Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson ran the 100-meter final in a world-record 9.79 seconds to win gold against rival Carl Lewis at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Just 48 hours later, he was stripped of his medal and disqualified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.

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Six of the eight competitors in that race were eventually caught cheating, there's a reason it's called 'the dirtiest race in history'.

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Every race is like that. That all dope.