![Jesse Owens breaks the world long jump record at the Big Ten Championships where he broke five world records and equalled a sixth in 45 minutes with an injured back, May 25, Jesse Owens breaks the world long jump record at the Big Ten Championships where he broke five world records and equalled a sixth in 45 minutes with an injured back, May 25,](https://i.redd.it/ksa7fi86d6171.jpg)
Jesse Owens breaks the world long jump record at the Big Ten Championships where he broke five world records and equalled a sixth in 45 minutes with an injured back, May 25,
Getty Images - On this day in 1936, Jesse Owens won the gold medal for the long jump in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. He would go on to win four gold
![Leichtathletik - Olympische Spiele Berlin - Weitsprung der Männer. Jesse Owens, USA, gewinnt den Long Jump Stockfotografie - Alamy Leichtathletik - Olympische Spiele Berlin - Weitsprung der Männer. Jesse Owens, USA, gewinnt den Long Jump Stockfotografie - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compde/g4h0e8/leichtathletik-olympische-spiele-berlin-weitsprung-der-manner-jesse-owens-usa-gewinnt-den-long-jump-g4h0e8.jpg)
Leichtathletik - Olympische Spiele Berlin - Weitsprung der Männer. Jesse Owens, USA, gewinnt den Long Jump Stockfotografie - Alamy
![London 2012 Olympics: Jesse Williams goes for high jump gold... then he'll live the high life | Daily Mail Online London 2012 Olympics: Jesse Williams goes for high jump gold... then he'll live the high life | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/06/article-0-1469236C000005DC-977_634x423.jpg)
London 2012 Olympics: Jesse Williams goes for high jump gold... then he'll live the high life | Daily Mail Online
![Jesse Bear's Wiggle-Jiggle Jump-up (Jesse Bear Board Books): 9780689717178: Carlstrom, Nancy White, Degen, Bruce: Books - Amazon.com Jesse Bear's Wiggle-Jiggle Jump-up (Jesse Bear Board Books): 9780689717178: Carlstrom, Nancy White, Degen, Bruce: Books - Amazon.com](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/717RXMK5X9L._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.gif)
Jesse Bear's Wiggle-Jiggle Jump-up (Jesse Bear Board Books): 9780689717178: Carlstrom, Nancy White, Degen, Bruce: Books - Amazon.com
![Long jump, jump of 8.06 metres with which Jesse Owens beat the Olympic world records, gold medal, Olympic champion. - Album alb5555930 Long jump, jump of 8.06 metres with which Jesse Owens beat the Olympic world records, gold medal, Olympic champion. - Album alb5555930](https://www.album-online.com/photos/mid/YTUwOGNiMA/album_alb5555930.jpg)