1936

Berlin 1936

Athletics

Basketball

United States

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Jesse OWENS

Berlin 1936 | Olympic Games

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Beyonce cherishes Olympic moment

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a PE teacher at Springfield College, Massachusetts \(USA\)\. Asked to come up with an indoor pastime to keep his rowdy students occupied, Naismith devised 13 rules for his new sport, which soon spread across North America and eventually around the world\.

Olympic basketball’s muddy beginnings 

Even at the age of five Stuart Owen Rankin knew there was something a little special about his grandfather\.

Living with a legend

For any USA track and field star Jesse Owens is the bonafide target in the sky\. For Jarrion Lawson and Tori Bowie, it is more personal than that\.

Following in the footsteps of a giant

&ldquo;People say it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals\."

From horse-racer to speech writer: Jesse Owens’ life after the Olympic Games

As glorious on the track as it was controversial off it, Jesse Owens&rsquo; fourth gold medal of the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games will never be forgotten\.

Jesse Owens immortalized by his fourth gold medal

Jesse Owens stepped on to the track for the 200m final on 5 August after nearly four days of continuous competition\. The 22\-year\-old had already won seven consecutive races and the long jump final, picking up two Olympic gold medals in the process and setting Olympic records in both of

Jesse Owens completes the hat-trick with 200m win

Jesse Owens, the man from Alabama, had a busy start to 4 August, his third consecutive day in Berlin&rsquo;s Olympic Stadium\. First up he glided through his opening 200m heat, setting a new Olympic record of 21\.1 seconds\. Almost immediately he was back in action, limbering up for the long

Jesse Owens jumps for gold

It is difficult to imagine the burden on Jesse Owens&rsquo; shoulders as he stood on the start line on 2 August 1936 for the men&rsquo;s 100m heats at the Berlin Olympic Games\. Competing in an arena adorned with Nazi flags while still the subject of ongoing protests by fellow Americans

Jesse Owens’ quest for glory started with 100m gold