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2008 Summer Olympics highlights, Day 12, August 20

August 21, 2008 Written by nicolae

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Melaine Walker

Athletics

Usain Bolt wins the men's 200 m in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds, beating the old mark set by Michael Johnson at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. With this victory, Bolt also becomes the first athlete since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win both the 100 m and 200 m events in a single Olympiad, and the first sprinter since Don Quarrie in 1976 to hold both 100 and 200 metres world records simultaneously, and the first since the introduction of electronic timing.

Swimming

After a race lasting nearly two hours, Russia's Larisa Ilchenko beats Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain by just 1.5 seconds to win the women's 10 km marathon. Payne and fellow British swimmer Cassandra Patten, who took bronze, had shared the lead for almost the entire race before being overtaken by Ilchenko with 50 metres remaining.
Natalie du Toit of South Africa becomes the first amputee to compete in the Olympic Games, finishing 16th in the women's 10 km marathon.

Sailing

Yin Jian wins China's first ever Olympic sailing gold medal in the women's sailboard.
Shahar Zubari wins Isreal's first Beijing Olympic medal.

Taekwondo

Rohullah Nikpai wins Afghanistan's first Olympic medal ever by taking bronze in the men's 58 kg contest.

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec
Athletics	Men's 200 m	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	WR
	Women's 400 m hurdles	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	OR
	Women's hammer throw	Aksana Miankova	Belarus	OR
Sailing	Men's sailboard	Tom Ashley	New Zealand
Sailing	Women's sailboard	Yin Jian	China
Swimming	Women's 10 km marathon	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia
Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova	Russia
Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	Guillermo Pérez	Mexico
Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	Wu Jingyu	China
Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg	Ramazan Şahin	Turkey
Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	Buvaysa Saytiev	Russia

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