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Jesse Owens
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Jesse Owens

In the 1936 Games in Berlin, with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in attendance, Owens became the first American to win four gold medals in a single Olympics. He set three records in winning the long jump, 200 meters and the first leg of the 4x100-meter relay, and also won gold in the 100 meters.

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