Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasannin Olympics na mita 100 na 2012 shine mafi sauri a gasar Olympics: maza bakwai a karkashin dakika goma. Bolt ya ci nasara a cikin sakan 9.63 kuma Yohan Blake ya bi shi. Gudun Gay na 9.80 yana nufin cewa ya rasa lambar tagulla ta kashi ɗaya cikin ɗari na biyu ga ɗan ƙasa Justin Gatlin. Gay ya kasance cikin damuwa game da rashin nasararsa na isa filin wasan Olympics kuma ya yi kuka a lokacin hira bayan tseren, yana cewa, "Na ji kamar na gudu tare da filin kuma na zo ne kawai". Ƙarshen relay
Gay ya kawo lambar yabo ta farko ta Olympics da kuma rikodin Amurka na 37.04 seconds tare da Trell Kimmons, Gatlin, da Ryan Bailey. Duk da yin daidai da rikodin duniya na baya, Amurkawa sun dauki lambar azurfa a bayan Jamaica, wanda tawagarsa ta inganta wannan rikodin da kashi biyu cikin goma na biyu. Koyaya, daga baya an cire shi daga wannan lambar yabo bayan ya kasa gwajin ƙwayoyi a cikin 2013; wannan kuma ya sa sauran ƙungiyar relay su rasa lambobin yabo. A cikin tsere biyu na karshe na Diamond League 100 m, ya gudu 9.83 a matsayin mai tsere a taron Athletissima, inda Yohan Blake ya daidaita mafi kyawun lokacin Gay, kuma ya fara farawa a wasan karshe na Weltklasse 100 m.