BOLT IN NUMBERS

1 World bronze, after being beaten in 100m in London 2017 by Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman

3 The number of Olympic treble sprint doubles, in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. It should have been a treble treble including all three relay titles, but teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for doping in the Chinese capital

4 Times Bolt has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017

5 Number of sprinters to have beaten Bolt over 100m: Gatlin, Coleman, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell, American Tyson Gay and Antigua’s Daniel Bailey

6 Times Bolt has won the IAAF Male Athlete of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016

8 Olympic gold medals: 100, 200m (2008, 2012, 2016); 4x100m relay (2012, 2016)

9.58 The world record he set for the 100m at the 2009 worlds in Berlin

9.63 The second fastest time ever run, when Bolt scorched to 100m gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

9 Times Bolt has run sub-9.77 seconds or faster for the 100m

11 World gold medals: 100m (2009, 2013, 2015); 200m (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015); 4x100m relay (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)

14 World medals amassed since making his debut in Helsinki in 2005, when he finished eighth and last in the 200m final

14.35 World best Bolt set over 150m in Manchester in 2009. He ran the final 100 metres in 8.70sec, the fastest time ever recorded

19.19 World record he set for the 200m at the 2009 worlds in Berlin

37.58 Bolt’s average speed in km/h in his 100m world record race. Should you subtract his reaction time of 0.15sec, his time is actually 9.43sec, making his average speed 38.18km/h

41 41 - the number of strides it took for Bolt to cover the 100m on his record-setting run in the German capital

44.72 top speed in km/h reached during his 100m run in Berlin in 2009, between the 60 to 80m mark

53 the number of times Bolt has run sub-10 second 100m races

34.2 million dollars earned by Bolt last year according to a list of the world’s richest sportspeople by Forbes magazine