The race for the other medals turned out to be much more of a competition — one that took far longer than 19 seconds to decide. Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles finished second behind Bolt — hardly in the same frame — and American Wallace Spearmon came in third.
But while Spearmon was still celebrating on the track he learned he had been disqualified for running outside his lane, and two hours later track officials accepted a U.S. protest that Martina did the same.
That gave American Shawn Crawford the silver — "It feels like a charity case," he said — and teammate Walter Dix bronze.
The United States protested the results in the women's 100, asking that
the race be reviewed because of a possible false start by American
Torri Edwards — who wound up last. The appeal was swiftly rejected, and
the biggest consequence was that the Jamaican women would have to wait
until Monday to receive their medals at a postponed ceremony.
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