Ka cika wannan magana: Makonni biyu kafin a fara gasar Olympics ta 1992 a lokacin rani, Johnson da wakilin sa duka sun kamu da guba 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 da kuma kafa wani sabon duniya rikodin lokaci na 2:55.74. Johnson ya gudu a kafa a cikin lokaci na 44.73.