The men's 200m final was on 9 August this was the second clash between training partners Bolt and Blake but once again Usain Bolt took the gold in a world leading time of 19.32 leading a historic Jamaican 1-2-3 which they had never before achieved in the 200m with Yohan Blake taking silver in a season's best and Warren Weir taking bronze in a personal best of 19.84. Usain Bolt became the first man to defend both the 100m and 200m titles and won his 5th Olympic Gold medal.