16th February 2016 by What's What Team

Scandal at the Olympic Games

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of the 100 m gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after testing positive for banned steroids. Just after Johnson winning the race, the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission informed the Canadian officials that Johnson’s urine samples contained stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid. Carl Lewis, who originally won the silver medal, was awarded the gold medal and Linford Christie the silver.

#100 Metre World Records#1988 Seoul Olympics#1988 Summer Olympics#Carl Lewis#International Olympic Committee Medical Commission#jOHNSON#Sprinter