Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Makonni biyu kafin gasar Olympics ta 1992 ta fara, Johnson da wakilin sa duka sun kamu da guba na abinci a wani gidan abinci a Spain. Johnson ya rasa nauyi da ƙarfi. Ya kasance wanda aka fi so ya lashe tseren mita 200 zuwa gasar Olympics, amma bai iya yin kyau fiye da na shida a cikin zafinsa na karshe ba, kuma ya kasa kaiwa wasan karshe na mita 200 da sakan 0.16. Duk da haka, ya sami damar yin tsere a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar 4 × 400 m relay, wanda ya lashe lambar zinare
kuma ya kafa sabon rikodin duniya na 2:55.74. Johnson ya gudu a kafa a cikin lokaci na 44.73.