I’ll never forget this race, watched it alone as a teenager in basement of my house and was screaming of joy when Ben Johnson won. He will always be the fastest man that ever lived in my books but I love Bolt, great sprinter and pure class.
Firstly, it depends how much they were juiced. Secondly, different bodies react differently to the same drug. Thirdly, where was he before he started juicing?
@@futurez12 Drugs work amazing, but to win by that margin in a 100m race when everyone is using- fuck no. Thats not down to more drugs, thats technique and genetics.
@@futurez12 Thank God someone on here has a brain & clearly understands physiology better than all of the Pharmstrong fanboys, who incorrectly claim that they were all on drugs anyway, so it's an equal competition...
Cheetah! That's cheater with a German accent. No big deal. Whatever it takes to win. Ben smoked Carl Lewis, and it's forever etched in my brain. One of the greatest races of all time. Thank you, Ben.
I saw him do the 100m round about this time, in an indoor event in England (possibly Gateshead stadium?). He was going so fast, he overshot and went arse over head, over the barriers at the end, and landed in the padded matting.
I will say this once and for the last time. Carl Lewis doped. Everyone doped. Look at Florence Griffith Joyner, and the whole US Team. That was the world back then. Ben's superiority was not the doping. It was the combination of a superb physique, (as is Bolt's), his body was beautiful, like a cheetah (forget the "jokes"); he had extremely quick reflexes, rapid speech pattern, thought pattern---hence being faulted for false starting (he never false started---it was the fact that his reflexes and reaction time to the gun was so quick, quicker than anyone else's in history, hence his incredible starts; his superior training, focused upon fast starts, perfect technique, breathing, form, relaxation, concentration; heavy weightlifting: bench-pressing 400 pounds, plus, seated leg press at 800 pounds. I met him in Toronto in the frono0t patio of a restaurant. I spoke with him for nearly half an hour. One of the highlights of my life. He was very kind, quiet, generous, obviously highly intelligent, and exceeding humble. He waved to me when he left. A class act.
He was guilty of not being American so Carl who used the EXACT SAME DRUG STANAZOL got gifted the gold coz he sooked getting his ass kicked by a superior athlete.
@@POLITICALYCORRECTify STANOZOLOL is actually an INSANE drug... PS. There are two L's in "politically", btw...if you're gonna try to be smart & all, just sayin'...
Crossed by the greatest hypocrisy ever seen in sport. Carl Lewis, Linford Christie both Olympic gold medalists were caught in doping. The American with a physicist wide open by Anabilziantes (Florence Griffith-Joyner) was never caught. Ridiculous. For me Ben will be remembered for being an extremely strong runner with a strong start and after getting upright to increase his speed and be steady, something no sprinter in the world has ever done. Bolt starts poorly, but Bolt is on another level. Ben was 20 years ahead of his time.
Wdym psychicist wide open by Anabilziantes? But yeah, only two athletes were clean. Insane how much the IAAF is corrupt that these athletes still have their medals and are in the history books. Even more with Florence Griffith Joyner's case, a mediocre runner.
@@SilencedButNotForgotten I think Ben Jhoson was humiliated and will carry until the day of his death words like dirty on his back. The time has passed to invalidate everyone in that final or reverse the decision and give the gold to Jhonson, thus having his dignity back.
Bolt in his 2009 run had the fastest start ever until more recently with christian Coleman (if we remove reaction time though theres basically no difference)
Proper fans of sprinting know that you CANNOT take the gold away from Ben Johnson when EVERY runner in the race was 100% juiced. Therefore this was, remains and always will be one of the greatest sprint performances in the history of the sport. Ben, you legend!
what planet are you on. The others in this race were not juiced. No one else tested positive. He was caught. Funny how he was average before the drug taking and average after. Proper fans of sprinting know this man was a fraud who sullied his sport, like Florence Griffith Joyner and Marion Jones. Disgrace
@@mikelynch1279 What planet are YOU on? Ben messed up his protocols. NO HE WAS NOT "AVERAGE" BEFORE HE TOOK THE DRUGS! Oh man, you have no idea what you are talking about. It came out (as if it needed to, it was common knowledge at that level and had been for 20 years already) at the Ontario government Dubin Enquiry which has held afterwards in Toronto, Canada, in which experts from track and field worldwide testified as to what they knew. Desai Williams, the other Canadian in the race, was juiced; Linford Christie a few years later in the UK was busted; Carl Lewis got busted; Flo Jo was found to have been on the juice as you admit; Marion Jones. Marion Jones's husband. EVERYONE IN THE DAMN POWER EVENTS WAS JUICED; You must have absolutely no sense of history of drugs in power events in the Olympics and Worlds, which goes right back to the 1960s and the total expose of the East German program, documented, detailed, and non-controversially proven without a shadow of a doubt. "Nobody else tested positive." That's because, the protocols were in place to avoid testing positive! Educate yourself a little, please.
@@louieg7676 Bolt is more of a RARE specimen, nice long artful strides strides with good turn over for someone that tall, but it wasn’t favorable for his starts but he managed far better than most tall sprinters ever did., but Ben looked like the Perfect specimen of explosive power, speed, stride rate combined with how his body looked, one would just assume this guy is gonna destroy us on the track.
They're on juice also today Lol who thinks not is naive and gullible. They just back off from it some time before races to clean their body and pass tests.
I remember that race like it was yesterday. Johnson exploded out of the blocks with an amazing reaction time. He was gone after only 10 meters. For me it was one if the biggest moments in sports history. And nobody thought 9.79 could ever be beaten. As Nathan Diaz says: They're all on steroids...
It’s not clear all of them were juicing, and Johnson was a chronic user whose start and ability to maintain acceleration down the stretch were greatly impacted
Carl Lewis who was on drugs himself, couldn't stand losing to him so he ran straight to the officials to complain. Ben Johnson still the Olympic champion Always will be, and he would have beaten bolt.
Whatever Lewis did paled beside the fact that spiked drink or not, Johnson was sloppy enough to be caught. Not a coincidence that the sharper ones weren’t discovered. As a former sprinter, my own conclusion’s shared by Charlie Francis: unfortunately, Bolt’s just too tall, stride so much larger, that the 2 METER difference between them, even if reduced somewhat by differences in new tracks, is far too large for Johnson to have come close. Even if it only ended up being a meter difference, that’s the winning margin in Johnson’s race, a huge abyss.
Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of drug cover-ups, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances multiple times but 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." EXCEPT WHEN A POLITICAL BIAS WAS INVOLVED. Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials (in just one year) which under international rules at the time would have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games! The admission is a further embarrassment for the United States Olympic Committee, which had initially denied claims that AT LEAST 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up.
@Weghweh Hwewehwhe Is name was Calvin Smith. In 1983 Calvin broke the 100 meter world record, but in 1984 Calvin couldn't even get into the Olympic team because of all the doping done in USA track.
Usain Bolt is a living proof of how drugs got much better. As long as people paid to watch him he was allowed to take whatever he wanted. He was definitely good but still human. It is all about the dollars 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
@@brian7333 Doubt it, no one that tall has ever run that fast and for so long. Men of that stature are never known in history for their speed. For the time it took Usain to catch up to Asafa Powell and eventually dominate him? Who nurtured the fatigue, the pain of recovery, the hurting limbs, tendons, aching muscles, recurring injuries is constant in the climbing of this sport especially for a tall lanky athlete as Usain is. Either his team were the best in nutrition, physics, injury management and recovery of tendons, fibres after the strenuous training that is to be a 100meter sprinter/s. Or he was on drugs? I think drugs for sure! I know, i was a sprinter, love it, training, competition, but too many injuries; was Bens height and weight ratio. This race showed how compact power to weight ratio would always dominate the tall lanky runners as nobody had better technique nor understood the Sprinting mechanics as Carl Lewis yet he was completely outgunned, outpaced, outclassed, outran here! But im still a big fan. Ben Johnson ran 8:94seconds for this race, I remember it like yesterday!
It was so brutal some one should write a book about the going on‘s of the Olympics! It was well known in the village that the Others were using drugs but had early notice when they were going to get tested. Ben did not have that power the other nations had and was hung out to dry. Best explosive start ever in the 100 m even up to today!
Ben Johnson is the only sprinter to me that looked powerful on the track from start to finish. A sprinter where you could imagine each step hitting the ground propelling him forward like explosions. He is pretty much the Mike Tyson of 100m. Nowadays sprinters even though I admire I never felt like they were scary destroyers like Ben Johnson
@@tlamelokgosimalebe3119 I think Johnson led the way and Greene was essentially the next step of evolution in that 'beast mould'. Greene was ridiculously talented and very strong mentally...If Johnson would have been allowed to continue unpunished like so many others then he'd surely have gone back to back in 88/92 cementing his legacy and setting it up properly for the likes of Greene/Bailey/Bolt to carry the torch.
It was the most beautiful and perfect 100 that I have ever seen. Ben was right they were all juiced. Ben had the best meds and trained the hardest lifted the most weight and did it most properly.
@@bobdobric6787 There's a massive difference to the steroids Johnson was using at the stimulants Lewis got busted for at the 88 trials. Lewis NEVER tested positive for steroids.
Yes all juiced but the amount of winstrol in his system was minimal compared to what the average athlete was running .... his coach was one of the first to implement proper weight training with his sprinting work and that’s why he was ahead of the game ... Carl was using far more expensive and undetectable drugs
@@crazyrooster6541 The amount of stimulants Lewis got busted for at the 88 trials wouldnt even get him into trouble now. It was a very small amount and WADA now accept the level Lewis did have as ok. If you're going to make an allegation that Lewis was juicing at least have some details.
No...the time Lewis was positive was at an amount that would NOT be flagged today. Ben Johnson is the big cheat who got caught...focus on that. READ: The source is this article from 21 Oct 2013 The Guardian by Stephen Pye Very good article on Johnson and Lewis
He had an amazing start. Probably best ever. 8/10 players in race tested positive for banned substance at some time in their career including Carl Lewis.
Seoul, South Korea. I remember this day well. The entire crowd, 70,000 Korean fans, all cheering for Ben Johnson. I remember the chants, "Ben! Ben! Ben!" I saw a few Americans in the stand that were the only ones cheering for Carl Lewis. The Koreans had no interest in him. They were all for Ben. Absolutely loved it.
Who cares if they give the medal to Carl Lewis. Ben beat them all. Amongst all cheaters, he was the best. They can't remove him from the footage. He was the winner, he is and will always remain. Period.
greatest sprinter ever? you are wrong , Bolt is the greatest then 2nd fastest time Tyson Gay of the United States 9.71 secs without steroids, Ben Johnson 9.79 secs with steroids.
One of the most exciting 100m races ever run. We all watched the TV as the anticipated moment approached. The result was fantastic if you were Canadian, which I am. Too bad Ben Johnson was disqualified. I still get goose bumps today every time I watch it.
L Duranceau I remember exactly where I was when I was a teenager watching the final race. I was at a house party and the police were coming to break it up, the cops came in and watched it and everyone jumped up and down and hugged other and then the cops said that everyone had to go out after like 10 minutes. They were cool, but I’ll never forget that day when Ben won!
@@alexiswilliams1492 He ran that time in 1988, before the modern advancements in training. His reaction time and his blistering start is still unmatched to this day.
R Thomas who cares when it was run. Flo jo still has the world record that she set in 88. He was doping and bolt would still destroy this man. Along with gatlin, Powell and gay.
Greatest af all time! All of them are juiced up, so you might just leave the doping argument out of the equation. How can a man run 9,79 on such s slow track with heavy, less functional shoes(compare to today) and celebrate before finish line, and still manage to make that fenomenal time. Beats me. Greatest of all time without a doubt!
Watch the start at 0.25 speed - he actually jumps into his first stride and starts driving his legs - it was a perfect run juiced or not. Even today, soon to be 40 years later, 9.79 is one of the fastest times in the 100m (should still be in the top 15.)
Ben Johnson was the best in 1987-1988. Every top runner at that time was using substances, some were caught and some were not. The main guilt of Ben Johnson was not being from the US, and spoiling the party of the US golden boy Carl Lewis. But Ben beated him, again and again, whatever the judges decided afterwards. That counts, to me. Lewis himself had to defend himslef later on drugs use, but - you know - he was Carl Lewis, so he got away with it. The world record has been Ben’s 9:79, until Usain Bolt came to claim it. That’s reality, and the ass*ole here is mr. Lewis, not Ben Johnson.
