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Who Besides Jesse Owens what track and field athlete has won 4 gold medals in Olympics?
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Other Track and Field athletes that won 4 or more gold medals in a single Olympics ...
1) 1900 - Al Kraenzlein of the United States won gold in men's 60 meter dash, 110 meter hurdles, 200 meter hurdles, and long jump.
2) 1924 - Ville Ritola of Finland won gold in men's 10,000 meter run, 3,000 meter steeplechase, 3,000 meter team run, and team cross country.
3) 1924 - Paavo Nurmi of Finland won gold in men's 1,500 meter run, 5,000 meter run, 3,000 meter team run, individual cross country, and team cross country.
4) 1948 - Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands won gold in women's 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 80 meter hurdles, and 4x100 meter relay.
5) 1984 - Carl Lewis of the United States won gold in men's 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, long jump, and 4x100 meter relay.
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How many gold medals did Jesse Jackson win in the Olympics?
NO
How did Jesse Owens send Hitler into a great rage?
Because Hitler wanted just a race of Arians, but Jesse Owens comes along and destroys that by winning 4 gold medals but the Germans still got the most medals and also one of Hitlers' friends betrayed him but becoming friends with Jesse.
What is the name of the African-American athlete who won many medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympic games?
Jesse Owens won 4 Gold medals at the Berlin Olympics of 1936 (XI Olympiad). However, one was the 4 x 100 meters team relay, which he won with 3 other US runners. *The first Olympic medal won by an African American was a bronze medal in the 400 meter hurdles by George Coleman Poage in the 1904 Olympics.
Who won the 1934 summer Olympics?
USSR won the Olympics in 1964. USSR was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, including what we now, again, call Russia, Georgia, Turkistan, and many other smaller countries that were brought in to the USSR during the Second World War.
Through what American athlete was Hitler's 'Aryan superiority' ideal embarrassed in the 1936 Olympics?
That was Jesse Owens, a black man from Alabama. He won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics which demonsatrated, very publicly, that the Aryan supermen were no better than anybody else.
In the 1984 summer Olympics which athlete won gold medals in the same events as Jesse Owens?
Carl Lewis
African American athlete to win the most medals in the 1936 olympics?
Jesse Owens born James Cleveland
How many gold medals did Jesse Jackson win in the Olympics?
NO
Where did Jesse Owens win his gold medals?
Jesse Owens won his gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
What was the athlete that embarrassed Germany in the Olympics?
Jesse Owens .
Who was the first to win 4 gold medals in one Olympics?
It was Jesse Owens. In 1936 Jesse Owens was the first sprinter to win four Olympic golds in one year. Athlete Carl Lewis matched his record in 1984.
Which Afro-American athlete 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
Jesse Owens
What athlete showed Hitler the fallacy of the Aryan argument?
Jesse Owens , a black athlete , who won four gold medals .
How did Jesse Owens send Hitler into a great rage?
Because Hitler wanted just a race of Arians, but Jesse Owens comes along and destroys that by winning 4 gold medals but the Germans still got the most medals and also one of Hitlers' friends betrayed him but becoming friends with Jesse.
How did Jesse Owens change the Olympics?
jesse owens was the first black american athlete to win four consecutive gold medals at the olympics and do a black salute instead of the normal nazi salute at the time. He recieved no reward for this and was forgotten in society
What African American athlete upset Hitler at the Olympics in 1936?
jesse owens
Did Jesse Jackson won four gold medals in swimming in the 1936 Olympics?
NO
