who won the 100 meter dash in the 2016 olympics
Usain Bolt
title: Elaine Thompson text: 2015 World Championships held in Beijing, Thompson won the silver medal, behind Dafne Schippers. Thompson's time of 21.66 was faster than the previous championships record but 0.03 slower than Schippers. In the 100 metres women's final in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she won the gold medal, ahead of Tori Bowie and the 2012 London Olympics winner and fellow country woman Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. In the 200 metre woman's final in the 2016 Olympic Games, Thompson won the gold medal, ahead of Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands. She is the first female Jamaican sprinter to win the 100 title: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke text: him the largest margin of victory in the event's Olympic history, sparing 1.56 seconds over South Africa's defending champion Cameron van der Burgh, who won a silver in 58.69. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Cody Miller overcame his rib condition to set a new American record of 58.87 for the bronze medal, edging out his teammate Kevin Cordes (59.22) to fourth by 0.35 of a second. Backed by a raucous home crowd, Brazil's João Gomes Júnior managed to pull off a fifth-place finish in 59.31, almost a tenth-second margin ahead of Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki (59.37) and his countryman Felipe França Silva (59.38). title: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke text: 0.24 seconds off the Olympic record set by Australia's four-time Olympian Leisel Jones from Beijing in 2008. After a successful appeal against doping suspension that allowed her to compete in Rio, Yefimova entered the pool with loud boos from the crowd, but did not let it shake her performance, finishing with a silver in 1:05.50. King's teammate Katie Meili snared the final podium spot with a 1:05.69 for the bronze. China's Shi Jinglin delivered a time of 1:06.37 to pick up the fourth spot, just ahead of Canada's Rachel Nicol (1:06.68) by about three tenths of a second. Iceland's Hrafnhildur title: Elaine Thompson text: metres and 200 metres at the Olympic Games. Elaine Thompson became the first woman to win a gold medal in both the 100m and 200m, at the same Olympics (Rio 2016), since Florence Griffith Joyner accomplished the feat at the Seoul Olympics, in 1988. Elaine Thompson Elaine Thompson (born 28 June 1992) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. She rose to prominence in Rio 2016 when she became double Olympic champion – Winner of women's 100 metres and 200 metres At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Thompson completed a rare sprint double when she won gold title: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres text: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 13–14 August at the Olympic Stadium. Usain Bolt of Jamaica entered as the world record holder, 2012 Olympic champion and the 2015 World Champion. Looking to become the first man to win three Olympic 100 m titles, he was unbeaten and ranked fourth for the season with 9.88 seconds, though injury affected his early season. The 2015 World runner-up and American champion Justin Gatlin was also unbeaten that year and held the fastest time at 9.80, though