The athlete whose life was ruined when it was determined that he was doping: Who is Ben Johnson?

Canadian athlete Ben Johnson, who was born in Falmouth, Jamaica, on December 30, 1961, was punished for doping, even though he was the champion in the 100 meters at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

All medals and records of the Canadian athlete were taken back. Ben Johnson, whose sentence ended in 1990, was eligible to return to the tracks, but he was not very successful.

Ben Johnson claimed in an interview with "The Times" newspaper in September 2003 that he was the best "sprinter" of all time.

Ben Johnson argued that he was better than 100-meter world record holder Tim Montgomery, former Olympic 100-meter champion Donovan Bailey, and Maurice Green.

Benjamin Sinclair Johnson (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian former sprinter. During the 1987–88 season he held the title of the world's fastest man, breaking both the 100m and the 60m indoor World Records. He won the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics; and at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for doping and stripped of the gold medal; and later he also lost most of the other medals he had achieved while being doped - with anabolic steroids (since 1981 until caught the first time in 1988). He was the first man to beat 9.90 (Rome, 1987) and 9.80 seconds (Seoul, 1988).

Johnson ran the 100 meters in 9.79 seconds at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games but was stripped of his gold medal when he tested positive for anabolic steroid substance doping.

Stating that the only "sprinter" who could be better than him is Bob Hayes, who won the gold medal in the 100 meters in the 1964 Olympic Games, the Canadian athlete said, "Donovan Bailey, Maurice Green, and Tim Montgomery would have raced after me if they were at the Olympics in Seoul." "They would complete it," he said.

Regarding Montgomery, who broke the world record with 9.78 seconds in Paris in 2002, Johnson said that Montgomery's world record was not valid for him because the wind speed was 2 meters per second during that run and 1.1 meters during his run in Seoul.

Some of Johnson's accomplishments include:

January 15, 87: He ran 60 meters in 6.44 seconds at the Japan International Meets.

22 January 87: Ran 100 meters in 10.25 at the Perth International Meets.

24 January 87: Ran 100 meters in 9.7 at the Perth International Meets.

January 31, 87: Ran 50 meters in 5.55 at the Ottawa International Indoor Games. February 1, 87: Ran 60 meters in 6.60 at the Sherbrooke Mondo Invitational.

13 February 87: He ran 50 meters in 5.65 at the Hamilton Spectator Indoor Games. 12 February 87: He ran 55 meters in 5.65 at the Vitalis Indoor Meet.

22 February 87: He ran 60 meters in 6.44 at the National Indoor Championships. 7 March 87: He ran 60 meters in 6.41 seconds at the World Indoor Championships.

June 13, 87: Ran 100 meters in 10.42 seconds in the tripartite games between Canada, Germany and Poland.

20 June 87: He ran 100 meters in 10.07 at the International Meetings in Athens.

July 4, 87: Ran 100 meters in 10.68 at the Toronto Games.

1 August 87: He ran 100 meters in 9.98 seconds at the National Outdoor Championships.

2 August 87: He ran 200 meters in 20.93 seconds at the National Outdoor Championships.

13 August 87: He ran 100 meters in 10.00 seconds in the European Tour competitions in Koblenz, Germany.

16 August 87: He ran 100 meters in 9.95 seconds in the European Tour competitions in Cologne, Germany.

19 August 87: He ran 100 meters in 9.97 seconds in the European Tour competitions in Zurich, Switzerland.

30 August 87: Ran 100 meters in 9.83 seconds at the World Cup.

September 6, 87: He was on the USA team that achieved a time of 38.47 in the 4×100 relay race at the World Championships.

January 15, 88: Hamilton ran the 50 YD in 5.20 seconds at the Spectator Indoor Games.

January 22, 88: Ran 55 meters in 6.01 seconds at the Ottawa International Indoor Games.

6 August 88: He ran 100 meters in 9.90 seconds at the National Outdoor Championships.

11 August 88: He ran 100 meters in 9.98 seconds at the Italian International Meets.

August 13, 88: He took part in the Canadian team that achieved a time of 38.58 in the 4×100 relay race in the Bilateral Meetings between Canada and Italy.

17 August 88: He ran 100 meters in 10.00 seconds in the competitions held in Zurich, Switzerland, within the framework of the European Tour.

January 18, 91: He ran the 50 meters in 5.74 seconds at the Sunkist Invitational.

January 26, 91: He ran 55 meters in 6.20 seconds at the Ottawa International Indoor Games.

February 11, 91: Ran 60 meters in 6.64 seconds at the Japan International Meets.