It took Michael Phelps two Olympic Games to finally get to his desired goal, win eight gold medals in one Games. In little over a week he showed he could carefully choose his events so that he was always the favoured to win. Despite two close calls Phelps did earn his legendary status...
...but it took Usain Bolt just under ten seconds to achieve his legendary status. He showboated his way to the starting block, and then completely humiliated the rest of the field, pounding his chest and spreading his arms wide. Spectacular 100m world record, and "the Lightning" Bolt even looked like he could go even faster.
Bolt achieved so much more in much less time than Phelps, and unlike Phelps Bolt didn't get to choose between as many events where he could win gold ("let's see, I'm gonna pick several obscure disciplines nobody else wants to do anyway"), and his competition was potentially much better (Gay, Powell). So for me (at least until the doping affair comes out) Bolt is the man of the Olympics up to this point.
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