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Aug. 20, 2008 / 10:40 AM

Olympic Medal: M 200

Jamaican Usain Bolt sprints (R) to the finish line taking the gold medal and setting a new world record of 19.30 seconds in the Men's 200m final on August 20, 2008. Bolt has become the second man in history to sweep the 100m and 200m at the same Olympic Games. Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina finished second in 19.82 (lane 7), USA's Shawn Crawford finished third in 19.96 (lane 4), USA's Walter Dix finished fourth in 19.98 (lane 8), Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai finished fifth in 20.22 (lane 6), Britain's Christian Malcolm finished sixth in 20.40 (lane 3), Saint Kitss and Nevis' Kim Collins finished seventh in 20.59 (lane 2) and USA's Wallace Spearmon was disqualified (lane 9). (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

1 of 6 | Jamaican Usain Bolt sprints (R) to the finish line taking the gold medal and setting a new world record of 19.30 seconds in the Men's 200m final on August 20, 2008. Bolt has become the second man in history to sweep the 100m and 200m at the same Olympic Games. Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina finished second in 19.82 (lane 7), USA's Shawn Crawford finished third in 19.96 (lane 4), USA's Walter Dix finished fourth in 19.98 (lane 8), Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai finished fifth in 20.22 (lane 6), Britain's Christian Malcolm finished sixth in 20.40 (lane 3), Saint Kitss and Nevis' Kim Collins finished seventh in 20.59 (lane 2) and USA's Wallace Spearmon was disqualified (lane 9). (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver) | License Photo

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal Wednesday in the 200-meter dash.

He broke Michael Johnson's world record by running a 19.30 and became the first man to win both the Olympic 100 and 200 since Carl Lewis did so in 1984.

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Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles won the silver, the second medal ever for that country. The bronze went to Shawn Crawford of the United States.

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