Editing Jesse Owens (section)

==Athletic achievements==
'''Sources''':<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=The Greatest Day – Page 6 |url=https://library.osu.edu/documents/university-archives/biographical_files/Owens_Jesse_3.pdf |access-date=May 11, 2025 |website=osu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dubelko |first=Jim |title=Jesse Owens - The Cleveland Years |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/1003 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Cleveland Historical |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline {{!}} Jesse Owens: A Lasting Legend |url=https://library.osu.edu/site/jesseowens/timeline/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Looking Back At The OHSAA's Track & Field Championships |url=https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/history/tim-hudak-features/track |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.ohsaa.org}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/2019/2/8/jesse-owens |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Ohio State |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Ohio State – Championship History |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/ohiostatebuckeyes.com/documents/2023/6/6/MTRKChampionshipHistory031417.pdf?timestamp=20230606071237 |access-date=May 11, 2025 |website=Ohio State Buckeyes}}</ref>

===Fairmount Junior High School{{efn|He set [[Middle school|junior high school]] records in the [[100 metres]] in 10.6 seconds, the 75-yard dash in 7.4 seconds, the [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] in 21.4 seconds, the [[high jump]] at 6 feet flat, and the [[long jump]] with 22 feet 11¾ inches.}}===
'''Annual [[Cleveland Athletic Club]] Indoor Meet at [[Public Auditorium|Cleveland Public Hall]]'''
* 3× [[High jump]] champion (1928–1930)
* 40-yard [[low hurdles]] champion (1929)
* [[40-yard dash]] champion (1929)

===East Technical High School{{efn|In his [[Secondary school|high school]] career, Owens finished first in 75 of the 79 competitions he entered. He established a world record in the [[50 metres|50-yard dash]] and his 9.4 second [[100-yard dash]] equaled the world record and set a national high school record that stood until 1967. He also set national high school records in the [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] at 20.7 seconds, which lasted 20 years, and the [[long jump]] at 24 feet 11¼ inches, which stood for 16 years.}}===
'''Mansfield Interscholastic Relays'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mansfield Relays |url=https://michtrack.org/1966/4-16-1966%20Mansfield%20Relays%20Program.pdf |access-date=May 11, 2025 |website=Michtrack.org}}</ref>
* 2× [[Long jump]] champion (1932, 1933)
* [[100-yard dash]] champion (1933 tied [[Secondary school|H.S.]] record)
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion (1933)
* [[4 × 200 metres relay|4 × 220 yard relay]] champion (1933)
'''Intraschool Meet in Cleveland''' (June 3, 1933)<ref name=":15" />
* [[100 metres]] champion
* [[200 metres]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion ([[Secondary school|H.S.]] record)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indianapolis Recorder 10 June 1933 — Owens Breaks Own Prep Track Record |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INR19330610-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}</ref>
* [[4 × 200 metres relay|4 × 220 yard relay]] champion
'''OHSAA State Championships'''{{efn|Set state records in the [[long jump]] and [[4 × 200 metres relay|4 × 220-yard relays]] in 1932; In 1933, he set state records in all four events he competed in, the only athlete to ever set four state records in a single state track meet.}}<ref name=":14" />
* 2× State Champions – [[East Technical High School|East Technical HS]] (1932, 1933)
* 3× [[Long jump]] champion (1931–1933 [[Secondary school|H.S.]] record)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indianapolis Recorder 27 May 1933 — Run LI'l Boy Run |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19330527-01.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}</ref>
* 2× [[100-yard dash]] champion (1932, 1933)
* 2× [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion (1932, 1933 [[Secondary school|H.S.]] record)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 22 May 1933 — Jesse Owens Sets Records In Track Meet |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19330522-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* 2× [[4 × 200 metres relay|4 × 220-yard relay]] champion (1932, 1933)
'''National High School Championships'''{{efn|Broke the national [[Secondary school|high school]] records in the [[100-yard dash]] and [[long jump]]; Set a meet record in the semi-final heat of the [[4 × 200 metres relay|4 × 220-yard relay]].}}(June 17, 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens ties World record in high school... - RareNewspapers.com |url=https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/695984?list_url=/list?q%255Bdate_range_end%255D=2013-05-20%2525q%255Bdate_range_start%255D=1500-01-01%2525q%255Bquery%255D=Jesse+Owens%2525q%255Bsearch_method%255D=Exact+Phrase%2525q%255Btext%255D=Jesse+Owens%2525srsltid=AfmBOoqkpAdW4XT35Y1_0z-TxHnNju_rtlAPjSQRiXJXXeO5QXn_O5ez |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=www.rarenewspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Quotidian: June 22, 1933 |url=https://blackquotidian.supdigital.org/bq/june-22-1933 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African-American Newspapers |language=en}}</ref>
* National Champions – [[East Technical High School|East Technical HS]]
* [[100-yard dash]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion ([[Secondary school|H.S.]] record)
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Ohio State Fair''' (August 31, 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-03 |title=Remember When: High Schooler Jesse Owens Defeated a Big Ten Champion at the Ohio State Fair |url=https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2024/08/148150/remember-when-high-schooler-jesse-owens-defeated-a-big-ten-champion-at-the-ohio-state-fair?amp |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Eleven Warriors |language=en}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion

===College – Ohio State University{{efn|Owens competed in and won all 42 events in 1936.}}===
'''West Virginia Indoor Relays''' (February 10, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 12 February 1934 — Ohio Runners Lose Opener To Hoosiers |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340212-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[60 metres]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|WR}})
'''Freshman Dual Meet vs. Indiana''' (February 21, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 21 February 1934 — Frosh Track Men Score Initial Win |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340221-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[60-yard dash]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Freshman Dual Meet vs. Michigan''' (February 27, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 27 February 1934 — Wolves Win Meet From Buck Frosh |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340227-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[60-yard dash]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Freshman Dual Meet vs. Chicago''' (March 3, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 6 March 1934 — Ohio Frosh Lose Meet To Chicago |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340306-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[60-yard dash]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''AAU Meet in Cleveland'''{{efn|Broke the [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] record and equaled his own world record.}} (March 24, 1934)<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 27 March 1934 — Owens Shows Brilliantly in A.A.U. Meet |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340327-01.2.33&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[50 metres|50-yard dash]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|WR}})
'''City of Cincinnati AAU Indoor Meet''' (March 31, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 2 April 1934 — Bucks Obtain Top Honors In A.A.U. Races |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340402-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[50 metres|50-yard dash]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Freshman Dual Meet vs. Purdue''' (May 4, 1934)<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 7 May 1934 — Jesse Owens Tops 2 World Records |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340507-01.2.44&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 8 May 1934 — Ohio State University Newspaper Archives |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340508-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion{{efn|Time was taken from his 120-yard dash; Set the world records at 90 yards and 120 yards.}}
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Freshman Dual Meet vs. Michigan'''{{efn|Equaled the freshman record in the [[100-yard dash]] and broke the freshman records in the [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] and [[long jump]].}} (May 11, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 16 May 1934 — Owens Stars As Freshmen Beat Wolves |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340516-01.2.42&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Annual Intramural Meet''' (May 22, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 23 May 1934 — Owens Leads Alpha Phis To Track Crown |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340523-01.2.51&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Big Ten Freshman Championships''' (May 26, 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 29 May 1934 — Freshmen Lead In Big Ten Meet |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340529-01.2.42&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Millrose Games''' (February 2, 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 4 February 1935 — Owens Cops 60-Yard Dash in New York |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19350204-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[60-yard dash]] champion
'''St. Louis Relays''' (April 5, 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawk Track Team Moves Across River, Page 6 |url=https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1935/di1935-04-09.pdf |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=Daily Iowan, uiowa.edu}}</ref>
* [[50 metres|50-yard dash]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|WR}})
'''Drake Relays''' (April 26, 1935)<ref name=":7" />
* [[100-yard dash]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion ({{AthAbbr|NR}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Breaks American Broad Jump Mark at Drake Relays |url=https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19350427.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=Illinois.edu}}</ref>
'''Butler Indoor Relays'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indianapolis Recorder 30 March 1935 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INR19350330-01.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-03-22 |title=OWENS SCORES THRICE IN THE BUTLER RELAYS; Ohio State Star Wins Hurdles, Dash and Broad Jump in Return to College Competition. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/03/22/archives/owens-scores-thrice-in-the-butler-relays-ohio-state-star-wins.html |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Indianapolis Star Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts |url=https://subscribe.indystar.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indystar.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2F2020%2F03%2F23%2Fus-sprinter-jesse-owens-once-tied-world-record-hinkle-fieldhouse%2F2900662001%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&itm_source=roadblock&itm_medium=onsite&itm_campaign=premiumroadblock&gca-cat=p |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=subscribe.indystar.com}}</ref>
