The best long jump contest ever, we will never see something like that again. Lewis 4 jumps over 8.80m... Powell 8.95m and a 9m foul... The BEST EVER LONG JUMP CONTEST.
They did some research on the big improvement and found that the runway was way more elastic than it should have been, therefore giving a speed advantage. It wasn't prohibited back then though so it was legal. It wouldn't be today though.
@@zealousideal_code416 the tracks and shoes are still better today though so it doesn't really matter, besides, these were the ones who excelled so spectacularly in the history of track and field this day
I remember this event -- I couldn't watch it because I was at school, I came home that day and my dad had watched it and he told me "Carl Lewis jumped 8.91 -- and didn't win!". I was like, "wtf are you talking about??", lol
He was my long jump coach for a long time. To people who believe he is stuck up because he has a world record, no he is a great man. He cared for me. Now I will be 13 and I have never seen him do his jump. He is my inspiration, forever in my mind and his words of wisdom may rest in my head forever.
Truly an amazing contest. Don't know if there has ever been another contest like this where two giants of the sport were effectively trading world records.
I pulled a Mike Powell (his first jump) in a USATF Region 13 Championship in triple jump. I could have been a legit 42' in the competition. Thanks for the video, I have seen this countless times.
100% agreed. One of the greatest duels in sports history. The video is truly special as well. One of the first TH-cam videos I ever saw, back in early 2007. The low resolution, the early 90s music, everything about it is perfect. It was also a special venue. Tokyo in 1991 seems magic. It was the last year of the Japanese asset price bubble (1986 -1991) It just seems like a different world. I was born in 1994, and East-Asia in the late 80s and early 90s seems so fascinating and special to me. I wish I could have been a spectator that night.
Definitely one of the best vids on youtube! Long jump is a badass event, and if you can jump almost 30 feet you are a damn incredible athlete. Speed and explosion. And technique!
Great competition, Lewis was simply the best ever, more longer jumps than anyone with a almost over 30 ft in Indy. Powell was great too, he just had one great jump.
It is a petty that the music doesn't leaver to hear the voice of the commentator in some parts of the video. And more concretely, when Powell beat the world record.
Wow - this is definitely the most enduring memory of athletics I have from my childhood. I remember the excitement and tesion of this event as it happened. Each jump just got better and better - competition at it's best which makes athletics unbeatable as a sport. Well done Carl and Mike for providing the best duel in atheltics ever!
Powell has now had this world record longer than Beamon held his. Is that incredible or what ? Beamon '68 to '91 , 23 years........Powell '91 to present day , 24 years and counting. Is anyone getting close ? I haven't been following the long jump closely for quite some time.
i bet an NBA player could do it if he trained hard enough. someone like vince carter in his prime, fast as hell and could jump out the gym. maybe nate robinson - fly through the air like a cannon ball. it would be close though. beamon's record exceeded the previous record by two *feet*. about 9 meters is probably the human limit. powell did it on his foul. lewis supposedly did it in the early 80s, also foul.
I remember watching it in 1991. Couldn't believe what I saw, best, most epic long jump competition ever seen. Next year it will be 30y, that world record is already valid way longer than Bob Beamons. Such a battle. I personally never liked Carl Lewis' personality, so I am glad that another guy broke the record from 1968!
It is a great pleasure to watch two outstanding athletes in their top form competing and preforming these remarkable achievements. That was truly an extraordinary evening in long jump history.
this is probably one of the most inspiring videos ive ever seen. just because of the fact that these guys worked as hard as they could, all the blood sweat and tears they put into this, and because they did this solely with their hearts.
This guys may be lying, but Mike Powell actually does personal coaching. I have a friend who receives lessons from him, and Powell actually visited our school today and I was lucky enough to meet him. Very nice guy.
Michael Powell's outstanding WR already has held for a long time, sir - 21-and a-half-years, to be precise! I have a great deal of respect for the British long jumper - Mr Greg Rutherford - but the fact remains that when he won the Olympic Long Jump title (in London, 2012) he did not jump anywhere near as far as Mike Powell had jumped (at the World Championships in Tokyo) many years previously. What a remarkable athlete Mr Powell was in his prime!
Yah, this was a wonderful competition between the 2 of them, perhaps the greatest moment ever in the world championships. Remember as a 13 year old taking a day off school to watch this. Dont think my Dad had a clue as to why I was still babbling incoherently and full of energy trying to explain to him what happened when he came home from work. Wonderful.
Personally, I think that this amazing string of jumps made by Lewis was largely overshadowed by Powell's "one-in-a-lifetime" jump. At 31 years old, you gotta be a superhuman to perform several near world records in a such a short period of time and under such an extreme pressure. The perspective that you have to beat a world record in order to win is all means a tremendous task. Carl Lewis is the best track and field athlete of all time.
