Carl Lewis 9.80w

Carl Lewis runs a wind-aided 9.80 at the 1991 World Champs in Tokyo to win his QF.

[@gorandjordjevic-wc4wk]

A great champion, a versatile athlete with no blemishes in his career

[@gpowder911]

Watched this 100s of times -- especially after hearing Leroy tell the Tellez story where Carl disappeared with him and returned with a much-improved start.

[@gpowder911]

Impeccable race model here!

[@emanualmaverakis5418]

Lewis looks around to see that he is in the lead and then pulls up before the finish. He did that in a few races. I wonder what his fastest times could have been if he finished hard all the time.

[@asianfighter62]

Emanual Maverakis If they made it 110 meters no one would catch Lewis.

[@realAndresilver]

9.74 maybe

[@michaeldevaney5728]

@@realAndresilver most of them are cheating

[@jketcham9004]

his top speed is 28mph, 10 metres in 0.8 seconds, if he slowed up 10% in last 10 metres. could be 9.72?

[@raymondgreenwood1]

The main reason why they don't give you any false starts anymore

[@chrisbrei1723]

Carl Lewis is the greatest athlete of all time. The King of the sport. There is nothing about his running or results that suggest use of illegal drugs; slow starter, taking the longest time to pick up speed (technique) and then leaving the pack because of it starting after about six seconds, and improving less over ten years then Bolt did in only one. The incredible accomplishment of winning Olympic gold an event like the long jump 4 TIMES IN A ROW, is furthermore such a quality statement of his athletic ability. The greatest legend of all.

[@ilkkavalkonen2370]

King of the runners is Paavo Nurmi

[@onsenfout3384]

Wrong... in interview he say he got used drugs.

[@onsenfout3384]

@@ilkkavalkonen2370 Very right!

[@geraldfindon1901]

Even Time magazine named Nurmi as the greatest Olympian of all time .

[@rich8381]

Umm no.. he tested possitve for 2 substances at the 88 trials and was disqualified for the 88 olympics. But the government made the president of the IOC make up an excuse. You can see the president say this in the documentary 9.79

[@peters6119]

Lewis went by Christie easily. In the final when he ran a legal 9.86 WR he had a much harder time getting by everyone which he barely did. He looked better in this heat just floating along the track.

[@timn4481]

fun fact, Carl NEVER broke 10 seconds without a trailing wind. he ran a 10.00 in 1981 with 0.0 wind and his final PB of that 9.86 represents an improvement of just 0.06s over his entire career of 15 years. (when converted for wind) So if anyone suggests he was on PEDs, then if he was, they were not worth it. BJ managed to improve a whopping 0.5s in 2 years.

[@martintownsend6694]

@@timn4481 I think he's admitted it now, it was also common knowledge he failed a test at the us olymoic trials but they covered it up

[@brianjackson5732]

@@timn4481 People conflict stimulants, which can be in cough medicine, with steroids. Two entirely different things. Carl is the elder statesman on the Mt. Rushmore of sprinting. Bolt and Micheal Johnson unquestionably join Carl on that stage. The fourth member is open to debate.

[@brianjackson5732]

@@martintownsend6694 It was stimulant, not steroids. A stimulant can appear from your over the counter cough medicine. You are not getting long-term steroid regimes through CVS.

[@martintownsend6694]

​@timn4481 so why did the us officials cover it up then?

[@joydeepbhattacharya1015]

Carl lewis was one of the best athlete of all time.

[@richg9448]

At snitching and cheating and not getting caught

[@lorenzomarchi6635]

The best. Bolt Is the greatest sprinter, and Lewis Is the greatest athlete.

[@vaughancavan]

@@lorenzomarchi6635 idk i got jesse owens

[@lorenzomarchi6635]

@@vaughancavan Yes, but owens only competed for two years then retired, while Lewis's career lasted for more than 15 years. it may be that owens would have had an equally long and successful career if he had competed throughout the 1940s but we can not know.

[@michaeldevaney5728]

@@lorenzomarchi6635 but Lewis was said to be cheating so huge question marks anybody can win if their cheating

[@sylotiboy4166]

9.80s is very fast even by today's standards even though it was achieved under windy conditions Lewis wasn't a great starter like Bolt taller athlete tend to be slow starters compared to shorter ones however Lewis's stride length and his top end speed is what gave him the edge over his rivals

[@Hengel_Andrews]

Sulayman The Magnificent for all the 9.6s and 9.7s ran only Bolt has ran a faster 10m split in a 100m race. He didn't need all the foolishness of breaking up his race in phases the way his coach taught him to. If you want to see something jarring look at the splits for the race 88' race with Ben Johnson. Because of trash coaching we missed out on performances that might have made Bolt look also human. Also he wasn't naturally a slow starter, he started the way Clyde Hart taught him to.

