At race time, this was the greatest 100 M field ever assembled. Lewis spots this field a meter at the start, and reeled them all in for the win, medal and WR.
+vsmith3rd I think people don't truly know what Lewis was capable of. Scientists broke down that race with Ben Johnson 88' and found that Carl could have won the race by the speeds he hit in that race.
+vsmith3rd I think people don't truly know what Lewis was capable of. Scientists broke down that race with Ben Johnson 88' and found that Carl could have won the race by the speeds he hit in that race.
+Hengel Andrews Ben and Carl had the same top speed in Seoul. In fact Ben's speed maintenance was better in that race. Carl wasn't winning in Seoul in any way you look at it
1. Carl Lewis (USA) 9.86, Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.88 PB, Dennis Mitchell (USA) 9.91 PB...Historic race. And Lewis and Burrell remain friends till this day.
@@fender1000100 to call someone a derogatory name is a violation of policy guidelines.. it also shows your ignorance to facts. Carl Lewis test positive two different times at the US Olympics trials in 1988 and should have been banned from the Olympics but the USATF hid the results to allow him to participate as flag bearing leader of the team. After the expiration of the statue of limitations the results were made public and Lewis admit to it on video. Before you insult someone on a topic you know nothing about, first check the FACTS and ask yourself, Who is the real fool??
This is complete relaxation through Carl's race & he didn't panic & tense up to make it first to the finish line bc he decelerated the least out of everyone to a new world record! Great stuff.
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite. "It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
@@wildoutrudeboy I agree, Ben Johnson was singled out. Prior the 1984 Olympics Lewis had tested positive at the World Championships...I believe it was Helsinki. There were also rumors he was on HGH and that’s why he needed braces. You’ll still see the need for braces in other sprinters, specifically the Jamaican female sprinters. The guy responsible for drug testing data for the 1984 Olympics said in a documentary that Lewis tested positive for steroids. He told the US Olympic Committee and they destroyed the testing results. He was a money maker, just like Lance Armstrong, so they didn’t care. Lastly, steroids, HGH, and other doping is endemic to Olympic sports in general. Athletes think, “I’m tired of losing to these drugged athletes, so I’m going on em.” I was in a sport where PED’s were taken by everyone...wasn’t aware this was so rampant in my naivety, thought I could win as a natural athlete and started losing. My choice was seeing a doctor for blood tests and having him start me on a protocol that included the safest drugs. The changes were night and day, though I ultimately chose within a relatively short period of time it wasn’t worth winning while risking my long term health.
@@wildoutrudeboy I agree! Only was saying I remember that race, because up until that time there hadn’t been that many men run sub 10’s within a 100M race. Is there a RUclips video of Lewis admitted he took PED’s? I watched a documentary about the 1984 Olympics and the director interviewed the head of that Olympics drug testing and he said Lewis and other US athletes tested positive for steroids. When asked what happened to the documentation, he said the US Olympic Committee requested them and shredded them all.
When I was growing up my dad would often say "Carl Lewis was even faster in his 30s than his 20s" as an example illustrating that people who keep working out can get stronger/faster through their 20s and beyond.
@@Logans3Run He only inadvertently tested positive for a herbal stimulant, that's hardly going to make you faster, he wasn't overtly muscular so I doubt he was juicing on steroids
@@litgamer6205 Well, he tested positive for banned substances 3 times in 1988 and only managed to hold on to his upgraded Olympic Gold medal in Seoul that year, only by a majority decision from the IOC review committee. The US track and field management routinely covered up positive drug tests by their athletes that was nearly on a par, with the Soviet Bloc. Like Ben Johnson, Lewis was a cheat, plain and simple.
@@Logans3Run They weren't for major performance enhancing substances and we're inadvertent I'm guessing or he wouldn't have got the greenlight so you can't put him on a par with Ben Johnson when you are just speculating what the substances were that's ridiculous, Carl was just a naturally gifted athlete he was running Olympic times as a teenager, we know Ben admitted to a long history of significant steroid use and was injected regularly by his personal doctor Jamie and showed a significant change in his physical appearance as well as his performances well into his career that can be tracked from 1984 when he was only running 10.2s to 1987 when he ran a 9.83 in 3 years. Carl was running 9.9s in 1984 and got down to a 9.8 in 7 years at the 91 world championships which is a believable natural improvement, chalk and cheese
Donovan Bailey did something very similar in Atlanta. Atrocious start and broke the world record. It takes absolute composure not to panic when you're behind like this in a race.
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite. "It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
How? First of all, was that not a false start? That must have affected some of the reactions in the field because surely they would have heard that second gun then realized no one else was stopping so they kept going. But can you imagine if Carl got even a modestly better start? Surely he would have run under 9.80. He was out of it about halfway through. My goodness.
The best ever especially for it's time. 6 MEN UNDER 10 SECONDS 9.86--9.96 2 MEN BROKE THE WORLD RECORD AT THE SAME TIME. 3 LEWIS HAD TO MAKE UP A TERRIBLE START TO WIN IN A WORLD RECORD.
