![]() The 200 is also subject to more "jumps" because it isn't a race that the top tier runners focus on as much as the 100. Yet, two other runners have bested Johnson's time since then with many others running below the 19.72 mark. Marks can also be dropped by substantial margins in a short time as Johnson did with the 200 meter record in 1996, lowering it from 19.72 to 19.32 over the summer. He ran twenty two other races below the 44-second threshold from 1992 through 2000. However, Johnson's mark did not fall out of the blue. Michael Johnson's 400 meter record of 43.18 is now 17 years 0ld with no endangering it. Marks can stand a long time without strong suspicion of drugs. The same holds for the 0.28 second gap between Flo Jo's record and the next best person in the 200 meters. In the 100 meters, 0.15 seconds is a big gap. Carmelita Jeter holds the 4th and 6th best times ever in the 100 meters, but her times stand 0.15 seconds above Flo Jo's as are the the times set by Shelley Fraser-Pryce in winning the last two gold medals in the event. In spite of nearly 30 years passing, female sprinters since Flo Jo have not been able to come near her mark. ever match her time? (Photo Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport) In the 100 meters, her best time before 1987 is now the 704th best time ever.įlorence Griffith Joyner wins the 100m during the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. Going back further, her performances had garnered a silver medal in 200 meters in the 1984 Games, but her times were not remarkable. In the 200, her best before 1988 had been 21.96, now the 75th best time ever. Her best time in the 100 meters prior to 1988 was relatively modest 10.96, currently the 509th best time ever. The questions will always linger, especially given the cloud of track and field at the time along with the magnitude of her improvements over the summer, beyond just the Trials. There have been non-drug explanations offered such as mis-measurement of wind speeds at the Olympic Trials as well as improved training combining with Flo Jo finding an unusual peak in performance. ![]() With her retirement from running in February 1989 and untimely death in 1998, the subject became moot, at least in terms of proof or admission. In later investigations he admitted to wider steroid use and was stripped of his 1987 record. Griffith-Joyner never tested positive for a banned substance. His glory quickly turned to shame, when he failed a drug test for steroid use. ![]() He ran 9.79 in Seoul to break his existing record of 9.83 from 1987 and shatter the 9.93 mark that had stood since 1983. Questions as to the source of her success immediately emerged because of the Ben Johnson scandal at the 1988 games. ![]()
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