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"Weren’t Moses and Lewis caught up in steroids scandals?"

Not Moses.

You maye be thinking of the 1988 Olympics where Ben Johnson beat Lewis by a mile in the 100m, but Ben was juicing (duh, someone smokes Lewis, the world record holder). Lewis was given the gold.

Also, I stand corrected in my statement about Oerter being the only person to win the same event 4 times - Lewis and Danish sailor Paul Elvstrøm also have that distinction.

IMHO, Carl Lewis is the greatest Olympian considering his long career in multiple events, winning against fierce competition, setting world records, and last but not least 9 golds - 4 in the same event (plus 1 silver and 0 bronze).

Edwin MOSES Unbeatable hurdler

Edwin Moses was a truly remarkable hurdler who completely dominated his event for a decade.
Jaw-dropping debut
Edwin Moses went to college on an academic, not an athletic, scholarship and he used to train using public high school facilities. The 1976 Montreal Games was his first international competition. Yet despite his inexperience, Moses won the 400m hurdles in world record time. His winning margin was eight metres, the largest in the event's history.
Sustained brilliance
Moses missed the 1980 Moscow Games because of the US boycott. However, he returned for the 1984 Los Angeles Games and won a second gold medal. Between September 1977 and June 1987, Moses won 122 consecutive races, including 107 finals in meets that took him to 22 different countries.
Record-breaking career
At the 1988 Seoul Games, Moses won a bronze medal at the age of 33. During his incredible career, Moses broke the world record four times and his final world record of 47.02 survived for nine years before it fell at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Since his retirement from competition, Moses has been active in the struggle against the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Carl LEWIS King Carl

Carl Lewis, as one of only four Olympic athletes to have won nine Olympic gold medals, is widely recognised as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Matching Jesse Owens
At the 1984 Los Angeles Games, Lewis emulated his boyhood idol Jesse Owens by winning gold in the 100m, the 200m, the long jump and the 4x100m relay. A superstar was born.
Further Olympic joy
At the 1988 Seoul Games, Lewis defended his 100m title after Ben Johnson was disqualified. He also defended his long jump title and claimed silver in the 200m. Four years later in Barcelona, he won a third gold medal in the long jump, defeating world record holder Mike Powell by just three centimetres. He also anchored the world record-setting US relay team.
One last golden jump
Lewis only just scraped into the US Olympic long jump team for the 1996 Atlanta Games. He then needed all three jumps to qualify for the final. However in the final, he majestically moved into first place with his third jump and stayed there.
Olympic records
His success in the long jump made Carl Lewis one of only three Olympians to win the same individual event four times. He is also one of only four Olympic athletes to win nine gold medals.