Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
January 01, 1970
The men's 100 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea saw world champion Ben Johnson of Canada defeat defending Olympic champion Carl Lewis of the United States in a world record time of 9.79, breaking his own record of 9.83 that he had set at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. Two days later, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and world record by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after he tested positive for stanozolol. The gold medal was then awarded to the original silver medalist Lewis, who had run 9.92. On 30 September 1989, following Johnson's admission to steroid use between 1981 and 1988, the IAAF rescinded his world record of 9.83 from the 1987 World Championship Final and stripped Johnson of his World Championship gold medal, which was also awarded to Lewis, who initially finished second.[1][2][3][4] This made Lewis the first man to repeat as Olympic champion in the 100 metres (second, if Archie Hahn's 1906 Intercalated Games title is recognized).
Lewis's 9.92 from the Olympic final was also recognized as the official world record, breaking the 9.93 mark that Calvin Smith had set in 1983 and Lewis had since equalled twice. Smith also participated in this race and originally finished fourth, but was elevated to third place and awarded the bronze medal, and Linford Christie of the United Kingdom, who originally won the bronze medal, was elevated to silver. It would take eleven years for an athlete to run a "clean" 9.79 in the 100 meters, which was accomplished by Maurice Greene in Athens, Greece in 1999.
The other participants in this race, in order of finish, were Dennis Mitchell of the United States, who would go on to win the bronze medal in this event in Barcelona; Robson da Silva of Brazil, who won bronze in the 200 meters in Seoul; Johnson's teammate Desai Williams, a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay in Los Angeles four years earlier; and Ray Stewart of Jamaica, who won a silver medal in the same relay at the Los Angeles Olympics.[5]
102 competitors from 69 countries competed.[6] Each nation was limited to three athletes under the rules laid down at the 1930 Olympic Congress.
Johnson was not the only participant whose success was questioned: Lewis had tested positive at the Olympic Trials for pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine. Lewis defended himself, claiming that he had accidentally consumed the banned substances. After the supplements that he had taken were analyzed to prove his claims, the USOC accepted his claim of inadvertent use, since a dietary supplement he ingested was found to contain "Ma huang", the Chinese name for Ephedra (ephedrine is known to help weight loss).[7] Fellow Santa Monica Track Club teammates Joe DeLoach and Floyd Heard were also found to have the same banned stimulants in their systems, and were cleared to compete for the same reason.[8][9]
The highest level of the stimulants Lewis recorded was 6 ppm, which was regarded as a positive test in 1988 but is now regarded as negative test. The acceptable level has been raised to ten parts per million for ephedrine and twenty-five parts per million for other substances.[7] According to the IOC rules at the time, positive tests with levels lower than 10 ppm were cause of further investigation but not immediate ban. Neal Benowitz, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco who is an expert on ephedrine and other stimulants, agreed that "These [levels] are what you'd see from someone taking cold or allergy medicines and are unlikely to have any effect on performance."[7]
Christie was found to have metabolites of pseudoephedrine in his urine after a 200m heat at the same Olympics, but was later cleared of any wrongdoing.[1][10][11][12] Of the top five competitors in the race, only former world record holder and eventual bronze medalist Smith never failed a drug test during his career. Smith later said: "I should have been the gold medalist."[13][14]
The CBC radio documentary, Rewind, "Ben Johnson: A Hero Disgraced" broadcast on September 19, 2013, for the 25th anniversary of the race, stated 20 athletes tested positive for drugs but were cleared by the IOC at this 1988 Seoul Olympics. An IOC official stated that endocrine profiles done at those games indicated that 80 percent of the track and field athletes tested showed evidence of long-term steroid use, although not all were banned.
Backgroundedit
This was the twenty-first time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. For the first time, the number of competitors topped 100.
Algeria, Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, San Marino, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu, South Yemen, and Zimbabwe appeared in the event for the first time. It was also the first appearance of "Chinese Taipei," though the Republic of China had competed before. The United States made its 20th appearance in the event, the most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition formatedit
The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in both the preliminaries and quarterfinals.