* 2× [[60-yard dash]] champion (1935 {{AthAbbr|WR}}, 1936)
* 2× 60-yard [[low hurdles]] champion (1935, 1936)
* [[Long jump]] champion (1936)
'''Penn Relays''' (April 25, 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 27 April 1936 — Scarlet Give Snappy Showing to Win Two Relay Titles at Penn |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19360427-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100 metres]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
* [[Sprint medley relay]] champion
'''Dual Meet vs. Michigan''' (May 2, 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 4 May 1936 — Owens Ties World Mark in Century Winning Four Firsts |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19360504-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|#}}{{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres hurdles|220-yard low hurdles]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Tri-Meet vs. Notre Dame and Michigan State''' (May 9, 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 11 May 1936 — Bucks Lose Hairline Verdict To Balanced Irish Cinder Outfit |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19360511-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres hurdles|220-yard low hurdles]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Dual Meet vs. Wisconsin''' (May 16, 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 18 May 1936 — Owens Shows Form as Badgers Defeat Bucks at Wisconsin |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19360518-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion ({{AthAbbr|#}}{{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres hurdles|220-yard low hurdles]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Dual Meet vs. USC''' (June 13, 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Track —— 1936, Page 45 (67) |url=https://library.osu.edu/documents/university-archives/biographical_files/Owens_Jesse.pdf |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[100-yard dash]] champion (tied {{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion
* [[200 metres hurdles|220-yard low hurdles]] champion
* [[Long jump]] champion
'''Central Intercollegiate Conference Championships''' (1935, 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indianapolis Recorder 15 June 1935 — Owens Three Victories Help Ohio State Cop C.I.C. Track Supremacy at Marquette U. |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INR19350615-01.1.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 8 June 1936 — Bucks Take Third in Central Meet |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19360608-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* [[Central Intercollegiate Conference]] Champions – [[Ohio State University]] (1935)
* 2× [[100-yard dash]] champion (1935, 1936)
* 2× [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion (1935, 1936)
* 2× [[Long jump]] champion (1935, 1936)
'''Big Ten Indoor Championships'''
* [[60-yard dash]] champion (1935 {{AthAbbr|WR}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens Breaks World 60-Yard Mark |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDI19350310.1.10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>
'''Big Ten Outdoor Championships'''{{efn|Broke five world records and tied another at the 1935 Championships ([[Long jump]], [[100-yard dash]], [[200 metres]], [[200 metres|220-yard dash]], [[200 metres hurdles|200m low hurdles]], and [[200 metres hurdles|220 yard low hurdles]]).}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 25 May 1936 — Owens Keeps 4 Titles |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19360525-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>
* 2× [[Long jump]] champion (1935 {{AthAbbr|WR}}, 1936)
* 2× [[100-yard dash]] champion (1935 tied {{AthAbbr|WR}}, 1936)
* 2× [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion (1935 {{AthAbbr|WR}}, 1936)
* 2× [[200 metres hurdles|220-yard low hurdles]] champion (1935 {{AthAbbr|WR}}, 1936)
'''NCAA Championships'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCAA Outdoor Track and Field |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2015/DIMChamps.pdf |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=NCAA.org}}</ref>
* 2× [[Long jump]] champion ([[1935 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Field events|1935]], [[1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Field events|1936]])
* [[100-yard dash]] champion ([[1935 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Track events|1935]])
* [[100 metres]] champion ([[1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Track events|1936]] {{AthAbbr|WR}})
* 2× [[200 metres hurdles|220-yard low hurdles]] champion ([[1935 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Track events|1935]], [[1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Track events|1936]])
* [[200 metres|220-yard dash]] champion ([[1935 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Track events|1935]])
* [[200 metres]] champion ([[1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships#Track events|1936]])

