Spoiler

Olympic Flashback: 100 metres

Best Olympic sprints ever, except 2004

No doubt about it, the best Olympic event is the 100 metres. It’s got everything – tension, speed, ten seconds of maniacs hurtling in a straight line, followed by years of coughing awkwardly and leaving rooms whenever conversations turn to anabolic steroids. It’s wonderful.

This year looks set to be a stormer, so first whet the appetite with all the races from 1960 to 2000 (above).

Incidentally, as an aside, The Spoiler would totally allow steroids in Athletics. What could possibly be more fantastic than watching half a dozen bearded women doing 100 metres in less than three seconds? Exactly, nothing.

• 100 meters
• Alan Wells
• Ben Johnson
• Carl Lewis
• Linford Christie
• Olympic Games
• Olympics 2008