1992 Olympics Men's 200m, Semifinal 1, Barcelona, Spain

[@ThunderJuice]

That was a once-in-a-lifetime run. Even if he had better conditions in the final, he wasn't going that fast again.

[@trackandfieldarchive]

I disagree. He had jogged a 20.08 in his quarterfinal and had run 19.8 at the U.S trials that year when Johnson narrowly beat him. The fact that he was able to recover in the final after such a poor start shows the type of form he was in during 1992. Interesting to note that many of the finalists ran their slowest times in the final which indicates how ordinary the conditions were

[@nilsatis23]

@@trackandfieldarchive He is one classy runner; it's a pity that by 1996, he was no longer in that top form, and by then Michael Johnson is at his absolute peak, and others (Frankie Federicks) were becoming stronger. I thought that he would have beaten the WR before Johnson, though it's clear that Johnson's dominance was only a matter of time.

[@socarandy]

I remember that as if it was yesterday. That was the day you missed breaking the world record

[@201081hero]

Well if Michael Johnson had better wind conditions in the 1991 World Championship final the world record at the Olympics one year later would not have been 19.72 that's for sure.

[@trackandfieldarchive]

Quite possibly yes. That was an excellent run. Do remember that Marsh ran this into a headwind too, but certainly not as bad as the one Johnson had to deal with in Tokyo.

[@jackshit49]

Johnson still would have won gold had he not had food poisoning.