The dirtiest 100m final in Olympic history

The story of the 1988 100 meter final dash at the Seoul, korea Olympic games is that of legend.
#olympics #100m #benjohnson

[@oooops8883]

"so our roided up guy beat your roided up guy"

[@jayc3479]

B Burr.😆

[@travisstrickland7270]

Probably. I think our raided up guy was Gay so ya know they protected him. SMH

[@donovangreen4361]

He was set up

[@overlordp.3758]

Pretty much

[@hod2116]

are you trying to tell me that a grown as man with braces wis taking growth hormones 🤔

[@TweedSuit]

Lewis: I don't know how he does it. I use the same shit he does.

[@randyzoo8944]

😂😂😂

[@CrzYbaDmutha2245]

This is a good comment.

[@ericwalsh2954]

Im aware your telling a joke, but some people literally hyper respond to certain compounds, theyre body probably makes less because of this so off gear they wont be that crazy but when they take it they shift into something else, its quite literally like adding the last jigsaw piece, depending on how honest with timelines you think ronnie is he would be an example of someone who wasnt actually a hyper responder his genetics were already that good

[@goliathonscave9834]

At that time, the Americans were using growth hormone (undetectable and too expensive for the other athletes) while the other athletes were using steroids. Now growth hormone is affordable by all the sprinters and the playing field has been leveled. As a result, the US dominance in the sprints has diminished. Yes, I am a runner (with a lot of connections to the people in that race) with some inside knowledge....

[@breeminor498]

​@@goliathonscave9834 Naw, stop trying to soil American sprinters. Proof going to require more than your comment. Carl was not juice.

[@CloakedFN_RL]

Imagine coming 7th in a race but still getting gold

[@Diawarrior]

7 and 8 were legit

[@eltorpedo67]

I don't think any other athletes competing in that race were stripped of their medals. The others weren't found out immediately after. Carl Lewis is still listed as the Gold medal winner.

[@boxer6796]

They just ever failed...Doesn't mean the other two were clean!

[@FairGame2000]

Ayos lang sa pilipino yun, pagkabigay ng Gold Medal, selfie, tapos bawiin niyo na, wala na kaming pake sa Gold Medal na yan, selfie lang ang habol namin sa Medal, inyo na ulit

[@martinosborne6635]

Lewis wasn't stripped

[@kdm1360]

“I just don’t know how he does it” is code for test him

[@kevinkenny5663]

Carl Lewis had contracts for Grand Prix track and field events in Europe these happened during the offseason which is the heaviest workout season in a sprinter's year. Lewis would refuse to attend and literally had it in his contract that there must be absolutely zero drug testing. He grew an inch and a half after 19 years of age. If it wasn't for drugs he'd be as good a sprinter as he was at singing the national anthem

[@connerhockey2540]

@@kevinkenny5663he must’ve been really good at singing the national anthem😮

[@kevinkenny5663]

@@connerhockey2540 nice one. The video of him singing the National anthem tells you everything you ever need to know about Carl Lewis

[@leonfrancis3418]

​@@kevinkenny5663Damn, Carl got enemies even at this point in time.

[@paulinemclean375]

Carl was the dirtiest of the bunch. And the sorest loser.

[@Rondo2ooo]

That was a Pharma convention, not a 100m race.

[@adeolu9187]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vaughankorede521]

😂😂😂

[@SouLbigdaddy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@reficuleveningmoon6765]

💀

[@michaeloluseyijesubunmi7938]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MadaraUchihaaXx]

“Everybody on steroids.” -Nate Diaz

[@guillermocantizano2774]

😂😂

[@omg12345ohhh]

​@@guillermocantizano2774 lol 😆

[@TheChees1996]

I want to see an Olympian like this.

[@BAG97]

Fact 😂😂😂

[@HMK.]

🤣 You beat me to it

[@zislec]

I remember that. The media absolutely ended Johnson’s character and career. To hear now, that everybody was juiced up is crazy.

[@sneakypetepatterson-fn4mk]

what you hear is the jamaican tethers trying to deflect from their homies sordid history of cheating , he wanted to be a first , ambition can bring you down sometimes .

[@olayinkaoladimeji3116]

​@@sneakypetepatterson-fn4mkno. You heard right. 6 of 8 were juiced up. Period.

[@LADYG-gl1jx]

@@sneakypetepatterson-fn4mknope. He represented CANADA. Jamaica has nothing to do with this. He chose to represent CANADA. He isn’t a Jamaican athlete.

[@michaelwright1234567]

Everybody wasn't. Two of them weren't. Learn to count.

[@PolishLucy1221]

The line that got me as he went there is a Canadian and came back Jamaican. Utterly devastating to be discarded all the coaches knew he was doping everybody knew what they were doing and he got expelled from the country. This is a perfect reason of why black folks should never go and try to represent a white people. The media did not say that almost everyone tested positive. I'm hungry right now I just learned this and I remember watching this race

[@lloydielloyd915]

I remember this at the time, just like Johnson himself said. He was hyped up and promoted as a Canadian leading up to the finals, and then as soon as he tested positive he became Jamaican. Liberties

[@calamityjames5323]

"In a world where everyone's guilty, the only crime is getting caught" - Hunter S Thompson

[@gilbertvega4012]

Boom 💥 👌 💥 that's so right

[@draoicht22]

Stupid man

[@kenzo7513]

bolt never had and never will. jamaica aint got them high tech drugs. raw talent baby.

