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

[oooops]

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

[TweedSuit]

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

[daviddejesus]

"I passed over 500 drug tests."
~Lance Armstrong

[Brown]

Lance Armstrong once said "if you ban all the guys who dope, you'd have to give my gold medal to the guy who finished in 117th place" 😂

[Cloaked_got_Tech]

Imagine coming 7th in a race but still getting gold

[timw]

johnson took the fall for the entire field

[MxGrr]

This was also the era of Juiced up MLB, people in the NFL were doing it, in cycling and lifting and others. It was the 80’s.

[Rondoooo]

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

[CalamityHillMusic]

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

[conork]

Knowing that Carl and the other racers took steroids, and he does admit to it, they should either reinstate Johnsons gold medal, or strip the medals altogether from that race.

[byronbarker]

I was 12 years old then. I was in a government boarding school. When I got home for the holidays there was a big spread about it in the newspaper. I scrapbooked it during the holidays - still have it today. Ben Johnson was my first childhood hero.

[iam]

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

[zislec]

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

[luigimarra]

ben johnson is still an olympic champion in my book. the field was level, they were all positive.

[jaypaladin-havesmartswilll]

One of the most dramatic 100m run final in the history of Olympics. The look on Carl Lewis' face was memorable.

[eaglevision]

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.

[jayc]

Level playing field, they all juiced.

[boopah]

Imagine being the 6th place doped up guy...

[navintheyagaraj]

The dirtiest part of it is, that only Ben Johnson was punished

[winstonpearson]

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