Bolt had been hoping to avenge his last ever individual race, where he could only grab bronze behind 100m winner Justin Gatlin, with relay gold.
But the 30-year-old was denied the perfect finish to his track career by a hamstring problem in the home straight that stopped him from anchoring Jamaica to victory.
Afterwards, team-mate Yohan Blake slammed the London 2017 organisers for allowing them to get cold while waiting for the delayed race to start and in a press conference held after his final lap of honour tonight, Bolt echoed the sentiments about the circumstances of the start
“It was unusual,” Bolt said.
“I knew I had to stay warm. We got into second call room to stride out which was fine.
“But we were taken to the area behind the boarding to be ready to run, but we waited there for 10-15 minutes.
“Why bring us out if we are going to stand there? They decided to do medal ceremony.
“What am I going to do? We are athletes who are going to follow the rules.”
There had been speculation that Bolt might return in 11 days’ time to race in the Diamond League final in Zurich.
However, he ruled out any return “even for a one off” and said that he could not think about his next step until the full extent of the damage to his hamstring had been assessed.
“I’ve always said I want to play football, soccer because it’s something that I think I’d be good at but right now after pulling my hamstring I’m not really worried about that at this moment,” Bolt added.
“After the injury, I pretty much tried to get home quickly to treat it.
“I stayed up for a while texting people who were concerned what was going on. “I woke up and was getting treatment this morning.
“I will see what it is tomorrow to see if it is worse than I think it is.”
