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A piece of graffiti in the Olympic village encapsulated the story: “Hero to zero in 9.79 secs.”. The IOC immediately released a statement saying Johnson had been disqualified from the Games and his gold medal had been withdrawn. Lewis was awarded the gold, thereby becoming the first man to retain the blue riband title.
On this day in 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100m final at the Seoul Olympics. Three days later he tested positive to a banned performance-enhancing drug and was disqualified.
23 de feb. de 2015 · Two days after the race, Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and World Record due to a positive steroid test.It would take another eleven years before...
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Johnson was born on December 30, 1961, in Falmouth, Jamaica. He moved to Canada in 1976 and trained under former Olympian sprinter Charlie Francis. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games, Johnson won silver medals in the 100 meters and 4 × 100-meter relay; he also won bronze medals in these events at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California ...
21 de oct. de 2013 · Ben Johnson celebrates as he crosses the line well ahead of Carl Lewis of the USA and Linford Christie of Great Britain. Photograph: Simon Bruty/Allsport That 1980s sports blog Olympic Games
Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won Olympic gold in the men's 100-metre race, in a world record time of 9.79 seconds, at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea. He would stripped of his medal three days ...
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12 de ago. de 2016 · That was the year when Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson smashed the world record for the 100 metre and won his gold medal, easily beating his biggest rival, American Carl Lewis. In 9.79 seconds, he put on what CNN has described as “a display of power and awe never before seen in track and field, against the greatest field of sprinters ever collected.”