[@mdh1048]

That’s a powerful quote

[@carlosrodriguez3594]

Exactly

[@jayc3479]

Level playing field, they all juiced.

[@billcosby9999]

6/8 =100% genius.

[@bewaremycurse]

@@billcosby9999 the others just didn't get caught

[@billcosby9999]

@@bewaremycurse cope

[@jasonwood392]

And still do. Lol

[@muleyamwiinga3988]

Not all juice is equal

[@iam01]

Carl Lewis tested positive during this Olympics too. They just forget to tell you that part.

[@brianjackson5732]

You clearly don't understand the difference between an over the counter stimulate that's banned and steroids.

[@gabrieldaniels6191]

@@brianjackson5732Lewis claimed it was over the counter but it was a banned substance 🤷🏿 they were all juiced

[@brianjackson5732]

@@gabrieldaniels6191 It was a substance in an over the counter cold medicine. If you cannot understand the context between a conversation about body changing steroids and a cold medication, there is nothing on a KZbin conversation that's going to enlighten you. He was not juiced, which is why he was not banned. He gave an explanation and it was accepted. Ben Johnson on the other hand, he tested positive for an anabolic steroid that lowered his 100m tine from 10.2 to 9.79.

[@Keepdapocket]

@@gabrieldaniels6191unfortunately, Carl’s banned substance was on the list at that time.

[@adjeiboateng6720]

All of them doped. All of them. Johnson was the scapegoat

[@thomasjonesiv9673]

Wrong. Hsaid

[@iam01]

Exactly!

[@half_eaten.hooker]

No. You don't get awarded after 3rd.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Because he smoked the rest of them lol. Of course he was the scapegoat. You literally have to make him that lol

[@maziochendu5258]

That would be the truth tbh

[@winstonpearson5282]

The two athletes who passed the drug test should have been awarded gold and silver according to how they finished....no bronze medal.

[@onniruusunen9444]

2 who weren't caught

[@Fonzleberry]

I'm sure they're are, but with advances in technology it's impossible to tell who. I like Clarence Kennedy's approach, do your own thing and avoid the IOC like the plague.

[@drproton85]

They were just clean that day. Most will use it when in training, but give it up days prior to the actual race as to not get caught.

[@ahadmerchant7510]

@@brettbordelon what about indoor shooting lmao. Drugs are prevelant in combat and athletics. Other sports don’t tend to have as many drug cheats.

[@newagain9964]

@@ahadmerchant7510 bruh. Indoor shorting is not a sport. 🤦

[@kazamaclan447]

At this point they should just have a juiced Olympics and a natural Olympics 😂

[@rickford2697]

Lol

[@douglasmclaughlin7096]

We do. We just don't say it out loud.

[@asgacc8789]

​@@douglasmclaughlin7096 Quieter for the boys in the front

[@jameskaft5233]

LooOooL

[@exspiravit6920]

Yeah, and I would probably only watch the juiced Olympics LOL I admit it.

[@jerseymade2754]

I remember this as a kid, sad how they denounce him from the Canadian team, knowing damn well they knew what he was doing

[@rasjada5982]

That's how those bat shits are, they all chummy with you to do thier dirty works, and chew u up an spit u out wen they are done using u

[@richardmatatahi4563]

5 other countries as well wasn't Carl Lewis awarded the Gold? he must had been clean?

[@colorblindt.v.686]

Carl Lewis, was dirty also

[@richardmatatahi4563]

wow@@colorblindt.v.686

[@kirkpatrick7475]

It was a farce because the same thing happened in the women's 100 and they let Flo Jo record stand, why, because it was an American that won.

[@remainconfident1]

Carl Lewis face was priceless. “Mama! He cheatin’!!”, cried Carl. “Go tell the proper authorities Carl”, momma exclaimed. “Ok mama”. Carl sprinted to the authorities……

[@angel-pu7su]

😂😂

[@cfapn4571]

Met Ben Johnson in the street in Toronto, dude is humble and polite

[@johnnersosoheavy5809]

met him at a party once in Toronto, super down to earth guy

[@ronsmith5601]

@@johnnersosoheavy5809 You guys are lucky. I wish I had run into him. He was the star of that race.

[@breakmylegs7294]

The reason they took the gold medal from him is simple, he's not an American

[@samking5170]

But cheater

[@TheOnlyOneSon]

Used to train with him @ York University. Will never say anything bad about the man.

[@south97north]

Even Carl Lewis tested positive for a banned substance.😂

[@Taalanos]

the exact same banned substance, he just didn't know it goes by different names lol

[@PadDum]

That’s the joke right there. IOC stupidity. Smith the only clean one.

[@ajv9912]

Not true. Prior to the Olympics he did test positive for banned stimulants, but at levels that would not prevent him from competing today. He was cleared for inadvertent usage. I don’t like the guy, but saying he took the same stuff as Johnson is 100% lying.

[@braindonor8753]

​@@ajv9912 oh come on. They were aa bad aa Russia for mass doping.

