Carl Lewis vs. Ben Johnson (#2), Zúrich 17-Ag-1988

[sciencestudent342]

desai was on just as much shit as his training partner but couldnt run like him though!!!!

[kozmon0t]

Wonder how Johnson got that abscess on his shoulder...

[anderillo1]

Segundo 0:44 : "Johnson, tartamudo él, solo corre los 100 metros y el relevo 4x100. Aparentemente osco y poco comunicativo... las prefiere rubias. Las mujeres no llegan a ser su perdición, pero si lo que mas desea en su vida."

¿Pero que comentarista es este? jajaja

[juanbanos]

@anderillo1

tienes toda la razon, el tarado este sigue retransmitiento los meetings de atletismo, un fan de Lewis, igual de dopado q Ben como fue Florence y nunca pillaron

[archy2frank2]

Ben Johnson pulled up on that race for sure. It's easy to see

[navid500]

@archy2frank2 No, Lewis just had one more gear than him. Even if you watch his "record-setting" 100m, he only beat Lewis because he got a huge jump on him at the beginning. Lewis had a faster top speed. He just continued to accelerate after Johnson was already at his top speed.

[ATALAYA577]

y quien le hace a los norte americanos los dopins si no ganan compra a los jueces ya el mundo no se las come

[puljacina]

if johnson didnt have so much injuries in 88 he would have run a 9.65-68 in seoul

[Karma2Die4]

I bet Ben Johnson wished he had some juice for this race and I am not talking about OJ...

[burrirlo]

Jamaicans best in running, then Canaada

[MrTrinidaddy1]

@burrirlo Ben Johnson was Jamaican u dummy....he only ran for Canada.

[5overlord]

One of the best 100m fields ever assembled.

[TheNifie]

Lewis was so great!

[SuperGenks]

this dude is full blown GAY!

[43aaronlewis]

@SuperGenks he is not gay tysons gay lol

[CHEETAH69]

Carl Lewis is a fool for creating those God-awful uniforms. All that ridiculousness and yet he still, at the time, denied his homosexuality. Hilarious.

[trickygoose2]

@CHEETAH69

He may well be gay but all shorts were shorter in the 80s!

[CHEETAH69]

@trickygoose2 It's not the short shorts that were the dead give away. It was the silly ass costumes he forced the SMTC to run in.

[PacoZola]

Carl might had thought he won the olympics and the world championships finals, thats why he celebrated that much.:) 9,94s were really fast at that time and I am curios wether he really was thinking he could beat Johnson in Seoul. Otherwise I would like to know wether Johnson doubted he would win in Seoul or not.

[kehizman]

El comentarista es muy tosco con Ben Johnson. Demasiado a mi parecer..

[europeandancer]

And Johnson will go for revenge in Seoul in september the same year dopping himself and ruining his career.. Loser.

[06000514]

Batty bwoy Carl Lewis....u cheater and loser...

Jamaicans r the greatest..yay

[beebeechitown]

@06000514 If America didn't have so many more lucrative major sports, we'd dominate even even more. Track is really the only game in town for you Jamaicans.

BTW, historical facts do not support any of your claims.

[idonhavausername]

@beebeechitown .... wat the hell? what a dumb hypothesis.. comparing the number of 'lucrative sports' is weak if u compare against population statistics.. america's population is 100 times as large as jamaica's.. so, i juz accept the fact that jamaica is superior buddy..

[missymissee]

all these years Jamaican athletes were being cheated of their gold medals because the American athletes were using drugs to win races...so unfair!!!

[macdaddy1124]

LMFAO swear to GOD that is DESAI!?!?! that dude coaches me n he looks NOTHING like that anymore! he is getting chirrped at practice tomorrow

[macdaddy1124]

LMFAO swear to GOD that is DESAI!?!?! that dude coaches me n he looks NOTHING like that anymore! he is getting chirrped at practice tomorrow

[mamowolde]

Not quite...Johnson competed 8 years without going noticed..heck marion jones too!! Only time will tell whose on what

[pugile83]

VEGETARIAN MAN!! SUPER MAN!!

[Wookie325]

He's trying to argue with the officials when he clearly false started. Gotta love the roids.

[project419]

en johnson is proberly thinking what the fuck is he wearing

[tiptiptapable]

notice how most of the runners are black.... nothing against them in fact I have deep respect for the countries that breed the best runners

[paulanka2000]

today they usually all are

[Julzellis]

Carl Lewis has the GAYEST battyrider shorts on!