London 2012 Olympic final. Only Asafa Powell didn't break 10 because he pulled a hamstring. The rest; 9.63/9.75/9.79/9.8/9.88/9.94/9.98 Imagine running 9.80 and not even getting a bronze medal😯😒
Then he went on to win the olympics the next year, followed by worlds, then defended his common wealth title, the goal is to keep pushing if you really want success.
Carl Lewis came out of the blocks like 💩 He was in last place for half the race and then he comes back to win it with a world record? That guy was great. Unbelievable 🏃♂️
the greatest race (until bolts 9.58) won by the greatest athlete called by the greatest track and field caller in the world. the only time i have ever seen a man actually change gear. this race sealed it for me on carl's legacy as the greatest till bolt came along
+Darren Madigan It is unfair to Carl for u to compare him with Bolt. Bolt has got extremely long legs and height that help me winning all the races regardless of his training. U should compare Carl with someone his height but none ever existed: Carl is The Legend.
@@topfitnessssss hahaahah u must be crazy or your outside your mind ..ur gonna blame hight haha so low...mr carl was also tall thats why he was able to win as much as he does.. He was the tallest in that race..if your not good u just not good.. He will never be as fast as the greatest bolt asafa..n blake...full stop.
@@patricksweeney5308 hahaha funny one bro..it was easy to hide drugs by using mask agent back then.. Not now bro not when bolt was becoming the king..the technology was too advanced for any to do that ..like when marion drunkie jones n took all the medals for jamaican sprint queen Marlene otty..do u think the world anti dopin would make a Jamaican go so freely think about it..they only let the usa athletes gooo.
@@koolrula6945 So you saying that length of legs doesn't permit to achieve a foot stance any quicker ?!?!?! OK LOLOL TRY WALKING ALONGSIDE A 7' TALL MAN, HERE'S YOUR ANSWER !!!!!
Carl didn't "come back" from anywhere. He just relaxed and decelerated a lot slower than the rest of the field & it appeared that he flew past them when he in fact he didn't try to run faster. It's just that the rest of the field decelerated much faster than Carl did. They all tightened up while Carl held his form & won the race. The fact is the human body can't go any faster than 60 meters. The last 40 meters is just maintenance of the first 60 meters!
@@BreuckelensFinest Nearly correct, Carl Lewis was actually fastest between 60 and 70m in this race, 0.83s between 10m distance, and between 40-50m he ran 0.84 with all other 10m splits slower, looks like he got an adrenaline rush after 60m seeing the others slow down, he was down a whole tenth to Dennis Mitchell at the start! Burrell was also 0.03 quicker over the 60-70m distance matching Lewis at that point for speed. So Carls comeback was definitely at the 40m mark where he was quicker than anyone and he held that pace better than anyone, 9.77 if he had a good start! Its also clear that if Burrell had held his form he wouldve won as he was just as quick as Lewis and also ahead in the race at that point. What an athlete Carl Lewis was to hold form like that!
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite. "It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
At a time when everyone wants to see blow outs...this race was totally unbelievable. You have to realize that he came from the middle of the pack and came from behind in the last fifty at 30 years old in a world class field...AND WON !!!!! His form...stride...speed was simply perfect !
Carl Lewis is not a beloved figure for his personality, but that's not what matters. This is a crazy last half of a race to stay composed and finish like he did.
That last 40 metres was incredible. He had perfect technique and speed endurance, if he had a good start he would have obliterated the WR and it would only have recently been beaten by Bolt I reckon
I don't think so. Lewis could produce that imperial finish because his start was not "unbeatable". He reached a good balance between start and finish: probably, a better start would have ruined his legendary top end speed. Anyway, he crossed the 30m line in 3"88, set 5"61 at 50 and 6"46 at 60: not exactly a bradypus!
It's hard to believe how fast guys are running today. I can't believe that training methods are much different today than in the 80's and 90's. It has to be the tracks of today are just faster surfaces than in the past. A 100m takes approximately 40 strides, if the new surfaces gave back just an extra .005 sec. per stride, that would equal .2 sec. Faster surfaces has to be the reason for so many sprinters today running sub-10 sec.
Sandy Combs Not going to waste time with you. I'm a Penn Relays Champion and an All American. The drugs that are on the scene today are light years ahead of the drugs used in the 60s, 70s, 80s, etc. Anyone using just steroids...human or animal... usually gets busted. The ones using "designer" Performance Enhancement Drugs are the ones who have changed the game. Technology is always 1 step behind the drug cheats. In the case of the USA and other countries they know who the cheats are but they protect them!! You probably think powdered cocaine and crack cocaine are the same. :)
As Tyson Gay has said & I'm paraphrasing, "People that watch track today are so spoiled that they expect all these fast times & they don't realize how hard it is to run a 9.7 or 9.8 or even A 9.9!" Why don't you train for the 100 meters & see how difficult it is to even run a 10.8! Lmao. You are spoiled my friend! Btw, it's been said by science that the top sprinters haven't really gotten any faster than even Jesse Owens. The surfaces and shoes have improved and is the biggest attributing factors in the times today! Hence why they call some tracks "a fast track!" Show some gratitude & humility, especially if you can't even run an 11 flat!