The US athletic authorities would most likely have concealed the information the same as they did where Carl Lewis was concerned after Lewis had failed drugs tests prior to those Olympics !
I was 15 yrs old and I’ll never forget this. Born & raised in Chicago and I always cheer for team USA. My jaw dropped when I watched this man run the most amazing final I’ve ever seen to date. Gold or no gold, this race will always be mentioned when you talk about the best Olympic moments in history. Ben was a man amongst boys that day and they robbed him.
GREATEST OLYMPIC RACE OF ALL-TIME - 1988 100m, Seoul. (Special mention to Jesse Owens-- I obviously didn't see it live, lol- but beating Hitler's gotta be up there 🤣)
Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of drug cover-ups, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances multiple times but 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." EXCEPT WHEN A POLITICAL BIAS WAS INVOLVED. Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials (in just one year) which under international rules at the time would have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games! The admission is a further embarrassment for the United States Olympic Committee, which had initially denied claims that AT LEAST 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up.
@@hardcorehouse ive watched the 84 and 92 olympics and i didnt say his start was as good as in 88 i said it was always good and it was his muscle stamina that couldnt keep the speed up.
Everyone in that race was juiced to the gills so technically it was fair. And just by scrolling through the comment section it seems most people are hip 👍
Ben admitted to roid use but the roid found in his sample was not the roid (Stanozolol) that he used. He used another roid. It clearly showed that his sample or drink was spiked. Apart from that. This is truly the greatest race of all time. Roid or no roid, His start, stance, execution is second to none.
Ben Johnson was the best 100 man in history he got screwed, EVERYONE was on a doping program, Even Carl Lewis who paid and lawyered his way out of a positive test...
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There was something more interesting behind his caught in Seoul. He also won the Goodwill Games in Moscow two years ago in 1986. And Russians found Stan in his urine. But those Games symbolized the end of Cold War and beginning of the friendship between East and West. So... Russians decided not to go on there and just threw it away. If they at least informed him about that, he would know that he might be caught next time. But they did not say a word and Ben decided that he passed that test and the rest is history...
There is a good BBC documentary about this race. I think its called 'Reputations, the Ben Johnson story'. It goes into full detail about Ben's history of PED's, how dirty his coach was, the doctor who sold it to him and the cold war politics which caused him to get caught, everything.
@@belok177 Yes, the documentary points this out. In fact it goes as far as to say the only reason why Ben and his coach decided to use peds was because they knew there was no other way of winning without it. The entire sport was dirty.
Ben’s coach, Charlie Francis, wrote a great book about called “Speed trap”. Well worth a read. And for the record, I still regard Calvin Smith’s 9.93 the last clean world record...
the true GOAT. he was still accelerating at the end and eased up lol. todays tech and roids he would make mince meat out of bolt. lets face it they’re ALL juiced up including bolt.
Yeah 9.79 is old news. Usain bolt let up 10 meters left and still ran 9.69. Usain bolt ran 9.58. How can you be seriously bringing up Ben Johnson or guys like Carl Lewis at this point?
@WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN yes. Bolt, Gay, Blake, Powell, Gatlin, Greene and Coleman have all been at 9.79 or lower. Ben Johnson is old news. It's like saying when the first time a sprinter ran under 10 seconds was the best race you ever seen. At the time yes but once it becomes normal or the bar has been push higher that race isn't special anymore.
I'll never forget that day. I was walking down the high street when suddenly everybody stopped and went to the nearest shop window to watch the 100 metres. I think we all wanted Ben Johnson to win ... or Carl Lewis to lose. And it happened. We all smiled at each other with quiet satisfaction; we'd witnessed a momentous occasion. Of all the juiced-up speedsters on that track, Ben was the fastest beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Despite the aftermath,this remains one of the greatest sports events I've ever seen.Huge hype leading up to it and we saw a remarkable race.Just a shame about what followed.
Also when he was caught didn’t they ban his previous record of 9.83 as well? That’s injustice. How come Gatlin came back after all failed drug tests? I was 11 when Ben ran that race and watched it. Ben was the most unfortunate naturally gifted sprinter of all time.
Usain Bolt was 2 years old in 1988 at the time of this race, 9.79 Seconds. Usain Bolt had to grow up as 23 year old in the year 2009 to reduce the time by 0.21 seconds to 9.58 seconds. Usain Bolt had to wait 21 years to reduce this time by 0.21 seconds. Really amazing.
On today's faster tracks (better rubber, springier, more responsive) with more evolved track spikes (the kind Bolt has used, which are so advanced, along with the tracks, and are technically superior, designed with enhancements that, In Bolt's case, act like a spring, for greater speed over the others), and all else, besides (superior training methods, technical support, etc...it is such a science now)----in his prime, Ben Johnson would have run 9.50, and quite possibly even sub 9.5. As unbelievable as it might seem, he was that good. He was the perfect sprinter. Had he competed today against Bolt he would have beaten Bolt.
bro u know bolt did a 9.58 with poor formed, coming off a car accident, and having back issues. We never got to see bolt full potential. Bolt could easily run under 9.50 and bolt could easilt do a 9.4 with proper running formed, no back issues, and a perfect start. Bolt would still beat ben . A fully potential bolt runs a 9.4
I’ll never forget this race, watched it alone as a teenager in basement of my house and was screaming of joy when Ben Johnson won. He will always be the fastest man that ever lived in my books but I love Bolt, great sprinter and pure class.
LOL. Pure class? LOL.
he was the fastest before Usain Bolt..
Hes a drug cheat lol.
how is ben johnson the fastest sprinter.
Well hes not the fastest ever so, doesn't make sense
Ben was correct when he said: everyone in that race was juiced, so I'm still the fastest.
Firstly, it depends how much they were juiced. Secondly, different bodies react differently to the same drug. Thirdly, where was he before he started juicing?
@@futurez12 Get over yourself.
@@gwine9087 Kinda like what Lance Armstrong said? Your a moron.
@@futurez12 Drugs work amazing, but to win by that margin in a 100m race when everyone is using- fuck no. Thats not down to more drugs, thats technique and genetics.
@@futurez12 Thank God someone on here has a brain & clearly understands physiology better than all of the Pharmstrong fanboys, who incorrectly claim that they were all on drugs anyway, so it's an equal competition...
