A 1936 Olympics gold medal won by Jesse Owens sold for $1,466,574 early Sunday morning, the highest price ever paid for a piece of Olympics memorabilia, ESPN reports. Suggested Reading The Story of ...

It is "difficult" for IOC President Thomas Bach to accept that a gold medal won by track and field star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics will be auctioned off and possibly be bought by a ...

1936 — Jesse Owens becomes the first American to win four Olympic gold medals as the United States sets a world record in the 4x100 relay at the Berlin Games. The record time of 39.8 seconds lasts for ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 3, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 3, 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won ...

An Olympic gold medal won by African-American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens is being auctioned off, the Associated Press reports. Suggested Reading 50 Cent’s Beef With Diddy’s Son Gets Even More ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1936, 23 year-old Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in the 100 meter sprint, defeating the theories of a master race by the Nazi regime ...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — The silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000, a sum the ...