Carl Lewis

Lewis was the only man to successfully defend an Olympic long jump title until the 2024 Olympics, when Miltos Tentoglou became the second to achieve it. Lewis is still the only one to defend the title three times (four gold medals in four consecutive Olympics).

2024

4 × 200 m relay: 1:18.68 min (Santa Monica Track Club – Marsh; Burrell; Heard; Lewis – 1994; (former world record)

1994 · Personal best marks

4 × 100 m relay: 37.40 s (United States – Marsh; Burrell; Mitchell; Lewis – August 1992, Barcelona)

1992 · Personal best marks

Long jump: 1991, 1991 (both in Tokyo)

1991, 1991 · Personal best marks

100 m: 9.86 s (August 1991, Tokyo)

1991 · Personal best marks

USOC SportsMan of the Year: 1991

1991 · Awards

2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991

1988, 1991 · Awards

3× L'Équipe Champion of Champions: 1983, 1984, 1991

1983, 1984, 1991 · Awards

4× World Sportsman of the Year: 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991

1983, 1984, 1988, 1991 · Awards

2× Associated Press Athlete of the Year: 1983, 1984

1983, 1984 · Awards

2× United Press International Athlete of the Year: 1983, 1984

1983, 1984 · Awards

200 m: 19.75 s (June 1983, Indianapolis)

1983 · Personal best marks

3× World Athlete of the Year: 1982, 1983, 1984

1982, 1983, 1984 · Awards

7× U.S. Athlete of the Year: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991

1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991 · Awards

James E. Sullivan Award: 1981

1981 · Awards

Gazzetta Sports Awards

Awards

Outdoors, Lewis jumped 14 of the 20 furthest ancillary jumps of all time. (Ancillary marks are those that are valid, but were not the furthest in a series.)

Track & Field News

Awards

World Athletics Awards

Awards