Jamaican Usain Bolt sets a new Olympic record as he retains his 100m Gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics on the 5 August 2012. Fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake finished second, with USA's Justin Gatlin taking the Bronze medal in the event. Subscribe to the Olympics here & hit the bell! 🔔 http://oly.ch/Subscribe Since 1896, athletics has been on the programme of each edition of the Games of the Olympiad. Its presence on the Games programme has allowed its popularity to increase across the world. This popularity was also strengthened by the creation of the IAAF in 1912. Women's events appeared for the first time at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, while the men's programme was standardised as of the 1932 Games in Los Angeles. Although at the beginning women were authorised to participate in only some events, today their programme is almost identical to that of the men. Find more about Athletics at www.olympic.org/athletics Find more about the Olympic Games at www.olympic.org/olympic-games Follow your favourite athletes on the Olympic Athletes Hub: http://hub.olympic.org/ Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/olympics Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Olympics Instagram: http://instagram.com/olympics

• published: 05 Aug 2012
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