#3 Ben Johnson (Canada)
Ben Johnson had won the Gold Medal in the 100m sprint at the 1988 Seoul Olympics with a world record timing of 9.79 seconds, breaking his own record of 9.83 seconds. He had defeated fellow sprinter Carl Lewis in what was described as the greatest sprint race of all time.
He only had a day to rejoice though as it was on the very next day that Johnson tested positive for an anabolic steroid and was stripped of the gold medal, which was awarded to Carl Lewis who had been placed second.
Canadian newspapers went berserk over the news, devoting between five to eight pages daily on the defamed sprinter. Such was the magnitude of the scandal, that Ben Johnson was announced as the "newsmaker of the year" by the Canadian press that year. Hardly for the right reasons, though.
