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Johnson, Ben (1961– )

Canadian athlete. Born in Jamaica, he moved to Canada in 1976 to train for the 100-metre sprint. He won numerous awards and was inducted into the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. At the Seoul Olympic Games in the same year, he tested positive for the illegal steroid stanozolol after winning the 100-metre sprint in what would have been a world record time of 9.79 seconds. He was stripped of his gold medal, which was then awarded to second-placed Carl Lewis. His ban was lifted in September 1990, but when he failed a second drug test in 1993 he was banned for life.
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net 1988 CANADIAN sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100m gold medal at the Olympics in Seoul in September 1988, re-affirming his position as the fastest man on the planet.
RememberWhen? by Birmingham Mail (England)
Byline: TOM JENKINS Ben Johnson Set 100m world records at the 1987 World Championships and the 1988 Olympics but was disqualified for doping, losing his Olympic title and records.
100M CHEATS by The Mirror (London, England)
He is suspected of using stanozolol - the same substance used by Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson in the 1988 Olympics.
Ex-Celt goalie on drug rap by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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