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Jesse Owens
Born: Sep 12, 1913
United States
100 y
Personal Best:   9.4  Chicago  Jun 17, 1933
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1932 9.6 16 Cleveland Aug 21
1933 9.4 1 Chicago Jun 17
1934 9.4 2 Columbus May 19
1935 9.4 1 Evanston May 18
1936 9.4 1 Columbus Jun 13
International
None
National
None
World Records  
(• - Record was ratified)
  9.4* Chicago Jun 17, 1933
  9.4* Columbus May 19, 1934
  9.4* Evanston May 18, 1935
• 9.4* Ann Arbor May 25, 1935
  9.4* Columbus Jun 13, 1936
• 9.4* Chicago Jun 20, 1936
100 m
Personal Best:   10.2  Chicago  Jun 20, 1936
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1934 10.4 6 Milwaukee Jun 30
1936 10.2 1 Chicago Jun 20
International
Year Result Place
1936 (Olympic) 10.3 1
National
Year Result Place
1933 (USA Champ.) NA 3
1934 (USA Champ.) 10.4e 2
1935 (USA Champ.) 10.3ew 3
1936 (Olympic Trial) 10.4 =TR 1
1936 (USA Champ.) 10.4 =MR 1
World Records  
(• - Record was ratified)
• 10.2 Chicago Jun 20, 1936
200 m
Personal Best:   20.7  Ann Arbor  May 25, 1935
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1933 21.1 3 Chicago Jun 17
1934 21.4 12 Columbus May 19
1935 20.7 1 Ann Arbor May 25
1936 20.7 1 Berlin Aug 5
International
Year Result Place
1936 (Olympic) 20.7 1
National
Year Result Place
1936 (Olympic Trial) 21.0 AR 1
None
Long Jump
Personal Best:   8.13  Ann Arbor  May 25, 1935
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1933 7.60 2 Cleveland Jun 3
1934 7.81 1 Milwaukee Jun 30
1935 8.13 1 Ann Arbor May 25
1936 8.00 1 Princeton Jul 4
International
Year Result Place
1936 (Olympic) 8.06w 1
National
Year Result Place
1933 (USA Champ.) 7.48 1
1934 (USA Champ.) 7.82 1
1935 (USA Champ.) 7.98* 2
1936 (Olympic Trial) 7.89 1
1936 (USA Champ.) 8.00 =MR 1
World Records  
(• - Record was ratified)
• 8.13 Ann Arbor May 25, 1935
World Indoor Records
  7.70 New York Feb 24, 1934
  7.82 New York Feb 23, 1935
  7.85 New York Feb 23, 1935
American Records  
(• - Record was ratified)
• 7.97 Des Moines Apr 26, 1935
4 x 100 m Relay
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
None
Year Result Place
1936 (Olympic) 39.8 1
World Records  
(• - Record was ratified)
• 39.8 Berlin Aug 09, 1936