Editing Carl Lewis (section)

==Achievements and honors==
[[File:Stamps of Azerbaijan, 1996-382.jpg|thumb|An [[Azerbaijan]] stamp honoring Lewis, issued in 1996]]
* Lewis was the only man to successfully defend an Olympic long jump title until the 2024 Olympics, when [[Miltiadis Tentoglou|Miltos Tentoglou]] became the second to achieve it. Lewis is still the only one to defend the title three times (four gold medals in four consecutive Olympics).
* Outdoors, Lewis jumped 14 of the 20 furthest ancillary jumps of all time. (Ancillary marks are those that are valid, but were not the furthest in a series.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mlongok.htm |title=Men's long jump |website=www.alltime-athletics.com |access-date=May 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521163813/http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mlongok.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Personal best marks===
* '''100&nbsp;m:''' 9.86 s (August 1991, Tokyo)
* '''200&nbsp;m:''' 19.75 s (June 1983, Indianapolis)
* '''Long jump:''' {{T&Fcalc|8.87}} 1991, {{T&Fcalc|8.91}} 1991 (both in Tokyo)
* '''4 × 100&nbsp;m relay:''' 37.40 s (United States&nbsp;– [[Michael Marsh (athlete)|Marsh]]; [[Leroy Burrell|Burrell]]; [[Dennis Mitchell|Mitchell]]; Lewis&nbsp;– August 1992, Barcelona)
* '''4 × 200&nbsp;m relay:''' 1:18.68 min (Santa Monica Track Club – Marsh; Burrell; [[Floyd Heard|Heard]]; Lewis – 1994; (former world record)

===Honors===
In 1999, Lewis was voted "Sportsman of the Century" by the [[International Olympic Committee]],<ref name=HoF/> elected "World Athlete of the Century" by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]]<ref name=HoF>{{cite web |title=IAAF Hall of Fame: Carl Lewis |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hall-of-fame#1980-carl-lewis |website=iaaf.org |publisher=IAAF |access-date=January 15, 2015}}</ref> and named "Olympian of the Century" by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.<ref name="autogenerated4">{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104002640/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/12/02/awards/ |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/12/02/awards/ |title=Sports Illustrated honors world's greatest athletes |publisher=CNN |date=December 3, 1999 |access-date=April 28, 2010}}</ref> In 2000 his alma mater [[University of Houston]] named the [[Carl Lewis International Complex]] after him.

In 2010, Lewis was inducted into the [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]].

In 2016, Lewis was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rice Legends to be Inducted Into TTFCA Hall of Fame Friday |url=http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/010716aaa.html |publisher=Rice University |date=January 7, 2016 |access-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003101639/http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/010716aaa.html |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Awards===
* [[World Athletics Awards]]
:: World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Athletes of the Year |url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/651c81d5050f9b2bc0433282.pdf?_gl=1*6hkuqu*_ga*NjYxMTM1NTI5LjE3MTUyMjE3MTY.*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTcxNTIyMTcxNS4xLjEuMTcxNTIyMTcyMi4wLjAuMA.. |website=[[World Athletics]] |format=PDF |access-date=}}</ref>
* [[L'Équipe Champion of Champions]]: 1983, 1984, 1991
* [[United Press International Athlete of the Year Award|United Press International Athlete of the Year]]: 1983, 1984
* [[USOC SportsMan of the Year]]: 1991
* [[Gazzetta Sports Awards]]
:: World Sportsman of the Year: 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991