[@timn4481]

@@Hengel_Andrews oh and that BJ took drugs that made him 0.5s faster..theres that. Give Bolt some anapolan and strol and you'd be seeing 9.0.

[@martintownsend6694]

Bolt was a fantastic starter, wat u on about 😂

[@Desiree-t7b]

Mic drop Jesse owns was better ,my balls on your tongue

[@MuthusamyRamaswamy]

Carl Lewis is 1st runner to break the 100 meter record in less 10 seconds…

[@nelliebpink13]

Lewis literally turned over from drive mode to finish!

[@bradreid6057]

Yes, sad really, regarding Carl's penchant for letting up at the end of races. He often began celebrating or showing off in the final few strides. He'd be the original version of the modern day NFL running back dropping the ball before running across the goal line for a TD. Another way of saying it? Lewis once infamously did the exact same thing in the 200m where he could have set a WR by finally erasing Pietro Minnea's longstanding WR; but, alas, Lewis glided in, hands up in the air as I recall and missed the mark. Lewis, in doing so, wiped his name from the record books for the 200m forever. No discredit, though, to his athletic prowess. He was a great sprinter and long jumper.

[@bigstink9]

This was a qualifying heat. That's why Lewis let up once he knew he had won.

[@FirstLast-bi1ve]

Mike Marsh let up at the end and missed beating Minnea’s 19.73.

[@steinjohnsen8766]

A 19.60 race for sure.

[@bradreid6057]

@@steinjohnsen8766 I think you could be correct! I get it was a prelim but the extra amount of energy it would have taken would have been miniscule. One doesn't get that many chances to set world records.

[@alivialdores]

He typically let up at the end of races in the qualifying heats because he was merely trying to advance to the next round and preserve energy at the same. I've never seen Carl ease up before the finish line in a final(other than the aforementioned 200m-when he was only 22 years old). Because he was always doing either 4(100,200,LJ, 4x100) or a minimum of 3(100, LJ, 4x100) events, preserving energy was always the focus with him.

[@markswain365]

King Carl.... eased up with a 9.8 .....never cheated . He relaxed a lot times when he was ahead, would have gone under 9.7 in many instances had he kept his foot on the gas.

[@vincibrug]

Carl Lewis would make 9"75 today. At least. He could go under 9"80 thirty years ago, but his attitude to compete in three different event, limited, in my opinion, the quality of the performance in each event. He could go under 9"80 and 19"60 and jump over 9 m. That's for sure!

[@RobertSmith-tt5qv]

LOOKED LIKE 9.7 WHEN HE ALREADY CROSSED THE FINISH LINE. AND HE EVEN SLOWED DOWN. THAT'S FAST!

[@leestreet1627]

Exactly!! That clock isn't calibrated right. He actually crossed at 9.6

[@tellthetruthg]

Sprinter , Long Jump, best ever

[@alvaroperceo652]

El hijo del viento, extraordinario. Pero después llegó un monstruo, el hijo del rayo⚡⚡⚡

[@ameliabedelia7018]

Linford Christie should have worked for FedEx because he ALWAYS delivered the package! 📦

[@bellezayeducacion]

Carl Lewis with the means that exist now and the techniques would do 9.70-9.80, I'm sure. I would be the best.

[@topfitnessssss]

More like high 9:50's

[@jetzyleos4521]

For ever the best carl lewis

[@sameersingh3282]

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[@sinsin1697]

Want to tell you something about this race.. he ran 9.80 slowing up windy +4.3 but the next race the wind was legal... Think about that..

[@martifrey3357]

So?

[@sinsin1697]

@@martifrey3357 this is where the comment section turns Goofy.... What the hell is your fastest time in a hundred meters.... And I'm not talking about your imagination.... How fast are you

[@martifrey3357]

@@sinsin1697 Wtf are you even talking about? You made a comment that made no sense. Lewis ran 9.8 wind aided which means under neutral conditions it would have been a 9.93. The next race he was mucb slower. Your point?

[@timn4481]

@@sinsin1697 you got it right, and you just made it even worse. what has a YT commenter's PB got to do with anything?

