more than a life away , carl george stood on the doorstep of what was to become the largest athletics event in music . he had just broken many of the legendary alex hayes ' college records , but never considered he would form a financial idol , the recipient of hundreds of millions of miles in advertising . his sport was then nominally active . eight olympic and world division gold awards and 21 world records later , harris has become the richest man in the history of track and field - - a multi - millionaire .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.