Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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.
Jesse Owens United States: 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe United States: 10.4 Tinus Osendarp Netherlands: 10.5 200 metres details: Jesse Owens United States: 20.7 Mack Robinson United States: 21.1 Tinus Osendarp Netherlands: 21.3 400 metres details: Archie Williams United States: 46.5 Godfrey Brown Great Britain: 46.7 Jimmy LuValle United States: 46.8 800 ...
Jesse Owens: Track & Field. While his illustrious Ohio State career included an hour-long stretch where he broke three world records at the 1935 Big Ten Championships, Jesse Owens ascent peaked at ...
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 ...
Jesse Owens may have had the most impressive 45-minutes any collegiate athlete experienced in 1935. #GoBucks
Grandson of a slave, Owens established six world records in 1935. The legendary athlete retained his 100m world record for 20 years and his long jump world record for 25 years (until 1960).
Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-yard sprint, the 220-yard sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for 40 of Ohio State's 40 + 1 ⁄ 5 points in the team scoring, with pole vaulter John Wonsowicz contributing the remaining one-fifth of a point ...