Величайший спринтер истории. Молния!
Усэин Болт его затмил
The champ 💪🏽
The Best of the best the big Ben Johnson, in the history
The greatest athlete ever. Unbelievable charisma.
How it is good to hear the audience :(
Cheetah! That's cheater with a German accent. No big deal. Whatever it takes to win. Ben smoked Carl Lewis, and it's forever etched in my brain. One of the greatest races of all time. Thank you, Ben.
Why is this video not available?
I saw him do the 100m round about this time, in an indoor event in England (possibly Gateshead stadium?).
He was going so fast, he overshot and went arse over head, over the barriers at the end, and landed in the padded matting.
That start was insane
It was almost violent!
@@justineebourgeois3420 violent 😂
he was a meter ahead of everyone right after the gun went off. So explosive! Never has a sprinter exploded out of the blocks like that.
@@Joe-to8og The roids certainly helped.
@@J.C.180 He had the start before the roids, the roids mostly helped his finish and recovery
Out of all the many of sports I've watched over 40 years, this race has always stayed in my mind
Me tooo
Yeah, he was obviously too blazing fast, "Superhuman" 🦾🦾🦾🦾💪💪💪💪
It was so striking. Ever since I first saw it I've thought of what an Olympics with no restrictions all would be like..
Me too!!!
Same here. Drugged or not, he still ran it.
I will say this once and for the last time. Carl Lewis doped. Everyone doped. Look at Florence Griffith Joyner, and the whole US Team. That was the world back then. Ben's superiority was not the doping. It was the combination of a superb physique, (as is Bolt's), his body was beautiful, like a cheetah (forget the "jokes"); he had extremely quick reflexes, rapid speech pattern, thought pattern---hence being faulted for false starting (he never false started---it was the fact that his reflexes and reaction time to the gun was so quick, quicker than anyone else's in history, hence his incredible starts; his superior training, focused upon fast starts, perfect technique, breathing, form, relaxation, concentration; heavy weightlifting: bench-pressing 400 pounds, plus, seated leg press at 800 pounds. I met him in Toronto in the frono0t patio of a restaurant. I spoke with him for nearly half an hour. One of the highlights of my life. He was very kind, quiet, generous, obviously highly intelligent, and exceeding humble. He waved to me when he left. A class act.
you say all.great
Well said bro
Thanks for that. I met his coach, Charlie Fisher , once. A nice man, as I believe Ben was. What an athlete!
Hey Joseph , I would love to meet him some day . Can you help me please ? I live in London Ontario
Lewis was a stick. He didn’t dope. Get real
I guess they were all on steroids and Ben just was faster than them all.
He also broke the record in 1983 when he was not as bulky how do they explain that
@@questioneverything8301 he broke the record in 87
@@blacksuperman9891 He did but in 1983 he broke the record first then went under that time in 87 the awesome brilliant fantastic Ben Johnson
He was guilty of not being American so Carl who used the EXACT SAME DRUG STANAZOL got gifted the gold coz he sooked getting his ass kicked by a superior athlete.
@@POLITICALYCORRECTify STANOZOLOL is actually an INSANE drug...
PS. There are two L's in "politically", btw...if you're gonna try to be smart & all, just sayin'...
Crossed by the greatest hypocrisy ever seen in sport. Carl Lewis, Linford Christie both Olympic gold medalists were caught in doping. The American with a physicist wide open by Anabilziantes (Florence Griffith-Joyner) was never caught. Ridiculous. For me Ben will be remembered for being an extremely strong runner with a strong start and after getting upright to increase his speed and be steady, something no sprinter in the world has ever done. Bolt starts poorly, but Bolt is on another level. Ben was 20 years ahead of his time.
Wdym psychicist wide open by Anabilziantes?
But yeah, only two athletes were clean. Insane how much the IAAF is corrupt that these athletes still have their medals and are in the history books.
Even more with Florence Griffith Joyner's case, a mediocre runner.
@@SilencedButNotForgotten I think Ben Jhoson was humiliated and will carry until the day of his death words like dirty on his back. The time has passed to invalidate everyone in that final or reverse the decision and give the gold to Jhonson, thus having his dignity back.
Bolt in his 2009 run had the fastest start ever until more recently with christian Coleman (if we remove reaction time though theres basically no difference)
@@username.exenotfound2943 bolt never had best start. Bolt had best midle and finish run.
@@Fabiano79 bolt in his 2009 race had the fastest splits ever until Christian Coleman and su bingtian
Proper fans of sprinting know that you CANNOT take the gold away from Ben Johnson when EVERY runner in the race was 100% juiced. Therefore this was, remains and always will be one of the greatest sprint performances in the history of the sport. Ben, you legend!
what planet are you on. The others in this race were not juiced. No one else tested positive. He was caught. Funny how he was average before the drug taking and average after. Proper fans of sprinting know this man was a fraud who sullied his sport, like Florence Griffith Joyner and Marion Jones. Disgrace
@@mikelynch1279 What planet are YOU on? Ben messed up his protocols. NO HE WAS NOT "AVERAGE" BEFORE HE TOOK THE DRUGS! Oh man, you have no idea what you are talking about. It came out (as if it needed to, it was common knowledge at that level and had been for 20 years already) at the Ontario government Dubin Enquiry which has held afterwards in Toronto, Canada, in which experts from track and field worldwide testified as to what they knew. Desai Williams, the other Canadian in the race, was juiced; Linford Christie a few years later in the UK was busted; Carl Lewis got busted; Flo Jo was found to have been on the juice as you admit; Marion Jones. Marion Jones's husband. EVERYONE IN THE DAMN POWER EVENTS WAS JUICED; You must have absolutely no sense of history of drugs in power events in the Olympics and Worlds, which goes right back to the 1960s and the total expose of the East German program, documented, detailed, and non-controversially proven without a shadow of a doubt. "Nobody else tested positive." That's because, the protocols were in place to avoid testing positive! Educate yourself a little, please.
@@stephenpayne9120 Agreed 100%
GREATEST OLYMPIC RACE OF ALL-TIME 🥇🇨🇦
Everyone was on juice? How do you know this for sure? If they all were they all would have been disqualified because they ALL get tested.
Juice or not, he looked like the perfect sprint specimen.