@@BreuckelensFinest Mostly agree. The technology has really made performances better. Look at Haywood field and now after the Tokyo Olympics, that track. It's a good thing, imho...but at some point there is only so fast a man/woman can run. The rest is how well they capitalize off the phenomenal tech used in laying these tracks and making the shoes.
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite. "It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
when they did carl lewis's doping test, the tube melted in twelve years of activity the progressive distance between the eyes (which sunken) and the jaw (which protruded) remains an unsolved mystery of biomechanics
And it still is. It's not the FASTEST. But its STILL overall the best 100m final of alltime. The guy who came 6th in that race was 9.96. The guy who came 6th in the 2012.Olympic final was 9.98. 2 men broke the world record at the SAME TIME in that race. Nobody broke the world record in the 2012 Olympic final. The OUTCOME of the race was uncertain until the line. Bolt was always going to win the 2012 final. This was THE RACE.
Carl Runner up to Johnson in 1987; but commentator fails to say that Johnson got DQd for that event. Anyone know exactly when the IAAF rescinded that result from Rome in 1987?
Of course Carl has a slow start out of the blocks because he wasn't a natural 100 meter sprinter. He ran the 200 and the long jump, and one day decided to do the 100. With technology, video, and different training regiments we have today, now telling how fast he could've been with that form. Now everyone knows in the 100, that you keep your head down for about the first 40, then you start to come up. It seems like everyone in this race was coming up at around 10-15 meters...lol
It's actually close among the top 4. No wonder Linford Christie became the top of them in the highest level of competition, i.e 1992 Olympic. But I expected Frank Fredericks improved, esp at 1996 Olympic. The Namibian did perform very well, but in 200m not 100m, where he only lost to the great Michael Johnson.
@@отпирайте Many people know him in sprinting, but probably don't know he was a great long jumper. At 1996 Olympic, he won the gold in long jump for the 4th time in a row since 1984. That is a marvellous achievement.
Look at how much sprinters today have progressed. The times the best guys 20 years ago were running would be considered "subpar" today. Yet people still think drug use isn't rampant in the sprints...
@@Nyasalands_Finest Brazil was the only one who didn't get caught! Remember Lance Armstrong never tested positive for steroids either but he got snitched on eventually! Let's hope Usain Bolt doesn't get snitched on. I doubt he will bc people liked him & Lance was a dick!
Shut up Lewis is a legend. Johnson a disgrace. When you learn to read. You may learn the difference between a useless stimulant and power anabolic STEROIDS.
Second best 100m race after that ridiculous London 2012 race that had all 5 fastest men of all time - Bolt, Blake, Gay, Powell, Gatlin + Richard Thompson, Daniel Bailey and Churandy Martina.
@@fender1000100 Thanks, I do think Carl Lewis would have challenged Bolt with modern training. Lewis did win 4 gold in 1984 and has more golds over all.
"if".... who empeach him to have a good start and run under 9seconds. the era of Lewis was full of drugged runners. he escaped only. most of them admitted to have use drug in track and fields and tennis ( Andre Agassi). if we check very closely we will certainly found in Lewis weird things.....
Valama Meite actually no you won't. do you realise that in 1981 Carl ran a 10.00 with zero wind. here he runs a 9.86 with 1.2 wind. that means he improved a total of about 0.08s over 10 years. nothing about that suggests drug use. nothing.
The comeback, top speed, record everything about this race was beautiful
So was the drug taking cheats cheats cheats cheats cheats cheats cheats cheats cheats cheats
@@michaeldevaney5728 Proof?
My all time favorite 100 metre race.
At race time, this was the greatest 100 M field ever assembled. Lewis spots this field a meter at the start, and reeled them all in for the win, medal and WR.
It's funny how at the 40 m mark, the announcer says "I don't think Lewis can win"...then the top end kick in.
+vsmith3rd I think people don't truly know what Lewis was capable of. Scientists broke down that race with Ben Johnson 88' and found that Carl could have won the race by the speeds he hit in that race.
+vsmith3rd I think people don't truly know what Lewis was capable of. Scientists broke down that race with Ben Johnson 88' and found that Carl could have won the race by the speeds he hit in that race.
+Hengel Andrews Ben and Carl had the same top speed in Seoul. In fact Ben's speed maintenance was better in that race. Carl wasn't winning in Seoul in any way you look at it
1. Carl Lewis (USA) 9.86, Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.88 PB, Dennis Mitchell (USA) 9.91 PB...Historic race. And Lewis and Burrell remain friends till this day.
Lewis - the notorious drug cheat
What an amazing blanket finish!
