He won eight gold medals and one silver in three successive Olympic Games. At the 1984 Olympic Games he equalled the performance of Jesse Owens, winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres, 400-metre relay, and long jump. In the 1988 Olympics, he repeated his golds in the 100 metres and long jump, and won a silver in the 200 metres. Although in the 1992 Olympics he failed to make the USA's 100-metre and 200-metre squads, he repeated his success in the long jump and anchored the USA's record-breaking 400-metre relay team. World Championships silver: 100 metres 1987; long jump 1991 gold: 100 metres 1983, 1991; 4 x 100 metres relay 1983, 1987 1991; long jump 1983, 1987 silver: 100 metres 1987; long jump 1991.