===USA Track and Field Championships===
'''USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Track and Field Statistics |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1936&Gender=m&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=trackfield.brinkster.net}}</ref>
* [[100 metres]] silver medalist ([[1934 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1934]])
* 2× [[100 metres]] bronze medalist ([[1933 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1933]], [[1935 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1935]])
* [[Long jump]] silver medalist ([[1935 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1935]])
* [[100 metres]] gold medalist ([[1936 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1936]])
* 3× [[Long jump]] gold medalist ([[1933 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1933]], [[1934 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1934]], [[1936 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1936]])
'''USA Indoor Track and Field Championships'''
* [[60 metres]] silver medalist ([[1935 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships|1935]] {{AthAbbr|WR}}, semi-final heat)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1935-02-25 |title=Former Plymouth Boy Ties World's Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilkes-barre-times-leader/172595244/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=Wilkes-Barre Times Leader |pages=15}}</ref>
* 2× [[Long jump]] gold medalist ([[1934 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships|1934]] {{AthAbbr|WR}}, [[1935 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships|1935]] {{AthAbbr|WR}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 26 February 1934 — Owens Sets World Broad Jump Record |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19340226-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lantern 25 February 1935 — Owens Shatters 2 World Records in National Meet |url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19350225-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=osupublicationarchives.osu.edu}}</ref>