[@DropBear_42]

@@braindonor8753 yeah Russia invented Turinabol (nicknamed tbol) which is a steroid that is often used today for bodybuilding. Dianabol (dbol) is one of the steroids bodybuilders used most in Arnold’s era (you can easily find videos of him talking about this, as they weren’t illegal back then). What dbol does is add massive strength and mass gains, a lot of water weight/retention, and is a “wet” compound as with the water retention your blood pressure, estrogen, etc goes up. Tbol is like an adjusted dbol, snd is a “dry” compound. It has strength gains but not as crazy as dbol, but without any water retention, blood pressure issues, and estrogenic side effects, snd greatly increases endurance. Also bevause it was new, it was difficult to detect as you had to test for pulsating signs of it rather than a consistent showing. Jon jones was caught years ago through this method as well.

[@Jay_Bless]

Anthony Joshua was always the "Professional British Heavy weight champion" but when he lost, he became"The Nigerian born heavyweight boxer..."

[@traudesalzer8733]

Poor Ben Johnson!

[@brad1ey50]

We need to make the pablo escobar olympics, where everyone is allowed to use whatever drugs they want 😂

[@seed_drill7135]

There’s an old SNL skit about that, where the power lifter rips both arms off.

[@Rakiyah-uc6ud]

Yesss I would pay good money to see that and I'm stingy.

[@adjeiboateng6720]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelmackenzie3114]

This is actually happening now

[@Krishnakumar-wl7ih]

Carl : I don't know how he does it. I was juiced up and he still beat me

[@cleanheartaddict]

Lol 😂😂😂 that’s it

[@sweetdjones]

💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🏆

[@jimpryor99]

Lewis was one of the two that tested clean

[@imaratspal]

@@jimpryor99 Carl Lewis tested positive 3 times before the Olympics but the Americans hid the results. After the results came to light, Lewis claimed it was from cold medicine. The other US sprinter who won a medal, Calvin Smith, and the Brazilian Robson Da Silva were the ones who never tested positive.

[@Bigbnfgv]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bnegs521]

Lewis was using too. Wore braces so his teeth would not fall out from all the stuff he was using.

[@eugenereeves418]

😂 He never tested positive it was the 80s not that many steroids to choose from

[@JaimeA.-vy8ed]

Bull 💩

[@CimbomFanFiction]

So lewis was one of the two guys who tested negative??

[@bnegs521]

@@eugenereeves418 why was Lewis wearing braces? Grown man. Never had em before.

[@imaratspal]

@@eugenereeves418 Lewis did indeed test positive in pre-Olympic testing 3 times but the Americans hid the results

[@carltontaylor6500]

-Canadian Ben Johnson wins gold medal. -Jamaican born Canadian team member race under instigation. -Jamaican national Ben Johnson stripped for PED use.

[@dc7236]

Messed up

[@peterjamieson2441]

Ah bwoy

[@kalmanbabits3016]

DOES THE DRUG ALSO HELP WITH HIS STUTTER SO THE DISORDER IS CONTROLLED WOULD THEN IS THE REASON FOR HIS DISQUALIFIED DRUG USE SEEMS VERY UNFAIR THE GOLD MEDAL BELONGS TO BEN JOHNSON HE WON ON OLYMPIC DAY IS THE FACT FORGET HIS TIME REMEMBER HIS OLYPIC DREAM IS NOT YOURS

[@itzthe_legend]

😂😂😂😂

[@SID.agre6726]

Canada ain't want nothing

[@valentthor2655]

The papers in Canada read as follows - Canadian 🏃‍♀️ sprinter wins GOLD medal 🏅 - (next day ) - Jamaican-born Canadian gold medal sprinter suspected of steroid use!! Omg ! - On day 3 the newspapers read - Jamaican sprinter guilty of steroid use and stripped of the gold medal for cheating! ( no association to Canada whatsoever) lol

[@davidleonard7439]

This really happened??? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@valentthor2655]

@davidleonard7439 yup - pretty much - Canada - claims it's a multicultural county with the freedom to practice any religion or cultural beliefs! Once the immigrants sign the Citizenship slave agreement, The Corporation of CANADA begins their financial debts obligation to the rest of the crowns conferred corporation and tax the shit out of them, depending on the slave Colony ( province) they get to choose to live under as each 10 Colony (-aka ) province or territory HAS its unique construction of a Constitution! By law - CANADA is not a country- it's a corporation that's run by a defacto government with appointed CEO'S called " prime Minister " the media also us government licensed and Government funded- should they stray from the Davos narrative on any subject-( climate change, Epstine, plandemic, inflation, water shortages, Zelensky's AZOV Nazzi criminals, etc ) They will be defunded and their licenses revoked! The corporation of Chinada/ Canada is as , if not - more corrupt than the Ukrainian defacto puppet regime's installed by the globalist secret society members

[@hadescerberus8633]

Imagine my shock... Canadians are racist

[@007Hutchings]

No this did not happen. It would be hilarious if it did though.

[@marco26gdm]

No one likes cheaters...

[@setaside2]

Recall that Carl Lewis also failed tests but was for some reason allowed to race. Carl Lewis was given favorable treatment and to this day is a complete arsehole about it when it's brought up. He knows he was just as dirty as the rest of them.

[@walterlowe3585]

So true, I love that face he made like a kindergartner.

[@greg1288]

CL was f**kn Scarface himself bro!🤨🤔

[@sptx9670]

I didn't know Lewis was juiced as well.

[@walterlowe3585]

@@sptx9670 he was but is in denial Ben just had a better stack.

