Usain Bolt World Record - Mens 100m Final for his fans

Olympics 2012 in art: Gillian Wearing watches Usain Bolt making history

Gillian Wearing was lucky enough to be in the crowd to witness the historic Olympic men's 100m final featuring Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. Here, she shows us what the TV cameras failed to capture – a moment of support and camaraderie behind the bravado as all three medallists meet at the finishing line 

Gillian Wearing says of the image: 'I went to the Olympics to see the fastest man on the planet. I got into track and field sports through watching Coe and Ovett's memorable races against each other in the Moscow 1980 Olympics. I was hooked after that, and have never missed the opportunity to be a couch Olympics supporter. This was my first time to watch it in the stadium and I was lucky to have bought tickets in the final first-come-first-served sale at the end of June. I was in row 48, quite high up but just above the finishing line of the races – including the men's 100m. This image is just after the final. Both Gatlin and Bolt have cameras trained on them. But in the corner of the image, Blake, the silver medal winner, is congratulating Gatlin on his bronze.'