I arrived early in April to Los Angeles and was around the coliseum and saw some preparations for it but headed to Chicago with my parents. I really wanted to stay but my parents already had plans to move to Chicago when we arrived from Panama.
Carl Lewis was very unpopular with Americans because of his personality. He was arrogant, aloof, and selfish among other things and this made sponsors not want anything to do with him.
Even 30+ years later I am wathcing this thing, I stiill feel as if it was yesterday and feel emotional about it and happy for the man. Unbelievable! Carl Lewis was the man back then and still remains one of my favorite T&F athletes of all times.
Dexter Haven ???? b-cauz u made the totally n-appropri8 comment about hiz ( perceived) sexuality...ppl who do thingz like that r uzually battling their own demonz
Only difference is then the summer never ended and I knew nothing of the Worlds evils but these films take my mind off it... Carl was the hype that was real I liked Johnson and still do now I know he was doing wat all the others did.. The dirtiest 100m Seoul 88 was Carl doing it in la 84 mmmm.. To me he's a natural.. But Johnson being on top in 87 and unbeatable wud Carl have dun the same... Winnings good till u lose
Carl was a great sprinter and long jumper. (From a young kid’s perspective at that time. He was a superhero on the track.) I watched this from my hospital room in traction summer 84’. 😏
The amazing thing about Lewis in those days was, he had to save himself for so many competitions. 100 M, long jump, 200 M, 4X100. I know there are those who were disappointed he didn't "officially" break the long jump record, but when you consider all he did at every meet, it was astonishing that he won as many competitions as he did.
@@depannistin 68 the long jump record was 27'1/2. Bob Beamon unleashed a 29 21/2. Only one person jumped over 28 feet. In 70s. Then I think another in 80 81. Lewis then was jumping 28 with ease. Conley might have hit 28. He was high 27. Then Powell jumped over 28. Twice I think. Low 28. The meet that Powell and Lewis had them pushing each other had Powell jumping over 28 5 times. So only 5 guys ever jumped over 28. 2 guys one time each. Beamon who never jumped 28 ft. Just 29 2 once. Powell and Lewis who jumped over 28 feet 100 times?
I was 11 years old in 1984 and Carl Lewis was literally like a God to me. I remember I was pretty much always the fastest kid in my school, and baseball I was always the lead off and was always the guy that was stealing bases, football I was always one of the fastest kids so Carl Lewis was the kind of athlete that I thought I was lol and could relate to. The way he dominated track and field and humility he showed, he was class act, and to me Carl Lewis is the greatest track and field athlete that ever lived!!!
It is a thing of beauty indeed. Frankie Fredericks and Tim Montgomery ran like that as well. But my favourite was Michael Johnson - his running style looked super powerful.
Blast from the past when running sub-10 seconds was a super rare event. Now sprinters are breaking 10 seconds in the first round. A modern day high school sprinter could actually win a medal in this 1984 Olympic Final race. Jim Hines (USA) ran 9.95 in the 1968 Olympics. In my opinion, Jim Hines’s 9.95 time was the most impressive performance during his generation.
Interesting. 2021 Olympics was won at just 9.8 which is barely a hair better with modern training and equipment. I’m pretty sure Carl would win today given the competition.
Carl Lewis was the last Olympic 100 meters champion, and certainly one of the last great sprinters, who did not lift weights in his prime (started in 1995).
Carl Lewis was the leader of the drug cheats in the US , that era produced the most drug cheats ever and they were all had one common person they were affiliated to , Bob Kersey Jackie Joyner and her brother Carl and Carol Lewis etc
@@malcolmmaharaj9218 Carl Lewis never tested positive for anything meaningful (his positive tests in 1988 were for pseudoephedrine and related alkaloids from an herbal supplement) and he was never coached by Bobby Kersee; his coach was Tom Tellez.
@@WithBACON America would not admit that Carl Lewis and Co was drug cheats , because they wanted to dominate the Sprints and boosts their medal count , They're HYPROCRITES , they banned Ben Johnson for life but lifelong drug cheat Gatlins got a pat on the back , and he continued his carreer competeing in all major meets including Olympics and World Games
@@malcolmmaharaj9218 There is no solid evidence that Carl Lewis ever used anabolic steroids. Nor is there circumstantial evidence. Equating Lewis with Johnson, FloJo or JJK is unfair and silly.
Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of "hundreds" of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans. "There were hundreds of people getting off," he said. "Everyone was treated the same." Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later.
That was his technique. An olympic runner giving a 100% reaches top speed at around 80 meters. At that point they take it down a notch and maintain that speed as they cross the finish line. Carl lewis did the opposite, He'd run at approximately 90% and then time it that he crosses the finish line giving 100%. That's why he's always coming from behind when he races.
@@homerj5782 No he didn't. An olympics runner reaches top speed after around 50 to 60m. It was the same for Lewis; the main difference was that he maintained that speed for longer. However, he still had a drop off towards the end of the race.