[@vincentmurphy3781]

and Flo Jo, another one from that stable

[@CDN1975]

As a Canadian, I still remember the elation and then the sadness. Then years later, Ben Johnson did hilarious commercials for Cheetah energy drinks. He has a sense of humour about it all.

[@annmariebusu9924]

That commercial was cringe

[@thephantomterence9211]

Eventually he would have been allowed back into the sport if he was white - but he’s not so let’s continue to remind him of his mistakes by giving him petty cash to humiliate himself

[@danyloubos3241]

He went on to train Maradona for a last comeback to footbal.

[@Seren_ity22]

Not Cheetah (Cheater). 😂😂😂😂😂

[@earlthomas9683]

Carl Lewis face was priceless. He was like WTF? LOL

[@cheesygrits000]

ikr....He was tremendously stunned 😢 and in tremendous disbelief. I felt very bad for Carl, I thought he was going to win easily......🤔

[@eaglevision9791]

WoW…..I remember watching this in real time. And then over and over and over while the media treated it like a F’king terrorist attack.

[@tuto8610]

They love you when you’re on top, then get as far away from you when you fall.

[@cashmerestag4254]

He cheated. He fell because of his own actions. Typical view from a left leaning imbecile!

[@tuto8610]

@@cashmerestag4254 how do you know what direction I lean? You trumpets are all weirdos 😂😂😂

[@andyparky2716]

Thats called the human condition mate

[@koba1556]

They love it when you don't cheat and soil their name

[@iknowthatsrite6009]

He didn't "Fall". He is a POS Cheater💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@henockelinga259]

Namibian: Frenkie Fredericks remine the best never fail a drug test

[@justgo_withit8850]

Since everyone was high asf, whats the problem 😅

[@RhetoricalMuse]

One person got too hgh and made it obvious

[@marka9292]

He was the spokes person for an energy drink called cheetah and the catch phrase was him saying “it’s because I cheetah!” What a time to be alive

[@nihaalsandim9986]

Lmaooo

[@FungmanBaxter]

😊😊😅😅😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢😂😂😂😮😮😮

[@missmymama1140]

this can't be true😂😂😂

[@geddybhaksar7803]

Lmao it was not it wasn't, it was "I Cheetah to Win" 😂

[@marka9292]

@@geddybhaksar7803 I think there were a few I remember him saying “I cheers all the time” too

[@iaintmadatcha]

Carl Lewis always looked like the lost 6th brother of the Jacksons

[@desihay22]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@fredjohnson1996]

Never thought about it, but I can see it.

[@abj5791]

Hilarious 😂

[@mediaxld]

Dude that shit is hilarious! I can't believe I never noticed that before!!

[@kenrickeason]

😂😂😂😂 Now I can't unsee it now 😂😂😂😂

[@HH-mw4sq]

Only two of the eight finalists in that 100m final were clean. They were Robson da Silva of Brasil, and Calvin Smith of the U.S. BTW, the women's 100m final was just as problematic. FloJo must have been quietly asked by the IOC to stop competing in the women's sprint race in exchange for keeping her times and titles. Because her very last competitive 100m sprint race was on October 6th, 1988 in Tokyo, Japan. Shortly after that in 1989, she announced she was "retiring" from sprinting to pursue the 5K, the 10K, and the marathon. Distances over which she could never be competitive. One has to wonder why she walked away from all that money to pursue the 5K, the 10K, and the marathon. It makes no sense.

[@ladytaylor4299]

You do realize these people don't get paid for the Olympics right? Go through history and see how many win the gold and stop competing. Flo-Jo made millions after retirement. No one in their right mind is going to continue to compete for free when she could make millions in endorsements 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@HH-mw4sq]

@ladytaylor4299 - FloJo never got asked to do any endorsements. Also, FloJo "retired" from sprinting and stated that she was in training for the 5K, the 10K, and the marathon. Why would any sane sprinter train to run those distances?

[@ladytaylor4299]

@@HH-mw4sq She not only did get paid for endorsements she also designed the Indiana pacers uniforms, had a doll in her likeness, opened a boutique in Japan and had multiple clothing lines. When you've already proven you're the best sprinter you can do whatever tf you wanna do after that.

[@HH-mw4sq]

@ladytaylor4299 - please name any large company involved in athletics that hired FloJo as their spokesperson after the Seoul Olympics? You still haven't addressed why she made the rather abrupt decision to train for the middle distances and the marathon.

[@izharibrahim5325]

All top athletes were juiced up at that time..esp American athletes...they rarely got caught.

[@backalleycqc4790]

"Ben, do you chee'tah?" "I chee'tah all the time..."

[@WorkFromYourLaptop]

After he popped, Canada was like “yeah that boy Jamaican” 😂

[@user-mo4sf7gz8l]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Diboh]

they love you when u pass,but let u fall when you fail

[@tomasnokechtesledger1786]

If he wasnt catch on, would be the "Best Canuk" of all times. Society is such a beach.

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

You get it

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

​@@tomasnokechtesledger1786Hypocrites

[@sixstax006]

A real case of 'Johnson & Johnson'

[@prisonersforprofit]

excellent, these runners didn't kill anyone.

