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03/08/1936 Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash at the Berlin Olympics

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Olympics - Hitler Opens The Games - 1936

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Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in 1936

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Jesse Owens won the 100 m dash with a time of 10.3 s, defeating teammate and college friend Ralph Metcalfe by a tenth of a second and defeating Tinus Osendarp of the Netherlands by two-tenths of a second.