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The winners of the 100m dash on the medal stand at the 11th Summer Olympic Games.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 21702

The winners of the 100m dash on the medal stand at the 11th Summer Olympic Games.

Saluting, are Jesse Owens (Gold), and Ralph Metcalfe (Silver). The Bronze went to M. B. Osendarp of Holland. Owens set a new record in the event recording a 10.2 time which was disallowed by German officials who claimed Owens had benefitted from a tailwind.

Photographer
Heinrich Hoffmann/Studio of H. Hoffmann
Date
1936 August 03
Locale
Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale
Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
 
Record last modified: 2018-02-08 00:00:00
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