Usain Bolt would disagree.
So would the stopwatch.
So did the drug test.
Absolutely. Usain Bolt`s runs look awkward and clunky compared to that.
@@ignatziusturret5641 bruh, usain ran .2 faster
Bolt is the better specimen than Johnson. Long strides make a lot of difference.
@@louieg7676 Bolt is more of a RARE specimen, nice long artful strides strides with good turn over for someone that tall, but it wasn’t favorable for his starts but he managed far better than most tall sprinters ever did., but Ben looked like the Perfect specimen of explosive power, speed, stride rate combined with how his body looked, one would just assume this guy is gonna destroy us on the track.
They targeted the Canadian, they were all on it even they admitted it. Ben is still the best .
Usain Bolt is the best.
I will remember this moment for the rest of my life.
Yep. I was 11 years old watching this. The most amazing thing I had seen up to that point
True I too have memories of this runup, never forget yet
So will he
@@mysterion5136 Ha! Same here :D
Was an awesome race. I know it all turned to poo later on, but he still ran that time.
Like 'Big Red' in '73.. .
36 years later, in 2024, the Olympic 100m race was won with a 9.79, that's how amazing Ben was.
Or "that's how amazing PED use can be". And let's not start talking about Flo Jo and (Mister Fake Clean himself) Carl Lewis
@@tonyleyden431thinking they’re clean today is equally ignorant
10 years ago it was a normal chrono for Bolt Gatlin Gay Powell, nowadays the level is quite low
Had Ben not lifted his arm as he was approaching the finish the time would have been in the 9.5s how scary is that
They're on juice also today Lol who thinks not is naive and gullible. They just back off from it some time before races to clean their body and pass tests.
I remember that race like it was yesterday. Johnson exploded out of the blocks with an amazing reaction time. He was gone after only 10 meters. For me it was one if the biggest moments in sports history. And nobody thought 9.79 could ever be beaten. As Nathan Diaz says: They're all on steroids...
And all morally disqualified
It’s not clear all of them were juicing, and Johnson was a chronic user whose start and ability to maintain acceleration down the stretch were greatly impacted
Actually two of them; Calvin Smith (USA) and Robson da Silva (Brasil) were confirmed to not take roids on that day.
@@PeruvianPotato On that day? Roids are muscle builders, it takes years to build muscles. How much you take that day has nothing to do with it.
He still had to put the training in. Steroids aren't magic.
Carl Lewis is a narcissist. I still like Ben
lewis was a doped arrogant guy
johnson was a doped good guy
His only crime was getting caught.
atque scientia europa universalis I remember Joaquim Cruz, interviewed at the time, said as much
Cute rationalization. Getting caught required true thickness between the ears.
Carl Lewis who was on drugs himself, couldn't stand losing to him so he ran straight to the officials to complain. Ben Johnson still the Olympic champion Always will be, and he would have beaten bolt.
Whatever Lewis did paled beside the fact that spiked drink or not, Johnson was sloppy enough to be caught. Not a coincidence that the sharper ones weren’t discovered. As a former sprinter, my own conclusion’s shared by Charlie Francis: unfortunately, Bolt’s just too tall, stride so much larger, that the 2 METER difference between them, even if reduced somewhat by differences in new tracks, is far too large for Johnson to have come close. Even if it only ended up being a meter difference, that’s the winning margin in Johnson’s race, a huge abyss.
In your opinion, nothing more.
He was a real winner. They're are all doped.
Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of drug cover-ups, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances multiple times but 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." EXCEPT WHEN A POLITICAL BIAS WAS INVOLVED.
Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials (in just one year) which under international rules at the time would have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games!
The admission is a further embarrassment for the United States Olympic Committee, which had initially denied claims that AT LEAST 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up.
Ok so Prove it! Another butt hurt whiney ass Canadian.
Nicolas.. ko sindir sapa ni..??
That's true! If they were all doping and he beat them then it was no advantage.
@Weghweh Hwewehwhe
Is name was Calvin Smith.
In 1983 Calvin broke the 100 meter world record, but in 1984 Calvin couldn't even get into the Olympic team because of all the doping done in USA track.
Imagine Bolt with Johnson's start. Under 9 sec here we come.
Coleman*
bolt has the fastest 60m split in history
Ben Johnson did a Sportsbet ad in Australia recently still looks amazing at nearly 60, still legendary!
I met him in 2011. He is a gem of a person. Too bad. He is an icon and will remain.
I'll never forget his first comment when they accused him of taking steroids??? "Wach'u talkin' bout??? I didn't take no stereos!!!" 🤣
PMSL!
I know bolt beat his record, but ill always remember this as the best 100m final and the most impressive run
Same here. Bolt was so far ahead of the field it lacked drama.
Same
Bolt running a 9.69 while celebrating was much more impressive in my opinion.
@@justinwhitmore4550
I agree, bolt celebrated his victory 20 meters before the end of the race and he finished in 9.69
@@justinwhitmore4550
But i think if Ben johnson was not caught for his fault, he would have done better races
Big ben for ever
I remember this. No-one had ever run like that. That time stood as the unofficial fastest 100m for decades. Then Usain Bolt came along...
1988 100m, Seoul... Greatest Olympic race of all-time.
📺👀🗯"Oh my God!!!!"🥇🇨🇦
(Jesse Owens was pretty cool too I gather)
Asafa Powell ran faster than this like seven different times before Bolt came along.
Usain Bolt is a living proof of how drugs got much better. As long as people paid to watch him he was allowed to take whatever he wanted. He was definitely good but still human. It is all about the dollars 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
@@Racedoc Bolt's clean
@@brian7333
Doubt it, no one that tall has ever run that fast and for so long. Men of that stature are never known in history for their speed.
For the time it took Usain to catch up to Asafa Powell and eventually dominate him?
Who nurtured the fatigue, the pain of recovery, the hurting limbs, tendons, aching muscles, recurring injuries is constant in the climbing of this sport especially for a tall lanky athlete as Usain is.
Either his team were the best in nutrition, physics, injury management and recovery of tendons, fibres after the strenuous training that is to be a 100meter sprinter/s.
Or he was on drugs? I think drugs for sure!
I know, i was a sprinter, love it, training, competition, but too many injuries; was Bens height and weight ratio.