[@sinsin1697]

@@martifrey3357 if Lewis was in the next heat and ran the exact same time it would have been legal because the next heat was legal,,,,, now take it a step further what if Lewis would have sprinted through the finish line as if his life depended on it,, who knows what he would have ran.. that's my point

[@lahtal1]

Carl Lewis is the best sprinter of all time he had much tougher competitors than Usain Bolt did. Carl Lewiso had a smooth sprinting acting, he was also an amazing long jumper and to top it off he won four gold medals as Jersey Owens did at the 1936 Olympic Games. "Mic Drop!"🎤

[@crashdavis721]

lol, you know nothing. Bolt made his competition look ordinary. Tell me how tough Gatlin, Gay and Blake were? Bolt won the 100 & 200 at 3 Olympics, Lewis won the 100 once and was gifted another after Johnson tested positive (much like Lewis did before L/A and Seoul). Lewis was a drug cheat, protected by USATF. "Mic Drop"

[@brenwalsh9232]

Stunning run.

[@malligrub]

Routine run actually. Wouldn't even break 10 without that ridiculous wind. Based on basic evidence known since the 80's, a 4.5m/s wind is worth about 0.25s over 100m.

[@oscarderrick]

slowed down at 90 meters, still ran 9.80, with probably the fastest top end speed ever.

[@malligrub]

That is frankly bullshit, people shouldn''t put things out that are simply provably wrong with a basic google search. Lewis does NOT have the fastest top end ever. Bolt, Gay, Blake, Greene, Johnson (on steroids like all the 80's guys), Bailey, all have recorded faster top ends based on officially recorded splits. This race was a 10.10 performance in normal windless conditions. Routine.

[@octopusmagnificens]

Lewis destroyed Bailey in the last meters of the 1996 Atlanta Grand Prix.

[@cattycats4]

If you look at the fastest 10m split times of 100m races Carl Lewis is one of the fastest finishers of all time youll find he is quicker than Greene, Johnson, Bailey and Gay and is only 2nd to Bolt on split times from 70-100m. However they are all very close and regardless of steroid users since 1960, national drug programs in the 1980s, professional drug cycling doctors in the 1990s and "our drug testing lab is a dusty shed" Jamaicans of the 2000-2010s Carl Lewis did take advantage of the rules as much as they did, he just sidestepped steroids and took HGH and stimulants instead, watch some of his post race interviews late 80s he is basically on meth. So his races shouldnt be viewed as "oh its even better because the others were on roids" The fact he was Vegan however puts a sword to the myth that eating meat and dairy is any good for sports. Technique , athleticism, genetics, composure to perform at the biggest stage.. Carl Lewis was the best

[@stuartkimballmorello5776]

I agree and I don´t understand why he has slowed down in the end.

[@nsxperformance]

cattycats4 Green, Gay, Powell, and Blake all have faster 50-100, 60-100, 70-100 splits than Lewis ever managed. Lewis’ Top speed and finishing splits were equalled and surpassed in the 90s first with Bailey and then Greene. There are better 100m men, end of

[@marianoancos4434]

Lewis stoped last 30 metres and 9'80 Lewis with perfect tech beat todo Bolt, l'm sure

[@nsxperformance]

Bolt would destroy Lewis in any part of a 100m

[@vieuxbal1253]

@@nsxperformance I guess you're right

[@CRISTIAN6011]

this video is the demonstration that Lewis is the greatest velocist ever; this time 9.80 was obtained with a not perfect start as usual for Lewis and with a slowdown at the last meters when He was sure to win; it is clear that Lewis never had like deadline the record but only to win the competition; what could be the time of Lewis with the actual workout and if he had 23 Years old? for sure less than 9:58

[@MarceloJulianodossantos]

happy day friends

[@garygwinn5818]

Carl was a clean consistent athlete.

[@RhetoricalMuse]

'Clean' lol

[@gpowder911]

False starts are great teaching tools.

[@souleimandahirgod8504]

Carl Lewis the best in everytime, best than bolt

[@Monsterup-ye8cr]

Not even close

[@chuckgreygoodman4478]

Carl was not dirty! Thise injuries athletes get are timed well in today's track

[@jorgecerqueira534]

São os melhores, mas os corredores amadores tem um reconhecimento enorme. Daí surgem os campeões.

[@CRISTIAN6011]

Lewis was faster and smoother than any other runner in the history , Bolt included. The Lewis of the 1983 trained with the same techniques of today should beat any record in the 100 mt or 200 mt.

[@timn4481]

please check facts before making ridiculous statements like this. google it first. Bolt was faster in every phase of the race- and by a considerable margin. Bolt even ran 9.7x into head winds.. smoothness is subjective.

[@CRISTIAN6011]

Lewis best Moment was 1984 when Bolt was 2008 year..It is not sense to compare the time of these two athlete

[@thespunkavenue3471]

Where are they all now.?

