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Jesse Owens

United States · 1933–1936

Four golds in Berlin, and four world records in 45 minutes.

4
Olympic golds: 4
Records in 45 min: Stood 25 years
Long jump record: 4
Berlin events won

Career

In May 1935 Owens set three world records and equalled a fourth within three quarters of an hour, at a single meet. The following year he won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, a result that landed as a direct rebuttal to the Games' intended message.

Honours

Four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Set or equalled four world records in 45 minutes, 1935
His long jump world record stood for twenty-five years
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1976

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