The Johnson was plagued by injury in 1999, and his following season was troubled with two injury scares that limited him to just four 400 m races before the Johnson has run 200 m in under 19.80 seconds six times, and he has run the distance in less than 20 seconds twenty-three times. He formerly held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m. Johnson is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinte… At the age of 33, he rounded off his distinguished Olympic career with gold medal No 4 at the 2000 Sydney Games in the 400 metres. Watch
At the World Championships, Johnson was even more dominant, winning the 200 metres in 1991 and 1995, and the 400 metres in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999. He broke 44 seconds for the 400 metres twenty-two times, more than twice as many times as any other athlete. Michael Johnson is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. The retired track and field star has bought a contemporary home overlooking the … Another of Johnson's relay teammates, Jerome Young, tested positive for steroids in 1999. For many years Michael, and the entire sports world, thought he had gone away from Sydney with a fifth gold medal in the 4x400m relay, but In June 2008, Antonio Pettigrew admitted he had taken drugs while being a member of the US team. In 1997 Johnson began appearing in Nike television advertisements in which he was billed as "World's fastest man" as a result of his 200 m world record.In a much hyped competition in June 1997, he raced against Bailey in a 150 metres (160 yd) race at After recovering from the injury, Johnson was able to compete for his third 400 m world title.
Mike Powell/Getty Images By Martenzie Johnson … Johnson is the only male athlete in history to win both the Johnson's stiff upright running position and very short steps defied the conventional wisdom that a high knee lift was necessary for maximum speed. Michael Johnson is acknowledged as the greatest long sprinter in the history of track & field, specializing in the 200 and 400 metres. Johnson made his Olympic début in 1992, but was ill at the time, and his only medal, a gold, came in the 4×400 metre relay. 2020 - All rights reserved
To find our more, please visit our Four-times an Olympic champion, Michael also collected eight World Championship gold medals and set a remarkable run of 58 consecutive wins in the 400 metres between 1990 and 1997.Victory drew him level on eight with Carl Lewis for the most career gold medals at the World Championships. Michael Johnson made his Olympic debut in 1992, winning the 4x400m relay along with his teammates. Of those, he holds 14 of the top 25 times for the 400 metres. *Distances have varied as follows: 440 yards (1981–1986), 400 meters (1987–date) alternating with 300 meters in odd numbered years starting 2015 Michael Johnson is acknowledged as the greatest long sprinter in the history of track & field, specializing in the 200 and 400 metres. At the 1996 Games, he became the only man in history to win the 200m and the 400m gold medals at a single Olympics, setting world record times in both events (19.32 in the 200m and 43.49 in the 400m). 10 Jul 2019
At the age of 33, he rounded off his distinguished Olympic career with gold medal No 4 at the 2000 Sydney Games in the 400 metres. Watch Michael returned his gold medal saying: “I didn’t want to have anything to do with a team that had someone who cheated.”He retired from competition as world record holder over both 200 and 400 metres and with six individual and two relay gold medals during his remarkable World Championship career. Johnson made his Olympic début in 1992, but was ill at the time, and his only medal, a gold, came in the 4×400 metre relay. 19 Jun 2020
The new Olympic Channel brings you news, highlights, exclusive behind the scenes, live events and original programming, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Johnson, pictured here in 2015, won 13 Olympic and world gold medals during his career. 30 May 2019 Michael Johnson (USA) - Athletics - Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000
Michael Johnson has a new spot to display his four Olympic gold medals. Michael broke world records in the 200 meter, 400 meter and the 4 X 400-meter relay. As of 2012, Johnson holds 13 of the top 100 times for the 200 metres and 27 of the top 100 times for the 400 metres. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display200m, 400m, 4x400m relay, Athletics, Atlanta 1996, Barcelona 1992, JOHNSON, Michael, Sydney 2000, United States of America, Men,Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display
Johnson's Olympic career ended at Sydney, where he defended his 400 metre title, and added what was, at the time, a second gold in the 4×400 relay, giving him five gold medals in all, although the 2000 4×400 gold would be taken away because of doping penalties against Antonio Pettigrew and Jerome Young.