Jesse Owens became an international superstar at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, winning four gold medals. Owens claimed gold in the 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay and long jump. On the latest episode of ...

The real image of Jesse Owens (on the left) was taken on the final day of Olympic track and field tryouts at Randall's Island Stadium in New York on 11 July 1936, and also shows fellow Olympian ...

The bright spot was Jesse Owens. It was on this day, Aug. 3, in 1936, that Ohio’s track phenom won the gold in the 100-m. dash, after setting a new record for that race the day before.

Known as “The Buckeye Bullet,” Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler expected the Games to be a showcase of Aryan supremacy, but the United States won 11 gold ...

Jesse Owens' four-gold-medal performance in 1936 in Berlin was iconic. For him to do what he did at that time, in that country, on that world stage, has rightly stood the test of time.

Jesse Owens' legendary performance at the 1936 Summer Olympics has not been recounted quite like this. "Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics" – which premieres Wednesday night on History ...

American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin — he won four gold medals in the 100 meters, the 200m, the 4x100m relay, and the long jump — made him a track and field great.

Owens is considered one of the greatest track and field athletes of all time. Not only did he face color barriers, but controversy swirled around his decision to compete in the 1936 Summer ...