Yea, but Mike Powell still has the world record and the longest jump wins. Carl lewis is the greatest athlete ever, Mike powell is the man who jumped longest in history
I ran the 400 and 800 in high school, but I personally loved watching the long jump. Great combination of finesse, speed, and power, all into one event. I wish I could have been here to watch this.
wow you middle schoolers are really good for your age. my best in middle school was 17ft as an 8th grader. i just finished my freshman year in high school with a PB of 19'10''. you improve so much in high school
I remember an interview with Mike Powell in 2014 when he was asked about his world record lasting 23 years. He said "I didn't think it would last 23 minutes. The way Carl was jumping I expected him to beat it in the last round."
I was a member of "Track and Field Club" in my 8 th grade in Koyo Junior High School. I changed to this club from Basketball Club. I enjoyed a lot with my twin sister Tomomi who changed from Basketball Club also.
y’all spamming about drug on the comment section knows nothing how fking hard this is, first of all you gotta have the proper body shape, top notch athletic genes, proper nutrition, dedication, pacing, footwork, timing, practice, training, proper doses of enhancement drugs, courage, one track mind, list goes on & on...
Miss this kind of stuff. Best jump was 7.01m back in high school, my senior year. Made it to states that year, and lost to a guy that jumped 7.73m. That guy was amazing. These guys are real athletes. Respect.
he is my hero. the long jump is my event, like its the thing i want to do with my life. seeing him just... float through the air is so awe inspiring. he is THE greatest athlete of his generation.
The best long jump contest ever, we will never see something like that again.
Lewis 4 jumps over 8.80m... Powell 8.95m and a 9m foul...
The BEST EVER LONG JUMP CONTEST.
Carl's attempts : 8.68 X 8.83w 8.91w 8.87 8.84
Yes, absolutely unbelievable and the best track&field contest ever !
They did some research on the big improvement and found that the runway was way more elastic than it should have been, therefore giving a speed advantage. It wasn't prohibited back then though so it was legal. It wouldn't be today though.
@@zealousideal_code416 the tracks and shoes are still better today though so it doesn't really matter, besides, these were the ones who excelled so spectacularly in the history of track and field this day
"It's 8,87! Not Enough!" Often you hear that in a long jump competition..
Melvin Sikström I think you will never hear that again...
I remember this event -- I couldn't watch it because I was at school, I came home that day and my dad had watched it and he told me "Carl Lewis jumped 8.91 -- and didn't win!". I was like, "wtf are you talking about??", lol
i watched this live. honestly one of the most dramatic sporting events i've ever seen. i was enraptured.
Exactly. I'm flabbergasted every time I hear that. I think it's even more insane than Tyson Gay's 9.71 second place in 2009.
unreal tournament still record not beated like high jump.... since 1991 and 1992 unbelievable!
This song, along with the golden tint and slow-motion, fits the video perfectly
"8:87 - it's not enough".....you don't hear that in the Long Jump very often.
long jump and high jump records havent be broke
for 25 years
next year 30 years
He was my long jump coach for a long time. To people who believe he is stuck up because he has a world record, no he is a great man. He cared for me. Now I will be 13 and I have never seen him do his jump. He is my inspiration, forever in my mind and his words of wisdom may rest in my head forever.
I remeber watching this live, thanks for posting as so I can re live !!
There have only been two new world long jump records set in 45, yes 45 years, Bob Beamon 1968, and Mike Powell 1991. Amazing!
Now in 53 years!
This is a masterpiece. CHOICE OF SONG IS GENIUS
Truly an amazing contest. Don't know if there has ever been another contest like this where two giants of the sport were effectively trading world records.
I pulled a Mike Powell (his first jump) in a USATF Region 13 Championship in triple jump. I could have been a legit 42' in the competition.
Thanks for the video, I have seen this countless times.
electric atmosphere. legendary.
100% agreed. One of the greatest duels in sports history. The video is truly special as well. One of the first TH-cam videos I ever saw, back in early 2007. The low resolution, the early 90s music, everything about it is perfect. It was also a special venue. Tokyo in 1991 seems magic. It was the last year of the Japanese asset price bubble (1986 -1991) It just seems like a different world. I was born in 1994, and East-Asia in the late 80s and early 90s seems so fascinating and special to me. I wish I could have been a spectator that night.
@@charlesthorndike2702 I have wondered what could bring us back. Great athletes today. Stakes don’t feel the same height.
