The controversial Canadian Ben Johnson coached by the late Charlie Francis was arguably one of the best starters in the world. Here is a video of his 100m start at the 1987 World Champs

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Carl Lewis (USA)	9.93 EWR
	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.08
	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.14
4.	Attila Kovács (HUN)	10.20
5.	Viktor Bryzgin (URS)	10.25
6.	Lee McRae (USA)	10.34
7.	Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)	16.23
DQ	Ben Johnson (CAN)	9.83

 

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Ben Johnson Seoul Olympics

Final[edit]

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Carl Lewis (USA)	9.92 WR	Awarded gold medal and World Record after Johnson’s positive steroid test.
	Linford Christie (GBR)	9.97
	Calvin Smith (USA)	9.99
4.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.04
5.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.11
6.	Desai Williams (CAN)	10.11
7.	Ray Stewart (JAM)	12.26
DSQ	Ben Johnson (CAN)	9.79	Stripped of gold medal and World Record due to positive steroid test.

 

Shortly after the Seoul Olympics.

 

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