World 100 metres record holder Usain Bolt was at his devastating best yesterday in the Greek capital Athens, venue of the last Olympic Games.

Running against a minus 0.5 metres per second wind, Bolt demolished his own national 200 metres record when he raced to a world-leading 19.67 seconds to win the event at the Athens Grand Prix.

The 21-year-old Bolt who broke the 100m world record with a 9.72 clocking in New York on May 31 and who had the world-leading 200m time of 19.83 before yesterday, went well under the previous national mark of 19.75 he set at last year's National Championships at the National Stadium.

The former William Knibb High student destroyed his opponents as second-place finisher Brendan Christian of Antigua and Barbuda was left way behind in 20.36 with Brian Dzindai of Zimbabwe taking third in 20.46.

Veronica Campbell-Brown posted a fast 10.92 to win the women's 100m ahead of Bahamian Chandra Sturrup, 11.14. Simone Facey finished a disappointing eight in 11.32.

World Championships 400m bronze medallist Novlene Williams-Mills and national 400m hurdles champion Danny McFarlane, fresh from their runs in Friday's Golden League meet in Rome, were on the podium again yesterday as they placed second in their events. Williams-Mills, who played second fiddle to American Allyson Felix on Friday, finished behind another American, Sanya Richards. Richards won in 49.86 with Williams-Mills taking the silver in 50.54. The other Jamaican in this event, Shereefa Lloyd, ended fourth in 50.89.

McFarlane continued his good form. He did 48.67 for second behind South Africa's L.J. van Zyl who won in a season-best 48.22.

National 800 metres champion Kenia Sinclair was also a medallist as her time of 1:59.94 earned third spot. Cuba's Zulia Calatayud won the event in 1:59.24

Two other Jamaicans at the meet did not fare well. Maurice Wignall continued his lean spell this season by finishing fourth in the 110 metres hurdles 'B' race in 13.65. Cuba's world record holder Dayron Robles captured the 'A' race in 13.04 .

Mario Forsythe of the MVP Track Club could only manage fifth in the men's 'B' 100m event in 10.47. His training partner, Andre Hinds of Barbados, won in 10.27. Derrick Atkins of The Bahamas took the 'A' race in 10.10. American Darvis Patton was second in 10.14.

In the women's 3,000m steeplechase Jamaicans Korene Hinds (9:32.06) and Mardrea Hyman (9:47.91) finished 10th and 16th, respectively, as Kenya's Eunice Jepkorir won in 9:26.56.