At the Games, Owens won his second gold after the 100-meter with a record broad jump. “Jesse exploded beyond 26 feet as he hurled himself through space,” sportswriter Grantland Rice wrote.

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... In the finals that afternoon, Long's fifth jump matched Owens' 25-10. But Owens leaped 26-3¾ on his next attempt and won ...

Jesse Owens’ place among the icons of sport is ... Long’s actions on August 4, 1936, the day of the Olympic long jump final, hardly suggested somebody blinded by the Nazis’ fanaticism.

European champion in long jump in 1935, was one of those icons who did much more for the sport than winning a title that, in the end, was left in the hands of another. Jesse Owens, an American ...

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an all-time-great track athlete ... 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 ...

200m final and the long jump competiton as well as being part of the victorious USA 4x100m relay team. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (ATR) Jesse Owens struggled financially following his ...

Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then ... winning gold medals in the 100- and 200- meter dashes, the long jump and on America's 4x100 relay team. Score it: Owens 4, Hitler 0.