I can watch this race over and over again.Never get tired of Ben shelacing Carl Lewis. It was a great day for Canada and Ben Johnson. Now we know Lewis and the rest of the field were dirty too.
As an American I'll never understand this mentality against our athletes. Canada has a hockey reputation and America has a track and field reputation and we didn't force Johnson to do anything.
@@ebonylady Because Ben gets disqualified and FloJo gets caught and the test results get buried.Because of NBC threatened to pull there money they paid to televise the 88 Olympics. The US can't stand to lose and they'll cheat or to anything to win.
@@geraldillo Of course I don't have proof.I wasn't in Seoul during the Olympics, I'm not IOC official. That's the whole point.The NBC forced IOC to bury the test and all the documentation. Just watch Victor Conte on UA-cam. He was a official for the US Olympics team.He'll tell you where the proof went.
Call me crazy but I could care less if an athlete is using anabolic steroids. It’s still them putting in the training and hard work. Ben’s physique adapted well to the steroids and his body was engineered to become then the fastest man in the world. Others were using them also. He really did nothing wrong. He was the better athlete.
@@deanhowell5936 that's not the point anybody who is caught cheating and that goes for the others who were cheating should instantly recieve life time bans it's those clowns who have totally destroyed athletics if you cannot compete fairly and cleanly then get to fuck out of sport
Sorry but they were all on the juice and Ben paid the price for all of them The IOC knows the truth. Ben won and the drug scandal should have shown all their test results. Pathetic
They were all on and most still on the juice in today's sport... these guys today running 9.79..9.87..9.77...9.91..like it's a day at the park...women running 10.01..10.45..10.83...like its nothing...I dont care that its in the sport. It should be on the athlete if he wants to take it or not. Ben was unfairly demonized.. and literally they were all on it
Everybody knows Ben Johnson has been the greatest sprinter ever.👍👍👍 Fuck US politics, fuck them all, they will pay the price for their shit one day. Btw at 10:57 .. you can see Lewis crossing the lane into Christie's.
Ben got gone out of them blocks🔥🔥🔥🔥...WOWW...IT WAS UNREAL watching..HOW til this day does one jump out the blocks like that both feet..into a sprint??? GREATEST starts in the history of sprinting...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
They should just let everybody use whatever they want. The whole drug testing thing is just stupid. I've seen it mentioned that someone was going to organize some track and field event where everyone could use anything they want but that wouldn't even be worth doing because anyone who's talented enough to perform with the best isn't going to want to be associated with that. They need to just get rid of drug testing altogether.
Except he wasn’t on steroids at the Olympics. They had cleared his system. Ben was sabotaged. Not saying he trained clean. He admitted he didn’t but he cleared the roids well over a month before
@@tomgeoghegan9173 WTF are you bleathering on about !? Is there some kinda imaginary time limit on commenting on UA-cam in your fantasy world ? He broke the world record by 1/10 of a second then broke that a year later by 0.04 sec all while on steroids. So if hes breaking world records on steroids n nobody else is breaking world records, how the hell arent his steroids the best in the world !!? Idiot.
I can watch this race over and over again.Never get tired of Ben shelacing Carl Lewis. It was a great day for Canada and Ben Johnson. Now we know Lewis and the rest of the field were dirty too.
As an American I'll never understand this mentality against our athletes. Canada has a hockey reputation and America has a track and field reputation and we didn't force Johnson to do anything.
@@ebonylady Because Ben gets disqualified and FloJo gets caught and the test results get buried.Because of NBC threatened to pull there money they paid to televise the 88 Olympics. The US can't stand to lose and they'll cheat or to anything to win.
Lynch David ; do you have proof?
@@geraldillo Of course I don't have proof.I wasn't in Seoul during the Olympics, I'm not IOC official. That's the whole point.The NBC forced IOC to bury the test and all the documentation. Just watch Victor Conte on UA-cam. He was a official for the US Olympics team.He'll tell you where the proof went.
Call me crazy but I could care less if an athlete is using anabolic steroids. It’s still them putting in the training and hard work. Ben’s physique adapted well to the steroids and his body was engineered to become then the fastest man in the world. Others were using them also. He really did nothing wrong. He was the better athlete.
