| September 24th, 1988Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson beats Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in the 100 metres sprint in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping.) event on September 24, 1988.  Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
 Events around September 24, 1988
| September 26th, 1988 | Birth | Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater |  |