Britain's Adam Gemili
clocked the same time as Lemaitre, but was denied his first Olympic medal in a
photo finish.
Usain Bolt won the men's
200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep
alive his hopes of an unprecedented 'treble treble'.
The Jamaican ran 19.78
seconds to come home ahead of Canada's Andre de Grasse and France's Christophe
Lemaitre.
Bolt, 29, has already won
the 100m in Rio and will run in the 4x100m relay final on Friday (02:35 BST,
Saturday).
Bolt is aiming to match his
achievement of claiming gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at both Beijing
2008 and London 2012.
The Jamaican, who said in
February he would retire after the 2017 World Championships, has won all eight
Olympic finals in which he has appeared.
"The fact I came here
and executed what I wanted to is a brilliant feeling," he told BBC Sport.
"I wasn't happy with
the time when I crossed the line but I'm excited I got the gold medal - that's
the key thing."
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