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Beijing: Jamaica's domination of the sprint events at the Olympics was completed as Veronica Campbell-Brown took an impressive gold in the women's 200 metres.
Campbell-Brown beat Allyson Felix, of the US, into the silver medal position with fellow Jamaican Kerron Stewart claiming the bronze.
The defending champion produced a smooth performance to cross the finish line in a time of 21.74 seconds.
Felix ran a personal best time of 21.94, but it was not enough to deprive the Jamaican of victory.
It meant Felix had to settle for silver behind Campbell-Brown for the second Olympics in succession.
Jamaica have now won all four of the individual sprint events, with Usain Bolt taking the men's 100 metres and 200 metres in world record times and Shelly-Ann Fraser leading home a Jamaican clean sweep in the women's 100 metres.
In complete contrast to Felix, Campbell-Brown made a devastating start to the race and came into the home straight with a commanding lead.
She ran right through the line to clock the the fastest women's time in a decade and win her fifth Olympic medal overall.
"It means a lot - this one even more than the last Olympics because I missed out on the 100 metres," said Campbell-Brown, who failed to qualify for the 100 metres at the Jamaican trials.
"It wasn't really pressure but after Usain Bolt and everything I felt like I had to go out and do my part. I came out and executed a very good race."
Campbell-Brown's victory meant the US team will return home without a gold medal in the individual sprint events for the first time since they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Took charge
The race was still quite tight coming off the bend but Campbell-Brown took charge in the home straight to win in a career best 21.74 seconds.
American Allyson Felix took silver for the second successive Olympics and Jamaica's Kerron Stewart, who shared silver in the 100, claimed bronze.
"We have so many sprinters in Jamaica, it's crazy," said Stewart.
"We're taking over every event bit by bit. This has been the Jamaican Olympics."
"We have so many sprinters in Jamaica, it's crazy, We're taking over every event bit by bit. This has been the Jamaican Olympics."
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