Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track ... After performing at heroic levels for the United States at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, German Chancellor Adolph Hitler refused to congratulate Owens ...

This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Watch Jesse Owens Win Four Golds at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, hosted by a freshly appointed ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... Crowds of 110,000 cheered him in Berlin's glittering Olympic Stadium and his autograph or picture was sought as he walked ...

Berlin's Olympic stadium is best remembered for African American Jesse Owens four golds in 1936, amidst Nazi propaganda promoting "Aryan racial superiority". They've even named a road after him in ...

Serena Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian recently reacted to American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens' historic gold medal win at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Owens won the gold medal in front of ...

In the streets of Berlin, Olympic flags hung alongside swastikas ... But disgust could not prevent American runner Jesse Owens from becoming the star of the games. Owens won four gold medals ...

Yet Jesse Owens' performances in the Berlin Olympics of 1936 were tainted and are remembered for so much more than his endeavours in athletics. Admittedly Owens was different to most of his rivals ...

Luz Long and Jesse Owens 1936 Berlin Olympics On August 4th, in addition, a powerful friendship was born, sustained by a constant epistolary crossing between Jesse and Luz. On July 10, 1943 ...

The 1936 Olympics in Berlin, it was a time of deep-rooted segregation ... but one man dashed that image. In 10.3 seconds Jesse Owens' life would change forever. Owens' 100 metres Final victory ...

BERLIN - 1936 : Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the mens 200m at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany. Owens won a total of four gold medals in the Olympics, winning the mens ...

Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from ... Crowds of 110,000 cheered him in Berlin's glittering Olympic Stadium and his autograph or picture was sought as he walked the streets.