The Men's 100 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 in Seoul, South Korea ended in controversy, after Canada's Ben Johnson defeated defending champion Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...

 from the United States with a world record time of 9.79s. Two days after the final however, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal by the IOC when his post-race drug test

Doping (sport)

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 indicated steroid

Steroid

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 use. His record time of 9.79 seconds was also erased. However, Johnson was not the only participant with a cloud over his success. Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...

, Linford Christie

Linford Christie

Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...

 and Dennis Mitchell

Dennis Mitchell

Dennis Allen Mitchell is a former American college and international track and field athlete, whose team won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- Athletic career :...

 all tested positive for banned substances during their careers. The race has been nicknamed by one writer to be "the dirtiest in history".

Records

These were the then-recognized world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	9.83	Ben Johnson	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...  (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	August 30, 1987
Olympic Record	9.95	Jim Hines Jim Hines James "Jim" Ray Hines is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters.-Track career:...	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...  (MEX Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... )	October 14, 1968

Johnson's world record was rescinded by the IAAF Council in September 1989.

Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...

was awarded the new Olympic record upon being awarded the gold medal after Johnson's failed steroid test. This time was also recognized as the new world record after Johnson's time was disallowed in 1989.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
DISQ		9.79	Stripped of gold medal and World Record due to positive steroid test.
		9.92 WR	Awarded gold medal and World Record after Johnson's positive steroid test.
		9.97
		9.99
5.		10.04
6.		10.11
7.		10.11
8.		12.26

Semi finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		9.97
2.		10.15
3.		10.18
4.		10.24
5.		10.32
6.		10.33
7.		10.39
8.		10.43

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.03
2.		10.11
3.		10.23
4.		10.24
5.		10.31
6.		10.35
7.		10.60
–		DNS

Quarter finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.11
2.		10.13
3.		10.17
4.		10.41
5.		10.42
6.		10.53
7.		10.57
8.		10.61

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.16
2.		10.25
3.		10.26
4.		10.27
5.		10.50
6.		10.51
7.		10.72
8.		11.44

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.25
2.		10.33
3.		10.36
4.		10.41
5.		10.43
6.		10.45
7.		10.55
8.		10.57

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.16
2.		10.30
3.		10.34
4.		10.37
5.		10.38
6.		10.50
7.		10.54
8.		10.55

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		9.99
2.		10.24
3.		10.32
4.		10.33
5.		10.36
6.		10.49
7.		10.68
8.		10.83

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		10.21
2.		10.32
3.		10.37
4.		10.38
5.		10.43
6.		10.55
7.		10.63
8.		10.76

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.37
2.		10.40
3.		10.48
4.		10.56
5.		10.59
6.		10.82
7.		10.85
8.		10.96

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.28
2.		10.39
3.		10.40
4.		10.58
5.		10.74
6.		10.75
7.		11.08
8.		11.21

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.42
2.		10.47
3.		10.64
4.		10.70
5.		10.73
6.		10.89
7.		10.90
8.		11.01

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.31
2.		10.46
3.		10.49
4.		10.51
5.		10.52
6.		10.54
7.		10.96
8.		11.53

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		10.19
2.		10.34
3.		10.35
4.		10.47
5.		10.60
6.		10.69
7.		10.69
8.		11.52

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		10.62
2.		10.64
3.		10.72
4.		10.76
5.		10.97
6.		11.20
7.		11.68
—		DNF

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		10.22
2.		10.36
3.		10.52
4.		10.54
5.		10.80
6.		10.91
7.		11.22

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		10.37
2.		10.55
3.		10.56
4.		10.70
5.		10.90
6.		10.94
7.		10.95
8.		11.17

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.		10.24
2.		10.50
3.		10.56
4.		10.68
5.		10.75
6.		10.79
7.		10.88
8.		10.92

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.		10.34
2.		10.44
3.		10.47
4.		10.51
5.		10.62
6.		10.70
7.		11.49
8.		11.55

RANK	HEAT 11	TIME
1.		10.37
2.		10.45
3.		10.53
4.		10.68
5.		10.80
6.		11.01
7.		11.09
8.		11.52

RANK	HEAT 12	TIME
1.		10.31
2.		10.40
3.		10.51
4.		10.51
5.		10.61
6.		10.71
7.		11.11
8.		11.49

RANK	HEAT 13	TIME
1.		10.14
2.		10.39
3.		10.44
4.		10.44
5.		10.76
6.		10.94
7.		11.19

External links

• Video of Men's 100m Finals, 1960-2000