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1. In the 2016 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.81 seconds. Who came second by a margin of 0.08 seconds?
2. In the 2016 Olympics the 100 meter winner for women was the Jamaican athlete Elaine Thomson with 10.71 seconds. Who came second by a margin of 0.12 seconds?
3. In the 2012 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.63 seconds leaving fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake in second with 9.75. Which American athlete finished in third with 9.79?
4. In the 2012 Olympics in the 100 meters for women the bronze medal was won by Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown with 10.81 seconds, silver went to Carmelita Jeter of USA with 10.78 seconds. Who won first place finishing with just 0.03 seconds ahead of the second placed athlete?
5. In the 2008 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.69 seconds and third was the American Walter Dix with 9. 91. Who won the silver just 0.02 of a second faster than Dix?
6. The first three winners of the 2008 Olympics 100 meters women were all from which Caribbean country?
7. In the 2004 Athens Olympics the 100 meters for men was an extremely close race. The difference between first and second and second and third was just 0.01 of a second. Maurice Greene of the USA won bronze and Francis Obikwelu of Portugal won silver but which USA athlete won gold with 9.85 seconds?
8. In the 2004 Athens Olympic in the 100 meters for women three Jamaican athletes were in the final but only one made the podium just 0.01 seconds behind USA's Lauryn Williams who won the silver. Yulia Nestsiarenka of Belarus won the gold, so who came third?
9. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 100 meters final there were two American athletes (Maurice Green and Jon Drummond) and two British athletes (Dwain Chambers and Darren Campbell). Out of these four who won gold just 0.02 seconds faster than the second placed athlete?
10. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics the 100 meters gold was won by USA's Marion Jones who was stripped of her medal in 2007 after admitting to taking performance enhancement drugs. Who was eventually awarded the gold medal?
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