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Malcolm fifth behind blazing Bolt

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Video - Bolt blasts into Olympic history

Christian Malcolm finished fifth in the 200m final, left in the wake of world record-breaking winner Usain Bolt.

The Jamaican blasted home in a stunning 19.3 secs, USA duo Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix taking silver and bronze.

Churandy Martina and Wallace Spearmon finished second and third but were later disqualified, moving Newport's Malcolm, 29, up into fifth spot.

"I didn't run the best bend and wasn't good enough, but Beijing has been great," said Malcolm who ran 20.4 secs.

"I have made the final and I am injury free, so I can move on and build from this.

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Video - Malcolm happy with Olympic effort

"I am improving so I am looking forward to next season."

The Welsh sprinter, who ran a season's best of 20.25 secs to make the final, was as awed as the rest of the Bird's Nest Stadium by Bolt, who also claimed gold with a world record in the 100m on Saturday.

"You have got to keep going because he [Bolt] is going to have a bad day some time," Malcolm told BBC Sport.

"He has had a great championships and got it right on the day."

Malcolm won the sprint double at the 1998 Junior World Championships, the same year that he claimed silver at the Commonwealth Games.

He was fifth at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, but faced heartbreak before the 2004 Athens Games when he suffered a serious kidney complaint that required hospital treatment.

Malcolm could only finish seventh in the semi-final of the 200m then, and has since been hampered by groin and hamstring injuries since.

Men's 200 metres final:
1. Usain Bolt (Jam) 19.30 (WR)
2. Shawn Crawford (USA) 19.96
3. Walter Dix (USA) 19.98
4. Brian Dzingayi (Zim) 20.22
5. Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.40
6. Kim Collins (SKN) 20.59
Churandy Martina (AHO) - DQ
Wallace Spearmon (USA) - DQ

