Jesse Owens – who set four world records in a college meet with Ohio State in 1935 – was a celebrity heading into the 1936 ...

It was an instinctive sporting gesture that has gone down in Olympic folklore, but, for German long-jump champion Luz Long, it would have dark consequences. As Jesse Owens soared over the eight-metre ...

Inside the AMNH "For the Win" exhibit: Jesse Owens’ gold medal, Durant’s ring, the Lombardi Trophy, and more historic sports ...

The American farmer and grandson of a slave went on to become the first American track and field athlete to win four gold ...

AP — One of the most consequential Olympic medals ever awarded is on the auction block — the silver medal captured in 1936 by Germany’s Luz Long, the long jumper who walked arm in arm through the ...