This race showed how compact power to weight ratio would always dominate the tall lanky runners as nobody had better technique nor understood the Sprinting mechanics as Carl Lewis yet he was completely outgunned, outpaced, outclassed, outran here!
But im still a big fan.
Ben Johnson ran 8:94seconds for this race, I remember it like yesterday!
His explosive start was amazing!
Carl Lewis was known as a drug runner taking HGH and everyone in the Santa Monica track club knew it.
Slim officials turned a blind eye to the poster boy
So was Florence Griffin joiner. A cheat .
It was so brutal some one should write a book about the going on‘s of the Olympics! It was well known in the village that the Others were using drugs but had early notice when they were going to get tested. Ben did not have that power the other nations had and was hung out to dry.
Best explosive start ever in the 100 m even up to today!
Ben Johnson is the only sprinter to me that looked powerful on the track from start to finish. A sprinter where you could imagine each step hitting the ground propelling him forward like explosions. He is pretty much the Mike Tyson of 100m. Nowadays sprinters even though I admire I never felt like they were scary destroyers like Ben Johnson
Steroids will do that.
I agree. Crazy what steroids are capable of
Not better than Maurice Greene
@@tlamelokgosimalebe3119 I think Johnson led the way and Greene was essentially the next step of evolution in that 'beast mould'. Greene was ridiculously talented and very strong mentally...If Johnson would have been allowed to continue unpunished like so many others then he'd surely have gone back to back in 88/92 cementing his legacy and setting it up properly for the likes of Greene/Bailey/Bolt to carry the torch.
😄🥇🇨🇦
Duuude that start was VICIOUS
It was the most beautiful and perfect 100 that I have ever seen. Ben was right they were all juiced. Ben had the best meds and trained the hardest lifted the most weight and did it most properly.
Exactly spot on . They were all juiced
@@bobdobric6787 There's a massive difference to the steroids Johnson was using at the stimulants Lewis got busted for at the 88 trials.
Lewis NEVER tested positive for steroids.
Yes all juiced but the amount of winstrol in his system was minimal compared to what the average athlete was running .... his coach was one of the first to implement proper weight training with his sprinting work and that’s why he was ahead of the game ... Carl was using far more expensive and undetectable drugs
@@analcommando1124 lewis never tested positive for roids but he was undoubtedly juiced
@@crazyrooster6541 The amount of stimulants Lewis got busted for at the 88 trials wouldnt even get him into trouble now. It was a very small amount and WADA now accept the level Lewis did have as ok.
If you're going to make an allegation that Lewis was juicing at least have some details.
They were all on drugs, Ben just got caught. Truth is the playing ground was level.
I always would use steroids, my pb was only 10.4. You see the steroids don't make you fastest or strongest.
Baloney. Lewis was built like a relatively normal man. Johnson was muscles on top of muscles. Like Flo Jo, not natural.
Word
@@colerainfan1143 if only this Flo Jo did around 10.65, her world record too unbelievable.
No...the time Lewis was positive was at an amount that would NOT be flagged today.
Ben Johnson is the big cheat who got caught...focus on that.
READ: The source is this article from 21 Oct 2013 The Guardian by Stephen Pye
Very good article on Johnson and Lewis
He had an amazing start. Probably best ever. 8/10 players in race tested positive for banned substance at some time in their career including Carl Lewis.
Ben took extra stong for Bull steroids..... pretty obvious he was totally tanked up.
His start wasn't ideal, he's shooting too high to accelerate but his maximal velocity running is out of this planet.
@@prestonphelps1649So you admit everyone in the lineup was juiced?
His start, as well as his ability to maintain acceleration down down the stretch were greatly impacted on and off the juice.
EVERY TIME ANYONE CLICKS ON THIS VIDEO TILL THE END OF TIME, IT'S PLAIN FOR ALL TO SEE THAT BEN JOHNSON OUTRAN AND BEAT the american carl lewis.
What a sprinter he was.. every person who loves athletics would never forget this race..
Well doin drugs helped em
@@chemicalconfusion6164 get lost champ
@@Lebrachlxxxvii hm?
@@chemicalconfusion6164 don't worry brainwashed kids don't wanna see athletes they wanna se monsters in order to get entertained.
@@randomrandom5696 pretty much
Seoul, South Korea. I remember this day well. The entire crowd, 70,000 Korean fans, all cheering for Ben Johnson. I remember the chants, "Ben! Ben! Ben!" I saw a few Americans in the stand that were the only ones cheering for Carl Lewis. The Koreans had no interest in him. They were all for Ben. Absolutely loved it.
Who cares if they give the medal to Carl Lewis. Ben beat them all. Amongst all cheaters, he was the best. They can't remove him from the footage. He was the winner, he is and will always remain. Period.
Thats bs. If everyone IS Doping Not the best Athlet IS winning. The Person with the perfect Body and genetics.
Ben was the best in his era. That win should stay. Legit
He bursted out of those blocks like someone had given him an enema lol
Greatest sprinter ever!
No really in run faster this dude today hahahha
Bob Hayes was not bad too, nor Jesse Owens. And some others like Bolt.
the greatest dopingsprint ever.
Usain Bolt.
greatest sprinter ever? you are wrong , Bolt is the greatest then 2nd fastest time Tyson Gay of the United States 9.71 secs without steroids, Ben Johnson 9.79 secs with steroids.
One of the most exciting 100m races ever run. We all watched the TV as the anticipated moment approached. The result was fantastic if you were Canadian, which I am. Too bad Ben Johnson was disqualified. I still get goose bumps today every time I watch it.
L Duranceau I remember exactly where I was when I was a teenager watching the final race. I was at a house party and the police were coming to break it up, the cops came in and watched it and everyone jumped up and down and hugged other and then the cops said that everyone had to go out after like 10 minutes. They were cool, but I’ll never forget that day when Ben won!
Big Ben👍🏾👍🏾 Fastest out of the blocks in history!!! Incredible!!
Exactly best block master of allll time roids or not
i loved watching that final live....it was the most amazing 100m final ever. ....i love ben johnson for that....
surely you love Armtrong as well....
The most explosive start in history. My favorite 100m sprinter.
BaccaratFitness My favorite sports call of all time, too.
too bad he got his gold medal stripped
Yeah you Favourite Sprinter is unfair Really cool
favorite cheater too?
