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World Service,05 Mar 1999,4 mins

Four Gold Medals at the Berlin Olympics

My Century

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Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. He won the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and the long jump. His wife, Ruth Owens recalls: "After the Olympics, being the colour that he was, the doors weren't open like they are today for the athletes."

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