No one has exploded out of the blocks as the great Ben Johnson. What a race. Unrivaled. He is still my all time favorite. Will always be.
Mine too! 😉👍
Just jump out the blocks into a sprint....CRAZY!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
Running 9.79 back in 1988 was FUCKING INSANE
Could’ve been 9.76 if he didn’t raise his hand at the end
@@newgenerationtechnology2930 he could be 6:00 in a scooter instead of doping.
Incredible!!
@@newgenerationtechnology2930AGREED
@@incitatusdelaruinalparaiso3166all pro athletes dope. Good luck finding a true fast individual
This video is a true gem 👌🏼 It takes back to that magic era of the 80’s without having lived it.
Ben Johnson was a legend... sacrificed by American politics and Olympic corruption... other runners were on the same drug...
Yea, except you only have your notions as proof.
😏
@@SPIDERM0OSE it has been proven that 6 of the 8 athletes that run had doped
@@blackmantis3130
No it hasn't.
@@SPIDERM0OSE yes it has
@@blackmantis3130
No it hasn't
That was the greatest start by any runner in history.
Yes it was.
@@deanhowell5936of course it was he qas up to his eyes on steroids Einstein
@michaeldevaney5728 6 out of the 8 in that race tested positive for performance enhancing drugs so its a level playing field 😉
@@deanhowell5936 that's not the point anybody who is caught cheating and that goes for the others who were cheating should instantly recieve life time bans it's those clowns who have totally destroyed athletics if you cannot compete fairly and cleanly then get to fuck out of sport
If you look at thisrace his form is incredible perhaps the greatest performance ever in the 100 meters
Except its shit compared to Usain Bolt 😏
I know, his form almost perfect
It's the best 100m performance ever imo
@@SPIDERM0OSEEducate yourself. On modern tracks, this performance would've been a 9.3...
Sorry but they were all on the juice and Ben paid the price for all of them
The IOC knows the truth. Ben won and the drug scandal should have shown all their test results. Pathetic
They were all on and most still on the juice in today's sport... these guys today running 9.79..9.87..9.77...9.91..like it's a day at the park...women running 10.01..10.45..10.83...like its nothing...I dont care that its in the sport. It should be on the athlete if he wants to take it or not. Ben was unfairly demonized.. and literally they were all on it
Ben Johnson was great
He was stoned.
#JuicedToThaGills
Everybody knows Ben Johnson has been the greatest sprinter ever.👍👍👍
Fuck US politics, fuck them all, they will pay the price for their shit one day.
Btw at 10:57 .. you can see Lewis crossing the lane into Christie's.
Probably wasn’t looking where he was going. He still holds the record for biggest ego
Yeah, too busy thinking on someone else's race, 3 times he looked to his right, instead of running his best.
I so remember watching this video live back in 1980's Wow !
Congratulations, on not being a total cabbage by now.
Well done.
1988
Ben was in a league of his own
No, Ben was just a guinea pig.
Stanozolol on the other hand, was in a league of its own.
@@SPIDERM0OSE that’s ignorant given what the rest were taking. To even suggest Ben was the only one. THINK
@@barnetthejosh
Dry yer eyes sappy, it was YOU who said he was in a league of his own, not me.
@@SPIDERM0OSE he was, he won, he was in the winners league, even though the rest were also on PEDs.
@@barnetthejosh
So where are his medals & records of these "Wins" that yer imagining ?
Ben got gone out of them blocks🔥🔥🔥🔥...WOWW...IT WAS UNREAL watching..HOW til this day does one jump out the blocks like that both feet..into a sprint??? GREATEST starts in the history of sprinting...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
My absolute favorite race to ever watch!
Imagine a world where no performance enhancers existed. I know it’s naive but I wish that was the case.
CARL LEWIS A CLEAN ATHLETE, RIGHT? OF COURSE NOT!
7:28
"Got any gear lads ?" - Linford Christie
ha ha ha! Hilarious!! 😂
Awesome memories!!
.... of watching life pass you by on a TV screen.
Awesome indeed, by your standards & potential.
😏
@@SPIDERM0OSE ?? He made more than you and I put together. Your point?
@@tomgeoghegan9173
Thats my point.
