USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the decades to come, Jesse Owens’s record-setting performance at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the gold medals he won in the 100-meter sprint, 200-meter sprint, long jump, and 4×100 relay would be celebrated as a powerful rebuke of Adolf Hitler.

Detailed explanation-2: -On August 5, he won the 200 m sprint with a time of 20.7 seconds, defeating teammate Mack Robinson (the older brother of Jackie Robinson).

Detailed explanation-3: -Track and Field Against a backdrop of racial discirimination, Jesse Owens shined at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games, winning gold medals in the 100-meter dash, long jump, 200-meter dash and the 4×100-meter relay.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before Owens’ death in 1980, the sprinter reportedly said he had lost the four gold medals. The German government replaced them, and they now rest at Ohio State, Owens’ alma mater.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 1936 Games also introduced the torch relay by which the Olympic flame is transported from Greece. Nearly 4, 000 athletes competed in 129 events. The track-and-field competition starred American Jesse Owens, who won three individual gold medals and a fourth as a member of the triumphant U.S. 4 × 100-metre relay team.