1988 Olympics Men's 100m Final

Ben Johnson vs Carl Lewis at the Seoul Olympics. Great start by Johnson as he completely destroys the field for the first 80m enroute to a new world record. The gold and record were later stripped as he controversially tested positive for steroids. Both Johnson and his coach Charlie Francis denied his use of the steroids in question. Francis went on to chronicle Johnson's steroid use and cycles, but vehemenently denied ever using Stanozolol. As ironic as it sounds, pleading innocent to using the drug that you tested positive for, but declaring the use of many other banned substances was the defense used. Either way, both athletes had many allegations thrown at them through the years and it made for an interesting race as both Linford Christie and Calvin Smith also broke 10 seconds.

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• carl lewis
• ben johnson
• olympic games
• gold medal
• 100m world record
• fastest man
• seoul

[puljacina]

@sciencestudent342 yep,he was injured the whole '88 season and still ran 9.79,a healthy BJ runs around 9.68 in seoul

[sciencestudent342]

LEWIS = AMERICAN DRUGGED UP GOLDEN BOY IDIOT PUPPET

[sciencestudent342]

BEN JOHNSON, IF HE DIDNT GET INJURED BEFORE THIS, AND DIPPED FOR THE LINE = SUB 9.7

[paulopezz]

fair dues to ben johnson he beat them all.

they are all cheats anyway so ben should have got the gold anyway and he was running times in 88 that would be considered class now 23 years later.

[Kokka985]

wow ....the festival of doped dirty cheaters and druged farcical clowns ....!! )))

Only alan wells, another doped cheater, fails to enfill and complete the list ......XDD !!!

[MrBusunglueck]

and from that november on actually to march 08 bolt gained 20 pounds of muscle wich is VERY unlikely. i know there is no proof but these performances are very questionable. and on top of all that yohan blake already got caught for druguse once. sure it was just a stimulant but still.... ( bolt and blake the same coach)

[MrBusunglueck]

@senjahcore well you say it is pretty unlikelyto have damatically improvement in the late 20s but it is the same with gay and bolt actually. look at their pbs (gay from 05 to 06 and bolt 07/08) and ull see the years before that they didnt really manage to improve. of course youll say now before 08 bolt was injured non stop but thats actually an argument that he started take drugs. also that the ioc got information that in november 07 jamaican athletes (not naming anyone)started taking drugs.

[senjahcore]

@MrBusunglueck First of all, you have absolutely no evidence Bolt is doping so your statement that "it[']s still illegal" doesn't hold any water. He's not been found to be a doper so he obviously isn't "still illegal."

The fastest clean competitor should get the gold, I agree. The problem is that many athletes in all major sports dope and it's hard to catch all the cheaters. T&F does a more ruthless and comprehensive job of catching cheaters than any sport I know of, if that's some consolation

[MrBusunglueck]

8:45 "look at lewis his face" :D:D:D

[MrBusunglueck]

@senjahcore well even if bolt is faster then its still illegal so the fastest clean cometitor deserves the gold !