Carl Lewis for 16 years. He covered the final leg in 8.85 seconds, the fastest officially recorded anchor leg. Lewis competed at the 4th World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993, but finished fourth in the 100 m, and did not compete in the long jump. He did, however, earn his first World Championship medal in the 200 m, a bronze with his 19.99 s performance. That medal would prove to be his final Olympic or World Championship medal in a running event. Injuries kept Lewis largely sidelined for the next few years, then he made a comeback for the 1996 season. In
Steve Lewis (sprinter) the Olympic Games in Barcelona and won a silver medal in the 400 m and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, which broke the world record (2:55.74) that Lewis had previously helped tie in the 1988 Olympic Games. The rest of Lewis' career was affected by injury and an ongoing viral illness, and he never again competed at a major international championships. Lewis was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. Steve Lewis (sprinter) Steven Earl Lewis (born May 16, 1969) is a former American track and field athlete, winner of three gold