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Originally posted by zzgundamnzz
Anybody know if the results came in yet?
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ATHENS, 22 August - Justin GATLIN (USA) won the Olympic 100m title, taking gold with a personal best and this year's world leading time of 9.85.
In the closest 100m finish in Olympic history, GATLIN was just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Portugal's Francis OBIKWELU (9.86). Defending champion, Maurice GREENE (USA) finished third in 9.87, the same time that he ran in Sydney to win gold four years ago.
GREENE and GATLIN both started strongly and were out in front midway but it was OBIKWELU who had the strength in the final stages, moving quickly through the field. He almost caught GATLIN, and outdipped GREENE for silver.
Shawn CRAWFORD (USA) finished out of the placings, despite running 9.89 - the fastest time ever to miss out on an Olympic medal.
Asafa POWELL, the quickest man in the semifinals, couldn't repeat his dominating performance and finished in fifth place with 9.94.
World champion, Kim COLLINS (SKN), was back in sixth place in a season best 10.00.
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