The first round consisted of 13 heats, each with 7 or 8 athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next nine fastest runners overall. This made 48 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 6 heats of 8 runners. The top two runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with four "fastest loser" places. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[6][15]
Recordsedit
These were the then-recognized world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Following Johnson's disqualification, Carl Lewis's time of 9.92 was recognized as a new Olympic record, and also became a new world record after Johnson's time was rescinded.
^ abDuncan Mackay (April 18, 2003). "The dirtiest race in history Olympic 100m final, 1988". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^Moore, Richard (2012). The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the Seoul Olympic 100m Final. Wisden Sports Writing. ISBN9781408135952. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^Montague, James (July 23, 2012). "Hero or villain? Ben Johnson and the dirtiest race in history". CNN.
^Mehaffey, John (September 23, 2013). "Smith true winner of 'dirtiest race' in history". Reuters. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ ab"100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ abcWallechinsky and Loucky, The Complete Book of the Olympics (2012 edition), page 61
^. Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
^"Carl Lewis's positive test covered up". Smh.com.au. April 18, 2003. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
^"Lewis: 'Who cares I failed drug test?'". the Guardian. April 24, 2003.
^"Christie suspended after drugs shock". BBC News.
^Wilson, Duff (May 3, 2008). "Gold Medalist Listed as Banned-Drug User" – via NYTimes.com.
^"The most corrupt race ever". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
^Duncan Mackay (April 23, 2003). "Lewis: 'Who cares if I tested positive'". The Guardian.
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The men s 100 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea saw world champion Ben Johnson of Canada defeat defending Olympic champion Carl Lewis of the United States in a world record time of 9 79 breaking his own record of 9 83 that he had set at the 1987 World Championships in Rome Two days later Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and world record by the International Olympic Committee IOC after he tested positive for stanozolol The gold medal was then awarded to the original silver medalist Lewis who had run 9 92 On 30 September 1989 following Johnson s admission to steroid use between 1981 and 1988 the IAAF rescinded his world record of 9 83 from the 1987 World Championship Final and stripped Johnson of his World Championship gold medal which was also awarded to Lewis who initially finished second 1 2 3 4 This made Lewis the first man to repeat as Olympic champion in the 100 metres second if Archie Hahn s 1906 Intercalated Games title is recognized Men s 100 metersat the Games of the XXIV OlympiadVenueOlympic StadiumDate23 amp 24 SeptemberCompetitors102 from 69 nationsWinning time9 92 WRMedalistsCarl Lewis United StatesLinford Christie Great BritainCalvin Smith United States 19841992 Lewis s 9 92 from the Olympic final was also recognized as the official world record breaking the 9 93 mark that Calvin Smith had set in 1983 and Lewis had since equalled twice Smith also participated in this race and originally finished fourth but was elevated to third place and awarded the bronze medal and Linford Christie of the United Kingdom who originally won the bronze medal was elevated to silver It would take eleven years for an athlete to run a clean 9 79 in the 100 meters which was accomplished by Maurice Greene in Athens Greece in 1999 The other participants