[@thecoach11]

Your comment deserves way more likes 😂😂😂😂😂

[@monikagsell2489]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nebbsbnw1343]

😂😂😂😂🎉

[@easyware]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Irishesbox11]

Johnson was the best 60m sprinter of all time easily the greatest starter. He needed juice for the last 40meters everybody else in that starting line up was juicing

[@Gulkave]

He had a tremendous start to races. He reacted faster to the initial shot and his muscles propelled him also faster than other runners. Then after this initial blast, he had lesser speed than its competitors in the 40 final meters.

[@Gizo02]

A doped up Ben Johnson out sprinted a doped up Carl Lewis and Linford Christie.

[@kingnaldo4058]

What's Ironic Carl Lewis tested positive three times for banned substances only a month earlier, but instead of him being issued a four year ban, he was allowed to compete in this race...🤔

[@efisgpr]

Carl: 9 x 🥇 Usain 8

[@876jamaicanyouth]

And given the medal after stripped from Johnson

[@Mickday2023]

Because he’s USA track and field athlete and most of them are chitters but USA control WADA and that’s why they can get away with cheating!?That is way I don’t watching Olympic since Mexico 1968 I’m in 70 now.

[@xwideawake]

That is the American way. Cheat, cheat and more cheating

[@mssha1980]

From my understanding it was a stimulant not a steroid

[@SolarBeam04]

If literally any one of us would have ran on the race we would have been awarded the bronze medal

[@jim_mai]

We stopped and watched this at our high school dance! For one night you made us all feel like champions and proud to be Canadian! Awesome memory. Thank u Ben.

[@user-wo7dl6tb2q]

@jim_mai that’s amazing you watched at a school dance! I’m American but loved Ben Johnson & despised fake Carl Lewis. I don’t care what he did, I even watched his return & he’s forever a Champion!

[@FatherSonHolyspir1t]

I bet u aren't proud to be Canadian these days. I been to Canada once it was fun, good ppl too. Your government sucks though, but I can't talk because the US is being corrupted as well by corporations and other nafarius billionaires and banks,war and politicians.

[@paulinemclean375]

@@user-wo7dl6tb2qThanks for that. Johnson really did get a raw deal. Doping has been going on for decades but the masking of it by athletes has just gotten more sophisticated . I think they should restore his medal and time standings. Everyone on that podium was dirty.

[@moefinesse9878]

I used to see Ben Johnson at the York University track and field. Man, I felt so sorry for the man. We all know Carl Lewis was also juiced let alone the entire 100 m sprinters. They sewer him cause he's representing Canada 🇨🇦

[@AGTsakumis]

Johnson should be given back his Olympic medal. They were all juiced including Lewis, that weasel. Shameful. Johnson outworked and out-trained all of them. Fact.

[@naathnaath6377]

Exactly....

[@goddycarino6747]

I Agree with that

[@michaelacosta393]

Or he took more roids then everyone else. All results of the 6 involved should be removed. The other 2 should receive the medals.

[@xrayeye3]

This was not true. They were all not juice. It was Carl that made them juicy. He was the greatest athlete of all time.

[@anitawilson3638]

Carl was one of the two that PASSED the drug test. Get your story straight!

[@alejandrobailey876]

Before testing he’s “Canadian” but after the test he’s “Jamaican born”. Let that sink in…

[@kahvinetic]

That shit burns my bacon! And I'm not even west Indian/"Caribbean"!

[@marcus.6487]

eggzackly 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@adedayoadeyinka4873]

Well, that's because success has many fathers but failure, is an orphan. Let that sink in.

[@kingtariq6914]

It's sad cuz we don't claim him either he sold us for the Canadians and we don't do drugs that taboo here.

[@nilsteegen33]

He was always Jamaican born. Yes Canada sucks but don't act like this is a problem

[@JibberJabJones]

imagine suddenly finding yourself completely alone, your life defined by the same dishonesty everyone else is practising and getting away with.

[@blackurustrikes2328]

To provide you younger people some perspective: This was the most exciting, anticipated sprint race in the pre-Usian Bolt era. EVERYONE were buzzing in the lead up to this race. I am sure up to that time more money had been bet on it than any other track and field event. There was no Dream Team. No Michael Phelps. The late great Flo Jo herself was the opening act to this Main Event!

[@Di_and_I]

Exactly. Let's also state Floor Jo was 'roìded up - same as Carl and other US sprinters.

[@11marchand11]

@@Di_and_I so much that her voice got deeper and cracked..

[@paulinemclean375]

She passed away at the age of 38. The stated cause of death was epilepsy. (?) It’s a fact that over the top steroid use has major negative effects. Strokes, heart attacks, possible seizures? Not worth it.

[@blackurustrikes2328]

@paulinemclean375 - It's pretty sh*tty to accuse an athlete of steroid use who never officially tested positive for using the drug and can not defend her reputation because she died +25 years ago. Also, Flo Jo had a brain abnormality that she was born with that caused her seizures.

[@paulinemclean375]

@@blackurustrikes2328 If you look at other comments, it seems she did use steroids. Her official cause of death was” epilepsy” as you stated as well. But dying at 38 of epilepsy in this day and age is very rare. Most live well into old age. The fact that steroids are well known to cause strokes, heart attacks and a myriad of other problems would explain her passing so young.

[@stephenminardi9103]

That look when Carl crosses the line looks like "damn it I Knew I shouldn't have bought the generic roids"

[@m.williams4971]

Yeah, if he actually used roids. Educate yourself for goodness sake!