I used to watch this before every track meet all the way back in 2007
Yeah, this video gives that extra adrenaline
phenomenal from both athletes. legends.
Definitely one of the best vids on youtube! Long jump is a badass event, and if you can jump almost 30 feet you are a damn incredible athlete. Speed and explosion. And technique!
Great competition, Lewis was simply the best ever, more longer jumps than anyone with a almost over 30 ft in Indy. Powell was great too, he just had one great jump.
wow.....great to see some old classic footage like this brings back memories
what do you mean the music is perfect
Best contests between two great sportsman in track and field that will never be forgotten. Wow!
It is a petty that the music doesn't leaver to hear the voice of the commentator in some parts of the video. And more concretely, when Powell beat the world record.
this is why i love sports! awesome video kudos to the uploader remember this like it was yesterday! great stuff and great memories!
RIP Yago Lamela
Wow - this is definitely the most enduring memory of athletics I have from my childhood. I remember the excitement and tesion of this event as it happened. Each jump just got better and better - competition at it's best which makes athletics unbeatable as a sport. Well done Carl and Mike for providing the best duel in atheltics ever!
Powell has now had this world record longer than Beamon held his. Is that incredible or what ?
Beamon '68 to '91 , 23 years........Powell '91 to present day , 24 years and counting. Is anyone getting close ?
I haven't been following the long jump closely for quite some time.
i bet an NBA player could do it if he trained hard enough. someone like vince carter in his prime, fast as hell and could jump out the gym. maybe nate robinson - fly through the air like a cannon ball. it would be close though. beamon's record exceeded the previous record by two *feet*. about 9 meters is probably the human limit. powell did it on his foul. lewis supposedly did it in the early 80s, also foul.
I remember watching it in 1991. Couldn't believe what I saw, best, most epic long jump competition ever seen. Next year it will be 30y, that world record is already valid way longer than Bob Beamons. Such a battle. I personally never liked Carl Lewis' personality, so I am glad that another guy broke the record from 1968!
This in legendary until record be broke. No doubt.
It is a great pleasure to watch two outstanding athletes in their top form competing and preforming these remarkable achievements. That was truly an extraordinary evening in long jump history.
watched it on youtube when i was schooling, was really interested in Long Jump games
this video is wonderful.... editing - music - the jumps.... it is perfect ...i loaded it down
I never get tired of this video
I was in front of my TV this day and it surely was one of the greatest days one can live as a spectator. Thanks very much for sharing this.
Wow, what a competition...both of them were flat-out nailing it! The 2 greatest long jumpers ever!
this is probably one of the most inspiring videos ive ever seen. just because of the fact that these guys worked as hard as they could, all the blood sweat and tears they put into this, and because they did this solely with their hearts.
Shout out to my Olympic hero & fellow Carl
One of the biggest duel in sports history. Music is epic. Perfect video.
These are the competitions that are worth to remember.
This guys may be lying, but Mike Powell actually does personal coaching. I have a friend who receives lessons from him, and Powell actually visited our school today and I was lucky enough to meet him. Very nice guy.
One of the finest videos I've seen.
I'm normally not a fan of videos with background music but this one works pretty well.
Michael Powell's outstanding WR already has held for a long time, sir - 21-and a-half-years, to be precise!
I have a great deal of respect for the British long jumper - Mr Greg Rutherford - but the fact remains that when he won the Olympic Long Jump title (in London, 2012) he did not jump anywhere near as far as Mike Powell had jumped (at the World Championships in Tokyo) many years previously.
What a remarkable athlete Mr Powell was in his prime!
This is such a great video. Thank you for uploading it.
Great video, what a classic moment in sport!
2016 Olympic winner jumped 8,38m. 57cm short of world record.
8,95m is superhuman, that record will stand for another 25 years.
Yah, this was a wonderful competition between the 2 of them, perhaps the greatest moment ever in the world championships. Remember as a 13 year old taking a day off school to watch this. Dont think my Dad had a clue as to why I was still babbling incoherently and full of energy trying to explain to him what happened when he came home from work. Wonderful.
i remember staying up late night and watching this dual on NBC's tokyo coverage summer before 8th grade. this is legendary!!!!!
Personally, I think that this amazing string of jumps made by Lewis was largely overshadowed by Powell's "one-in-a-lifetime" jump. At 31 years old, you gotta be a superhuman to perform several near world records in a such a short period of time and under such an extreme pressure.
The perspective that you have to beat a world record in order to win is all means a tremendous task. Carl Lewis is the best track and field athlete of all time.
Yea, but Mike Powell still has the world record and the longest jump wins. Carl lewis is the greatest athlete ever, Mike powell is the man who jumped longest in history
I think this is one of my first videos i hav ever watched on youtube more than 10years ago
I come back to this vid every couple years or so lol
GOTTA LOVE MIKE"S WINNING REACTION!
