Churandy Martina (left) of Netherlands Antilles took silver in 19.82 second and bronze went to defending champion Shawn Crawford (not in the picture) of the US in 19.96 seconds after his compatriot Wallace Spearmon (right) was disqualified for running out of his lane.
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The 6ft 5in (1.96m) former world junior champion, Bolt, owned the best time of this year (19.67) and finished second behind American Tyson Gay at the 2007 world championships in Osaka.
When an injury at the US trials deprived Gay of the chance to run the 200m in Beijing, Bolt immediately became a strong favourite for the event.
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