MORE FYAH

[lolboyfromga]

ha ha ha ha ha ha,lmfao

[TheTruthMerchant]

@Julzellis You have worn all the battyrider shorts to come to this conclusion I take it?

[wrich1162]

@Julzellis There are suspicions that lewis was homosexual..

[21manners]

Looks like only very few of us here comment about the beauty of that race in itself. Drug or not, it's a great race. with Lewis over celebrating like he's won the olympic final. Great technique though. & Christie aged 28 but not at his peak yet, he actually ran his best races between 31 and 35 years-old. Check out Calvin Smith lane 8, he almost caught Lewis!

[Nyame30]

Is it just me or does carl look like he's wearing a bikini?

[Spidapalooza]

Carl Lewis is a cheat like Ben Johnson.

[thickncute420]

i wish i ran the 100 200 and 400 m in high school i would have been good i bet. i was lazy and did high and triple jump my best was 6'4 and 48'06

[aoifemcgreal]

carl lewis!! legend!!

[karenrenford]

What the hell did Carl lewis have on? was he really gay?

[kelikel2]

That was the track kit/uniform of his running club wasn't it...cos I remember other athletes having the same..Santa Monica team or something!!! Short shorts were the thing back then...Lewis had a really great physique..long legs ..high and round booty..so the shorts just emphasized it...hence the 'camp/gay' loook...but rumour has it that he is gay.!!

[nugentmilicent]

IT WAS THE 80s fashion arsehole

[karenrenford]

80's fashion or not the shorts didnt look like that on the other athletes. So the 80s has nothing to do with that. His shorts flared at the end because his ass was high so ur the arse and an idiot. Besides I was just being cheeky. So dont fuck with me!!

[karenrenford]

In addition the other athletes didnt have their tops cut out at the side so dont tell me anything about the 80s

[nugentmilicent]

youll get fucked in the arse if you carry on like this arsehole

[karenrenford]

Sorry I dont do ass fuckin. You obviously are lookin an ants hole to stick ur pencil dick in. This jamaican chick dont do batty men like uself.

[nugentmilicent]

Its the 80's period. Personally i think linford christie looked very gay . Dennis mitchell tho was all man as well as the greatetst sprinter ever in ben johnson. Johnson would have run 9.5 long before bolt if the feds hadnt hit him with that bogus drugs rap.

[karenrenford]

You cant be the greatest using drugs. And how come its bogus when Ben admitted he used them idiot? It no longer becomes ur talent when sumn is used to enhance ur performance. Bolt is pure talent. Thats why he is the greatest!! Dont hate

[nugentmilicent]

oh your jamaican!! in that case i bet you look like a man like the rest of them jamaican women!

Ill keep my 8 inch dick to myself and u keep your arse to yourself too! since no man dem gna touch that ugly thing!

oh and im a pro athlete myself steroids dont make that much difference its all in the mind

[jerrymclos]

those sprinters were significantly less muscular than the ones nowadays. even soccer players got bigger legs (and shorter hair lol) what is up with the rapid change in sports. perhaps testosterone cream or stuff like that ?! i dunno

[centrum99]

That's a really interesting observation. I noticed it, too. I remember that they called Ben Johnson "a bodybuilder", but he isn't particularly muscular when compared with today's sprinters.

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

so true. today even kids at my gym look more muscular than ben johnson. weird...

[shevegen]

Actually both Johnson and Lewis were cheating. The only problem was that Lewis wasnt caught but Johnson was. (Johnson wasnt as smart as Carl ...)

Modern sport is fake. All those doping killed the sport.

[kelikel2]

Was Lewis on steoids...or other stuff like ephadrine!

[blackonics]

Lewis never used steroids or anything like that. He used ephedrine to keep his weight low. AT THE TIME IT WAS NOT ILLEGAL TO USE EPHEDRINE ASS HOLE. Jesse Owens was the greatest athlete in the world in the early part of the 20th Century..and Carl Lewis was the greatest athlete in the world in the latter part of the 20th Century. Even Michael Jordan agreed with the Sports Magazines.

[lolboyfromga]

yeah didnt jesse owens run 100m with 9.4 secs?Yeah He was the best :)

[fismaster123]

not 9.4 idiot.