in this race in order of finish were Dennis Mitchell of the United States who would go on to win the bronze medal in this event in Barcelona Robson da Silva of Brazil who won bronze in the 200 meters in Seoul Johnson s teammate Desai Williams a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay in Los Angeles four years earlier and Ray Stewart of Jamaica who won a silver medal in the same relay at the Los Angeles Olympics 5 102 competitors from 69 countries competed 6 Each nation was limited to three athletes under the rules laid down at the 1930 Olympic Congress Contents 1 Aftermath 2 Background 3 Competition format 4 Records 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 1 1 Heat 1 5 1 2 Heat 2 5 1 3 Heat 3 5 1 4 Heat 4 5 1 5 Heat 5 5 1 6 Heat 6 5 1 7 Heat 7 5 1 8 Heat 8 5 1 9 Heat 9 5 1 10 Heat 10 5 1 11 Heat 11 5 1 12 Heat 12 5 1 13 Heat 13 5 2 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 2 5 Quarterfinal 5 5 2 6 Quarterfinal 6 5 3 Semifinals 5 3 1 Semifinal 1 5 3 2 Semifinal 2 5 4 Final 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Works citedAftermath editJohnson was not the only participant whose success was questioned Lewis had tested positive at the Olympic Trials for pseudoephedrine ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine Lewis defended himself claiming that he had accidentally consumed the banned substances After the supplements that he had taken were analyzed to prove his claims the USOC accepted his claim of inadvertent use since a dietary supplement he ingested was found to contain Ma huang the Chinese name for Ephedra ephedrine is known to help weight loss 7 Fellow Santa Monica Track Club teammates Joe DeLoach and Floyd Heard were also found to have the same banned stimulants in their systems and were cleared to compete for the same reason 8 9 The highest level of the stimulants Lewis recorded was 6 ppm which was regarded as a positive test in 1988 but is now regarded as negative test The acceptable level has been raised to ten parts per million for ephedrine and twenty five parts per million for other substances 7 According to the IOC rules at the time positive tests with levels lower than 10 ppm were cause of further investigation but not immediate ban Neal Benowitz a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco who is an expert on ephedrine and other stimulants agreed that These levels are what you d see from someone taking cold or allergy medicines and are unlikely to have any effect on performance 7 Christie was found to have metabolites of pseudoephedrine in his urine after a 200m heat at the same Olympics but was later cleared of any wrongdoing 1 10 11 12 Of the top five competitors in the race only former world record holder and eventual bronze medalist Smith never failed a drug test during his career Smith later said I should have been the gold medalist 13 14 The CBC radio documentary Rewind Ben Johnson A Hero Disgraced broadcast on September 19 2013 for the 25th anniversary of the race stated 20 athletes tested positive for drugs but were cleared by the IOC at this 1988 Seoul Olympics An IOC official stated that endocrine profiles done at those games indicated that 80 percent of the track and field athletes tested showed evidence of long term steroid use although not all were banned Background editThis was the twenty first time the event was held having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896 For the first time the number of competitors topped 100 Algeria Bahrain Burkina Faso Hong Kong the Maldives Papua New Guinea San Marino Togo Tonga Vanuatu South Yemen and Zimbabwe appeared in the event for the first time It was also the first appearance of Chinese Taipei though the Republic of China had competed before The United States made its 20th appearance in the event the most of any country