& Now yer talking about him like hes yer dream rich husband, ya disgraceful, wretched, glorified farm yard animal.
Para mi el mejor atleta de la historia
4 men in under 10 seconds
outstanding ben!
12:45
Ben hoped to clear his name ... by admitting to more than he was convicted of.
Well done Ben.
😏
??
@@tomgeoghegan9173 ... Is hoping gender realignment surgery will end his/her/its confusion.
😏
@@SPIDERM0OSE Good grief you're such a confused little individual, judging from all your comments.
16:19 "unbelievable...9.79! Greatest runner of all time is Ben Johnson!
Yea, except hes a 1/4 of a second slower than Usain Bolt.
Only for that you wouldn't be talking outa yer ass.
😏
Agreed!
If Ben was taking stuff since 1981 then it’s apparent that he took something really “good” before winning temporary gold.
They were ALL JUICING...track and field will ALWAYS have the juice fueling its exploits and exploiters..
The greatest sprinter ever lived
True to that!
what about usain bolt ?
@@OPTIONALWATCHthe greatest steroid user and cheat who ever lived
what talent Ben was
I will never understand sprinters who train for years for a 10 sec event and quite at the end.
Because it’s their career you dumbass. How could anyone even comprehend something as what you just said. You are so stupid.
7:53
Ran a personal best, broke the American record but his immediate reaction is one of disappointment.
Carl Lewis was one hell of a mean competitor.
spidergirl loves Carl.
@@tomgeoghegan9173 ... is a demented stalking pervert
They should just let everybody use whatever they want. The whole drug testing thing is just stupid. I've seen it mentioned that someone was going to organize some track and field event where everyone could use anything they want but that wouldn't even be worth doing because anyone who's talented enough to perform with the best isn't going to want to be associated with that. They need to just get rid of drug testing altogether.
You shy!.
Ben Jonson doping 💊💉🩸🥶
The roids kicked in the last 50 meters lol
Except he wasn’t on steroids at the Olympics. They had cleared his system. Ben was sabotaged. Not saying he trained clean. He admitted he didn’t but he cleared the roids well over a month before
@bert fromarketin no it didn’t. Nor did Charlie Francis book which said the exact same thing.
That whole race was filled with drug cheats lol
Smith and Da Silva were clean. The rest though!
And? Your point?
Tom Geoghegan ben shouldnt be vilified the way he was. Isn’t that pretty clear from his comment? Use your brain
@@user-co1gi7yd2r EZ on the fentanyl. I agree that Ben was made an example of. Your point is not valid.
Tom Geoghegan i’m staying the fuck away from opiates
Everyone takes them
Carl Lewis .... wkwkwkkkk
I always not please how he STOLE Carl Lewis's glory! That crook.
Ben Johnson is EVIL !
Carl Lewis is gay.
Calvin Smith runs like a girl 😂😂😂
Dunno.
Ive seen FloJo & Marion Jones run n Calvin doesn't run like that.
Id say he runs like a naturally fast kid who has never been coached.
He must have had SOME
coaching.
The only one that was clean in those top four
@@chrismanning675 He was self-coached for most of his pro career. It's a shame because he could've done a lot more.
I think he was coached by Wayne Williams of Alabama
these commentators are so bad. 'best start of his life!'. err, actually no it wasnt. why make that up?
Javier Zamora his best start was in 1987
Fair and square Ben Johnson then stolen from him..
Let That Be A Lesson
*DO NOT CHEAT*
Ben Johnson had the best steroids hands down
How so?
Lol wow this guy kills jokes man
@@tomgeoghegan9173
Didn't you see the race, & every race he had since 1981 ?
There was a bit of a scandal about him n his Stanozolol use.
@@SPIDERM0OSE Thanks for coming out. a year late. He didn't have the best steroids hands down. Your point?
@@tomgeoghegan9173
WTF are you bleathering on about !?
Is there some kinda imaginary time limit on commenting on UA-cam in your fantasy world ?
He broke the world record by 1/10 of a second then broke that a year later by 0.04 sec all while on steroids.
So if hes breaking world records on steroids n nobody else is breaking world records, how the hell arent his steroids the best in the world !!?
Idiot.
To bad Ben was on the Juice.