An incredible feat occurred in the 1988 Summer Olympics. The feat occurred during one of the main events, the 100 meter race. The event was set up to be a great race between Carl Lewis of the United States and Ben Johnson of Canada. This did not happen. Ben Johnson blew everyone away by running a 9.79, a world record. Carl Lewis finished in second place with a 9.88 ("Ben Johnson"). But the story doesn't end here. The runners then had to undergo a urinalysis. All runners passed except one, Ben Johnson. He tested positive for anabolic steroid use. It was later discovered that he had been using steroids for several years. He was stripped of his gold medal and world record. Carl Lewis received gold and world record ("Ben Johnson"). In the many years since this incident, no one has come close to matching Ben Johnson. The next best time ever run was a 9.84 by fellow Canadian Donovan Bailey at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Steroids have certainly allowed Ben Johnson to reach a new level that others have failed to reach. Steroids are used as much in sports now as they ever have been in the past, even with more rigorous testing and knowledge of harmful side effects. Olympians are particularly prone to using these drugs because of the great pressure placed on these athletes, but the drug is spreading across all sports. For the most part, athletes are able to get away with steroid use thanks to new technologies and the use of models that make steroids undetectable on tests. There are three main classifications of drugs in athletics. The first class is performance maintenance drugs, which is the only class accepted in athletics. This class contains medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and asthma inhalers. The if......middle of paper......com/enw/eae3a/babine3.htm. March 12, 1998."GREAT Sport." [online]. Available: http://www.bigsport.com/main.shtml. March 23, 1998 Elliot, Diane. “Intervention and Prevention of Steroid Use in Adolescents.” The American Journal of Sports Medicine November 24-December 1996: 46."NIDA Research Report Series." [Online]. Available: http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Steroids/Anabolic.html. March 16, 1998.Nnakwe, Nweze. "Anabolic steroids and cardiovascular risk in athletes". Nutrition Today September-October 1996: 206.Prather, Irvine D. "Clenbuterol: Substitute for Anabolic Steroids?" Medicine and Science in Sports August 27, 1995: 1118. "The Steroid Bible." [Online]. Available: http://www.anabolicsteroids.com. March 26, 1998. “The Use of Anabolic/Androgenic Steroids by Athletes.” [Online]. Available: http://www.medstudents.br/sport/sport2.html. March 26 1998.