@@tonyleyden431
Be quite fool.
@@fender1000100 to call someone a derogatory name is a violation of policy guidelines.. it also shows your ignorance to facts. Carl Lewis test positive two different times at the US Olympics trials in 1988 and should have been banned from the Olympics but the USATF hid the results to allow him to participate as flag bearing leader of the team. After the expiration of the statue of limitations the results were made public and Lewis admit to it on video. Before you insult someone on a topic you know nothing about, first check the FACTS and ask yourself, Who is the real fool??
Carl’s acceleration after the 50 metre mark was awesome!
Last out of the blocks, yet wins and breaks the world record. Crazy.
This is complete relaxation through Carl's race & he didn't panic & tense up to make it first to the finish line bc he decelerated the least out of everyone to a new world record! Great stuff.
I watched this race live on tv and Carl’s comeback from behind blew me away. Lewis was in his 30’s at the time. That was a big deal back then.
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite.
"It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
@@wildoutrudeboy I agree, Ben Johnson was singled out. Prior the 1984 Olympics Lewis had tested positive at the World Championships...I believe it was Helsinki. There were also rumors he was on HGH and that’s why he needed braces. You’ll still see the need for braces in other sprinters, specifically the Jamaican female sprinters.
The guy responsible for drug testing data for the 1984 Olympics said in a documentary that Lewis tested positive for steroids. He told the US Olympic Committee and they destroyed the testing results. He was a money maker, just like Lance Armstrong, so they didn’t care.
Lastly, steroids, HGH, and other doping is endemic to Olympic sports in general. Athletes think, “I’m tired of losing to these drugged athletes, so I’m going on em.” I was in a sport where PED’s were taken by everyone...wasn’t aware this was so rampant in my naivety, thought I could win as a natural athlete and started losing. My choice was seeing a doctor for blood tests and having him start me on a protocol that included the safest drugs. The changes were night and day, though I ultimately chose within a relatively short period of time it wasn’t worth winning while risking my long term health.
Carl Lewis will still go down in history as a drug cheat that never got punished like Ben Johnson, which he Carl Lewis admitted taking.
@@wildoutrudeboy I agree! Only was saying I remember that race, because up until that time there hadn’t been that many men run sub 10’s within a 100M race. Is there a RUclips video of Lewis admitted he took PED’s? I watched a documentary about the 1984 Olympics and the director interviewed the head of that Olympics drug testing and he said Lewis and other US athletes tested positive for steroids. When asked what happened to the documentation, he said the US Olympic Committee requested them and shredded them all.
@@wildoutrudeboy
He didnt do illegal steroids. Took them to court and won. CARL LEWIS GREATEST OF ALLTIME.
At the time this was the greatest 100 m race ever. Its still up there
One of
@@отпирайте not one of snowflake…it is THE race of all time.
@@doriangray2020 no lol. Thats fully subjective.
@@doriangray2020 2012 had the best final ever. Not even close, you were maybe more entertained by this but factually nothing comes close to 2012
It's still my favourite 100m final of ALLTIME. The come from nowhere and to take the world record INSANE.
1. Carl Lewis (USA) 9.86 WR
2. Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.88 PB
3. Dennis Mitchell (USA) 9.91 PB
4. Linford Christie (GBR) 9.92 AR
5. Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 9.95 AR
6. Raymond Stewart (JAM) 9.96 NR
7. Robson Caetano da Silva (BRA) 10.12
8. Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.14
amazing
@SavageArfad I think we are past spoilers. This was in 1991.
Incredible blanket finish AMAZING
In relation to the era this race happened. It remains the RACE. Nothing else compares.
When I was growing up my dad would often say "Carl Lewis was even faster in his 30s than his 20s" as an example illustrating that people who keep working out can get stronger/faster through their 20s and beyond.
Lewis got faster, due to chemical assistance. The American athletes, were doped up. Fact.
@@Logans3Run He only inadvertently tested positive for a herbal stimulant, that's hardly going to make you faster, he wasn't overtly muscular so I doubt he was juicing on steroids
@@litgamer6205
Well, he tested positive for banned substances 3 times in 1988 and only managed to hold on to his upgraded Olympic Gold medal in Seoul that year, only by a majority decision from the IOC review committee.
The US track and field management routinely covered up positive drug tests by their athletes that was nearly on a par, with the Soviet Bloc.
Like Ben Johnson, Lewis was a cheat, plain and simple.
@@Logans3Run They weren't for major performance enhancing substances and we're inadvertent I'm guessing or he wouldn't have got the greenlight so you can't put him on a par with Ben Johnson when you are just speculating what the substances were that's ridiculous, Carl was just a naturally gifted athlete he was running Olympic times as a teenager, we know Ben admitted to a long history of significant steroid use and was injected regularly by his personal doctor Jamie and showed a significant change in his physical appearance as well as his performances well into his career that can be tracked from 1984 when he was only running 10.2s to 1987 when he ran a 9.83 in 3 years. Carl was running 9.9s in 1984 and got down to a 9.8 in 7 years at the 91 world championships which is a believable natural improvement, chalk and cheese
@@Logans3Run utter gick
Donovan Bailey did something very similar in Atlanta. Atrocious start and broke the world record. It takes absolute composure not to panic when you're behind like this in a race.
