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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. [3]Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". [4]
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, were held at Olympiastadion on 2 and 3 August. The final was won by 0.1 seconds by American Jesse Owens, and teammate Ralph Metcalfe repeated as silver medalist. [1]
The United States team of Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff won in a world record time of 39.8. Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were originally slated to compete in the American relay team but were replaced by Owens and Metcalfe prior to the start of the race. There were speculations that their Jewish heritage contributed ...
For the second consecutive year, Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-meter sprint, the 200-meter sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for more than half of Ohio State's points (40 of 73) in the team scoring.
US champion Jesse (James Cleveland) Owens crosses the finish line of the 100m event, that he won, on August 05, 1936 during Olympic Games in Berlin. Grandson of a slave, Owens established six ...
Jesse Owens: 1933 9.4 Equalled world record, set US high school record Mel Patton: 1948 9.3 Official world record James Jackson Alameda High School, Alameda, California, 1954 9.4 Equalled US high-school record Ken Irvine: 1961 9.3 Equalled professional 100-yard world record Harry Jerome: 1962 9.2
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The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by 0.4 seconds by American Jesse Owens, with silver going to Mack Robinson (brother of baseball's Jackie Robinson). [2] Owens thus reached 3 gold medals in 1936 (along with the 100 metres and long jump), with the sprint relay still to ...