[@bobochan4699]

Only use originals. Period.

[@just__mike]

@@m.williams4971He was caught once …. educate yourself, fool 😉

[@sneakypetepatterson-fn4mk]

no not quite , it was a look of , damn I know this midget is cheating .

[@terrywhitmore1758]

I believe Carl was on some sort of amphetamines.

[@brian7333]

Lewis was not the only 1988 gold medallist who escaped punishment (had his drug ban overturned by US Olympics because he was their golden boy). Joe DeLoach and Andre Phillips also failed tests at the US trials but travelled to Seoul and won gold medals in the 200m and 400m hurdles respectively.

[@TPRM1]

When a sportsman fails a test, he has a problem. When a superstar fails a test, the sport has a problem.

[@stevefowler3398]

I heard that when they tested Lewis, they found traces of Greg Luganis in him. Not sure how true that is though.....

[@brian7333]

@@stevefowler3398 That's a banned substance in some countries! 👍

[@billpetersen298]

Let’s not forget Flo Jo.

[@castironmarshmello7430]

​@@stevefowler3398 Thats so UGLY‼️‼️

[@phillipsolesky2677]

You have to really feel for the actual athletes who were clean.

[@PeruvianPotato]

At least Calvin Smith won a bronze medal. Can't say the same for poor Robson da Silva

[@Someone-hi1nt]

So you feel bad for none of them

[@lijmes]

I now seriously only wanna watch a juiced Olympics with best pharma as a category.

[@coopet4008]

Fuck it let's see how high humans can really jump

[@SilviuBurcea1]

Most of the anti doping restrictions are set because PEDs affect the athlete's health.

[@rakeshramesh4585]

Hahahaha

[@alypha737]

Juiced olympics? Oh so you mean the olympics then

[@romanstarr01]

Rxactly, let em run juiced.. Any athlete testing negative is disqualified. One other change should be installed.. If Im from Hayseedville, Kansas and I want to represent the South Pole BFE, that should be OK.

[@vince1229]

Flo Jo always had a 5 o'clock shadow.

[@LADYG-gl1jx]

What does that mean?

[@cheesygrits000]

Bruh!!! You can't be serious! 🙄 I just Googled "Flo Jo" and all the pics I've seen of her was looking tremendously the opposite and super fly. Maybe that pic was taken when the sun 🌇 was going down.....🤷🏾‍♂️

[@dingo35]

The ultimate fail if you deliver somebody else’s urine for a test and still fail it

[@JustMe-ws2pe]

If you think carl lewis wasn't on that juice you're kidding yourself.

[@randallmadison9910]

Didn't get caught. Just spreading rumors. Ben was caught. Nobody to blame but himself. Just pressure to win and become famous. Led to being infamous. Everyone says he's a good guy.

[@donarthiazi2443]

​@@randallmadison9910 Yeah really, it's always the same, no matter what... even if someone is cleared there are the mentally deficient assholes out there that will decide _invent some guilt_ for an athlete they don't like.

[@HamishGarland]

@@randallmadison9910 Lewis was caught. His ban was overturned before the games. Johnson's tests were conducted in an unsecured area, there were multiple people in the testing room without accreditation, including a friend of Lewis who spent some time sitting beside Johnson while he was drinking to stimulate a urine sample. The substance in Johnson's urine was in a form that means the drug would have to have been taken so recently as to have provided no benefit, and the committee then decided to use a method not approved by the IOC which was not applied to any other athlete at the Olympics to prove his guilt. Johnson was doping for sure, but he wasn't given the same treatment that every other athlete was afforded.

[@riddlezastra1496]

Woah that race was dope 💀

[@jon-snow-GOT]

What a quote. He should have been running for Jamaica anyway

[@fredlin6303]

Canada paid more - as long as he did not get caught

[@pizzajackson]

The look on Carl Lewis’ face was worth it. Ben beat his brains out.

[@tonibratina]

...are you having dementia...Carl Lewis has so many medals every color and from vary disciplines and competitions that belongs on the athletic throne forever with usain and bubka,and not to forvet the great Jan Zelezny...those are athletes with a big A...god bless them...❤🎉

[@jodyporter3879]

Was one of the best race I had ever seen as a kid, loved it

[@hiltonvandyk9103]

Ben was a savage it was always amazing watching him run,Carl Lewis is just a saw looser

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

​@@hiltonvandyk9103I was happay af to see Carl lose. Ben was amazing to watch.

[@ralfburon6179]

Later he said: yes I took steroids, but not the steroids they „found“

[@mihailcosmin4565]

Defo wouldn't want to agree with them and victimise a bit more

[@daparadigm]

The kind they found were like what Hopkins tried to wipe on Tank before the Garcia fight.

[@leodamsma913]

Calvin Smith should have been champ, always clean genuine man. 👍👍

[@westaussie965]

Oh, not dirty because of what I was thinking😂

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

I remember that race vividly. It was so widely newsworthy. The world was watching. So many stars were in it.

[@terryp.6877]

Me 2 And i figured Ben Wasnt Only 1 Dirty Low & Behold He Wasnt !!! go figure

[@jamierose4088]

The dirtiest part was taking Ben's metal. If it was not an American in 2nd, Ben would still have his gold.

[@Sw-iz7ww]

Especially when you consider that the IOC refused to award the gold to the 2nd placed athlete after it was taken away from Marion Jones because the 2nd placed athlete had also failed a drugs test at some time.

