For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring ... the 100-yard dash in 9.4 seconds to tie the world record. 3:25 -- In his only long jump, he leaped 26-8 1/4, a world record that would ...

Having taken Long’s advice by placing a towel at a mark just before the take-off, helping him to refine his run-up, he would go on to take gold with a distance of 8.06 metres, an Olympic record.

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men’s long jump throughout ... holds the Olympic record, which he set while ...

Luz Long, German, European champion in long jump in 1935 ... and the 4x100 bet to seal the record of four golds in the same tournament. Luz Long and Jesse Owens 1936 Berlin Olympics On August ...

The photograph depicts Jesse Owens in Cleveland on August 25 ... In 1935 at the Conference Championship meet, despite a back injury, he set a world record in the long jump (26 ft 8 1⁄4 in), which ...

The friendship between Long and Jesse Owens, which became one of sport ... after Owens had set the new Olympic long jump record. In a fearless display of the Olympic spirit both athletes walked ...

Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero ... ran the 100-yard dash in 9.4 seconds to tie the world record 3:25 - In his only long jump, he leaped 26-8¼, a world record that would last 25 ...