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Athletics medals table

Sunday, 24 August 2008 10:17 UK

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	TOTAL
1	also show each event results forUSA	7	9	7	23
Men's 100m		0	0	1
Men's 110m Hurdles		0	1	1
Men's 200m		0	1	1
Men's 400m		1	1	1
Men's 400m Hurdles		1	1	1
Men's 4 x 400m Relay		1	0	0
Men's Decathlon		1	0	0
Men's Shot Put		0	1	0
Women's 10000m		0	0	1
Women's 100m Hurdles		1	0	0
Women's 200m		0	1	0
Women's 400m		0	0	1
Women's 400m Hurdles		0	1	0
Women's 4 x 400m Relay		1	0	0
Women's Discus Throw		1	0	0
Women's Heptathlon		0	1	0
Women's Pole Vault		0	1	0
2	also show each event results forRussia	6	5	7	18
Men's 20km Walk		1	0	0
Men's 4 x 400m Relay		0	0	1
Men's 50km Walk		0	0	1
Men's High Jump		1	0	1
Men's Pole Vault		0	1	0
Women's 20km Walk		1	0	0
Women's 3000m Steeplechase		1	0	1
Women's 4 x 100m Relay		1	0	0
Women's 4 x 400m Relay		0	1	0
Women's Heptathlon		0	0	1
Women's High Jump		0	0	1
Women's Javelin Throw		0	1	0
Women's Long Jump		0	1	0
Women's Pole Vault		1	0	1
Women's Triple Jump		0	1	0
3	also show each event results forJamaica	6	3	2	11
Men's 100m		1	0	0
Men's 200m		1	0	0
Men's 4 x 100m Relay		1	0	0
Women's 100m		1	2	0
Women's 200m		1	0	1
Women's 400m		0	1	0
Women's 400m Hurdles		1	0	0
Women's 4 x 400m Relay		0	0	1
4	also show each event results forKenya	5	5	4	14
Men's 10000m		0	0	1
Men's 1500m		0	1	0
Men's 3000m Steeplechase		1	0	1
Men's 5000m		0	1	1
Men's 800m		1	0	1
Men's Marathon		1	0	0
Women's 1500m		1	0	0
Women's 3000m Steeplechase		0	1	0
Women's 800m		1	1	0
Women's Marathon		0	1	0
5	also show each event results forEthiopia	4	1	2	7
Men's 10000m		1	1	0
Men's 5000m		1	0	0
Men's Marathon		0	0	1
Women's 10000m		1	0	0
Women's 5000m		1	0	1
6	also show each event results forBelarus	1	3	3	7
Men's Decathlon		0	1	0
Men's Hammer Throw		0	1	1
Men's Shot Put		0	0	1
Women's Hammer Throw		1	0	0
Women's Shot Put		0	1	1
7	also show each event results forCuba	1	2	2	5
Men's 110m Hurdles		1	0	0
Men's Decathlon		0	0	1
Men's Long Jump		0	0	1
Women's Discus Throw		0	1	0
Women's Hammer Throw		0	1	0
8	also show each event results forAustralia	1	2	1	4
Men's 20km Walk		0	0	1
Men's 50km Walk		0	1	0
Men's Pole Vault		1	0	0
Women's 100m Hurdles		0	1	0
9	also show each event results forGreat Britain	1	2	1	4
Men's High Jump		0	1	0
Men's Triple Jump		0	1	0
Women's 400m		1	0	0
Women's 400m Hurdles		0	0	1
10	also show each event results forUkraine	1	1	3	5
Men's Pole Vault		0	0	1
Women's 1500m		0	1	1
Women's Discus Throw		0	0	1
Women's Heptathlon		1	0	0
11	also show each event results forBelgium	1	1	0	2
Women's 4 x 100m Relay		0	1	0
Women's High Jump		1	0	0
12	also show each event results forNorway	1	1	0	2
Men's Javelin Throw		1	0	0
Women's 20km Walk		0	1	0
13	also show each event results forPoland	1	1	0	2
Men's Discus Throw		0	1	0
Men's Shot Put		1	0	0
14	also show each event results forItaly	1	0	1	2
Men's 50km Walk		1	0	0
Women's 20km Walk		0	0	1
15	also show each event results forNew Zealand	1	0	1	2
Men's 1500m		0	0	1
Women's Shot Put		1	0	0
16	also show each event results forBahrain	1	0	0	1
Men's 1500m		1	0	0
17	also show each event results forBrazil	1	0	0	1
Women's Long Jump		1	0	0
18	also show each event results forCameroon	1	0	0	1
Women's Triple Jump		1	0	0
19	also show each event results forCzech Republic	1	0	0	1
Women's Javelin Throw		1	0	0
20	also show each event results forEstonia	1	0	0	1
Men's Discus Throw		1	0	0
21	also show each event results forPanama	1	0	0	1
Men's Long Jump		1	0	0
22	also show each event results forPortugal	1	0	0	1
Men's Triple Jump		1	0	0
23	also show each event results forRomania	1	0	0	1
Women's Marathon		1	0	0
24	also show each event results forSlovenia	1	0	0	1
Men's Hammer Throw		1	0	0
25	also show each event results forTrinidad & Tob	0	2	0	2
Men's 100m		0	1	0
Men's 4 x 100m Relay		0	1	0
26	also show each event results forTurkey	0	2	0	2
Women's 10000m		0	1	0
Women's 5000m		0	1	0
27	also show each event results forBahamas	0	1	1	2
Men's 4 x 400m Relay		0	1	0
Men's Triple Jump		0	0	1
28	also show each event results forMorocco	0	1	1	2
Men's Marathon		0	1	0
Women's 800m		0	0	1
29	also show each event results forCroatia	0	1	0	1
Women's High Jump		0	1	0
30	also show each event results forEcuador	0	1	0	1
Men's 20km Walk		0	1	0
31	also show each event results forFrance	0	1	0	1
Men's 3000m Steeplechase		0	1	0
32	also show each event results forLatvia	0	1	0	1
Men's Javelin Throw		0	1	0
33	also show each event results forSouth Africa	0	1	0	1
Men's Long Jump		0	1	0
34	also show each event results forSudan	0	1	0	1
Men's 800m		0	1	0
35	also show each event results forChina	0	0	2	2
Women's Hammer Throw		0	0	1
Women's Marathon		0	0	1
36	also show each event results forNigeria	0	0	2	2
Women's 4 x 100m Relay		0	0	1
Women's Long Jump		0	0	1
37	also show each event results forCanada	0	0	1	1
Women's 100m Hurdles		0	0	1
38	also show each event results forFinland	0	0	1	1
Men's Javelin Throw		0	0	1
39	also show each event results forGermany	0	0	1	1
Women's Javelin Throw		0	0	1
40	also show each event results forGreece	0	0	1	1
Women's Triple Jump		0	0	1
41	also show each event results forJapan	0	0	1	1
Men's 4 x 100m Relay		0	0	1
42	also show each event results forLithuania	0	0	1	1
Men's Discus Throw		0	0	1

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