Best form I've ever seen anywhere. A notorious slow start because he came out of the blocks so gradually, always executing perfect form. Guys like Ben would jump erect and reach upright into the first 2-3 steps. Carl tended to start separating at 60, reach top speed at 80 and hold it through but (as some do) he might accelerate after reaching top speed. That describes his typical race, and it's almost exactly what happened in this final.
On Kentucky Derby day I wanted to watch a human thoroughbred, Carl Lewis. He ran so smoothly it seemed he wasn't even trying and had that great finishing speed like Usain Bolt
Ben Johnson was more talented and faster than both Usain Bolt and Carl Lewis. Take a look at my reply above and check out some of the reading and I'm sure you will change your mind.
Lewis in full flight, moving like a cheetah, was a thing of beauty. That 9.99 was into a slight headwind as was his 200m win. Both performances were intrinsically superior to the world records, which were set at altitude and has some wind assistance.
His form is what you show a young athlete to emulate. I had a love-hate attitude towards Michael Johnson because he bucked the entire process and was great!
Humble, he had the nerve to take Ben's gold when they both were on the same shit. If Ben was A yank, he wouldn't have had his trophy stolen off him. Carl was a piece of shit
I enjoy the comments. I was 13 in 1984 and remember this well. Australia won 5 gold medals at the LA games, which was a great effort for a country with 15 million people back then. Great memories. Thanks for the upload.
@@SK-vj5nb I remembered watching run on TV, and the circumstances surrounding your career. I saw a clip of you running by yourself. I'm not sure of the date. Were you able to make your point or accomplish your goal?
I was in LA in 1984 as a 12 year old from Brooklyn NY...Didn’t know I was witnessing greatness. Great times...my father was a track and field runner so he loved It...but I had a better time at Universal Studios where Jaws was trying to eat me.
@@rich4494 No. He's best known as a lying, hypocrite, cheater. Carl Lewis was on steroids numerous times, and he even admitted it when confronted. It's old news by now (though not publicized a lot, especially in the states). He was caught several times by the US and they did not report/did nothing as 2 mos prior to the 88 Olympics when he tested positive three times Considering how he treated Ben Johnson after he was stripped, Carl Lewis is a supreme hypocrite/Liar!! www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay www.irishtimes.com/news/lewis-tested-positive-for-drugs-claims-former-team-mate-1.356053 www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-johnson-smith/smith-true-winner-of-dirtiest-race-in-history-idUSBRE98M0PT20130923 www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/sports/olympics/lest-we-forget-the-us-too-spent-time-in-the-doping-wilderness.html www.smh.com.au/sport/carl-lewiss-positive-test-covered-up-20030418-gdgmdt.html www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Carl+Lewis+Caught+with+steroids%2C+masking+agents+several+times
@@rich4494 Yup Yup! He's best known to many of us as a lying, hypocrite, cheater. www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay www.irishtimes.com/news/lewis-tested-positive-for-drugs-claims-former-team-mate-1.356053 www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-johnson-smith/smith-true-winner-of-dirtiest-race-in-history-idUSBRE98M0PT20130923 www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/sports/olympics/lest-we-forget-the-us-too-spent-time-in-the-doping-wilderness.html www.smh.com.au/sport/carl-lewiss-positive-test-covered-up-20030418-gdgmdt.html www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Carl+Lewis+Caught+with+steroids%2C+masking+agents+several+times
@Kevin Prima I remember how they told everyone to get out of the city, the traffic would be horrible. It was the smoothest commute ever in my life. I was young but I knew LA traffic and my step-father did all the driving but growing up in LA I knew grid-lock and it was the smoothest of all time...
Drugs. He got caught in a big scandal after involving PEDS. "Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of "hundreds" of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans. "There were hundreds of people getting off," he said. "Everyone was treated the same." Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later."
Carl Lewis est resté invaincu sur le saut en longueur pendant 10 ans jusqu'en 1991 quand Mike Powell l'a battu aux mondiaux !! Lewis est la légende absolue de l'athlétisme !!!
Carl Lewis was no doubt one of the best track/field runner's!! After all why else would Rodney O and Joe Cooley put Carl's name in their Rap Song!! Awesome Carl Lewis 🙏🏽🔥🙏🏽
Interesting how the commentator said that Carl lewis was able to accelarate like no one in the last 40 yards. We kow that's not true, he was not accelerating, just able to keep his full speed like no one, when others where losing it or starting to decelerate... What a beautiful athlete and what a sprinter. Superb technics... One of the best of all time...
Bit of a moot point, but why was Lewis in lane 7 for the final? He won his semi final and had the quickest qualifying time of the round. This is the only time I can remember where that hasn't yielded a lanes 3-6 draw, which is where you always want to be in the 100m, ideally. Any ideas?
Nothing's wrong with that commentary - for the sprinter it's at times impossible to judge the wind correctly while sprinting, not least because it isn't always stable; so, yes, in the judgement of the commentator with insight Carl could've been going for the world record in his semi-final; and let's remember that Carl's coach, Tom Tellez, told Carl that he should've broken the record in the final!