[@krukera19]

fast track to 7:09min Carl's feet actually touched the finishing line at 9.6s on the clock

[@jonathanhart8570]

The torso is the thing they measure

[@jsmith469]

He did that on another race

[@sinsin1697]

That is a hand time what you're looking at man... He ran 9.80

[@ricardovelasco3976]

It is noticeable that Carl Lewis stepped off the gas pedal at around the 80m mark. If he had sprinted the full 100m, the time would have been 9.75 or perhaps quicker.

[@flightreacts4603]

Ben johnson was literally faster than him without wind .

[@louisstephens2965]

Smooth 🏃

[@alonsogomez6050]

Carl Lewis son of the wind, the second best speed runner ever after volt.

[@marianoancos4434]

Alonso Gomez for me the number one BEST ever yeah

[@simonsedwards1513]

Alonso Gomez volt? 1984 who is volt???

[@wymple09]

It's hard to argue that Lewis was loading up when his body did not show it, unlike obviously dirty Ben Johnson who bulked up severely overnight and dropped his times way too fast.

[@vieuxbal1253]

Very sensible comment 👍🏿

[@ykd818]

That could have been a 9.75 if he didn't slow up

[@asianfighter62]

The Black Knight In today’s advance track, shoes, clothing and nutrition. He would have gone faster. What was great about Carl Lewis, he was consistently fast throughout his career. Bolt concentrated on sprints. Lewis had to do long jump equally.

[@concertom8774]

@@asianfighter62 Bolt was a suspicious doper.

[@concertom8774]

@@patricksweeney5308 Yes, and Carl did a best 10m split in this race. 12.50m/s even faster than Usain Bolt. You could search "biomechanical report - Barrunning" with google. it's a pdf file by IAAF.

[@Hengel_Andrews]

@@patricksweeney5308 Nike sponsored Bolt? Okay lil’ Pig.

[@Hengel_Andrews]

@@concertom8774 You’re a weak minded individual.

[@Lord_Hillcrest]

The wind should not hinder the athletes time , ive never agreed with that .

[@Saphy_Bagel]

Brazil thought making a junk pouch was an good choice. 😂

[@andreyshipovalov5186]

Wonderfull

[@Rivaldo5669]

Best sprinter ever

[@1972dsrai]

I used to like Carl Lewis. He dominated the 100 and 200 metres for a decade, but I didn’t like him always bitching about his main competitors, especially Ben Johnson, accusing or insinuating they were doping when he was doing exactly the same with the backing of the US Olympic Committee. Funny how he never tested positive, but nearly everyone else did at some point or other. Still feel Johnson was set up by someone from the US team as he should have been clean by the time of the race in Seoul.

[@kwezimashapa6425]

I'm sure if you found out already, but Lewis has been tested positive before.

[@1972dsrai]

@@johnnwako2488 Carl Lewis was taking more than just unprescribed cold remedies and Johnson was experienced enough to know how long before a race he needed to stop taking steroids to ensure he tested clean. Not saying it's right, just that I think there is more to the story than meets the eye. Do you know about what the US Olympic team was doing then to ensure top athletes didn't test positive. Not as bad as the East Germans in the 70's or the Russians more recently, but still illegal and many of it's athletes benefitted from it.

[@stevetargett9049]

Dsr, completely agree, one of the best comments on here. Lewis was protected and Johnson the fall guy. Pretty much all of them were doping in this era.

[@alivialdores]

All do respect but, no he wasn't. None of that is substantiated(doing the exact same thing). Carl and Ben at the 1984 Olympics 100m- Carl 9.99 vs Ben 10.22 ......fast forward to1988 Olympic 100m- Carl 9.92 vs Ben 9.79. If they were doing the same thing, the results were sure not the same. Also, as much as Carl use to rub people(the media/Olympic committee/other athletes) the wrong way, they were itching to catch him at something. Hence the positive test for pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine back in 1988......all over the counter substances found in cough and nasal decongestion medicine. So in other words, he was treating a cold, not taking steroids'. Carl was definitely a snitch, but not a cheater. Just because others are testing positive like Ben, doesn't mean everyone was guilty. If we're going with that logic, then Usain Bolt was definitely cheating(5 to 6 of his teammates were caught).

[@rhaltunen]

I always wonder if Lewis regrets letting up towards the end. He could have been in the 9.7’s otherwise…

[@SniffyPoo]

too bad Carl didnt push it. this was his fastest ever. I hate it when the top-of-the elite ease-up at the end, Bolt did this too. You never know if you're gonna get another chance to be fastest.