As did Evelyn Ashford in her 10.76 race...horrible start but neither her nor Lewis panicked.
This was Carl Lewis in top form, beat the longjump with too much wind. But damn was he sharp. These were some special times.
Not sharp enough though. He was not knowm for his fast starts, but this is a very bad start. He might have run 9.75 with a better start.
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite.
"It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
@@geraldillo
Dont be stupid nobody was running 9.75 in 1991. You have no idea. On todays tech. This would have been 9.66 minimum.
How? First of all, was that not a false start? That must have affected some of the reactions in the field because surely they would have heard that second gun then realized no one else was stopping so they kept going. But can you imagine if Carl got even a modestly better start? Surely he would have run under 9.80. He was out of it about halfway through. My goodness.
Watch the FLASH of the gun... NOT the SOUND of the gun... Mitchell got out as soon as the gun went off.- Clean start.
Carl Lewis' fluid way of running remains unmatched. He owns the last 30 meters in all his runs.
His turbo kicks in
Not in seoul 1988. No chance.
No doubt
Love how Bruce Mcavaney is always commentating these 💖
Excellent commentator
False start but they carried on. In football we call it playing to the whistle. Carl Lewis very proffessional. Great man.
Respected him as a kid,until i found out he is a drug user and acts like he isnt
Announcer halfway through: "I don't think Carl can win."
Then he breaks the world record.
Well, official.
awesome commentary. masterful.
@SavageArfad TV and especially radio transmissions dislike "dead air."
One of the best 100m ever
The best ever especially for it's time.
6 MEN UNDER 10 SECONDS 9.86--9.96
2 MEN BROKE THE WORLD RECORD AT THE SAME TIME.
3 LEWIS HAD TO MAKE UP A TERRIBLE START TO WIN IN A WORLD RECORD.
Greatest Ever, all six under 10 seconds !!!!!!!! sorry to Lin- Christy 9.92 and fourth!!!!
Carl lewis is slow bro ...when u run 9.77 then you talking..
London 2012 Olympic final. Only Asafa Powell didn't break 10 because he pulled a hamstring. The rest;
9.63/9.75/9.79/9.8/9.88/9.94/9.98
Imagine running 9.80 and not even getting a bronze medal😯😒
@@malligrub to be fair they had a 1.5 tail wind, so without that, tysons time might have been 9.89.
Then he went on to win the olympics the next year, followed by worlds, then defended his common wealth title, the goal is to keep pushing if you really want success.
London 2012 is the greatest 100m race ever
Carl Lewis came out of the blocks like 💩 He was in last place for half the race and then he comes back to win it with a world record? That guy was great. Unbelievable 🏃♂️
The best.
He had the world record retrospectively. This race he could savor his achievement when it occurred. And he was 30.
the greatest race (until bolts 9.58) won by the greatest athlete called by the greatest track and field caller in the world. the only time i have ever seen a man actually change gear. this race sealed it for me on carl's legacy as the greatest till bolt came along
+Darren Madigan It is unfair to Carl for u to compare him with Bolt. Bolt has got extremely long legs and height that help me winning all the races regardless of his training. U should compare Carl with someone his height but none ever existed: Carl is The Legend.
Fuck you, asshole.
@@topfitnessssss hahaahah u must be crazy or your outside your mind ..ur gonna blame hight haha so low...mr carl was also tall thats why he was able to win as much as he does.. He was the tallest in that race..if your not good u just not good.. He will never be as fast as the greatest bolt asafa..n blake...full stop.
@@patricksweeney5308 hahaha funny one bro..it was easy to hide drugs by using mask agent back then.. Not now bro not when bolt was becoming the king..the technology was too advanced for any to do that ..like when marion drunkie jones n took all the medals for jamaican sprint queen Marlene otty..do u think the world anti dopin would make a Jamaican go so freely think about it..they only let the usa athletes gooo.
@@koolrula6945 So you saying that length of legs doesn't permit to achieve a foot stance any quicker ?!?!?! OK LOLOL TRY WALKING ALONGSIDE A 7' TALL MAN, HERE'S YOUR ANSWER !!!!!
Ray Stewart's start was ballistic (and legal unlike Mitchell's).
Yup, that start of Mitchell got him the bronze ahead of Christie
How do you come back like that!Especially in a 100m
Carl didn't "come back" from anywhere. He just relaxed and decelerated a lot slower than the rest of the field & it appeared that he flew past them when he in fact he didn't try to run faster. It's just that the rest of the field decelerated much faster than Carl did. They all tightened up while Carl held his form & won the race. The fact is the human body can't go any faster than 60 meters. The last 40 meters is just maintenance of the first 60 meters!
