The six-time Olympic gold medalist withdrew before the 100m final at the Jamaican Olympic Trials last Friday with a hamstring injury.
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Only three runners can represent Jamaica in each event at Brazil, leaving the final decision to team management in Rio to choose the final lineup.
Bolt sustained the injury during the first round of the 100m event in Kingston and went on to pull out after winning his semi-final.
He is, however, provisionally listed and can still compete in Rio, provided he proves his fitness at the July 22 London Diamond League, after he was granted a medical exemption from the trials, as permitted under long-standing JAAA rules.
But in Jamaica, injured athletes who are unable to compete at Trials can apply for a medical exemption.
That makes the third-place finishers in the 100m and 200m at the Jamaican trials a provisional qualifier with Bolt’s fitness to decide their fates.
Russell missed the trials after an injury in training, while Thompson, the women’s 100m victor, did not run the 200m after complaining of a sore hamstring.
Usain Bolt has been named in the Jamaican Olympics squad, calming fears that he might miss the tournament.
Bolt made a trip to France not long ago to get together with German specialist Hans Wilhelm Muller Wohlfahrt as he hoped to accelerate his recovery from his hamstring’s troublesome issuse.
Bolt, meanwhile, said in a video message released by British Athletics on Friday that he will definitely be running in London later this month.
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‘I’ll be there and I’m eager to return to London, I know it will be extraordinary so turned out and bolster’.
