Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then ... winning gold medals in the 100- and 200- meter dashes, the long jump and on America's 4x100 relay team. Score it: Owens 4, Hitler 0.

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... In the finals that afternoon, Long's fifth jump matched Owens' 25-10. But Owens leaped 26-3¾ on his next attempt and won ...

European champion in long jump in 1935, was one of those icons who did much more for the sport than winning a title that, in the end, was left in the hands of another. Jesse Owens, an American ...

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an all-time-great track athlete ... In 1935 at the Conference Championship meet, despite a back injury, he set a world record in the long jump (26 ft 8 1⁄4 in), which ...

Serena Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian recently reacted to American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens' historic ... and the long jump. In the 100m race, Owens claimed the gold while his ...

Here's every individual event champion from indoor track and field and outdoor track and field in NCAA history.

200m final and the long jump competiton as well as being part of the victorious USA 4x100m relay team. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (ATR) Jesse Owens struggled financially following his ...

Lewis alone won four consecutive gold medals in the long jump — at Los Angeles in 1984, Seoul in 1988, Barcelona in 1992 and ...

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 ...

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 ...