Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt is the only athlete to win 100m and 200m gold medals at 3 consecutive Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016), accumulating 8 Olympic gold medals total. His current world records in the 100m (9.58 seconds) and 200m (19.19 seconds), set at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, make him the fastest human ever timed—0.11 seconds faster than #3’s own 2008 100m time of 9.69 seconds. His 2008 Beijing 100m performance, where he ran 9.69 seconds while visibly slowing and celebrating, remains one of the most breathtaking moments in Olympic history, demonstrating a margin of victory that is 30% larger than any rival in that race.