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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.
His low-altitude record had been surpassed by fellow American Mel Lattany with a time of 9.96 s shortly before the 1984 Olympics, [46] but his biggest challenger would prove to be Canadian Ben Johnson, the bronze medalist behind Lewis at the 1984 Olympics. Johnson would beat Lewis once in 1985, but Lewis also lost to others, while winning most ...
In 1985, after eight consecutive losses, Johnson finally beat Carl Lewis. Other success against Lewis included the 1986 Goodwill Games , where Johnson beat Lewis, running 9.95 for first place, against Lewis' third-place time of 10.06.
Carl Lewis, long jumpers slam proposed change to Olympic event: 'Wait until April 1st for April Fools jokes' ... Lewis' 1991 jump of 8.87 meters remains third on the world all-time list, and he ...
American track legend Carl Lewis, who has long been calling for a coaching overhaul on the men's side, took to social media to condemn the program's repeated failure to meet the moment.
The event was won by Carl Lewis of the United States, that nation's first title after two Games of missing the podium (4th in 1976, boycotted in 1980). Canada's Ben Johnson took bronze to break up the Americans' bid to sweep the podium (which they had done in 1904 and 1912); it was Canada's first medal in the event since 1964.
It was also seen as reminiscent of the Ben Johnson-Carl Lewis rivalry in the 1980s, a rivalry that was exacerbated at the 1987 World Championships in Rome after Ben Johnson defeated Lewis in the 100 metre final. In defeat, Lewis begun voicing accusations that Ben Johnson was using performance-enhancing drugs, behaviour which was seen as ...
It’s culminating with Ben Johnson taking the job and, d---, we’re going to lose other assistants," Brown said. "I mean Aaron Glenn, you talk about maybe (offensive line coach) Hank Fraley.