And in case you missed it, Usain Bolt made history when the Jamaican successfully defended his Olympic 200m crown to claim an unprecedented second successive sprint double. Bolt, who retained his 100m title in style on Saturday, crossed the line in 19.32sec -- the equal fourth fastest time of all time -- in front of a delirious sell-out 80,000 crowd at the Olympic Stadium.

The 25-year-old's victory meant he bettered the record of US track legend Carl Lewis, who won three golds and a silver in the sprints at the 1984 and 1988 Games.

Bolt said: "This is the one I wanted and I got it. I'm now a legend, I'm also the greatest athlete to live. "I've got nothing left to prove. I've showed the world I'm the best and, right now, I just want to enjoy myself." It was also the first time two individual track titles were successfully defended at successive Games since Finland's Lasse Viren won the 5,000m and 10,000m in the Munich and Montreal Games in 1972 and 1976.