1988 Olympics Men's 100 Metre Dash Final - World Record

CBC Coverage of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea. Men's 100 Metre Dash Final. Ben Johnson Wins a gold medal for Canada and achieves a new world record in a time of 9.79s. RANK FINAL TIME 1. Ben Johnson (CAN) 9.79 2. Carl Lewis (USA) 9.92 3. Linford Christie (GBR) 9.97 4. Calvin Smith (USA) 9.99 5. Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.04 6. Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.11 7. Desai Williams (CAN) 10.11 8. Ray Stewart (JAM) 12.26

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1. i think they were all on drugs
2. Then the EVIL crucified him.  Made an example of him.  Left him in the dark and erased him from the history books.  Well, we will not forget.  We were there.  We saw it with our own eyes.  A GOD was born.  These runners today run in the footsteps of this GOD but cannot catch him.  He will forever be the FASTEST MAN ON EARTH.
3. Ben is a GOD.  This was the GREATEST 100 m Ollympic run in ALL of history.  There NEVER will be anything like it again.  I'm glad to have been witness to it.
4. Looks like he slowed down a bit in final few metres.
5. According to a documentary every one was on dope here the only one who was clean was the brazilian sprinter. This race should've have been invalid!
6. his trainer give him the wrong vitamins lol
7. Ben Johnson may have been on the juice, but Carl Lewis was the biggest ass of all time. All you have to do is look at what happened eight years later when he tried to bully his way onto the 4 x 100 team. He wound up creating a distraction and it was one of the reasons that the US lost that year.
8. ben johnson ran like a horse
9. 9.79 is a fake world record
10. But the bad new is Johnson eats medicine, and so he can run as fast as a cheetah. Finally, Carl Lewis got the gold medal
11. The greatest 100 meter race of all time.....
12. testosterone's power...
13. Ben = D O P E R
14. Ben Johnson was excellent in his time
15. 7.13 Lewis has a lot to say for a loser... this was the day the Olympics died. The truth will come out eventualy
16. In those days, you could not be permitted to humiliate Lewis (us) AND GET away with it. They tampered with his sample in the testing room too.
17. In fact, Lewis "crossed the line" already in 9.2 (see 7:38), it means he was really faster than Ben Johnson - he should have been disqualified IMMEDIATELY. :)
18. All records involve drugs...no shame for Ben. Many just never get caught...Like Bolt. Amazing top end for a shorter guy. WOW Top gear pulled away.
19. all of them on drugs except the brazilian Silva!
20. Flo Jo was clean.