Drugs reared their head with the biggest scandal of modern times when sprinter Ben Johnson was disqualified after winning the 100m.
The Canadian tested positive for an anabolic steroid and his world-record time was wiped from the records and Carl Lewis handed the gold medal.
A Sean Kerly-inspired men's hockey team won the gold medal for Britain after victory over Germany.
Malcolm Cooper won gold at successive Olympics in the small bore rifle shooting and Adrian Moorhouse picked up first place in the 100m breaststroke.
Germany's Steffi Graf concluded her Grand Slam tennis season by winning Olympic gold while compatriot Christa Luding-Rothenburger, also a speed skater, earned a silver medal in cycling to become the only person in history to win winter and summer medals in the same year.
America's Matt Biondi won seven medals, including five gold, while team-mate Greg Louganis won gold in the springboard event despite cracking his head on the board during a qualifying dive.
Russia's world record holder and world champion Sergei Bubka won the pole vault gold medal, but that was to be his last appearance on an Olympic podium.
British gold medals: 3
