--- title: How Gabby Thomas Won 200-M Olympic Gold | TIME description: American Gabby Thomas, the Harvard graduate who also holds a master's degree in public health, won the 200-m sprint Tuesday night at the Stade de France, the first U.S. track athlete to win gold in this event since Allyson Felix in 2012. Thomas won with a time of 21.83 seconds; Julien Alfred of St. Lucia finished second, with a time of 22.08, to take silver while Brittany Brown of the U.S. earned bronze, with a time of 2.20. canonical: https://time.com/video/l41jm3GI/ og:title: How Gabby Thomas Won 200-M Olympic Gold og:description: American Gabby Thomas, the Harvard graduate who also holds a master's degree in public health, won the 200-m sprint Tuesday night at the Stade de France, the first U.S. track athlete to win gold in this event since Allyson Felix in 2012. Thomas won with a time of 21.83 seconds; Julien Alfred of St. Lucia finished second, with a time of 22.08, to take silver while Brittany Brown of the U.S. earned bronze, with a time of 2.20. og:url: https://time.com/video/l41jm3GI/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/l41jm3GI/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Gabby Thomas Won 200-M Olympic Gold twitter:description: American Gabby Thomas, the Harvard graduate who also holds a master's degree in public health, won the 200-m sprint Tuesday night at the Stade de France, the first U.S. track athlete to win gold in this event since Allyson Felix in 2012. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How Gabby Thomas Won 200-M Olympic Gold [Watch (HLS stream): How Gabby Thomas Won 200-M Olympic Gold](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/l41jm3GI.m3u8) (0:55)  _Published 2024-08-07. American Gabby Thomas, the Harvard graduate who also holds a master's degree in public health, won the 200-m sprint Tuesday night at the Stade de France, the first U.S. track athlete to win gold in this event since Allyson Felix in 2012. Thomas won with a time of 21.83 seconds; Julien Alfred of St. Lucia finished second, with a time of 22.08, to take silver while Brittany Brown of the U.S. earned bronze, with a time of 2.20._ --- Aug 8, 2024 4:22 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Team USA’s Gabby Thomas' Father After 200-M Olympic Gold Win: "She did it for us"](/video/1sMGLi6P/) ### Team USA’s Gabby Thomas' Father After 200-M Olympic Gold Win: "She did it for us" [All the Medals the U.S. Has Won in the 2018 Winter Olympics](/video/H8WAKh0k/) ### All the Medals the U.S. Has Won in the 2018 Winter Olympics [TIME Explains: How Obama Won](/video/eQVT1xuh/) ### TIME Explains: How Obama Won --- ## Transcript Hi I am Sean Gregory from time reporting at the Sta De France, North of Paris where tonight Gabby Thomas became the first American in 12 years to within 200 meter sprint, the first Americans Alice and Flix a dozen years ago in London to win this race. She led wire to wire. Now Gabby Thomas was a strong contender going in. Cheka Jackson from Jamaica backed out her main rival. So Thomas was the favorite, but it doesn't it does not delegitimize what she did tonight. She ran a Stella race fantastic. Now, she has more work to do a relays on Friday, four by 100. Potential relay Saturday four by 400 Gabby Thomas, the Harvard graduate Kenw three gold Medals. Big night and track. Thursday night. No Liles goes to the 200. City Mclaughlin, try to beat her world record in the 400 meter hurdles once again. Live from the track, Sean Gregory, reporting for time.com. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Gabby Thomas Won 200-M Olympic Gold","description":"American Gabby Thomas, the Harvard graduate who also holds a master's degree in public health, won the 200-m sprint Tuesday night at the Stade de France, the first U.S. track athlete to win gold in this event since Allyson Felix in 2012. 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