Jesse OWENS - Olympic Athletics | United States of …
1980-3-31 · In 1935, Jesse Owens made sporting history when he broke five world records and equalled a sixth in the space of 45 minutes. One of these world records, 8.13m in the long jump, would last for 25 years. Adolf Hitler hoped that the 1936 Berlin Games would prove his theory of Aryan racial superiority ...