document: His time of 5.77 seconds was eclipsed by the 5.75-second time of Daron Council , a former narcotics officer who now works in crime prevention for the Alachua County , Fla. , sheriff 's department. ; The brief race produced a record crowd of 17,050 and drew nearly 500 journalists from 14 countries in North America , Europe and Asia. ; They were attracted by the return of Johnson , whose day of infamy , Sept. 24 , 1988 , has assured him a millennium of fame. ; He would merely have been a gold medalist if a positive test at the 1988 Olympics had not turned him into the most vilified champion in the history of the Games . It also led to the two-year suspension from the sport that made an epic event of Johnson 's race Friday. ; Johnson got off to an uncharacteristically slow start and finished second by a few inches to Council. ; `` I got caught in the blocks , '' Johnson said. ; By then , the start had been delayed eight minutes by two false starts and a problem with the board track. ; Johnson took his second-place finish in stride . `` I think it was a success , '' Johnson said . `` There was a lot of pressure on me because it was my first race back , and it was hard to concentrate on the race with the way the fans were yelling for me . '' ; It was Johnson 's first indoor loss in 11 meets dating to February 1987 . His time was far from the 5.55 he ran in 1987 that is still listed as the fastest ever at 50 meters. ; `` I 'm in very good shape , but I 'm not in racing shape , '' Johnson said as he was escorted to drug testing , for which he was randomly selected. ; It was a different-looking Johnson than the one who had bolted to apparent victory in the Olympics. ; This Johnson was n't as bulky in the upper body , nor was his face as puffy. ; Despite Johnson 's trimness , he said he weighed the same -- 174 pounds -- and was lifting the same amount of weight -- bench-pressing 365 pounds -- as before his two-year suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing steroid. ; `` People are saying I 'm smaller , '' Johnson said before the race . `` Size does n't matter . It 's how fast you run ... it 's speed . '' ; When he was introduced before the race , Johnson was given a thunderous standing ovation . When the race ended , the fans thought he had won and broke into loud cheering. ; Banners welcoming him back were draped around the arena . One said , `` Ben Knows Track and Field -- Just Do It , Ben . '' Another said , `` Go Ben Go ! '' and a third read , `` Burn Rubber , Ben . ''
extractive_keyphrases: johnson daron council record crowd slow start first race first indoor loss drug testing
abstractive_keyphrases: two-year suspension second-place finish