Usain Bolt vs Carl Lewis vs Ben Johnson Speed Comparison

Carl Lewis(top) - 9.86sec
Ben Johnson(centre) - 9.79sec
Usain Bolt(bottom) - 9.58sec

[Chromedawgg]

this wasn't synched properly, the video has ben crossing the line before tyson but tyson's time was 9.71, ben's time was 9.79

[jorgedasilva]

Ben Johnson was just on another level no comparison the other guys dont come close

[mr.winner]

Numbers do not lie
Usain bolt is the best in history so far.

[bernardo]

With todays training, faster track, shoes and drugs, Ben would have the 60M world record, and be very close to the 100M WR. He is the best starter ever.

[tjm]

Ben Johnson got a life-time ban when he failed his drug test after the 100m in 1988 Olympics. Other sprinters who failed drug tests since then, got only 6 months suspensions. Terrible miscarriage of sports justice in my opinion.

[neerajtohan]

This is great! If you could make an overlay of all three sprinters on one track same dimensions, distance and their respective times along with eliminating the other competitors than wow, what a race it would be!

[TheGrandmaster]

Bolt is of course Amazing, but I don't know man...I almost have to give it to Ben Johnson as the most eye popping, astonishing. Imagine back in the damned 80s, the shock people must have felt seeing a time in the 9.7s roll across their screen. That was a quantum leap for his time.

[dkmobarasha]

I think it's most amazing video clip

[cmoneytheman]

ben starts faster but bolt turns it up when he sees he needs to

[arealmench]

The only thing that matters is time and Bolt has the fastest time ever run for 100m -You can't have the fastest time ever and be second or third best.

[jonathanaugustin]

The fastest man ever also happens to be clean. Some things are just God-given.

[rubenmejias]

l give Ben Johnson his props. for sure. but the most consitent human cheetah wss Carl Lewis

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[heatplant]

Ben let up the last 10m. Bet his shoes weighed twice of what bolts did too.

[davidmoore]

Imagine you have someone with Bens start and bolts finish it would be 9.30 seconds

[RobertJBarnes]

What if Johnson didn't raise his hand? His coach said he ran a 9:63 in practice. What if he wasn't coming off a hamstring injury? he'd still get busted for cheating but what would that time be? Ben thinks under today's conditions he'd run a 9.3 —better track, better shoes, better training, better doping. Yes, he thinks the Jamaicans are juicing.

[northernassassin]

Lets factor in training, tracks, footwear and drugs and completely flip the script. Ben is born when Bolt is and Bolt when Ben was and we flip the scenarios. Under those circumstances I feel pretty confident that Bolt never runs a faster time than Ben.

[DaceBeats]

wttf...Ben johnson=9.71 ?
Carl lewis=Asafa powell ??!

[martyleyeti]

Without raising his hand and slowing down at the end, what would have been Johnson's time ?

[Q-physics]

So Ben was on roids and Usain was not?