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Greatest athlete of the 2008 Olympics was Michael Phelps. He won 8 golds, broke 7 world records, not to mention he did far more heats than anyone else, and did it all in just 7 days, and he was far more versatile, winning the 200/400 IM’s which require every single swimming stroke, plus his events ranged from the sprints(100 m fly) to the medium distance(400 IM).
Phelps is the greatest Olympian ever. Period.
Bolt is certainly the fastest sprinter ever by far, but is he even the greatest sprinter ever? History will tell, but right now, I'd give that particular honor to the great Micheal Johnson.
But yeah, this was a stunning race. 9.58 is just incredible. Bolt is close to being super human right now. Tyson Gay run an excellent race, taking apart the US 100 meters record, but he is just gonna have to go back t the drawing board again, if he wants to stand any chance of beating bolt at the 2012 London Olympics.

No doubt that Bolt is freak and is good, but I’m very suspicious of him and mnay of the current Jamaican crew. Unfortunately I’m sceptical of a number of track records. On the men’s side (not counting the hurdles) I think I have to go to the 800m and 5k before I’m relatively confident the guys were clean (and yes I am leaving out the mile/1500 and 3k).

On the plus side, at least track is now making an attempt to have a serious testing program, which is more than I can say for most pro sports.

Without question Phelps is great, but as a swimmer he has the advantage of improved technology with the high tech fast swim suits and the Beijing Olympics Water Cube that used improved design to make it the fastest pool in the world.

Bolt uses no better technology than all others that have preceded him in the 100M and shatters records that some thought never would fall.