Hello how may I help you? Can you tell me who was the fastest runner in the Olympic games? You would like to know the fastest runner in the Olympic games? Yes I would like to know if it wad Carl Lewis of Usain Bolt who ran the fastest in the Olympics *was Between the two it was Usain Bolt. Okay how fast did he run?\ He ran the 100 meter in 9.58 seconds which is really impressive for a human. Wow. Okay. Who was the fastest olympic swimmer? That is Michael Phelps. Thanks for your help No problem buddy.