Is Usain Bolt The Most Dominant Sprinter Ever?

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		Tech Science Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Law International Video Latest Monday, August 6, 2012 Is Usain Bolt The Most Dominant Sprinter Ever? Usain Bolt easily won the gold medal in the Men's 100m dash, beating the second place finisher by 0.12 seconds. To put that in perspective, consider that there have only been two larger winning margins in the 12 Olympics since they started measuring times to the hundredth of a second. And one of those was by Bolt in 2008 when he won 0.20 seconds. So is Bolt the most dominating sprinter ever? Carl Lewis also won back-to-back gold medals. And in 1984, blistered the field. But in 1988, his winning margin of victory was just .05 seconds. And that was only after Ben Johnson had his winning time stripped for testing positive for a banned substance. Here's the history of the men's 100 meters winning times and margins of victory.  Data via DatabaseOlympics.com. Times measure to just tenths of a second until 1968. Olympics were not held in 1916, 1940, 1944. Read » Also On Sports Page Today: The Runner That Was Kicked Out Of The Olympics Has Been Re-Instated After He Got A Mysterious Doctor's Note Andy Murray Is Using His Olympic Medals As Dog Collars Here's What People Are Eating Around The Olympic Park In London WATCH: The Entire Olympic Stadium Crowd Sings Along To The Beatles Advertisement SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: How Aly Raisman Was Screwed Out Of A Medal In The All-Around SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: Only 11 Countries Have More Gold Medals Than Michael Phelps Since 2000 SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: China And The U.S. Are Blowing Away The Other Countries Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Sports Page RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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