having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition format editThe event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920 heats quarterfinals semifinals and a final The fastest loser system introduced in 1968 was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat this time the system was used in both the preliminaries and quarterfinals The first round consisted of 13 heats each with 7 or 8 athletes The top three runners in each heat advanced along with the next nine fastest runners overall This made 48 quarterfinalists who were divided into 6 heats of 8 runners The top two runners in each quarterfinal advanced with four fastest loser places The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8 with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight man final 6 15 Records editThese were the then recognized world and Olympic records in seconds prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics World Record 9 831 nbsp Ben Johnson Rome ITA August 30 1987 Olympic Record 9 95 nbsp Jim Hines Mexico City MEX October 14 1968 1 This time was rescinded by the IAAF Council in September 1989 after Johnson admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988 The following Olympic records were set during this competition Date Athlete Time OR WR September 24 1988 nbsp Carl Lewis USA 9 92 OR WR Following Johnson s disqualification Carl Lewis s time of 9 92 was recognized as a new Olympic record and also became a new world record after Johnson s time was rescinded Results editHeats edit Heat 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Robson da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 37 Q 2 Ezio Madonia nbsp Italy 10 40 Q 3 Cheng Hsin fu nbsp Chinese Taipei 10 48 Q 4 Thierry Lauret nbsp France 10 56 q 5 Boevi Lawson nbsp Togo 10 59 6 Leung Wing Kwong nbsp Hong Kong 10 82 7 Mohamed Fahd Al Bishi nbsp Saudi Arabia 10 85 8 Jerry Jeremiah nbsp Vanuatu 10 96 Wind 0 6 m s Heat 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Calvin Smith nbsp United States 10 28 Q 2 Attila Kovacs nbsp Hungary 10 39 Q 3 Mardi Lestari nbsp Indonesia 10 40 Q 4 Andrey Razin nbsp Soviet Union 10 58 5 Henri Ndinga nbsp Republic of the Congo 10 74 6 Fabian Muyaba nbsp Zimbabwe 10 75 7 Moustafa Kamel Salmi nbsp Algeria 11 08 8 Markus Buchel nbsp Liechtenstein 11 21 Wind 0 9 m s Heat 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Talal Mansour nbsp Qatar 10 42 Q 2 Juan Nunez nbsp Dominican Republic 10 47 Q 3 Amadou M Baye nbsp Senegal 10 64 Q 4 Fabian Whymns nbsp Bahamas 10 70 5 Neville Hodge nbsp Virgin Islands 10 73 6 Horace Dove Edwin nbsp Sierra Leone 10 89 7 Alexandre Yougbare nbsp Burkina Faso 10 90 8 Henrico Atkins nbsp Barbados 11 01 Wind 0 7 m s Heat 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Emmanuel Tuffour nbsp Ghana 10 31 Q 2 Koji Kurihara nbsp Japan 10 46 Q 3 Andrew Smith nbsp Jamaica 10 49 Q 4 Zheng Chen nbsp China 10 51 q 5 Istvan Tatar nbsp Hungary 10 52 q 6 Christian Haas nbsp West Germany 10 54 q 7 John Hou nbsp Papua New Guinea 10 96 8 Ehab Fuad Ahmed Nagi nbsp South Yemen 11 53 Wind 0 8 m s Heat 5 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Linford Christie nbsp Great Britain 10 19 Q 2 Max Moriniere nbsp France 10 34 Q 3 Sven Matthes nbsp East Germany 10 35 Q 4 Li Tao nbsp China 10 47 q 5 Samuel Nchinda Kaya nbsp Cameroon 10 60 6 Lee Shiunn long nbsp Chinese Taipei 10 69 7 Bill Trott nbsp Bermuda 10 69 8 Frank Maziya nbsp Swaziland 11 52 Wind 1 1 m s Heat 6 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Chidi Imoh nbsp Nigeria 10 62 Q 2 Charles Louis Seck nbsp Senegal 10 64 Q 3 Issa Alassane Ousseni nbsp Benin 10 72 Q 4 John Regis nbsp Great Britain 10 76 5 Mothobi Kharitse nbsp Lesotho 10 97 6 Robert Loua nbsp Guinea 11 20 7 Samuel Birch nbsp Liberia 11 68 Pedro Agostinho nbsp Portugal DNF Wind 1 4 m s Heat 