From Usain Bolt to Jonnie Peacock, the 100m has provided some amazing moments in Olympic history.
Becoming the fastest man or woman in the world ensures a place in the history books and recognition beyond the athletics field.
Allan Wells, an ex-long jumper who trained in an Edinburgh garage with his wife and coach Margot, resisted huge pressure from 10 Downing Street. "There's a major story about to break", Hart was told. It was his first warning that one of the biggest scandals in the history of sport was unfolding."I've just been handed a piece of paper," he said. "If it's right, it'll be the most dramatic story out of these Olympics or perhaps any others"."We're both in our underpants, would you believe it?" he recalls. "Dictating one of the greatest sports stories of the century.
It wasn't just Johnson - there's a reason the 1988 men's 100m final has become known as the 'dirtiest race in history'. Six of the eight men that lined up that day were linked with performance-enhancing drugs at some point in their careers.The day after Ben Johnson set his world record, another sprint superstar took to the track at Seoul's Olympic Stadium.
There's scepticism because it was extremely windy that day - although the official reading for that race was zero. "You sit there, and you think - in 10 seconds, this is going to be done," he says. "Four years of my life."
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