[fismaster123]

100 meters in 10.17. 100 yard in 9.4

[johnnyjohnboy1980]

What a moronic comment. 'oh it's alright he was on drugs, they were alright at the time'. Actually, Lewis failed many drugs test including before the LA games in 84. The USA T&F federation covered it up. He failed many tests but never got properly caught. He is nothing compared to usain bolt. Almost all the American sprinters and 400m runners have been proven cheats. Well not any more - the testing is better and hey presto - no American winners for years. ha ha ha ha!

[turnbacktime]

Exactly... testing is so tight these days, you cant win a big race from obscurity anymore. look how many people get caught in the tour de france and did you know that in the Beijing olympics A lot of sprinters tested positive, obviously because they werent big names nobody cared to notice.

Did you know that Carl Lewis has absolutely nothing nice to say about bolt because he's an idiot.

[UltimateWheelman]

Carl Lewis is a stick compared to Ben Johnson!!!

Ben was caught many times after this race, and the people he trained were caught with drugs in them, too. He's a disgrace.

[GeeBashBliss]

People who make comments in regards to drugs should consider the whole issue with the perspective that history affords us.

We have now learned that many Eastern European countries had well established methods of enabling their athletes to take performance enhancing drugs but were able to get pass the testing system.

Is it a big stretch of the imagination to believe the USA had similar methods.

Ben Johnson is just one of many who violated the rules, give him a rest and look at the big picture.

[nightowl8936]

"We have now learned that many Eastern European countries had well established methods of enabling their athletes to take performance enhancing drugs but were able to get pass the testing system."

Well what do you expect from the East European Communist countries? They have no honor at all. With their win at any cost mentality ... they were part of future failed states but they got gold medals through cheating. Scum.

[MrAcidTV]

Jajaja, Ben johnson las prefiere rubias, el comentarísta es la hostia

[longrangeshooter]

Puto Trecet, jajaja, que colgao.

[TOMIKPOMOYNYXAKI]

ρέ παιδιά ο Κολοτσίνι είναι αξιόπιστος;

[susspuss]

wasn't it some stupid medicament what Lewis used and contained some illegal shit? don't remember... the other thing is once you take steroids, its too hard to be one of the very best for the next 10 years... too long period... but its never told if former athletes have heart problems right now or not, too hazardous to reveal... so we can never be 100% sure...

[moses0311]

look at Carl Lewis shorts!!!....thats nasty...look like what the girls wear these days

[Standardfrank]

lol! In those days shorts were just very short...have a look at those wearing shorts in the line up...they are all very short except those wearing bicycle shorts, a style that came into athletics around 85/86...and invaded football(soccer) around 90/91! Check the Argentinan or Brazil national soccer side in 78 and 82...'nasty' shorts! That was the style in those days!

[Gispero]

Anyone have a link to a trust work site that list all positive drug tests for all athletes through out their careers ?

[jokerwildest]

everyone in this race tested positive during their career's except for the Nigerian in lane 3.

[tayna0102]

the best of all was Ben Johnson all took roids is not willing to take the recalled Carl Lewis

[ellnene]

COME ON LEWIS! COME ON LEWIS!

[sindra1995]

he turned kinda fat but not really. I saw him like 2 daiz ago at york university and he wouldnt even give anyone his signature or even say hi. i cant beleive he cheated T_T

[iluve2run]

if anyone wants to know when the race starts, its at 5:40

[Videoobserver]

5:40. Thanks, that saves me a lot of time. I wish all these long videos would have the actual start time of the EVENT listed.

[angelbarajas13]

@iluve2run Thanks...



[J0nathan12356]

some lady picks him up!

LMFAO!

[schrottm]

i really consider carl one of the greatest athletes ever. but that outfit...geez.

[beenoon]

Bolt could give these guys a 10 meter start and still win...

[ironman36]

excuse me. I have to sneeze. ah ah STEROIDS-chooo!!! excuse me.

[BloodBoxing]

lol...but true

[daveyork0]

Ben takes more strides than Carl. Count them. Carl just strides out further.

[wildhippy]

In 2003, Dr. Wade Exum, the United States Olympic Committee's director of drug control administration from 1991 to 2000, gave copies of documents to Sports Illustrated which revealed that some 100 American athletes who failed drug tests and should have been prevented from competing in the Olympics were nevertheless cleared to compete. Among those athletes was Carl Lewis.

