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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 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.
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.
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
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 ...
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).
"Race" is based on the story of Jesse Owens, the superstar whose quest to become the greatest track athlete in history thrusts him into the 1936 Olympics
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