It’s called doping....
@@BreuckelensFinest Nearly correct, Carl Lewis was actually fastest between 60 and 70m in this race, 0.83s between 10m distance, and between 40-50m he ran 0.84 with all other 10m splits slower, looks like he got an adrenaline rush after 60m seeing the others slow down, he was down a whole tenth to Dennis Mitchell at the start! Burrell was also 0.03 quicker over the 60-70m distance matching Lewis at that point for speed. So Carls comeback was definitely at the 40m mark where he was quicker than anyone and he held that pace better than anyone, 9.77 if he had a good start! Its also clear that if Burrell had held his form he wouldve won as he was just as quick as Lewis and also ahead in the race at that point. What an athlete Carl Lewis was to hold form like that!
Can anybody educate me why in the screen it showed the WR was 9.90 while CR was 9.80?
They counted the wind assisted 9.80 that Lewis ran in the quarter-final as a CR despite it not being valid for a WR.
8 top class sprinters. Each had great careers
Amazing race... Carl is 🔥🔥
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite.
"It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
Best line up for a 100 ever ?
Unbelievably stacked with the who’s who of sprints
At a time when everyone wants to see blow outs...this race was totally unbelievable.
You have to realize that he came from the middle of the pack and came from behind in the last fifty at 30 years old in a world class field...AND WON !!!!!
His form...stride...speed was simply perfect !
Which one is the best event at WC 1991 : this final or long jump final ? Both featured the great Carl Lewis.
Carl Lewis is not a beloved figure for his personality, but that's not what matters. This is a crazy last half of a race to stay composed and finish like he did.
For sure, all-time great athlete nonetheless
That last 40 metres was incredible. He had perfect technique and speed endurance, if he had a good start he would have obliterated the WR and it would only have recently been beaten by Bolt I reckon
Chakka Boola That’s pretty much what I said 🙄
Chakka Boola 😴 😴😴😴
I don't think so. Lewis could produce that imperial finish because his start was not "unbeatable". He reached a good balance between start and finish: probably, a better start would have ruined his legendary top end speed. Anyway, he crossed the 30m line in 3"88, set 5"61 at 50 and 6"46 at 60: not exactly a bradypus!
Correct. If he start had been on par with the rest in this race. He would have run at least 9.70 here. And only had it broken by Bolt in 2008.
I was a junior international athlete and believed that drugs were used by cheats. What a let down reality is.
Only let down is what’s felt by your parents from having a sad negative narrow-minded offspring like you.
@@doriangray2020 You know me so well.
The fastest and cleanest race ever.
Clean in what way?
Lord, what a lineup. And Burrell runs under his own world record but loses to Lewis. Maginificent.
It's hard to believe how fast guys are running today. I can't believe that training methods are much different today than in the 80's and 90's. It has to be the tracks of today are just faster surfaces than in the past. A 100m takes approximately 40 strides, if the new surfaces gave back just an extra .005 sec. per stride, that would equal .2 sec. Faster surfaces has to be the reason for so many sprinters today running sub-10 sec.
+Sandy Combs drugs...dumb dumb!
***** Drugs have been around for years.
Sandy Combs Not going to waste time with you. I'm a Penn Relays Champion and an All American. The drugs that are on the scene today are light years ahead of the drugs used in the 60s, 70s, 80s, etc. Anyone using just steroids...human or animal... usually gets busted. The ones using "designer" Performance Enhancement Drugs are the ones who have changed the game. Technology is always 1 step behind the drug cheats. In the case of the USA and other countries they know who the cheats are but they protect them!! You probably think powdered cocaine and crack cocaine are the same. :)
***** You are probably right....
What does you being a Penn Champions and all american have anything to do with anything in that comment.....
3:08 Commentator left with pie on his face after shouting ''I dont think Carl could win ''
@Cheetah Car Yeah I remember hearing one of the other broadcasters for this race saying “Burrell wins it” when Lewis had clearly come back.
He brought it back though, I think it adds to it.
Running under 10 seconds is now the price of admission to the upper leagues of the sport.
As Tyson Gay has said & I'm paraphrasing, "People that watch track today are so spoiled that they expect all these fast times & they don't realize how hard it is to run a 9.7 or 9.8 or even A 9.9!"
Why don't you train for the 100 meters & see how difficult it is to even run a 10.8! Lmao. You are spoiled my friend!
Btw, it's been said by science that the top sprinters haven't really gotten any faster than even Jesse Owens. The surfaces and shoes have improved and is the biggest attributing factors in the times today! Hence why they call some tracks "a fast track!" Show some gratitude & humility, especially if you can't even run an 11 flat!
@@BreuckelensFinest Mostly agree. The technology has really made performances better. Look at Haywood field and now after the Tokyo Olympics, that track. It's a good thing, imho...but at some point there is only so fast a man/woman can run. The rest is how well they capitalize off the phenomenal tech used in laying these tracks and making the shoes.