[@dynamobahamas]

I hear you but this was a quarter final race bolt did it in the finals. I think that bolt was so young and so excited to win so big he made that mistake

[@mikeblue8327]

no Carl best run is 9.78

[@אורןחוגי-ב6ב]

Lewis was so good i an sure he was fastest than bolt in this day. In thus run kewis stop in 70 m. If he run in full power the result was anazing maby 9.6

[@athletc01]

You have to save some for the finals. Running the fastest time in the rounds doesn't earn you a medal. Having said that, Carl could have had the 200m record if he didn't slow up. But he was more concerned about winning than the times. Still he was the greatest.

[@scienceownsimposters2142]

True

[@mateuszpiekarski5563]

100% Dope!!!

[@aryanwarrior6233]

Use pause button nd u wud see he hit d line at 9.6

[@jketcham9004]

I think I saw lewis run 9.79 also. dunno wind assisted. The being called gay by daley thompson sign is probably gone off internet? dunno.

[@alivialdores]

wind aided or not....he still eased up at the end....so that was probably 9.69 back in 1991. Man!!!!

[@djo-dji6018]

Impossible, he didn't lose 10 meters. More likely he could have run in about 9.76-9.77.

[@conjandysecurity]

He crossed at 9.6.

[@sinsin1697]

That's a hand tied he ran 9.80

[@antoniojimenezgt6086]

9.60 world record he ran 9.60 !!!!

[@dennisrobinson8008]

High end of 9.6. It was wind aided.

[@洛陽-r6c]

9.80(+4.3)=9.92(+2.0)=10.02(0.0)

[@MarceloJulianodossantos]

Marcão Paulão Rosinha Good morning global

[@nathanaelamare253]

Carl during low fat strictly plant based eating regime 89'-93' .

[@onsenfout3384]

What a joke 🤣 good sheep...

[@heathercampbell1722]

100% true

[@heathercampbell1722]

@Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj You doth protest too much

[@heathercampbell1722]

@Cheetah Car They all were. He ran fastest juiced.

[@kwakakak]

Brasilian guy has a weight-lifter jersey

[@Giannifan1]

This time was ran wit 4,3 wind in favour. So it's not 9,80!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'd be a 10.00 with a legal wind (2,00). Considering Lewis began to decelarate at 90 meters we could say he would've ran 9.93-9-95 if he'd push to the limit

[@timn4481]

wrong. convert to 2 m/s and its a difference of 0.14. so a 9.94. convert to zero wind and its a 10.06. google it.

[@rameshma403]

Now how Lewis makes 9.8??? When Ben Johnson acchieved 9.83 he was jealous and a good carrier was destroyed.

[@timn4481]

a guy who was running 10.22 then runs 9.79 2 years later. he had a right to be annoyed.

[@TheRemostudios]

4.3+ Jesus fuck

[@nishiwo007]

En serio fue una falsa salida, le puse super camara lenta y otros incluso de mueven antes!!!

[@gdnsdhd]

この9.80w陸上知らない人はなんで笑ってるの？ってなるよね

[@antoniojimenezgt6086]

He look in slow motion he ran 9.50 if he didn't slow down

[@Hengel_Andrews]

He might have run 9.45 if he wanted to, but it would mean nothing since 4.3 winds pushed him there.

[@sams9732]

Vegan diet take less measure of testosterones measures, like protien intakes so more ROOM for stimulant drugs intake thats within a legal measures(drug testing) normal athletes EATS, So please try to be more scientific about this things

[@cristianvarela8240]

Seis milecimas menos

[@jetlin66]

When I knew Carl admit took drugs, I felt his running from very ridiculous suddenly, ha ha...the association should be recover his gold that is right thing.

[@WithBACON]

You do understand what drugs Carl tested positive for, I hope. There are some people out there who pretend to equate inadvertently testing positive for nasal decongestants with deliberate use of anabolic steroids. Not exactly identical "offenses".

[@onsenfout3384]

Thanks for say the truth

[@Isiy45]

I didn't know carl took drugs, after calling out Ben Johnson. Carl mind worse than Corona

[@paulwilliams8389]

@@WithBACON Exactly. And the thing that Lewis tested positive for isn't even on the banned list nowadays.

[@rustypiece2549]

Mr Carl “I would never take drug” Lewis. 😂 his whole life was a lie. Pathetic

[@cheolo1986]

parando le clavo 9.80, facil iva a cerrar 9.65

[@Subhamcr7]

🏳️

[@michaeldevaney5728]

Most of them are cheats

[@sams9732]

cheeeeaTTTeerrrr

[@onsenfout3384]

He was a cheater with no doubt

[@leonardodavinci7425]

Go vegan!