Like lightning, Usain Bolt (21 years)  literally cruised to victory in the 100m sprint in Beijing on Saturday August 16, smashing the Olympic (9.84s)and world records (9.72s) with a time of 9.69s. Most impressive and perplexing about the victory was the fact that Bolt, turned off his sprint with over 10m remaining and still defeated second place by 0.2 seconds, suggesting the world record could be lowered significantly in months to come and his competitors are far behind. Bolt's victory represents the first gold ever for Jamaica in this event at the Olympics.  Richard Thompson of Trinidad & Tobago won the silver medal in 9.89s and Walter Dix of the USA won the Bronze in 9.91s.

In addition to Gold and Silver the Caribbean also captured 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th, in the 100m final.

Official Results - NBC Olympics Coverage

G	4	2163		BOLT Usain Jamaica	9.69   WR		0.165
S	5	3025		THOMPSON Richard Trinidad	9.89   PB	+0.20	0.133
B	6	3282		DIX Walter	9.91   PB	+0.22	0.133
4	9	1003		MARTINA Churandy Netherland Antilles	9.93   NR	+0.24	0.169
5	7	2142		POWELL Asafa Jamaica	9.95	+0.26	0.134
6	2	2148		FRATER Michael Jamaica	9.97   PB	+0.28	0.147
7	8	3019		BURNS Marc Trinidad	10.01	+0.32	0.145
8	3	3215		PATTON Darvis