Beautiful stride Carl Lewis
Yet in 2003 Lewis had to admit that he himself had tested positive for banned substances during the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. In acknowledging the revelations, however, Lewis was far from contrite.
"It's ridiculous, "Lewis said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of track and field and I've been retired for five years, and they're still talking about me, so I guess I still have it."
when they did carl lewis's doping test, the tube melted
in twelve years of activity the progressive distance between the eyes (which sunken) and the jaw (which protruded) remains an unsolved mystery of biomechanics
Lots & Lots "JUICE" on track
Just when you thought Bolt was only one with a bad start
Bolt doesnt have a bad start
COMMENTATOR: *"It's the greatest sprinting performance you'll ever see!"* 3:17
USAIN BOLT: *"Hold my beer."*
And it still is. It's not the FASTEST. But its STILL overall the best 100m final of alltime.
The guy who came 6th in that race was 9.96. The guy who came 6th in the 2012.Olympic final was 9.98.
2 men broke the world record at the SAME TIME in that race. Nobody broke the world record in the 2012 Olympic final.
The OUTCOME of the race was uncertain until the line. Bolt was always going to win the 2012 final.
This was THE RACE.
@@fender1000100 In early 90s, it was very impressive to see 6 sprinters ran under 10 secs in the final which made history.
To win after getting such a dreadful start was just incredible.
Never seen before in the 100
@@ericstewart1906 Love or hate him he was a massive talent.
@@ericgeorge5483
The greatest.
@@fender1000100 One of them no doubt.
So, the tv info was wrong right??? It showed CR 9.80.....And then Carl did a WR in 9.86.....The japanese messed it up....
Race of all time
The master at work.
Сarl Lewis has a beautiful running technique that I did not see before and after him.
Take a look at Jesse Owens' form.
As much as Carl can be a brat this was an amazing effort.
Closing speed is incredible...
imagine breaking the world record and even that isnt enough for first
Amazing race. The first time that many went under 10 seconds.
"I don't think Carl can win!" 5 seconds later....new world record. LOL
Commentator: "I don't think Lewis can win..... ....Lewis has broken the World record.!"
This video is a national treasure! Best race of all-time #Trump
Carl Runner up to Johnson in 1987; but commentator fails to say that Johnson got DQd for that event. Anyone know exactly when the IAAF rescinded that result from Rome in 1987?
+Bren Walsh 1989. johnson testified that he had been using steroids since 1981.
+tim newman Really!?, I figured he was juicing in 84' at the olympics but 7 years before getting busted wow
How was that not recalled?
He must’ve lost 0,1 - 0,2s at the start, crazy! How many of these were caught for doping, most of them I suspect although I think Frankie was clean
Of course Carl has a slow start out of the blocks because he wasn't a natural 100 meter sprinter. He ran the 200 and the long jump, and one day decided to do the 100. With technology, video, and different training regiments we have today, now telling how fast he could've been with that form.
Now everyone knows in the 100, that you keep your head down for about the first 40, then you start to come up. It seems like everyone in this race was coming up at around 10-15 meters...lol
Tracks are faster now.
@@manuelpacheco5394 This is true..
Why cum Surin of Canada with national record of 10.07 when Ben Johnson ran 9.83 and 9.79 in Seoul?
From "Lewis can't win" to "LEWIS BREAKS THE WORLD RECORD" in micro seconds.. Mr Commentator, please make up your mind
+Bus Lan erm, "i dont think carl can win", isnt "lewis cant win". mr bus lan, try listening.
+tim newman Well, I guess I'm the one who need to 'make up my ear's then :)
Bloody hell what line up star studded!!!!
If Carl Lewis had a better start as he had in earlier races, he could have emulated his round 2 time (9.80 sec) which were wind-aided then.
He ran 9.78 in the U.S trials in 87..But that want wind legal.
NEVER ,NEVER,GIVE UP!!
Fun Fact: @1:41 is Shacari Richardson's coach
It's actually close among the top 4. No wonder Linford Christie became the top of them in the highest level of competition, i.e 1992 Olympic.
But I expected Frank Fredericks improved, esp at 1996 Olympic. The Namibian did perform very well, but in 200m not 100m, where he only lost to the great Michael Johnson.
Amazing Technique 🏃♀️
Er hat mich in der Zentralklausur hops genommen
Strange that Lewis was at his absolute peak a year before the 92 olympic trials and he just fell of a cliff. Didn't even qualify
Didnt he get sick? He did compete in 96 olympics too
He was 31 in 92. That was old for a sprinter back then. Look what happened to Bolt at 31.
@@отпирайте Many people know him in sprinting, but probably don't know he was a great long jumper.
At 1996 Olympic, he won the gold in long jump for the 4th time in a row since 1984. That is a marvellous achievement.
Reeled em in like a speckled trout..
Wow!!
How did he do that from last?
Did this commentator say the only South African that represent Namibia at 1:50 in the video? 🤔
Mashell Matthie what’s wrong with that statement?