===1936 Olympics===
'''Olympic Trials'''<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Towns Wears Old Trunks, Safety Pins Held Need |url=https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RNL19360713.1.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=Virginia Chronicle}}</ref>
* [[1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)#Track|100 metres champion]]
* [[1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)#Track|200 metres champion]] ({{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)#Field|Long jump champion]]
'''Olympics'''
* [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres gold medalist]] ({{AthAbbr|OR}})
* [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres gold medalist]] ({{AthAbbr|WR}})
* [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|Long jump gold medalist]] ({{AthAbbr|OR}})
* [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay gold medalist]] ({{AthAbbr|WR}})

===World Records===
'''Sources''':<ref>{{Cite web |title=Progression of IAAF World Records |url=https://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf |access-date=May 17, 2025 |website=IAAF Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=World Athletics – 2012 Statistics Book |url=https://worldathletics.org/download/downloadresultinfo?filename=5a76921e-2034-4f2d-96a6-ec6c9ad792f2.pdf&urlSlug=istanbul-2012-statistics-book-part-5-of-5 |access-date=May 17, 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Track Newsletter |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/eTN1961_vol07_11.pdf |access-date=May 17, 2025 |website=Trackandfieldnews.com}}</ref>

'''50-yard dash'''
* 1933: 5.2 seconds{{efn|Subsequently tied the world record on two separate occasions on March 24 and 31, 1934.}}<ref name=":16" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Georgia |first=Digital Library of |title=Atlanta daily world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1932-current, April 21, 1940, City Edition, Image 8 |url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015425/1940-04-21/ed-1/seq-8/ |journal=Atlanta Daily World |issn=1528-6142}}</ref>
** February 19, 1939: Broken by [[Barney Ewell|Henry Norwood Ewell]] in 5.1 seconds
'''60-yard dash''' (indoor)
* March 23, 1935: 6.09 seconds{{efn|Previously tied the world record on February 27, 1934 in 6.2 seconds and broke the world record on March 9, 1935 in 6.1 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/03.09.html?scp=4&sq=eddie%20taylor&st=cse |title=March 9 - Year in Sports |website=The New York Times |access-date=2025-05-17 |archive-url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/03.09.html |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
** February 28, 1959: Broken by [https://www.bcshof.org/halloffamers/carper1978.htm Herb Carper] in 6 seconds flat<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allmann |first=Bill |title=No. 36: Herb Carper missed out on the Olympics but was once the fastest in the world |url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/sports/2016/04/15/no-36-herb-carper-missed/18543319007/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Beaver County Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''60 metres dash''' (indoor)
* February 23, 1935: 6.6 seconds{{efn|Previously tied the world record on February 10, 1934 in 6.8 seconds.}}
** March 12, 1955: Broken by [[Heinz Fütterer]] in 6.5 seconds
'''100-yard dash'''
* June 17, 1933: Tied {{AthAbbr|WR}} in 9.4 seconds{{efn|Tied the world record a total of seven times throughout his career. [[Chicago]] June 17, 1933; [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] May 19, 1934; [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]] May 18, 1935; [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] May 25, 1935; Columbus May 2, 1936; Columbus June 13, 1936; Chicago June 20, 1936 (official time taken during 100m race); Unofficially broke the world record at [[Wisconsin]] May 16, 1936 with a wind assisted time of 9.3 seconds.}}{{efn|At the 1935 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] Championships on May 25, 1935, more than half the official timers actually clocked Owens at 9.3 seconds, but the rules of the day stipulated that each runner got attributed the slowest time recorded.}}
** May 15, 1948: Broken by [[Mel Patton|Melvin E. Patton]] in 9.3 seconds
'''100 metres dash'''
* June 20, 1936: 10.2 seconds
** August 3, 1956: Broken by [[Willie Williams (sprinter)|Willie Williams]] in 10.1 seconds
'''220-yard dash'''
* May 25, 1935: 20.3 seconds{{efn|Also broke the world record for the [[200 metres]] (straight).}}
** May 7, 1949: Broken by [[Mel Patton|Melvin E. Patton]] in 20.2 seconds
'''200 metres dash''' (curve)
* August 5, 1936: 20.7 seconds{{efn|Previously broke the world record on July 12, 1936 with a time of 21 seconds flat.}}
** May 26, 1951: Broken by [[Andy Stanfield]] in 20.6 seconds
'''220-yard low hurdles'''
* May 25, 1935: 22.6 seconds{{efn|Chief timer Phil Diamond was distracted just as the gun fired and notified the number 4 timer that he was one of the 3 official timers. The number 4 timer got 22.6 seconds, but the originally selected two timers timed Owens in 22.4 seconds. The time should have been 22.4, but Diamond refused to certify anything faster than a 22.6 "because it was a world-record application blank".}}{{efn|Also broke the world record for the [[200 metres hurdles]].}}
** June 8, 1940: Broken by [[Fred Wolcott]] in 22.5 seconds
'''Long jump'''
* May 25, 1935: 26 feet 8¼ inches or 8.13 metres
** August 12, 1960: Broken by [[Ralph Boston]] with a leap of 26 feet 11¼ inches or 8.21 metres
'''Long jump''' (indoor)
* February 23, 1935: 25 feet 9 inches or 7.85 metres{{efn|Also broke the world record at the same event with a leap of 25 feet 7⅞ inches or 7.82 metres; Previously broke the world record on February 24, 1934 with a leap of 25 feet 3¼ inches or 7.7 metres.}}
** February 20, 1960: Broken by [[Bo Roberson|Irvin Roberson]] with a leap of 25 feet 9½ inches or 7.86 metres
'''4 × 100 metres relay'''
* August 9, 1936: 39.8 seconds along with [[Ralph Metcalfe]], [[Foy Draper]], and [[Frank Wykoff]]{{efn|Also broke the world record the day before on August 8 with a relay time of 40 seconds flat.}}
** December 1, 1956: Broken by [[Ira Murchison]], [[Leamon King]], [[Thane Baker]], and [[Bobby Morrow]] in 39.5 seconds

===Non-Standard World Records===
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'''90-yard dash'''
* Set by [[Charley Paddock|Charles Paddock]] in 1921 with a time of 8.8 seconds
* Broken by Jesse Owens on May 4, 1934 with a time of 8.6 seconds
'''120-yard dash'''
* Set by [[Howard Drew]] in 1914 with a time of 11.6 seconds
* Broken by Jesse Owens on May 4, 1934 with a time of 11.5 seconds