB ATHLETE MARK RECORD
1 2170 Usain Bolt 19.32 SB
2 2169 Yohan Blake 19.44 SB
3 2191 WEIR Warren 19.84 PB
4 3253 Wallace Spearmon 19.90 SB
5 2547 MARTINA Churandy 20.00
6 1759 Christophe Lemaitre 20.19
7 1576 QUINONEZ Alex 20.57
8 2783 JOBODWANA Anaso 20.69
KEY: WR = world record, NF = national record, PB = personal best,
SB = season best, OR = Olympic record

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