7 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ray Stewart nbsp Jamaica 10 22 Q 2 Pierfrancesco Pavoni nbsp Italy 10 36 Q 3 Vitaliy Savin nbsp Soviet Union 10 52 Q 4 Gyorgy Fetter nbsp Hungary 10 54 q 5 Khaled Ibrahim Jouma nbsp Bahrain 10 80 6 Muhammad Afzal nbsp Pakistan 10 91 7 Claude Roumain nbsp Haiti 11 22 Wind 1 8 m s Heat 8 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ben Johnson nbsp Canada 10 37 Q 2 Cai Jianming nbsp China 10 55 Q 3 Sim Deok Seop nbsp South Korea 10 56 Q 4 Carlos Moreno nbsp Chile 10 70 5 Abdullah Salem Al Khalidi nbsp Oman 10 90 6 Mohamed Shah Jalal nbsp Bangladesh 10 94 7 Joseph Ssali nbsp Uganda 10 95 8 St Clair Soleyne nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 11 17 Wind 2 0 m s Heat 9 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Desai Williams nbsp Canada 10 24 Q 2 Peter Wekesa nbsp Kenya 10 50 Q 3 Olapade Adeniken nbsp Nigeria 10 56 Q 4 Eduardo Nava nbsp Mexico 10 68 5 Jailto Bonfim nbsp Brazil 10 75 6 Lindel Hodge nbsp British Virgin Islands 10 79 7 Visut Watanasin nbsp Thailand 10 88 8 Armenio Fernandes nbsp Angola 10 92 Wind 1 0 m s Heat 10 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Vladimir Krylov nbsp Soviet Union 10 34 Q 2 Arnaldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 44 Q 3 Michele Lazazzera nbsp Italy 10 47 Q 4 Kennedy Ondiek nbsp Kenya 10 51 q 5 Takahiko Kasahara nbsp Japan 10 62 6 Jimmy Flemming nbsp Virgin Islands 10 70 7 Jihad Salame nbsp Lebanon 11 49 8 Gilbert Bessi nbsp Monaco 11 55 Wind 1 4 m s Heat 11 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Dennis Mitchell nbsp United States 10 37 Q 2 Isiaq Adeyanju nbsp Nigeria 10 45 Q 3 Ousmane Diarra nbsp Mali 10 53 Q 4 Oliver Daniels nbsp Liberia 10 68 5 Luis Cunha nbsp Portugal 10 80 6 Evaristo Ortiz nbsp Dominican Republic 11 01 7 Nguyễn Đinh Minh nbsp Vietnam 11 09 8 Secundino Borabota nbsp Equatorial Guinea 11 52 Wind 1 0 m s Heat 12 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 John Myles Mills nbsp Ghana 10 31 Q 2 Andreas Berger nbsp Austria 10 40 Q 3 Barrington Williams nbsp Great Britain 10 51 Q 4 Patrick Stevens nbsp Belgium 10 51 q 5 Enrique Talavera nbsp Spain 10 61 6 Tomohiro Osawa nbsp Japan 10 71 7 Dominique Canti nbsp San Marino 11 11 8 Ismail Asif Waheed nbsp Maldives 11 49 Wind 1 4 m s Heat 13 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis nbsp United States 10 14 Q 2 Jean Charles Trouabal nbsp France 10 39 Q 3 Jose Javier Arques nbsp Spain 10 44 Q 4 John Mair nbsp Jamaica 10 44 5 Harouna Pale nbsp Burkina Faso 10 76 6 Peauope Suli nbsp Tonga 10 94 7 Maloni Bole nbsp Fiji 11 19 Wind 0 9 m s Quarterfinals edit Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Linford Christie nbsp Great Britain 10 11 Q 2 Dennis Mitchell nbsp United States 10 13 Q 3 Ben Johnson nbsp Canada 10 17 q 4 John Mair nbsp Jamaica 10 41 5 Charles Louis Seck nbsp Senegal 10 42 6 Li Tao nbsp China 10 53 7 Kennedy Ondiek nbsp Kenya 10 57 8 Ousmane Diarra nbsp Mali 10 61 Wind 1 2 m s Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Desai Williams nbsp Canada 10 16 Q 2 Arnaldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 25 Q 3 Vladimir Krylov nbsp Soviet Union 10 26 q 4 Attila Kovacs nbsp Hungary 10 27 q 5 Michele Lazazzera nbsp Italy 10 50 6 Thierry Lauret nbsp France 10 51 7 Zheng Chen nbsp China 10 72 8 Chidi Imoh nbsp Nigeria 11 44 Wind 1 7 m s Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ray Stewart nbsp Jamaica 10 25 Q 2 Juan Nunez nbsp Dominican Republic 10 33 Q 3 Sven Matthes nbsp East Germany 10 36 4 Jean Charles Trouabal nbsp France 10 41 5 Jose Javier Arques nbsp Spain 10 43 6 Amadou M Baye nbsp Senegal 10 45 7 Barrington Williams nbsp Great Britain 10 55 8 Christian Haas nbsp West Germany 10 57 Wind 0 9 m s Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Calvin Smith nbsp United States 10 