Wow, video's like this inspire me to be a better long jumper and athlete in general. Carl Lewis is my idle.
This right here is the greatest long jump battle in the history of track and field! Simply amazing!
Great video. Great track!! ROZALLA - ARE YOU READY TO FLY.
J'me lasse pas d'cette vidéo. C'est géant.
At first i didn't like the song too... but now I feel it's perfect for THIS video.
awesome, thanks for posting
that was the greatest field event competition EVER!!! i actually remember watching that.
One of the best event for track-n-field...
this music is perfectly suited for this video.. great choice indeed
WHAT A VIDEO WHO DARES TO DISLIKE IT A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO
Damn bro I remember watching this to hype myself up for middle school track and field meets 7 years ago...
I ran the 400 and 800 in high school, but I personally loved watching the long jump. Great combination of finesse, speed, and power, all into one event. I wish I could have been here to watch this.
Lived and breathed every second of it.
I saw this when was a kid...it was great. Even more impressive today because no one is jumping over 29ft. The song was perfect for this clip.
inspirational... Powell jumps like his life depends on it
Mein Gott, war das ein wahnsinns Wettkampf !
Unforgettable!
wow you middle schoolers are really good for your age. my best in middle school was 17ft as an 8th grader. i just finished my freshman year in high school with a PB of 19'10''. you improve so much in high school
I remember an interview with Mike Powell in 2014 when he was asked about his world record lasting 23 years. He said "I didn't think it would last 23 minutes. The way Carl was jumping I expected him to beat it in the last round."
This video should be put in the track and field Hall of Fame
I was a member of "Track and Field Club" in my 8 th grade in
Koyo Junior High School. I changed to this club from Basketball Club.
I enjoyed a lot with my twin sister Tomomi who changed from Basketball Club also.
I watch this every time b4 a meet i love it
Wow!! 29 ft. 4 1/2 in. Thanks for posting.
This was the greatest dual match-up in Track and field history. This night will never be duplicated.
I remember watching this.. Most impressive long jumping competition ever.
The 90's was the best Era!
M Jackson, M Jordan, M Tyson & C Lewis..
Awesome talents..
This song is also in the NBA SUPERSTARS 3 tape in the NBA RISING STARS video...brought me back the memories of good old NBA :)
y’all spamming about drug on the comment section knows nothing how fking hard this is, first of all you gotta have the proper body shape, top notch athletic genes, proper nutrition, dedication, pacing, footwork, timing, practice, training, proper doses of enhancement drugs, courage, one track mind, list goes on & on...
theres somethin bout this song... I think this is what helped me win my important competitions
That is a very competitive jump! Great work. Keep at it, and maybe we'll see you in the 2016 Summer Olympic games!
perfect music... perfect video!!!
hands down the single best LJ competition EVER. Lewis' series was phenomenal and Powell went beyond 8.9 twice...once marginally illegal.. amazing.
21 years later and it's still unbroken
Great video!
Remember watching this on TV at the time (can't remember if it was live), and it was seriously dramatic. Good stuff.
fam ur givin me nuff love. respect.
@IIarcon2II I agree. The music absolutely kills this.
the song makes the video so much better
finnaly! A song that isn't overused!
Two enormous black champions !!! what a competition, I remember that day ... Incredible
this has to be the best competition out of all athletics disaplines
Miss this kind of stuff. Best jump was 7.01m back in high school, my senior year. Made it to states that year, and lost to a guy that jumped 7.73m. That guy was amazing.
These guys are real athletes. Respect.
he is my hero. the long jump is my event, like its the thing i want to do with my life. seeing him just... float through the air is so awe inspiring. he is THE greatest athlete of his generation.
I don't know what everyone's on about, this music jams something fierce.
thanks for the upload. :)
2 DECADES... STILL UNBEATEN RECORD... TRUE LEGENDARY CLASS.. :) HOPE 2012 OLYMPICS GIVES US A NEW RECORD..
Lewis didn't win the gold medal but jumped 8.68, 8.83, 8.91, 8.87, 8.84...incredible.....
THIS IS AN AMAZING FEAT!!! CARL BROKE IT TOO BUT THE WIND WAS OVER THE LIMIT. MUST HAVE REALLY DIED DOWN.
ALSO, TEN (10) YEARS UNBEATEN WHOAAA.
Mike is definitley a lover of the sport. Met him a couple years back and he is gofoy as ever, but still coaching
The music makes this soo much better haha
this is just amazing, track and field is my favorite sport.