@@joshmcgarry6624 Such an asshole comment.
Dope or not - his run was the most brilliant of all time...!
Agreed, it was outstanding.
True
How? There are 9 faster times in history
@@alexiswilliams1492 He ran that time in 1988, before the modern advancements in training. His reaction time and his blistering start is still unmatched to this day.
R Thomas who cares when it was run. Flo jo still has the world record that she set in 88. He was doping and bolt would still destroy this man. Along with gatlin, Powell and gay.
Greatest af all time! All of them are juiced up, so you might just leave the doping argument out of the equation. How can a man run 9,79 on such s slow track with heavy, less functional shoes(compare to today) and celebrate before finish line, and still manage to make that fenomenal time. Beats me. Greatest of all time without a doubt!
Bolt would’ve beat him by about 2 m; they were both juicing. Not the case with many of the sprinters there.
Watch the start at 0.25 speed - he actually jumps into his first stride and starts driving his legs - it was a perfect run juiced or not. Even today, soon to be 40 years later, 9.79 is one of the fastest times in the 100m (should still be in the top 15.)
Ben Johnson was one of the greatest 100 m runner, unfortunately he took drug.
All the American runners take drugs and never get caught
they did get caught but their test results were covered up
Karl lewis also took drug that time??
@@신박한랭킹 yes
U.S. Tracj & Field covered up Carl Lewis' positive test.
No proof of never getting caught.
Ben Johnson is undoubtedly the best 100 metre Sprinter of all times. The fastest man in earth. Joulousy of the Americans. Salute Ben
A great role model for future juicers
"undoubtedly the best 100 metre Sprinter of all times"
No. Just not true is it.
He was good though ;)
Ben Johnson was the best in 1987-1988. Every top runner at that time was using substances, some were caught and some were not. The main guilt of Ben Johnson was not being from the US, and spoiling the party of the US golden boy Carl Lewis. But Ben beated him, again and again, whatever the judges decided afterwards. That counts, to me. Lewis himself had to defend himslef later on drugs use, but - you know - he was Carl Lewis, so he got away with it. The world record has been Ben’s 9:79, until Usain Bolt came to claim it. That’s reality, and the ass*ole here is mr. Lewis, not Ben Johnson.
Massimo Zucchetti i think it was broken by powell in like 2004 or so but very long indeed
Ben Johnson people’s hero - is he was USA jersey he wouldn’t have tested positive !
The US athletic authorities would most likely have concealed the information the same as they did where Carl Lewis was concerned after Lewis had failed drugs tests prior to those Olympics !
@Boris The Blade Kmt the haters again ha!
Spend time to improve your English firstly.
I was 15 yrs old and I’ll never forget this. Born & raised in Chicago and I always cheer for team USA. My jaw dropped when I watched this man run the most amazing final I’ve ever seen to date. Gold or no gold, this race will always be mentioned when you talk about the best Olympic moments in history. Ben was a man amongst boys that day and they robbed him.
GREATEST OLYMPIC RACE OF ALL-TIME - 1988 100m, Seoul.
(Special mention to Jesse Owens-- I obviously didn't see it live, lol- but beating Hitler's gotta be up there 🤣)
He cheated, plain & simple
@@loisinonepiece5373 If you think he was the only one juiced, then you're as dumb as they come.
@@tiffenberg everyone cheated he happened to be the only one who got caught
@@tiffenberg i believe that every other entrant in that race (including motormouth Carl Lewis) subsequently failed drug tests
Another fast jamaican
You putting that bait out there, no bites yet though. Lol
Best 100m of all time.
Correct
Dude hit a 9.79 with his finger straight in the air for the last 10m
It's not about who is the fastest ever, it's all about who was the fastest of their time!
I dont care what others say ben was awesome!
☺☺☺☺
Ben Johnson...absolutely fantastic
Carl Lewis should have kept his mouth
Shut.....(guess who's a little snitch)
Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of drug cover-ups, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances multiple times but 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." EXCEPT WHEN A POLITICAL BIAS WAS INVOLVED.
Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials (in just one year) which under international rules at the time would have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games!
The admission is a further embarrassment for the United States Olympic Committee, which had initially denied claims that AT LEAST 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up.
Welcome to the world of politics. Do you really think Richard Nixon was the only American President who ever broke the law? Not even close.
Source?
@@mysterion5136www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay
Tom Etheridge The stimulant he took was also a masking agent for anabolic steroids.
He had the best start of all time...and maybe best sprinter ever up to now...everybody was and is on steroids anyhow.
The start only happened while juicing
@@hardcorehouse no he always had a good start it was stamina he never had.
@@hardcorehouse ive watched the 84 and 92 olympics and i didnt say his start was as good as in 88 i said it was always good and it was his muscle stamina that couldnt keep the speed up.
Maybe Christian Coleman is a better starter or, at least, he has better acceleration.
Powell is the best sprinter
Everyone in that race was juiced to the gills so technically it was fair. And just by scrolling through the comment section it seems most people are hip 👍
If only they would investigate the NFL and NBA now.
Any one know him today
only the juicy
The juicer
I know🇨🇦
yes
Ben admitted to roid use but the roid found in his sample was not the roid (Stanozolol) that he used. He used another roid. It clearly showed that his sample or drink was spiked. Apart from that. This is truly the greatest race of all time. Roid or no roid, His start, stance, execution is second to none.
He used Furzabol, pretty similar to Stanozolol.
Ben was the real winner
Big Ben.., the winner 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Because the others guys drink water ?? He's the Best, that's all.
Ben Johnson was the best 100 man in history he got screwed, EVERYONE was on a doping program, Even Carl Lewis who paid and lawyered his way out of a positive test...
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"If people let the con artists, I mean ‘scientists’, ‘experts’, professional liars, satan worshiping pedo-cannibals decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ― C.S. Lewis
When the boot of tyranny is on your neck, it matters not whether it's a left or right boot.
It’s unfair that Ben Jonson & Marion jones lost everything but other juiced athletes in the same era still hold their honor and records
When you think, just about every man there was on some kind of performance enhancer. Ben really did do a hell of a good job.
This was by far the greatest 100M final I ever saw.
Absolutely breathtaking!
