Benjamin Johnson and Jesse Owens at Madison Square Garden.East Tech athlete Jesse Owens runs down a track.East Tech athlete Jesse Owens signs up for the AAU track meet.East Tech sprinter Jesse Owens in mid-stride.East Tech student athletes Jesse Owens and Alfred Storey.Fred Wolcott and Jesse Owens in action.East Technical High School student Jesse Owens wins a race at the state championship meet in Columbus. Owens won three events, leading East Tech to a solid victory.Jesse Owens at the start of a parade in his honor in Cleveland upon his return from the 1936 Olympics. Seated beside him is Mayor Harold H. Burton.Jesse Owens breaks a world record in the 220-yard dash.Jesse Owens competes in the broad jump as an audience looks on.Jesse Owens finishes first in the 220-yard dash. 1935Jesse Owens sets the world record in the 100-meter dash. 1936Jesse Owens jumps over a hurdle at the NCAA track and field championships. 1935Jesse Owens [wearing number 168] wins his heat of the 100-yard dash in 9.6 seconds.Jesse Owens, Ohio State’s track star, tying the world’s record of 9.4 in the hundred-yard dash event.Lennart Strandberg [left] of Sweden congratulating Jesse Owens [center], who beat him in 100 meters at Olympics.Ohio State University athlete Jesse Owens in mid-jump at the Drake Relay Carnival in Des Moines, Iowa.Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens awaits the start of a race at the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany.Ohio State University athlete Jesse Owens sets the American record for the broad jump, with a leap of over 26 feet. 1935Owens takes 100 meters at Princeton.Sprinter Jesse Owens winning a race in this undated photograph.This undated photo shows Jesse Owens in mid-stride.With a leap of 24 feet, 11.25 inches, East Tech student Jesse Owens sets a new broad jump record at a track meet held at John Adams Field.