I once saw Lewis run on TV and he surprised the camera man so much with how he could get into that extra gear that he momentarily outraced the camera and went out of frame
I was 8 years old when this happened. Man, what a race? What an Olympics. Carl Lewis was so damned fast in those days. I'll take 84' Carl Lewis against 2012 Usain Bolt any day of the week and twice on Sunday. 84 Lewis could beat Bolt! Hell a healthy and happy Justin Gatlin can beat Usain Bolt! Long live Carl Lewis and the 1984 Summer Olympics! Thanks for sharing.
Roger Twibell was one of the commentators. I know him as the silky voice of the international broadcast during the ad breaks of the Masters. He clearly didn’t know much about golf but still has a great voice.
I was right outside the LA Colosseum that summer of 84 at 20 years old when this was going on. Great time, but one of the toughest years of my life.....
One of my favourite athletes of all time. I even named my son after him. Except I spelt his name Karl Lewis Dixon!😎👍🏻 Only difference is my son lacks the talent!🤣
This must be alternate commentary. Al Michaels did the play by play for track and his color commentators were Marty Liquori for the distance races and Wilma Rudolph for the ladies sprints. Also doing color for the sprints was OJ Simpson.
High school seniors running 10.1s and 10.2s now. Better training or better athletes? I'm not sure. Carl is still the father of modern sprinting, technique and especially the commercial/professional aspects. All these wealthy pros should give Carl 5%. He paved the way through sheer force of will and excellence.
Better training. What we know now about training, diet, techniques, coaching, and the like; was never around back in the 80's or even the 90's. This can be said for just about ANY sport now.
And all these wealthy pros should give all the biochemists and research scientists and pharmaceutical companies a piece of their gold medals and 10% of their net worth, without whom, they'd never be able to set all these world record times, make gads of money, get their picture on a Wheaties box, and achieve fame and notoriety. Can we give a really big shout-out to those folks? Let's hear it for them! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!
@@Pad4724 A stimulant is nothing. Drug cheats are people who use drugs that alter the human body, i.e., EPO or steroids. A fat burner can be a stimulant.
The length of his legs, his stride......that did it all. I'm not saying he didn't work hard to win but, for the love of God, he was gifted with divine genetics.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on there Ernst. You never heard of Jesse Owens? Jesse won 4 golds in Berlin, on a cinder track, with all the pressure of a country on him. After 1936, the next games was 1948. No telling what Jesse might have accomplished had war not interrupted the Olympics.
It seems you are 10 and you don't know history, or you are an idiot because idiots come up with "big" claims as if they have learnt everything about any subject matter. Or you are a German who doesn't "remember" the Great Jesse Owens. So, which one are you? Welcher bist du?
Man, those 4 years of Stanozol replacement therapy fair sorted Ben Johnsons lagging game out. 10.24 in 84 vs 9.79 in 88. If it wasnt for the haters singling him out Ben would be the greateast sprinter of all time ! If he had similar improvement between 88-92 he woulda ran 9.55 in Barcelona, EASY ! #FreeBenJohnson #LegalizeStanozololReplacementTherapy
@@Rollingkneebah Are you cRaZy or just plain stoopid ? He dropped his time from his first Olympic final by 0.45 of a sec in 4 yrs to become the first man ever under 9.9 & 9.8 secs. Thats 0.11 secs per yr on average. If he only improved 0.06 secs per year on his second Olympic doping cycle he woulda hit 9.55 Johnson on drugs was well capable of that improvement. Look how much Linford Christie & Carl Lewis improved between 88-92. Lewis ran a pb n broke the world record in 91 3 yrs after this race. If Johnson hadnt got caught he was either gonna hit 9.55 or die of heart failure or some other steroid related disease.
I was there for the quals! I still have my ticket stubs. Was excited to see a legend like Carl.
Amazing; memories do not die, and probably life was better then.
I arrived early in April to Los Angeles and was around the coliseum and saw some preparations for it but headed to Chicago with my parents. I really wanted to stay but my parents already had plans to move to Chicago when we arrived from Panama.
Thanks for sharing 🤷🏻♂️
Carl Lewis was the Michael Jackson of track and field.. Carl names was really the only name I’d hear growing up.. he’s a legend.
Carl Lewis was very unpopular with Americans because of his personality. He was arrogant, aloof, and selfish among other things and this made sponsors not want anything to do with him.
@@CaneFu YEP! Carl was a prick and it cost him MILLIONS in sponsorship.
True!
@Meghan Druits 6
Yep.. the king of anabolic steroids.
Carl was also a fraud.
Even 30+ years later I am wathcing this thing, I stiill feel as if it was yesterday and feel emotional about it and happy for the man. Unbelievable! Carl Lewis was the man back then and still remains one of my favorite T&F athletes of all times.
You don't care if he's gay? And would prefer Ricky Martin to you?
Me? Why do you say that? @@mahalkita7351
Dexter Haven ???? b-cauz u made the totally n-appropri8 comment about hiz ( perceived) sexuality...ppl who do thingz like that r uzually battling their own demonz
ME TOO🤗🤗
Only difference is then the summer never ended and I knew nothing of the Worlds evils but these films take my mind off it... Carl was the hype that was real I liked Johnson and still do now I know he was doing wat all the others did.. The dirtiest 100m Seoul 88 was Carl doing it in la 84 mmmm.. To me he's a natural.. But Johnson being on top in 87 and unbeatable wud Carl have dun the same... Winnings good till u lose
Carl was a great sprinter and long jumper. (From a young kid’s perspective at that time. He was a superhero on the track.) I watched this from my hospital room in traction summer 84’. 😏
Beautiful
the day of the opening ceremony was the day I lit the fire that got out of control.
