“Hitler declared Aryan supremacy by decree, but Jesse Owens is proving him a liar by degrees.” Owens took his third gold medal running the 200-meter race in record time, ahead of Mack ...

Perhaps the most famous incident occurred after Jesse ... win gold in the 100-meter sprint, long jump, and relay—achievements ...

Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich ... the long jump and on America's 4x100 relay team. Score it: Owens 4, Hitler 0. A remarkably even-keeled and magnanimous human ...

BERLIN - 1936 : Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the mens 200m at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany. Owens won a total of four gold medals in the Olympics, winning the mens ...

Jesse Owens, born in Oakville, Alabama, in 1913, was a track and field athlete who became a global icon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. As an African American comp ...

J.C. 'Jesse' Owens possessed both elite speed and raw power, which he honed and blended on his way to winning four Olympic gold medals in 1936. Those impressive traits -- elite speed and raw power ...

One man, five days of competition, four gold medals won. That equation should have been enough to make any athlete stand out in a crowd of his contemporaries. Yet Jesse Owens' performances in the ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens ... winning gold medals in the 100- and 200- meter dashes, the long jump and on America's 4x100 relay team. Score it: Owens 4, Hitler 0. A remarkably even-keeled ...