It was revealed that Lewis tested positive three times before the 1988 Olympics for pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpro

[elmagomerlin03]

lewis metiendo perico y el otro con esteroides. lewis no salia con ese hombre

[Normalman50]

Ben Johnson was a criminal by taking drugs to increase his speed. Ben Johnson's bulging fish eyes were not something he was born with, he aquired those eyes by taking drugs. Anyone who refuses to accept those facts are living a life of denial. Ben is also a Jamaican, not a Canadian. Ben was offered a NFL tryout, but he refused to accept it. "Why", because the continual intake of drugs would have resulted in him failing the physical. Who ever promotes Ben is not being truthful to themselves.

[NoLimitzSB]

Tru, but most athletes have already used steroids or regularly uses steroids to increase there performance...They have coaches and doctors to supervise them, but they cant really admit it because its against the law ''on paper''...

[Gliderspeed]

Funny u never mentioned anything about ur 40 yard dash! I guess you were lieing.

[rich187113]

You're a moron.

[rich187113]

Carl Lewis was never drugged you mother fucker, you was clean. By the way my time is normal for my age. I also ran a 4o yard dash in 4.20.

[rich187113]

Are you crazy it wasn't even recorded. Carl never cheated in his races. Actually 12.80 is the average.

[cinna71]

oh ben all THE WAY HAHAHA

[iramovanz]

The second start was a false one too...

Someone moved before the shot

[slipknot2148]

hahaha cal lewis beats ben coz ben was a drugie hahahahaha fucking loser its like you would take drugs u wouldnt feel like you won!

[lorddark777]

this was a pretty "epic" moment right here

his false start-

was a reaction of .998 i believe

he was faster than the allowable reaction time of a tenth of a second

pretty bad ass if you really think about it

[ReveretheHood]

Yes, I guess Usain Bolt is drug free.

[NOPN]

Carl Lewis is a drama queen! He was on roids too, Johnson was a scapegoat. And hes also an arrogant biatch for trying to play down everyone else that came after him (Baiey, Greene, Bolton, Bolt, Gay etc). and that music video he made was just weird

[bootymanager]

Carl Lewis a cheating motherfucker and a fucking hypocrite. He cheated his ass off all his career, yet had a go at Johnson and Christie for being cheats! Fuck this closet-gay motherfucker.

[CHEETAH69]

He's not a closet gay anymore.

[78left]

carl and ben both dopped

[rich187113]

Ben Johnson is a embarrisment to sprinters.

[matchsprint101]

Take 25 cents and go fa coffee, and then wake up and smell it

Ben Johnson was one of the best ever.

Nice dope Program USA, Biggest Fakes in the world, Propaganda that makes the rest of the world stomach's sick.

[rich187113]

But with no drugs, he runs between 10.20 and 10.30.

[twilliger123]

yep, roided up plain and simple...his eyes were all yellow and he bulked up double in a year and a half, you don't do that with weights, dumbasses!

[rich187113]

Your mental capacity is low.

[jivetome]

Best ever? Are you joking me?

Cheating will never bring you even millions of miles close to the best. Whether or not Lewis was a druggie, Ben Johnson was still a cheat, and there's no way in hell you'd ever be able to justify that.

Give america and carl pussy lewis all the shit you want to donate, but for gods sake don't go around holding a doped athlete like Johnson in high regard....

[aridep]

Carl Lewis was a doping athlete also so shut up..... read the facts he was tested positive 3 times before the 88 olympics and was still allowed to run. im not canadian or jamaican but i have no respect for american athletes when they come and run fast i know there's some drug behind it

[jivetome]

Hey dumb ass, read my post before making a reply. I already said Lewis was probably a drug cheat. Thanks for making a completely pointless comment.

[Bigz2601]

no he wasnt the subtance he got tested posotiv 4 was found in a gin sing tea he was drinking

[therealdon99]

Carl Lewis appealed the verdict and was found NOT GUILTY! meaning he was no drugs cheat!

Cheats are people like Ben Johnson who one year come 7th, and the next year break world records!

[learntoplayy]

Lewis is a failure to track&field.. I'm sorry that ben got into the drugs, but lewis? I'm so fucking annoyed he was allowed to run in the olympics after failing the drug test.. and why the fuck celebrate about 9.94? sucky time :D

[Sssccirea7]

Your'e talking rubbish! Carl is the greatest athelete of all time!! Justice was done!! Carl was the winner!! To all you Ben Johnson drug addict/ dealer fans, you forgot 4 years earlier in Los Angeles 84 Carl won the 100m final!! Ben Johnson came third!! without steroids!