@@scabthecat what??
But he is also a cheater
@@raulescobar7433 how?
Still my favourite athlete after all this time, the guy is awesome.
and his sweat in 98% steroids.
Lewis a filthy drugs cheat who had at least 3 positive tests hidden by the corrupt Americans.
His top end was so fast. It’s what made him a great jumper.
that & the ability to jump with good technique.
I always wondered how far Usain Bolt would've jumped had he concentrated on it.
steroids too
i always say that whenever see slow running jumper, no speed - no range, simple physics
The best running form in the history of t&f. The man was poetry in motion.
Yes poetry on steroids
I think you mean Ben Johnson has the best form. Carl Lewis was not known for great form or great start.
@@SK-vj5nb Lewis didn't use roids.
*male running form
Asafa powell has the best form
The amazing thing about Lewis in those days was, he had to save himself for so many competitions. 100 M, long jump, 200 M, 4X100. I know there are those who were disappointed he didn't "officially" break the long jump record, but when you consider all he did at every meet, it was astonishing that he won as many competitions as he did.
It's easier to recover when you have chemical assistance
@@MDBD2405 And there won't be any because he never used PEDs. He used some cold medicine in the 1988 trials.
@@depannistin 68 the long jump record was 27'1/2. Bob Beamon unleashed a 29 21/2. Only one person jumped over 28 feet. In 70s. Then I think another in 80 81. Lewis then was jumping 28 with ease. Conley might have hit 28. He was high 27. Then Powell jumped over 28. Twice I think. Low 28. The meet that Powell and Lewis had them pushing each other had Powell jumping over 28 5 times. So only 5 guys ever jumped over 28. 2 guys one time each. Beamon who never jumped 28 ft. Just 29 2 once. Powell and Lewis who jumped over 28 feet 100 times?
Beautiful running style from Carl. So elegant.
I was 11 years old in 1984 and Carl Lewis was literally like a God to me. I remember I was pretty much always the fastest kid in my school, and baseball I was always the lead off and was always the guy that was stealing bases, football I was always one of the fastest kids so Carl Lewis was the kind of athlete that I thought I was lol and could relate to. The way he dominated track and field and humility he showed, he was class act, and to me Carl Lewis is the greatest track and field athlete that ever lived!!!
Usain Bolt wud destroy him
I like how nowdays they have the 100m final at night. It makes it feel like a prime time, big event.
Carl“Prime Time”Lewis.
@@goldeneve carl "doping" Lewis
Knees at 90 degrees. Carl Lewis has the most magnificent stride of all time bar none.
It is a thing of beauty indeed. Frankie Fredericks and Tim Montgomery ran like that as well. But my favourite was Michael Johnson - his running style looked super powerful.
Michael Johnson
Blast from the past when running sub-10 seconds was a super rare event. Now sprinters are breaking 10 seconds in the first round. A modern day high school sprinter could actually win a medal in this 1984 Olympic Final race.
Jim Hines (USA) ran 9.95 in the 1968 Olympics. In my opinion, Jim Hines’s 9.95 time was the most impressive performance during his generation.
You must have different Internet than the rest of us. I only see two sub 10 second 100 meter High School runs
Sub 10 seconds is NOT High school.
There will be a time at the sound of the gun, you will hear: Ladies and gentlemen, that was just a world record. 😊
Interesting. 2021 Olympics was won at just 9.8 which is barely a hair better with modern training and equipment. I’m pretty sure Carl would win today given the competition.
@@copperpossum359
Those 0.2 seconds are a country mile in 100 metre terms. Likely around 2 metres.
One of the best athlete of all time !
1 of the best drug cheats of all time Lewis was a cheat end of story
@@michaeldevaney5728 Unfortunetly !
@@michaeldevaney5728 no he wasn’t
Carl Lewis was the last Olympic 100 meters champion, and certainly one of the last great sprinters, who did not lift weights in his prime (started in 1995).
Carl Lewis was the leader of the drug cheats in the US , that era produced the most drug cheats ever and they were all had one common person they were affiliated to ,
Bob Kersey
Jackie Joyner and her brother
Carl and Carol Lewis etc
@@malcolmmaharaj9218 Carl Lewis never tested positive for anything meaningful (his positive tests in 1988 were for pseudoephedrine and related alkaloids from an herbal supplement) and he was never coached by Bobby Kersee; his coach was Tom Tellez.
@@WithBACON America would not admit that Carl Lewis and Co was drug cheats , because they wanted to dominate the Sprints and boosts their medal count ,
They're HYPROCRITES , they banned Ben Johnson for life but lifelong drug cheat Gatlins got a pat on the back , and he continued his carreer competeing in all major meets including Olympics and World Games
@@malcolmmaharaj9218 There is no solid evidence that Carl Lewis ever used anabolic steroids. Nor is there circumstantial evidence. Equating Lewis with Johnson, FloJo or JJK is unfair and silly.
