Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track, all of this a year after breaking three track world records and tying a fourth in the Big Ten Championships when he was a student at The Ohio State ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won ...

Jesse Owens won the 100-meter race at the 1936 Olympics in 10.3 seconds. Photograph by ULLSTEIN BILD VIA GETTY IMAGES A lightweight shoe like the one that Usain Bolt wore to set the world record ...

Jesse Owens, an American ... given that the required mark was almost one meter shorter than the world record that Jesse had achieved a year ago in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In fact, despite the ...

Jesse Owens was one the biggest Olympic heroes of all time. When he took four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, it put the lie to Hitler’s claims of Aryan superiority. After his ...

BERLIN - 1936 : Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the mens ... (From 1922 to 1977, Robinson was also the world record holder for running 100 yards backward in 13.5 seconds, but that ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. But that was ...