It is "difficult" for IOC President Thomas Bach to accept that a gold medal won by track and field star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics will be auctioned off and possibly be bought by a ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1936, 23 year-old Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in the 100 meter sprint, defeating the theories of a master race by the Nazi regime ...

The very act of participating in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a Black American was controversial, risky — and heroic. Owens emerged from the Games with four gold medals and as one of the greatest ...

1936 — Jesse Owens becomes the first American to win four Olympic gold medals as the United States sets a world record in the 4×100 relay at the Berlin Games. The record time of 39.8 seconds lasts for ...