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Ben Johnson
Canadian former sprinter
American film actor (1918โ1996)
- Entries
- 10
- On the record
- 5
- Stories
- 2
- Latest entry
- Aug 17, 2012
The record
This file covers Ben Johnson the Canadian sprinter, born in Falmouth, Jamaica, on December 30, 1961, who moved to Canada in 1976. On August 30, 1987, he ran 100 meters in 9.83 seconds at the world championships in Rome, beating Carl Lewis, and that year received the Order of Canada and the Lou Marsh Trophy. The record and the title were later taken from him.
After the Seoul positive in 1988 he told a press conference in Canada that he had never knowingly taken illegal drugs. The following year he admitted he had used steroids for eight years, though he has never admitted taking stanozolol, the drug found in Seoul. He had passed 19 successive drug tests between 1986 and 1988, the Guardian reported. His coach, Charlie Francis, said he believed there had been sabotage at the lab level.
He returned to racing in January 1991 and reached the 100-meter semifinal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. In February 1993 he tested positive for testosterone above the permitted level and the IAAF banned him for life. Athletics Canada granted him conditional reinstatement in Canada in April 1999, but the international federation denied his application. In 2012 an Ontario judge dismissed his $37 million lawsuit against the estate of his former lawyer as time-barred.
Roles and honours on the record
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IOC executive board found Johnson guilty of a doping violation, declared the 100m null and awarded the gold to Carl Lewis, per SI. Biggest sports punishments: Astros' $5M fine, two firings top
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IOC strips Johnson of 100m gold after stanozolol positive; Canada bans him from national team for life. Biggest punishments in sport: Armstrong's stripped titles lead
Stories in this file
Sports ยท ๐ด Biggest punishments in sport: Armstrong's stripped titles lead
Seven rulings from cycling, cricket, baseball and athletics. Butt and Gatlin dispute parts of their cases; Rodriguez said he would appeal. โณ
Sports ยท โพ Biggest sports punishments: Astros' $5M fine, two firings top
Luhnow denied knowing, Brady admitted no wrongdoing and the Pakistan cricketers denied the charges. These are the rulings on record. ๐ฃ๏ธ
The record, entry by entry
- 1987 Official Johnson received the Order of Canada and the Lou Marsh Trophy. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada
- 1987-08-30 Official Johnson ran 9.83 seconds for 100 meters at the world championships in Rome, beating Carl Lewis. He was later stripped of the 1987 world record. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada
- 1988 Reported In the days after the Seoul result was made public, Johnson told a press conference in Canada that he had never, ever knowingly taken illegal drugs. His coach, Charlie Francis, later said he believed there had been sabotage at the lab level. The Guardian report
- 1989 Admitted Johnson admitted he had been on steroids for eight years, but did not admit taking stanozolol, the steroid found in his Seoul sample, and never has, the Guardian reported. The Guardian report
- 1991-01 Reported Johnson returned to competition after his two-year suspension, and at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics was eliminated in the 100-meter semifinal. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada
- 1993-02 Ruled Johnson tested positive for testosterone above allowed levels, and the IAAF banned him for life. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada
- 1999-04 Official Athletics Canada granted Johnson reinstatement in Canada on conditions including three random tests a year for three years. The international federation later denied his application. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada
- 2012-08-17 Ruled Justice Carole Brown of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted summary judgment to the estate of Johnson's former lawyer, Edward Futerman, dismissing Johnson's suit for $37 million as time-barred and without a genuine issue for trial. Canadian Lawyer report