16 Q 2 Olapade Adeniken nbsp Nigeria 10 30 Q 3 Andreas Berger nbsp Austria 10 34 4 Emmanuel Tuffour nbsp Ghana 10 37 5 Talal Mansour nbsp Qatar 10 38 6 Patrick Stevens nbsp Belgium 10 50 7 Cheng Hsin Fu nbsp Chinese Taipei 10 54 8 Gyorgy Fetter nbsp Hungary 10 55 Wind 0 2 m s Quarterfinal 5 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis nbsp United States 9 99 Q 2 Robson da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 24 Q 3 Isiaq Adeyanju nbsp Nigeria 10 32 q 4 Pierfrancesco Pavoni nbsp Italy 10 33 5 Vitaliy Savin nbsp Soviet Union 10 36 6 Koji Kurihara nbsp Japan 10 49 7 Istvan Tatar nbsp Hungary 10 68 8 Issa Alassane Ousseni nbsp Benin 10 83 Wind 1 4 m s Quarterfinal 6 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 John Myles Mills nbsp Ghana 10 21 Q 2 Mardi Lestari nbsp Indonesia 10 32 Q 3 Max Moriniere nbsp France 10 37 4 Ezio Madonia nbsp Italy 10 38 5 Peter Wekesa nbsp Kenya 10 43 6 Sim Deok Seop nbsp South Korea 10 55 7 Andrew Smith nbsp Jamaica 10 63 8 Cai Jianming nbsp China 10 76 Wind 0 3 m s Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis nbsp United States 9 97 Q 2 Calvin Smith nbsp United States 10 15 Q 3 Ray Stewart nbsp Jamaica 10 18 Q 4 Desai Williams nbsp Canada 10 24 Q 5 Arnaldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 32 6 Olapade Adeniken nbsp Nigeria 10 33 7 Mardi Lestari nbsp Indonesia 10 39 8 John Myles Mills nbsp Ghana 10 43 Wind 0 6 m s Semifinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ben Johnson nbsp Canada 10 03 Q 2 Linford Christie nbsp Great Britain 10 11 Q 3 Dennis Mitchell nbsp United States 10 23 Q 4 Robson da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 24 Q 5 Attila Kovacs nbsp Hungary 10 31 6 Juan Nunez nbsp Dominican Republic 10 35 7 Isiaq Adeyanju nbsp Nigeria 10 60 Vladimir Krylov nbsp Soviet Union DNS Wind 1 2 m s Final edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes nbsp Carl Lewis nbsp United States 9 92 WR nbsp Linford Christie nbsp Great Britain 9 97 NR nbsp Calvin Smith nbsp United States 9 99 4 Dennis Mitchell nbsp United States 10 04 5 Robson da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 11 6 Desai Williams nbsp Canada 10 11 7 Ray Stewart nbsp Jamaica 12 26 DQ Ben Johnson nbsp Canada 9 79 Wind 1 1 m sSee also editWomen s 100 metresReferences edit a b Duncan Mackay April 18 2003 The dirtiest race in history Olympic 100m final 1988 Guardian News and Media Limited Retrieved October 14 2012 Moore Richard 2012 The Dirtiest Race in History Ben Johnson Carl Lewis and the Seoul Olympic 100m Final Wisden Sports Writing ISBN 9781408135952 Retrieved June 20 2015 Montague James July 23 2012 Hero or villain Ben Johnson and the dirtiest race in history CNN Mehaffey John September 23 2013 Smith true winner of dirtiest race in history Reuters Retrieved June 20 2015 Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games Men s 100 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 6 July 2017 a b 100 metres Men Olympedia Retrieved 24 July 2020 a b c Wallechinsky and Loucky The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 edition page 61 Scorecard Sports Illustrated Archived from the original on October 19 2012 Retrieved October 10 2012 Carl Lewis s positive test covered up Smh com au April 18 2003 Retrieved April 11 2012 Lewis Who cares I failed drug test the Guardian April 24 2003 Christie suspended after drugs shock BBC News Wilson Duff May 3 2008 Gold Medalist Listed as Banned Drug User via NYTimes com The most corrupt race ever The Guardian London Retrieved 2010 04 29 Duncan Mackay April 23 2003 Lewis Who cares if I tested positive The Guardian Official Report vol 2 pp 270 71 Works cited edit in English Official Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men 27s 100 metres amp oldid 1175344683, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
