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
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres Frankie Fredericks, who also finished second in the 200 metres in Barcelona. Dennis Mitchell of the United States of America won the bronze. The two central figures of the 1988 Olympic 100m did not appear in the final. Carl Lewis, the gold medalist in 1988, was not selected for the US team in the 100m. Ben Johnson reached the semifinals. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1992