The sprinting records that still stand - Florence Griffith Joyner - Seoul 1988 Olympic Games



Florence Griffith Joyner - USA - Athletics - 100m & 200m - Seoul 1988 Olympic Games Florence Griffith Joyner's career was as brief as it was colourful. The Californian sprinter was known more for her outrageous outfits and long, painted fingernails as much as she was recognised for her sprinting achievements. But all that stopped in 1988, when the Flo-Jo phenomenon took root amid a string of incredible performances culminating in double sprint gold at the Olympic Games in Seoul. She was undoubtedly a sprinter of note, claiming silver in the 200m at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and again earning the runners-up spot in the world championships in Rome three years later. But it was in the relatively humble surrounds of the US Olympic trials in 1988 that she made her astonishing breakthrough. In the heats of the 100m she broke the world record held by compatriot Evelyn Ashford, knocking almost three tenths off the previous mark with an unheard of time of 10.49secs. Controversy raged over the new time as the wind reading for the race was 0.0 while the triple jump equipment registered a wind speed of 4.3 miles per second a few yards away. Yet the record stood and only Flo-Jo herself has come within touching distance of the time ever since. Her performances in Seoul were nothing short of remarkable. She dominated a world class field in the 100m final, beating Ashford and Heike Drechsler with blistering pace. She clocked 10.54secs in the final after establishing a two-yard lead at the halfway stage and scorching away from the field in the second half of the race. The 200m win was even more impressive, shattering the world record in the final with a time of 21.34secs to leave Jamaica's Grace Jackson, who beat her own personal best by a large, trailing about five metres behind in silver medal position. Griffith Joyner's records for 100m and 200m have yet to be broken. At the Games in Seoul, she ran in both relays, winning a third gold medal in the 4x100m and a silver in the 4x400m. In 1998, Griffith Joyner died in her sleep at the age of 38, the victim of a form of epileptic seizure that led her to suffocate. Find more about Florence Griffith Joyner: http://www.olympic.org/florence-griffith-joyner

Comments

  1. A lot of doping
  2. and youth doesn't beat age I see old 60 yr old police officers running down young 20 yr Olds all the time.
  3. y'all act like 4 years work can't make you faster than God she's the GOAT she knew how to run and boy she just doesn't happened to be quick, drugs aren't even that popular and if it's Americans saying that, black people basically will everything for you and yetyall still never give credit where it's due smgdh
  4. buckin it
  5. One of the most amazing performances I have EVER seen!!!
  6. Cheater, Cheater, Cheater.
  7. Steroids took 2 weeks to clear your system back then, so as long as you stopped 2 weeks before competition you wouldn't be detected(There was no out of season testing until 1989, when she retired!). She died 8 years later so of course they wouldn't find any trace of steroids. Its very naive to think otherwise. What would be interesting though is if there was a urine sample from back then because I would bet huge amounts of money that they would detect irregularities in her urine.
  8. Lol of she was east German everyone would call her a cheat
  9. Didn't know she juiced. I love a nice smoothie with lots of berries and bananas myself. Thought that was legal to do in sports.
  10. Steroids will do that... sooooo obvious she was on PHDs.
  11. She paid for her doping a high price.
  12. If you read what is written about her, you can't say that.Please don't talk about things you don't know...
  13. I keep seeing that Flo doped. I do not think so at all. If you looked at here form compared to all of the other runners and she took less steps to get to the finish line which is a GREAT thing, you can't take that away from her.
  14. She ran like there was only one pack of weave left in the Korean store.
  15. RIP, a lesson for sporters, ...drugs, doping has his (deadly) price,...one day it takes "revenge" on your body, soul, etc...)
  16. steroids
  17. Because Bolt is clean and the others in the conversation were not. Look at Ben Johnson. His asymetrical muscle build and his yellow where the eyes should be white. This is from his liver trying to process the steroids. Bolt however, is clean for the same reasons. His body build is uniform, and the whites of his eyes are white. Bolt is a once in a lifetime deal, and some people who come from certain countries that believe all the gold medals are theirs by their birthright ( and I AM NOT talking about Russia ) simply can't accept that. Usain's Speed is Awesome. And as a popular TV advert from my youth for a soft drink said " Crisp and clean, and no caffeine " I saw Ali in his prime, it's like Bolt is, Ali was. They back all the hype up with wins everywhere you look.
  18. Did she take any steroids or illegal enhancements?\
  19. evelyn ashford shelly Ann frasier pryce goat in dat order
  20. theres a reaso for flo jo's success which everyone already knows.


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