[@roberthamilton2059]

Remember this well, this Race was massive at that time,

[@175139]

Regardless of what happened afterwards, I still get pleasure watching the race. Ben's performance, combined with the look on Lewis' face when he knew he lost it. Pure joy 🤗

[@seadrifter8975]

Only Calvin Smith and Barboza were clean 👌 it later emerged. Calvin Smith should have been handed the Gold not Lewis

[@gerryraak]

Calvin Smith was as drugged out as Carl Lewis.

[@philbertgrant3744]

Raymond Stewart was clean

[@mohamedrahaman9238]

Carl Lewis NEVER tested positive for PED.

[@jesuisdavid1]

​@@mohamedrahaman9238 he has actually, this is documented just not highlighted. Too many sources out there to say so

[@brianjackson5732]

@@jesuisdavid1 A stimulant is not the same as a steroid regime. Over the counter supplements have been shown to contain stimulants. You cannot accidentally do a steroid regime, which is what Ben did. Carl's positive test for a stimulant is the same material found in cold medicine.

[@grahamleather2498]

I remember staying up to watch this race. My jaw dropped seeing this race. I could not believe it.

[@gladiadorpolo]

Yeah, the test results have agreed with you.

[@andrewhite4431]

I was in the USA watching it. One of the greatest sports moments for me.

[@panmad6156]

It was one of the best races in olympic history, at the time. I loved it...

[@GreekboyyD]

His 9.79 with a finger raised in the air was ahead of its time. Wish we could have seen a juiced up Ben today with the training methods, faster tracks and racing spikes that current sprinters are using.

[@darganx]

The WR would be close to 8 seconds!

[@GreekboyyD]

@@darganx 🤣

[@Betobilletes]

And a line of coke

[@sylvia7447]

You don’t have to wonder…..juicing has never stopped. Enjoy Paris 🥇🥈🥉

[@mr.starks]

Not gonna lie, Canada did turn their back on em for real. "Running for Canada" to "Jamaican born"

[@marco26gdm]

He's a cheater, should they support him? I guess that's not an option.

[@mr.starks]

@@marco26gdm I agree, however media didn't have to keep mentioning Jamaica.

[@flopo3044]

​@marco26gdm America supported crl lewis Flo jo , Tim Montgomery,Marion Jones etc 😅

[@eironwyman8157]

@@marco26gdm they were all cheating and yet stupid americans(sorry for the redundancy) still think Lewis is a hero.

[@xn9333]

Good, he was representing someone else and should've been responsible

[@dwaynebreeden2984]

I saw this race. Carl Lewis was pissed. Ben Johnson ran like a racehorse He smoked everyone, it was incredible. I was too young to know about doping, just who was the fastest

[@TipOfAfrica0010]

Lewis when interviewed after the race said he did his best but Johnson was just faster - at the time he couldn't understand how he lost that race....

[@rickie0]

​@@TipOfAfrica0010 Ben's juice had that extra umfff over what Carl was using and he was tripled pissed 🤣🤣🤣

[@robmckrobmck5567]

Bullet Ben

[@davidleonard7439]

​@@rickie0 dawg...😂😂😂💀💀💀😭😭😭

[@cheesygrits000]

😂😂😂😂I'm right with you my man.

[@ziontrain7887]

We have Ben Johnson Day in Jamaica. But after the doping test results it was no longer a holiday 😂

[@ralphmorris8169]

Look on Carl Lewis’s face was comical! He almost cried ! So funny

[@cheesygrits000]

Yeah! No doubt, he was in tremendous disbelief 😫😩😫😩😫

[@Mr_Brown876]

"I left for Korea as a Canadian but returned Jamaican-born." I bet if every athlete from Jamaica ran for Jamaica, we would dominate every single Track Meet.

[@BenJover]

You mean with the steroids?

[@jussayinmipeece1069]

true but unfortunately thru system is cash strapped so many of those great athletes would fall through the cracks. I sure did.

[@kelainefes]

That's very likely.

[@shaneashby5890]

One-hit wonders!

[@SuperFilthiest]

Not the point of the statement

[@omarkul5320]

That's the same treatment Özil gets in Germany

[@MoeFokah]

Lmao. Homie thinking "Damn! His sauce harder. I needs his plug."

[@VoodooLegacy369]

Still, on PEDs it is still impressive that a human body can be pushed to that speed.

[@atallahal-harbi5849]

Ben Johnson is high level of speed

[@captainzeppos]

There's so much dope in this video, that I got doped just by watching this video twice.

[@henryjones9423]

Carl told, and Carl was steroids too! Years later he admitted he tested positive.

[@paulcooper1223]

He didn't admit he tested positive for steroids.

[@MrOzzy7826]

One of the best races. Every body was on juice

[@darganx]

It is still actually the most complete 100m I've ever seen, everyone was on an even stage in that respect.

[@aus2230]

6 of 8 failed 🤪

[@danyloubos3241]

His record still stands. Fastest human ever. In the late 2000s Carl Lewis samples were retested and he was as roided. It just went unnoticed and he still has his medals.

[@imaratspal]

I'm not sure which record you're referring to, because Usain Bolt beat that Olympic and World record by a lot. Carl Lewis tested positive 3 times before the 1988 Olympics, but the US hid his results and he was allowed to race.