No one has run in a more aesthetic way than Carl Lewis, i also admire the way Valerij Borzov ran.
Flo jo did
Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of "hundreds" of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans.
"There were hundreds of people getting off," he said. "Everyone was treated the same."
Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later.
absolutely amazing that carl lewis can make up so much ground in such a short race.....
Thats what the dope is for!!!
What?
That was his technique. An olympic runner giving a 100% reaches top speed at around 80 meters. At that point they take it down a notch and maintain that speed as they cross the finish line. Carl lewis did the opposite, He'd run at approximately 90% and then time it that he crosses the finish line giving 100%. That's why he's always coming from behind when he races.
@@homerj5782 No he didn't. An olympics runner reaches top speed after around 50 to 60m. It was the same for Lewis; the main difference was that he maintained that speed for longer. However, he still had a drop off towards the end of the race.
@@stsk1061 Yes he did. My numbers might be a little off but I got that info from an interview Carl Lewis himself gave.
Incredible how he accelerated into the tape , he was the man , such a natural athlete.
Natural, lmao
I saw no tape. Time stamp?
Carl Lewis was the Michael Jordan of track and field
Carl Lewis is the Federer/Ali/Jordan and Senna in athletics, pure Class and elegance in motion.
Lewis absolutely owned this competition, he dominated at will, and brought gold for America, living legend.
If Carl Lewis is a fastarter bolt will be smelling his exhaust fumes
A lot of steroids over those years, lets be real. Its been long known.
Carl Lewis - best running form ever! So impressive!
He was another Yank drug cheat.
the best doping Athletik.
Doper and whiner and my Ben Johnson whopped him on a even doping playing field.
Best form I've ever seen anywhere. A notorious slow start because he came out of the blocks so gradually, always executing perfect form. Guys like Ben would jump erect and reach upright into the first 2-3 steps. Carl tended to start separating at 60, reach top speed at 80 and hold it through but (as some do) he might accelerate after reaching top speed. That describes his typical race, and it's almost exactly what happened in this final.
@@kanifuker721 STFU...Show me proof!
Greatest athlete of all time.
Carl Lewis still is very famous and an inspiration to all
ONE OF MY IDOLS
Great moment in sports. I was there, can't believe how long ago it was.
I was there too, way up in the nosebleeds and too young to appreciate it. But now I do.
Legend, elegant, handsome, and incredibly fast …
Greatest sprinter and long jumper of all time. Nobody has matched his long jumping consistency. So many jumps over 28 feet. Nobody comes close.
On Kentucky Derby day I wanted to watch a human thoroughbred, Carl Lewis. He ran so smoothly it seemed he wasn't even trying and had that great finishing speed like Usain Bolt
Ben Johnson was more talented and faster than both Usain Bolt and Carl Lewis. Take a look at my reply above and check out some of the reading and I'm sure you will change your mind.
He could accelerate at will come from behind win Simply awesome
@@jacquelinerussell8530 I was fortunate enough to meet him once at a book festival and he was so nice and humble, so refreshing
@@angelacoon1586 ты сравнил Хер с пальцем У Болт самый Великий спринтер на все времена!
Greatest track Olympian of all times 🤨
greatest AFTER Usain Bolt..
Imao6t GTFOH! Usain Bolt demolishes everyone! It’s not even close!
That was the smoothest 40 meters i ever seen
"Smooth, effortless hips" Underrated quality of all supreme athletes
Underrated? What are you, eight?
@@baldrick1485 I'm 7
why would you want to watch a massive drug cheat like Carl Lewis?
@@davidsouthall965 STFU with that dumb, untrue sh@t.
Carl Lewis is a stiff. Ben Johnson blew him away ......what a dick lewis was
Carl was my hero when I was in high school in the 80's. I love this compilation, do you have the other events too?
Lewis in full flight, moving like a cheetah, was a thing of beauty. That 9.99 was into a slight headwind as was his 200m win. Both performances were intrinsically superior to the world records, which were set at altitude and has some wind assistance.
Pure joy to watch this super star in action!
made in the lab....your hero is a filthy cheat.
There are very very few sights in sport as beautiful as Lewis in full flow....
So true...
His form is what you show a young athlete to emulate. I had a love-hate attitude towards Michael Johnson because he bucked the entire process and was great!
Man, we need another Carl Lewis in man’s track team! Only won 4x400 in Tokyo!
He is such a great athlete, no matter what they have said about him, he have always been humble.
Carl Lewis humble? Are you for real pal?
Ha ha he is a narsasist
Doped up to be sure. Three failed drug tests in the trials leading up to 1988 Olympics.
Humble, he had the nerve to take Ben's gold when they both were on the same shit. If Ben was A yank, he wouldn't have had his trophy stolen off him. Carl was a piece of shit
Carl Lewis was never/hardly humble (along with his other personal faults related to Track & Field). But okay.
