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1936 Summer Olympics


JESSE OWENS, RALPH METCALFE AND FRANK WYKOFF 1936 Olympics

WHY JESSE OWENS WON 4 GOLD MEDALS-Bud Greenspan NY Times

Santa Ana Register, 10 Aug 1936, Mon, Page 22

American champion swimmers and divers Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Marjorie Gestring and Katherine Rawls sit on a diving board circa 1936.

Women’s United States Olympic Team Arriving Home:

The Amateur Athlete was the official publication of the American Olympic Committee. This December 1933 issue featured an article on the Olympics controversy.