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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]
Jesse Owens broke the Olympic record with his second jump in the final round, at 7.87 metres. Luz Long matched that with his fifth, penultimate jump (after also breaking the older record at 7.84 metres on his third), but Owens finished with 7.94 metres and 8.06 metres in his fifth and sixth jumps. However, all of these jumps were wind-aided.
Jesse Owens equalled the standing Olympic record with 10.3 seconds in the final heat of the first round. He matched his own world record of 10.2 seconds, set two months earlier, in the quarterfinals but this result was not counted for records purposes due to wind assistance.
Official world record, without starting blocks 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
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.
The horse is needed to race against Jesse Owens, Olympic Champion.” Berlin, 1936: Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the men’s 200 meter at the Summer Olympic Games. Owens won four gold medals.
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 ...
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