I enjoy the comments. I was 13 in 1984 and remember this well. Australia won 5 gold medals at the LA games, which was a great effort for a country with 15 million people back then. Great memories. Thanks for the upload.
My favorite star
he's just phenomenal!
so were his chemists.
Was looking for this a while ago, seeing Carl Lewis and Hasley Crawford.
Not an expert but, Lewis stride is perfect. Is what is I was taught by every athletics coach I had. Of course his frame made it look ultra graceful.
But he's always had a slow start his whole career
He was fast with the aid of drugs
@@malcolmmaharaj9218 they're all on the juice....
His last 50m are scary, slow starts always but then explodes...
not slow. he is tall
Carl Lewis dominated during this time. What memories.
All I remember is how he treated me Ben Johnson When the hippocrite Him self was doing drugs
@@SK-vj5nb I remembered watching run on TV, and the circumstances surrounding your career. I saw a clip of you running by yourself. I'm not sure of the date. Were you able to make your point or accomplish your goal?
Carl Lewis- Perfect block start, insane strides and tremendous finishing.
Perfect start, no, not close
Legend
I was in LA in 1984 as a 12 year old from Brooklyn NY...Didn’t know I was witnessing greatness. Great times...my father was a track and field runner so he loved It...but I had a better time at Universal Studios where Jaws was trying to eat me.
carl lewis was also best remembered for wearing the tightest outfit in track n field. He was like the village people rolled into one.
Best known for calling his competitor a cheater when he himself was using banned substances
@@rich4494 Show us the proof please. The type body he has says differently.
@@scottwhite1963 www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay bleacherreport.com/articles/1292284-usain-bolt-bolt-is-completely-right-to-slam-carl-lewis www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/sports/olympics/lest-we-forget-the-us-too-spent-time-in-the-doping-wilderness.html
@@rich4494
No. He's best known as a lying, hypocrite, cheater.
Carl Lewis was on steroids numerous times, and he even admitted it when confronted. It's old news by now (though not publicized a lot, especially in the states). He was caught several times by the US and they did not report/did nothing as 2 mos prior to the 88 Olympics when he tested positive three times Considering how he treated Ben Johnson after he was stripped, Carl Lewis is a supreme hypocrite/Liar!!
www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay
www.irishtimes.com/news/lewis-tested-positive-for-drugs-claims-former-team-mate-1.356053
www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-johnson-smith/smith-true-winner-of-dirtiest-race-in-history-idUSBRE98M0PT20130923
www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/sports/olympics/lest-we-forget-the-us-too-spent-time-in-the-doping-wilderness.html
www.smh.com.au/sport/carl-lewiss-positive-test-covered-up-20030418-gdgmdt.html
www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Carl+Lewis+Caught+with+steroids%2C+masking+agents+several+times
@@rich4494
Yup Yup! He's best known to many of us as a lying, hypocrite, cheater.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay
www.irishtimes.com/news/lewis-tested-positive-for-drugs-claims-former-team-mate-1.356053
www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-johnson-smith/smith-true-winner-of-dirtiest-race-in-history-idUSBRE98M0PT20130923
www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/sports/olympics/lest-we-forget-the-us-too-spent-time-in-the-doping-wilderness.html
www.smh.com.au/sport/carl-lewiss-positive-test-covered-up-20030418-gdgmdt.html
www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Carl+Lewis+Caught+with+steroids%2C+masking+agents+several+times
🇮🇳 at the age of 18 seen this MOMENT.. it's steel in VISION..
one of my favourite sprinters is BEN JOHNSON..
🌷
I was 16 then. Why do you like Johnson?
I agree. Lewis might have been efficient and elegant, but Ben was pure power. I still recall him smashing Lewis in Seoul 88
Florence Griffith Joyner was the only one matching this beautiful stride.
Not here. Four years later in 1988.
check out Quincy Watts!
And most probably full of drugs.
@@gbrown744 😅😅😅
Druggies
Jim Hines running 9.95 in 1968! Imagine what he and Carl could have run now.
His form is impeccable!
Definitely
@Luigi Battista You've tasted his juice?
I'm Born and bred in Los Angeles. this was a friggin beautiful summer. Carl Lewis was the man.
@Kevin Prima so many good things happened that summer.
Carl Lewis was a drug cheat
@@malcolmmaharaj9218 that's debatable......but not in 1984
@Kevin Prima wait, let's add to that. We Are The World came out in 1984....that was such a magic year.
@Kevin Prima I remember how they told everyone to get out of the city, the traffic would be horrible. It was the smoothest commute ever in my life. I was young but I knew LA traffic and my step-father did all the driving but growing up in LA I knew grid-lock and it was the smoothest of all time...
Carl was my idol as a teenager. Pure talent, everyone was so eager to watch the men's 100m event
so much dope inside him.
He had the perfect form and flow. Case study level
The perfect form on drugs yeah makes a lot of sense
@@SK-vj5nb yeah, it does make sense
Perfecto para su época, si fue el mejor, pero en 2021; 9.80, 9:84 y 9:89 no hubiese tenido ninguna oportunidad de ganar.
Carl's turbo boost mid-race at the end was superhuman. He literally torched the best sprinters the world had to offer.