South Africa was banned from events so they competed for other countries.
drugs are beautiful. 6 of the 8 finalist in Seoul in 1988 were druged. But one paid....
Look at how much sprinters today have progressed. The times the best guys 20 years ago were running would be considered "subpar" today. Yet people still think drug use isn't rampant in the sprints...
Valama Meite .. grow up
joe di 💊 the drugs have improved you mean. harder to trace
7 actually 😂😂😂.. Only the Brazilian was clean
@@Nyasalands_Finest Brazil was the only one who didn't get caught! Remember Lance Armstrong never tested positive for steroids either but he got snitched on eventually! Let's hope Usain Bolt doesn't get snitched on. I doubt he will bc people liked him & Lance was a dick!
30 years ago today!
just notciced now world record 9.90 championship record 9.80. this dosnt make sense.
+LukeBoys2 because the championship record was wind aided.
tim newman Yeah I looked into it and relised
@@timn4481
Then it wouldnt have stood.
Usain bolt would have beat these guys on one leg.
Not in 1991 he wouldnt. Todays tech gives a 0.25 second advantage. Do the math Einstein.
Carl Lewis was 30 years old at the time of this race - the 30 year old Bolt wouldn't have beaten him on one leg.
The last great race of King Carl... Love the finish
How is the WR 9.90 and the CR 9.80 at 3:18?
Obviously a mistake on the 9.80
That 9.80 was windaided
History
just imagine if he got the start of asafa powel! n the power of tyson gay! ..
Where the Best ever Ben Johnson? Why cum they said Surin had the Canadian record of 10.07 when Ben ran 9.79 in Seoul?
The 9.79 (and the 9.83 from the 1987 World Championships) were wiped from the record books after his positive drug test in Seoul.
Carl Lewis was a liar 🤥 dirty in 88 Olympic 100 complained because a Canadian handed him his rear end
Shut up Lewis is a legend. Johnson a disgrace. When you learn to read. You may learn the difference between a useless stimulant and power anabolic STEROIDS.
LEWIS have TURBO and BOLT has AFTERBURNERS
Leroy Burrel the man with awesome speed but can not finish....fav in 1991 WC and 1992 Olympics came up short on both occasions.
And the true winner of that race was . . . Robson da Silva.
Lol kinda true, and calvin johnson for 1988
Unbeatable Formula 1 Driver, Lewis Hamilton, was named after Guess Who????? by his father........
And they played cricket they would both bat for the other team
WR 9.90 and CR 9.80 haha
Eduardo the championship record was wind aided that's why
Carl Morrow
Oh I see, I guess if it doens't count for WR it shouldn't count for CR either, but thanks for the clarification.
Eduardo yeah idk why it does that
Carl Morrow fuck just shut up
@@username17234 - The limits for wind aided didn't allow it to qualify for a world record but it was under the max standard for the CR.
Geez, what would Lewis have run if he got a decent start......?
If Carl Lewis had a better start it would be faster maybe he could had ran 9.84 if his start was better
If Carl Lewis had a better start he would have ran 9.76
9.70 if his start had been like Ray Stewart.
Anyone know who the commentator is?
Bruce McAvaney
Bruce is very knowledgeable sports commentator from Australia. A polite, humble gentleman. "Special".
Second best 100m race after that ridiculous London 2012 race that had all 5 fastest men of all time - Bolt, Blake, Gay, Powell, Gatlin + Richard Thompson, Daniel Bailey and Churandy Martina.
Were Alan Wells and Valeriy Borzov the last white men ever to win any significant 100m races..
Could Carl Lewis have beaten Usian Bolt, with modern training? I think so
Certainly would have been a serious rival. Whereas Bolt could get pressed by Gatlin. Lewis would have beaten him at least 1 out of 3.
@@fender1000100 Thanks, I do think Carl Lewis would have challenged Bolt with modern training. Lewis did win 4 gold in 1984 and has more golds over all.
No replay in slow motion...
You can hit the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner and adjust the playback speed to view this race in slow motion.
if lewis god Start .... 9.75
"if".... who empeach him to have a good start and run under 9seconds. the era of Lewis was full of drugged runners. he escaped only. most of them admitted to have use drug in track and fields and tennis ( Andre Agassi). if we check very closely we will certainly found in Lewis weird things.....
Valama Meite actually no you won't. do you realise that in 1981 Carl ran a 10.00 with zero wind. here he runs a 9.86 with 1.2 wind. that means he improved a total of about 0.08s over 10 years. nothing about that suggests drug use. nothing.
tim newman these are the only 2 races he ran all his life?
Carl run the best 50 m that i saw.good start 9.6
@@אורןחוגי-ב6ב nah more like a 9.4 or 9.5, somewhere in between there!
Only Carl Lewis!
the crowd roar.....
Bolt is a better starter than Carl, but their top end speed is pretty close.
Thats the best way to put it. If Lewis had a better start. On todays tracks he would be a 9.65 to 9.7 runner easy.