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From January 1, 1990, Lewis was the world record holder in the 100 m. [57] The record did not last long, as fellow American and University of Houston teammate Leroy Burrell ran 9.90 s on June 14, 1991, to break Lewis's mark. [58] Lewis also permanently lost his ranking as number one for the 200 m in 1988 and for the 100 m in 1989.
The world record, African record, and European record were broken by Carl Lewis, Frankie Fredericks, and Linford Christie, respectively. The then world record holder Leroy Burrell also bettered his previous mark of 9.90 seconds while Ray Stewart set the Jamaican record for the event. [1]
The men's 100 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea saw world champion Ben Johnson of Canada defeat defending Olympic champion Carl Lewis of the United States in a world record time of 9.79, breaking his own record of 9.83 that he had set at the 1987 World Championships in Rome.
The following progression of low-altitude records therefore starts with Hines's low-altitude "record" when the IAAF started to recognise only electronic timing in 1977, and continues to Lewis's low-altitude performance that equalled the high-altitude world record in 1987. (Ben Johnson's 9.95 run in 1986 and 9.83 run in 1987 are omitted.)
Olympic great Carl Lewis went scorched-earth on USA Track and Field and its coaches after the men’s 4x100 relay team botched a handoff to get disqualified from the Paris Olympics final Friday.
The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition three times: by Carl Lewis in 1987 and 1991, and by Usain Bolt in 2009. [1] Ben Johnson beat Lewis in the 1987 final, but his win and record were subsequently rescinded after his admission to long-term steroid use . [ 2 ]
Carl Lewis on another men's 4x100-meter relay flub: 'It's time to blow up the system' Kaetlyn Liddy. August 9, 2024 at 4:52 PM. It was a familiar scene Friday for Team USA in the men's 4x100-meter ...
Carl Lewis watched the 4x100m relay from his Houston home and couldn't contain his frustration. "It's so disheartening," he told USA TODAY Sports.