Drugs. He got caught in a big scandal after involving PEDS.
"Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of "hundreds" of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans.
"There were hundreds of people getting off," he said. "Everyone was treated the same."
Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later."
batty man....not close to Usain Bolt
he was the one in the heat that didn't slow down by 50 meters... he kept his speed the entire time
Great sprinter but he gets turbo boosted in his ass...can't respect that.
@@hernandayolearyallda Barry Bonds took PEDs too but I am sure he will never admit it
Carl Lewis est resté invaincu sur le saut en longueur pendant 10 ans jusqu'en 1991 quand Mike Powell l'a battu aux mondiaux !! Lewis est la légende absolue de l'athlétisme !!!
Carl Lewis was no doubt one of the best track/field runner's!! After all why else would Rodney O and Joe Cooley put Carl's name in their Rap Song!! Awesome Carl Lewis 🙏🏽🔥🙏🏽
lol.
Interesting how the commentator said that Carl lewis was able to accelarate like no one in the last 40 yards. We kow that's not true, he was not accelerating, just able to keep his full speed like no one, when others where losing it or starting to decelerate... What a beautiful athlete and what a sprinter. Superb technics... One of the best of all time...
Bit of a moot point, but why was Lewis in lane 7 for the final? He won his semi final and had the quickest qualifying time of the round. This is the only time I can remember where that hasn't yielded a lanes 3-6 draw, which is where you always want to be in the 100m, ideally. Any ideas?
The Olympics record at the time was 9.95 and had stood since 1968, and the world record was only 9.93. Amazing how much 100m times have lowered.
Related to better tracks and shoes in part, I'd guess.
@@temp850 training, technique, track. They didn’t even have drive phase back then
칼 루이스는 전무후무하다
그는 완벽하고 레전드다
동의합니다. 한번은 사인회에서 그를 만났고 그의 선량한 성품과 겸손함에 깊은 인상을 받았습니다.
10:04 commentator "Carl may have been going for the world record" Lewis' final time 10:14
Nothing's wrong with that commentary - for the sprinter it's at times impossible to judge the wind correctly while sprinting, not least because it isn't always stable; so, yes, in the judgement of the commentator with insight Carl could've been going for the world record in his semi-final; and let's remember that Carl's coach, Tom Tellez, told Carl that he should've broken the record in the final!
I once saw Lewis run on TV and he surprised the camera man so much with how he could get into that extra gear that he momentarily outraced the camera and went out of frame
I was 8 years old when this happened. Man, what a race? What an Olympics. Carl Lewis was so damned fast in those days. I'll take 84' Carl Lewis against 2012 Usain Bolt any day of the week and twice on Sunday. 84 Lewis could beat Bolt! Hell a healthy and happy Justin Gatlin can beat Usain Bolt! Long live Carl Lewis and the 1984 Summer Olympics! Thanks for sharing.
Link me to Lewis running faster than 9.58. I'll wait here.
That 2nd gear burst of speed tho! 😮Awesome! 🚶🏿🏃🏿🏋🏿
There is no 2nd burst of speed
He just decelerates slower
Imagine......jogging a 10.3.....INCREDIBLE
Coming from behind nd winning great carl
Roger Twibell was one of the commentators. I know him as the silky voice of the international broadcast during the ad breaks of the Masters. He clearly didn’t know much about golf but still has a great voice.
Coach Jimmy Carnes was the head coach of this Olympic Games
2020, we should be watching Olympics now 😭 A long wait til next year.
Will let you into a secret.....it will be longer than that!
Well Bill Gates decided to f*** that idea right up for everyone.
It’s on now
@@beautyan5309 Yes! It was a long year but I'm glad I made it (you too). 😃
One of the greatest
I'm not a big Carl Lewis fan. But nine gold medals is no joke...
I was right outside the LA Colosseum that summer of 84 at 20 years old when this was going on. Great time, but one of the toughest years of my life.....
@Steve Jobs Yes sir. Doing much better now
Thanks
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Hope all ended up well lee?
No matter what,35 years later....you see the sun rise n fall.
Big man you is.
Bless
@@milolee4746 Thanks my friend. I survived it all. Everything is good
LA was a war zone back then.
One of my favourite athletes of all time. I even named my son after him. Except I spelt his name Karl Lewis Dixon!😎👍🏻 Only difference is my son lacks the talent!🤣
He has a talent that YOU just haven't seen!
Oof
Ahaha what a father
He’s sucks and he’s a hater Bolt is full of class and talent !!!
@@pauldistant8271 Obviously you don’t have either of these guys speed!⏳🤣
This must be alternate commentary. Al Michaels did the play by play for track and his color commentators were Marty Liquori for the distance races and Wilma Rudolph for the ladies sprints. Also doing color for the sprints was OJ Simpson.
I remember Al Michaels saying..."HERE COMES CARL LEWIS!"
MY FAVOURITE PLAYERS ARE.
FOOTBALLER- RUD GULLIT
SPRINTER- BEN JOHNSON
CRICKET- VIV RICHARD
So impressive!
