Jesse Owens had an unmatched performance at the 1935 Big Ten ... Owens started with equalling the 100-yard dash world record in 9.4 seconds before he set the world record with a 8.13-meter ...

OWENS, JESSE (12 September 1913-31 March 1980), was a world record setting track-and-field athlete during the 1930s.In 1950 sportswriters voted him as the world's top track star of the century. Born ...

On this day in 1936, at the Olympic Games in Berlin, track and field star Jesse Owens shattered Hitler’s white supremacist propaganda in his own country.. When Owens arrived in Germany’s ...

Ninety years ago, Jesse Owens made history by producing the "greatest 45 minutes ever in sport." On May 25, 1935, Owens set four world records in 45 minutes at the Big Ten Championships in Ann ...

Ohio State's Jesse Owens turns in possibly the best one-day track and field performance in history when he sets three world records and ties another in a 45-minute span.

Jesse Owens set three world records—and tied a fourth—in college. Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. | United Archives/GettyImages.

The Jesse Owens plaque at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor. From 1906 to 1926 this historic field was used as the home for Michigan football and is also the site where Owens broke four world records in ...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens' world record then later had his own mark eclipsed by Bob Beamon's record-shattering leap at the Mexico ...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens' world record then later had his own mark eclipsed by Bob Beamon's record-shattering leap at the Mexico ...

"These world-record results showcase the amazing story of Luz Long, the most Courageous Olympian," said David Kohler, the president of SCP Auctions. About a year ago, Bill Russell's Olympic gold ...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens' world record then later had his own mark eclipsed by Bob Beamon's record-shattering leap at the Mexico ...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens' world record then later had his own mark eclipsed by Bob Beamon's record-shattering leap at the Mexico ...