Houston Chronicle

Lewis’ streak

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Carl Lewis’ 65-meet winning streak in the long jump, which was broken Friday in Tokyo by Mike Powell, with distance and site:

1981: 1. March 13 - 27 feet, 10 inches, Detroit; 2. April 11 - 266, Houston. 3. April 24 - 26-9, Philadelph­ia; 4. May 10 - 28-3 3/4, wind-aided, Los Angeles. 5. May 16 - 27-1, Dallas; 6. June 5 - 27-0¾, Baton Rouge, La. 7. June 20 - 28-3½, wind-aided, Sacramento, Calif. 8. June 26 26-4½, Oslo, Norway; 9. July 31 - 25-9½, Ovre Ardal, Norway; 10. Aug. 19 - 27-11½, Zurich, Switzerlan­d; 11. Sept. 4 - 26-9, Rome.

1982: 12. Jan. 16 - 28-1, East Rutherford, N.J. 13. Jan. 22 27-1¾, Los Angeles; 14. Feb. 12 - 27-3¾, New York. 15. Feb. 26 - 28-0¾, New York; 16. May 16 - 28-3, Los Angeles. 17. May 29 - 27-6, Wichita, Kan; 18. June 19 - 27-10, Knoxville, Tenn; 19. July 24 - 28-9, Indianapol­is; 20. Aug. 7 - 27-10¾, Los Angeles. 21. Aug. 18 - 28-1¾, Zurich, Switzerlan­d.

1983: 22. Jan. 15 - 27-4¼, Rosemont, Ill. 23. Jan. 28 28-0¼, New York; 24. Feb. 18 - 27-9½, San Diego. 25. Feb. 25 - 27-4¾, New York. 26. Feb. 27 - 27-8¾, East Rutherford, N.J.; 27. May 15 - 28-1, Los Angeles; 28. June 19 - 28-10¼, Indianapol­is; 29. Aug. 10 - 280¾, Helsinki, Finland. 30. Aug. 26 - 27-5¼, Brussels, Belgium.

1984: 31. Jan. 27 - 28-10¼, New York; 32. Feb. 11 - 28-0¾, East Rutherford, N.J. 33. Feb. 27 27-10¾, New York; 34. May 13 - 28-7, Los Angeles; 35. June 19 - 28-7, Los Angeles; 36. July 21 28-1, wind-aided, Sacramento, Calif; 37. Aug. 6 - 28-0¼, Los Angeles; 38. Aug. 24 - 28-4½, Brussels, Belgium.

1985: 39. Jan. 25 - 27-10¾, New York; 40. Feb. 8 - 27-1¾, Los Angeles; 41. May 5 - 28-0, Houston. 42. May 18 - 28-9¼, wind-aided, Los Angeles; 43. Aug. 30 - 28-3½, Brussels, Belgium; 44. Sept. 22 - 27-2, Tokyo.

1986: 45. Feb. 8 - 27-5 ½, New York; 46. April 27 - 27-4, windaided, Walnut, Calif; 47. May 4 - 27-1¼, wind-aided, Houston; 48. June 20 - 25-8½, windaided, Eugene, Ore.

1987: 49. April 26 - 28-9 ¼, wind-aided, Walnut, Calif; 50. June 26 - 28-4 ½, San Jose, Calif; 51. Aug. 16 - 28-8½, Indianapol­is; 52. Sept. 5 - 285½, Rome.

1988: 53. May 21 - 27-9½, Houston; 54. June 24 - 27-8, Lausanne, Switzerlan­d; 55. July 18 - 28-9, Indianapol­is; 56. Sept. 26 - 28-7½, Seoul, Korea.

1989: 57. Jan. 28 - 26-9, Houston; 58. Feb. 12 - 26-9¾, Stuttgart, West Germany; 59. June 27 - 27-8, Lausanne, Switzerlan­d; 60. July 3 - 28-0, Stockholm. 61. July 23 - 28-0¼, New York. 62. Aug. 18 - 27-6, Berlin.

1990: 63. July 16 - 27-11, Barcelona, Spain. 64. July 25 27-6, Seattle.

1991: 65. June 15 - 28-4¼, New York.

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