High school seniors running 10.1s and 10.2s now. Better training or better athletes? I'm not sure. Carl is still the father of modern sprinting, technique and especially the commercial/professional aspects. All these wealthy pros should give Carl 5%. He paved the way through sheer force of will and excellence.
Better training. What we know now about training, diet, techniques, coaching, and the like; was never around back in the 80's or even the 90's. This can be said for just about ANY sport now.
cavaleer,
Definitely, but you forgot to mention PEDs. Carl was one of the PED pioneers.
better drugs...is why
And all these wealthy pros should give all the biochemists and research scientists and pharmaceutical companies a piece of their gold medals and 10% of their net worth, without whom, they'd never be able to set all these world record times, make gads of money, get their picture on a Wheaties box, and achieve fame and notoriety. Can we give a really big shout-out to those folks? Let's hear it for them! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!
@@elfhighmage8240 maurice green was doing 9.6 9.8
If he was an athlete now he’d get every endorsement in the world instead of being shunned.
He was a drug cheat
@@Pad4724 probably. But that was not the reason for lack of endorsements.
Drug cheats will get caught faster and will nof be hidden away
@@Pad4724 A stimulant is nothing. Drug cheats are people who use drugs that alter the human body, i.e., EPO or steroids. A fat burner can be a stimulant.
Sencillamente el hijo del viento, fue espectacular verlo competir...
The best ! 🤩
"Look at that strain". He wasn't straining. He was smiling and saying the word "yes", because at that point he knew he'd won it...
Thank u, thats what i said.
Bravo Purnomo....
grear carl what a pull
Carl has the highest leg lift of any sprinter I have seen
Juantorinho ?
Karl Lewis, legend..
What's soooo amazing folks is that Jesse Owen's ran a 10.3 in the 100m
Almost FIFTY years earlier.
Amazing
… with slower tracks and shoes.
And without HGH or steroids.
Hand-timed.
BOB Hayes in 1964 ran 9.1. On a cinder track in lane 1.
Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson are running next to each other in the semi-finals
What a precious video
Also next to Alan Wells the 1980 olympic gold medallist.
@@connorduke4619
really! I did not know that
Good informative commentating
Carl Lewis was the Man 🔥🔥 🔥
Carl Lewis was the man on drugs the Americans covered his drug results
Carl Lewis. Such a grace like Evelyn Ashford
I admired them both. It seems to my memory they both ran the show for about a decade.
Everyone looks so fit and athletic.
The length of his legs, his stride......that did it all. I'm not saying he didn't work hard to win but, for the love of God, he was gifted with divine genetics.
Carl Lewis was my inspiration in high school when I ran track he's the Truth!"💪☺☝
carl lewis was a fraud Ben Johnson kicked his ass
Me too! That was such an inspiring time of my life as an athlete.
@@turboplazz False. Ben was dq'd for doping.
Carl Lewis is a legend 👌
In his own mind.
Period
King Carl the greatest of all time. ...
Carl Lewis got that same tounge-lip action as LL Cool J 😁 I wonder, how fast would Lewis have been with shoes from today.
Carl Lewis is the greatest of the 20th century. He covered 100 m, 200 m, Long Jumb and 4 x 100 m. Nobody before was that dominant.
Jesse Owens? Broke 3 world records in 45 minutes...
Jesse Owens, clearly.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on there Ernst. You never heard of Jesse Owens?
Jesse won 4 golds in Berlin, on a cinder track, with all the pressure of a country on him. After 1936, the next games was 1948. No telling what Jesse might have accomplished had war not interrupted the Olympics.
Michael johson and Bolt is the best.
It seems you are 10 and you don't know history, or you are an idiot because idiots come up with "big" claims as if they have learnt everything about any subject matter. Or you are a German who doesn't "remember" the Great Jesse Owens. So, which one are you? Welcher bist du?
Man, those 4 years of Stanozol replacement therapy fair sorted Ben Johnsons lagging game out.
10.24 in 84 vs 9.79 in 88.
If it wasnt for the haters singling him out Ben would be the greateast sprinter of all time !
If he had similar improvement between 88-92 he woulda ran 9.55 in Barcelona, EASY !
#FreeBenJohnson
#LegalizeStanozololReplacementTherapy
He never did THAT specific steroid..it was a set up by corrupt WADA
Facts! The haters can’t mind their own business man
Yeah he wouldn’t of got near 9:50s on steroids or not lol
@@Rollingkneebah
Are you cRaZy or just plain stoopid ?
He dropped his time from his first Olympic final by 0.45 of a sec in 4 yrs to become the first man ever under 9.9 & 9.8 secs.
Thats 0.11 secs per yr on average.
If he only improved 0.06 secs per year on his second Olympic doping cycle he woulda hit 9.55
Johnson on drugs was well capable of that improvement. Look how much Linford Christie & Carl Lewis improved between 88-92. Lewis ran a pb n broke the world record in 91 3 yrs after this race.
If Johnson hadnt got caught he was either gonna hit 9.55 or die of heart failure or some other steroid related disease.
@@TheRealBrayoTv
yea yer 100% correct except for he testified under oath that he did THAT specific steroid between 1981 & 1988
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