The greatest race in history. Ben Johnson was a superb runner, this clip shows what an incredible athlete he was.
the biggest rip-off in track and field history, everybody in that race was juiced, only Ben Johnson was punished
Ele foi usado pra desviar a atenção de outros atletas...como Florence por exemplo.
Verdade...
Sem dúvida, ela era escancarada
There was something more interesting behind his caught in Seoul. He also won the Goodwill Games in Moscow two years ago in 1986. And Russians found Stan in his urine. But those Games symbolized the end of Cold War and beginning of the friendship between East and West. So... Russians decided not to go on there and just threw it away. If they at least informed him about that, he would know that he might be caught next time. But they did not say a word and Ben decided that he passed that test and the rest is history...
There is a good BBC documentary about this race. I think its called 'Reputations, the Ben Johnson story'. It goes into full detail about Ben's history of PED's, how dirty his coach was, the doctor who sold it to him and the cold war politics which caused him to get caught, everything.
@@sammylong3704 I believe both he and his coach were no dirtier than anyone else in this race. It's the name of the game
@@belok177 Yes, the documentary points this out. In fact it goes as far as to say the only reason why Ben and his coach decided to use peds was because they knew there was no other way of winning without it. The entire sport was dirty.
Ben’s coach, Charlie Francis, wrote a great book about called “Speed trap”. Well worth a read. And for the record, I still regard Calvin Smith’s 9.93 the last clean world record...
@@danishskiwarehouse Bolt?
This was a perfect race by Ben Johnson. Love the comment section here!
the true GOAT. he was still accelerating at the end and eased up lol.
todays tech and roids he would make mince meat out of bolt. lets face it they’re ALL juiced up including bolt.
Only in Canada we the nice people think that Ben Johnson was the only one cheating! You goddam hypocrites
What always amazed me about this race was the fact that Johnson didn't even really start out low either. He was straight up fairly quick!
Ben Johnson ran and ran that time. 9.79....better believe it.
Amit Sardesai - Yep, with so much dope in him his eyes were yellow.
This will always be the best 100m race ever.. I became a runner because of Ben Johnson.. Thank you
Yeah 9.79 is old news. Usain bolt let up 10 meters left and still ran 9.69. Usain bolt ran 9.58. How can you be seriously bringing up Ben Johnson or guys like Carl Lewis at this point?
@WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN yes. Bolt, Gay, Blake, Powell, Gatlin, Greene and Coleman have all been at 9.79 or lower. Ben Johnson is old news. It's like saying when the first time a sprinter ran under 10 seconds was the best race you ever seen. At the time yes but once it becomes normal or the bar has been push higher that race isn't special anymore.
@WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN I'm only pointing out the 9.79 or lower mark has been done. I agree he's not on Blake, Bolt, or Gay level.
@WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN Coleman is maxed out. He like the rest of them are all juicing. He will never run under 9.70
@WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN I agree. He's maxed out. His body can't do anymore. He's in his prime. Most sprinters never hit that top mark ever again.
I'll never forget that day. I was walking down the high street when suddenly everybody stopped and went to the nearest shop window to watch the 100 metres. I think we all wanted Ben Johnson to win ... or Carl Lewis to lose. And it happened. We all smiled at each other with quiet satisfaction; we'd witnessed a momentous occasion. Of all the juiced-up speedsters on that track, Ben was the fastest beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Ben was the winner 🏆🏆🏆 ! They all took drugs.
Despite the aftermath,this remains one of the greatest sports events I've ever seen.Huge hype leading up to it and we saw a remarkable race.Just a shame about what followed.
Greatest of all time....
Ben would have run in 9"65 on a modern track. After Bolt, there's only Ben Johnson
I thought he said sub 9 seconds ?
@@cbing4036 what do you mean? "He" who??
Giorgio Brugaletta Ben Johnson said he would run under 9 seconds with current trainers and track technology.
And 9"50 on a modern drug :)
@@cbing4036 I don't think he really said that. This is rubbish published by journalists in bad faith or totally ignorant of athletics!
Carl Lewis had already tested positive but was allowed to compete!!
Also when he was caught didn’t they ban his previous record of 9.83 as well? That’s injustice. How come Gatlin came back after all failed drug tests? I was 11 when Ben ran that race and watched it. Ben was the most unfortunate naturally gifted sprinter of all time.
Bruny Surin of Canada ran 9.84 seconds about 8 years later
Não quero nem saber se foi com "bomba".
O que sei é que eu vi o homem mais rápido do mundo correndo ao vivo. Ben Johnson MONSTRO!!!
dope or not, Ben's run was the most spectacular and a real athletic beauty (beyond compare!) to watch.... before Bolt ofcourse!
Agree! 👍
I disagree, although she was slower, flo jo had the most beautiful stride I've ever been blessed to see.
Bolt runs like a drag queen, worst style ever!
Usain Bolt was 2 years old in 1988 at the time of this race, 9.79 Seconds. Usain Bolt had to grow up as 23 year old in the year 2009 to reduce the time by 0.21 seconds to 9.58 seconds. Usain Bolt had to wait 21 years to reduce this time by 0.21 seconds. Really amazing.
His start is otherworldly. He was gone after 20m
On today's faster tracks (better rubber, springier, more responsive) with more evolved track spikes (the kind Bolt has used, which are so advanced, along with the tracks, and are technically superior, designed with enhancements that, In Bolt's case, act like a spring, for greater speed over the others), and all else, besides (superior training methods, technical support, etc...it is such a science now)----in his prime, Ben Johnson would have run 9.50, and quite possibly even sub 9.5. As unbelievable as it might seem, he was that good. He was the perfect sprinter. Had he competed today against Bolt he would have beaten Bolt.
Nonsense. Even juiced bolt beats him. Stride length and too speed were far superior
bro u know bolt did a 9.58 with poor formed, coming off a car accident, and having back issues.
We never got to see bolt full potential.
Bolt could easily run under 9.50 and bolt could easilt do a 9.4 with proper running formed, no back issues, and a perfect start.
Bolt would still beat ben .
A fully potential bolt runs a 9.4
There was only one guy in that final race who wasn't juiced. And he finished last. So as Bill Burr said " our Roided up guy beat your Roided up guy"
If he ditched the heavy gold chain he might have shaved a few tenth of a seconds off
So a clean Bolt could give all of these 5m start and whoop them all? Nah....Nope....Never....