[@danyloubos3241]

@@imaratspal True, havent followed athletics since Donovan Baily era...

[@hfactor6429]

Carl new exactly what he was saying when he said......"I just don't know how he does it" when being interviewed after that race

[@exoticcarfactsofficialchan7050]

The lesson to take away from this is: "Remember where you actually came from, because they will never let you forget."

[@xn9333]

Meh

[@THESLlCK]

Or don’t intentionally cheat and try to act like a victim. You people are embarrassing

[@mr_casual_Shorts]

U dumb

[@mjelombilini7628]

Mouthful, well said.

[@andylengyel3459]

Ur dealer please?

[@daltonmoore8419]

True Carl Lewis failed before the race was allowed to run and given the gold 🥇 that Ben Johnson won.

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

Plus Carl Lewis committed a foot foul and should have been disqualified and Gold given to another person. But the Yank was given another Gold medal.

[@Trailrunner1978]

Bolt: " I am so glad I got faster than these without steroids!"

[@bjohnston3659]

When they first accused Johnson of misbehavior he famously replied, "I didn't take no stereos"!!

[@shagw4286]

I'll never forget how he shot out of those blocks. When I heard he tester dirty, I wasn't shocked. I've never seen anyone come out of the blocks like that!

[@lowenbrandenburg1402]

That’s not factual. Juice or no juice through Johnson’s earlier career he was always very fast out of the blocks. And then years after his career ended, he would continue to race in 50 yard dashes is in Asia and still was incredibly fast out of the box. What the drug enhancements did for him, was allowed to keep up the pace through the hundred yards. You tube it

[@snakeslayer831]

You can see the covetousness on a particular person's face .

[@alaoweiitoboui7773]

And,that’s all Lewis.funy enough they all failed the test.then,why give it to lewis

[@karondeshields3525]

Gold medals are given for one's hard work, dedication, sportsmanship, and athleticism. PERIOD…

[@reginaldrobinson1714]

The look on Carl Lewis's face was worth it 😂

[@allbaugh04]

I'm 100 percent positive bolt was clean...

[@vishvasrinivasan7084]

You are right. Bolt has always tested negative. He has never failed a drug test.

[@sierralima82]

As a Jamaican now I understand the term "Ben Johnson Day" 😭😅😂😂

[@Streak8761]

Same😂 had to google it.but every Thursday is Ben Johnson day

[@sierralima82]

@@Streak8761 😂😂

[@user-ew7it8cg7q]

Keep on watching over 20 times dont no why 😂

[@josefserf1926]

Most of Bolt's teammates were caught but he wasn't. Protected or clean? As for Johnson and Lewis, that just showed that Canada has to bow before the USA. We all know that Lewis failed several tests before the Olympics, don't we? Anyway, that still remains the greatest 100 metres final.

[@andres.e.]

Nobody talks about how Lewis ALSO had a positive drug test result in his career… but was swept under the rug.

[@pdthatremayns]

Prove it.

[@andres.e.]

@@pdthatremayns No, YOU research it! Don't be lazy a look 'honestly' for the truth.

[@Baccanaso]

​@@andres.e.it wasnt steroids

[@ericw3229]

Not in Seoul

[@footballvidshd5421]

​@Baccanaso if it wasn't steroids why was it covered up for 15 years. why did Lewis and 9 of his santa Monica teammates get braces despite have good teeth?

[@christoduplessis8177]

In some weird way, as a non American, Carl Lewis is the biggest villain of the day. So much shady stuff behind the scenes and he got a leg up on everyone in the way he was treated.

[@donarthiazi2443]

Huh... "as a non-American"? Carl Lewis was born in Alabama and lived his entire life in the USA... "a non-American"?

[@tomwilko7841]

​@@donarthiazi2443 dude u need to work on comprehension skills

[@Phil-ui4tm]

Carl Lewis taking Sudafed is not exactly the same as Ben Johnson taking steroids.

[@eddieelliott1496]

@@donarthiazi2443 dropped 🎤💯🔥

[@jasontodd3819]

@@Phil-ui4tm really just Sudafed? “Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of "hundreds" of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans.” "There were hundreds of people getting off," he said. "Everyone was treated the same."

[@jmathieson15]

I remember part of this. The part I don’t remember is 6 of 8 finalists tested positive. I don’t think I ever heard that before.

[@tpcreeper2185]

What I take away from this is that Ben was pained as much by his adopted country of Canada disowning him as opposed to rallying behind him. I am a 60ish year old Canadian and I am ashamed of Canada. The passive-aggressive, "we are so humble and nice" facade has bothered me all my life. I don't and haven't watched Olympics for 30 years because of politics.

[@biswasronit]

True words.

[@MusMasi]

They should of condemned his cheating but not denied his citizenship, they were clamoring for him to come and win glory for them, but once he fails they change their tune. As if Canada does not have its share of of home born and grown criminals who are much much worse people.

[@lookoutradioman3259]

He cheated. Why would that amount for support?

[@jouisimo5701]

@@lookoutradioman3259 everyone is jucinig

[@rodneyroimatawhanga525]

Everyone doesn't juice only the Americans Russians and Johnson. I remember watching this live and was happy for Johnson and Canada but when he got disqualified I thought what a cheat. 12mths or so later Johnson tried running without drugs and came 4th or 5th against no famous runners.