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Home / News / Sports News / Ben Johnson's 1988 Olympics dope test reports were tampered with
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    Ben Johnson's 1988 Olympics dope test reports were tampered with

    Sayak Basu
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    Last updated on Oct 06, 2018, 06:40 pm
    Ben Johnson's 1988 Olympics dope test reports were tampered with
  • Canadian sprinter Benjamin Johnson was a popular figure in the sporting world and had won the 100m sprint at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games in record time (9.79 seconds).

    However, he was then tested and found positive for using banned substances and subsequently stripped of his gold medal.

    Interestingly, now a report suggests that his medical report was tampered with.

    Details follow.

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    Johnson had earlier admitted to taking steroids The IOC's medical commission had withheld the report earlier Other top athletes were using steroids as well
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    Johnson had earlier admitted to taking steroids

    Johnson had earlier admitted to taking steroids
  • A committee called the Dublin Enquiry was set up to question Johnson regarding the medical reports, and to them, he had agreed to taking banned substances.

    Later, his coach, the late Charlie Francis had also written in his memoir that Johnson did take a steroid called furazabol, but did not take the substance he was accused of, stanozolol.

  • IOC

    The IOC's medical commission had withheld the report earlier

    The IOC's medical commission had withheld the report earlier
  • The International Olympic Committee had reportedly withheld Johnson's lab reports from the Canadian authorities and did not let them have a look at it.

    Canada's chief medical officer, Dr. Stanish, had requested the report but was prevented by the medical commission of IOC.

    Johnson also later said that the IOC didn't want his coach to see the reports as "he would have noticed mistakes."

  • Others

    Other top athletes were using steroids as well

    Other top athletes were using steroids as well
  • In their statement to the Dublin Enquiry, Johnson and Francis had said that Johnson was using steroids to remain at the same level, as the other athletes he was competing against.

    Six of the eight 100m participants of the 1988 Seoul Olympics were found involved in steroid-related controversies in their careers, including Carl Lewis, who was given the gold medal after Johnson was disqualified.

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