[aikmanbest]

r u serious???? Thats awesome. Not much from 9.79. Make sense!!!

[lorddark777]

couldn't agree me

[CatW2Kidz]

Carl Lewis was the best but that WAS a different time. Now if Lewis came from this generation, who knows? I imagine he'd run a little faster than he did in his day but I don't know about 9.69. That kind of time was never thought to be possible twenty years ago

[zepzazemer]

He was not the best!! He was a druggie and was no where near Ben Johnson, plain and simple!!!!

[Sssccirea7]

I agree! If Carl Lewis was competing in this era, he would be the record holder! You have to take in account the advancements in training, diet, sportwear, technology.

[hotnumber24]

Carl Lewis is a dirty stinking FAGGOT!

[cjportmaria]

What is Carl Lewis wearing?!

[iamnewfie1]

carl lewis got away with doping because he was american ...it has caught up to them today as many are being stripped of medals won cheating...

[matchsprint101]

100 Percent correct. Big cover ups happened.

Shame for you USA

[Toutlaguerre]

For the record Carl Lewis failed three drug tests but was still allowed to run for the US in the olympics. He is obviously very jealous of the fact that he used drugs and still could not perform as well as clean atheletes.Usain and Asafa, keep making the caribbean proud mon!

[athletc01]

Obviously this person doesn't know anything about track and field. So many Germans were caught for using steriods, especially the female sprinters.

[hyman00]

joey reminds you of johnny's eat and run customers

[kripe]

No comment, MY prayers go out to you and yours....

[kripe]

For Carl lewis to question Usain Bolt and Jamaica's drug testing programme is so typical of the Americans. Cant accept the fact that they are all cheaters and dishonest athletes...Bolt and Caribbean Track to di world.. bless

[MRDALLIS]

usain bolt vs any of them

[skipsch]

my name is ben johnson

[mateodawkins]

thats nice

[sanastela]

Yeah!!! And my name is Carl Lewis.

[streetdisciple30]

if carl lewis and benjohnson was on steriods at the time wining the races simply means whoever came 3rd in those rcaes was the real winner..mmmmlot of peeps 1 gold but becuz of the steriods therer dream got killed..usain bolt..jus eat good jamaican food..cuz he bruk the record now lower than all steriods taker..we hav 2 giv credit..bless

[DutchGiant75]

except the 3rd place guy was probably on roids

[streetdisciple30]

hahaha u right..usain bolt a di real deal..dat 4 sure..

[catroolz]

didnt usain bolt eat chicken nuggets before his race? i dunno where i heard that from lol

[dabodyrobinson]

yeah he ate chicken nuggets, he mentioned it on David Letterman, saying that nuggets were the safest thing for him to eat in China! He wasn't sure what the other foods were. lol! Bolt is so funny that's why he's always relaxed. Asafa needs a personality and need to relax in the big ones that count. Loosen up like Bolt. Jamaica Cool Runnings Rock

[mensionwillruleASAP]

hmmm final top end speed after 80m, sounds a bit iffy

[mic1mad]

Thats Lennox Lewis' brother.

[lilmogreene]

his friend, thats his sister carol lewis.

[VibeFly]

Actually it is Carl Lewis sister Carol Lewis...who was also a 1984 Olympian in the Long Jump. She now is a premier Track N Field corespondant and expert that covers most top track n field Championships for the United States. If you here a woman talking in the back ground during most track n field championships its most likely her.

[VibeFly]

I mean "HEAR"....not "here"...sorry...I hate to spell things wrong so corrected myself...HEHE

[BlakeVII]

We understood and it doesn't takeaway from what you said. Good information!!!

[JUGGERNAUT22]

lol did a woman pick up carl lewis at the end of the race?

[tallbr0]

carl lewis almost lost this race, if johnson i had break away speed then he would win

[RickyD1967]

Ben Johnson off the roids, you see a big difference in his thighs, they're much thinner here. And Carl Lewis the best closer with his signature Top End Speed at the final 20 meters or so!

[gatotibia]

Ben Johnson with Stanozolol....Explosive !

Luis Carlos from Brazil