 Although gaining worldwide popularity for a sprint double victory at the Beijing Games , Bolt has had more victories as a 200 m runner . While he had not won any significant 100 m title prior to the 2008 Olympics , he had won numerous crowns in the 200 m event at the youth , junior and senior levels . Further , at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow , Bolt completed a hat @-@ trick of 200 m world titles by winning his third straight gold in the event . His 2009 record breaking margin for 100 m , from 9 @.@ 69 seconds ( his own previous world record ) to 9 @.@ 58 , is the highest since the start of fully automatic time measurements . 
