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.I regret that it has to be that way, and hope thepolitical situation will cool down. My own fondest memory of Jesse is from that appearancein Boston a few months earlier.Since speaking with him in1972 I had had occasion to talk with his Olympic teammateMack Robinson, who had finished second by four-tenths of asecond in the 200 meter race.Robinson reminisced abouthow his shoes were not right, how he was supposed to havegotten a new pair, and how he was sure the result would havebeen different if only someone hadn t made a mistake andfailed to get them to him.So just to see what Jesse would say,I mentioned this to him. CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:00 Page 9999NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT THE CAREER OF JESSE OWENSThe winner of all that Olympic gold could easily have pooh-poohed the whole thing, as indeed a lot of athletes wouldhave.But Jesse wasn t about to take himself that seriously. Well, I m glad he didn t get those shoes then, he said witha smile.By Larry Eldridge.Reproduced with permission from the April 1, 1980 issue ofThe Christian Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com ).© 1980 The Christian Science Monitor.All rights reserved. CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:00 Page 100100 CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:00 Page 101Appendix B:Distribution of theOlympic Medals at the1936 Summer Olympics101 CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:00 Page 102102APPENDIX BDistribution of the Olympic Medalsat the 1936 Summer Olympics(by country)This is the full table of the medal count of the 1936 SummerOlympics.These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earnedby a country.The number of silvers is taken into consideration nextand then the number of bronze.If, after the above, countries are stilltied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.RANK COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL1 Germany 33 26 30 892 United States 24 20 12 563 Hungary 10 1 5 164 Italy 8 9 5 225 Finland 7 6 6 196 France 7 6 6 197 Sweden 6 5 9 208 Netherlands 6 4 7 179 Japan 5 4 7 1610 Great Britain 4 7 3 1411 Austria 4 6 3 1312 Czechoslovakia 3 5 0 813 Argentina 2 2 3 7 CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:00 Page 103103DISTRIBUTION OF THE OLYMPIC MEDALS AT THE 1936 SUMMER OLYMPICSRANK COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL14 Estonia 2 2 3 715 Egypt 2 1 2 516 Switzerland 1 9 5 1517 Canada 1 3 5 918 Norway 1 3 1 519 Korea 1 0 1 220 Turkey 1 0 0 121 New Zealand 1 0 0 122 India 1 0 0 123 Poland 0 3 3 624 Denmark 0 2 3 525 Latvia 0 1 1 226 Romania 0 1 0 127 South Africa 0 1 0 128 Yugoslavia 0 1 0 129 Mexico 0 0 3 330 Belgium 0 0 2 231 Australia 0 0 1 132 Portugal 0 0 1 133 Philippines 0 0 1 1 CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:00 Page 104104CHRONOLOGY1913 Born James Cleveland Owens on September 12 inOakville, Alabamaca.1922 Moves to Cleveland, Ohio1927 Enrolls at Fairmount Junior High School; meets CoachCharles Riley1930 Enrolls at East Technical High School1933 Equals the world record in the 100-yard dash andbreaks the world record in the 220-yard dash at theNational Interscholastic Meet; enrolls at Ohio StateUniversity1935 Breaks five world records and ties a sixth at the BigTen Championships; marries Minnie Ruth Solomon1936 Breaks the world record in the 100-yard dash; earnsa berth on the U.S.Olympic team; wins Olympicgold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters, longjump, and 400-meter relay; signs agency contract;loses amateur status1937 Becomes a bandleader and the owner of a basketballteam, softball team, and dry-cleaning company1940 Resumes studies at Ohio State University1941 Placed in charge of the Civilian Defense Office snational physical fitness program; takes a personneljob with Ford Motor Company1945 Launches a public relations company1950 Named the greatest track-and-field athlete in historyby the Associated Press; appointed head of Illinois sAthletic Commission and Youth Commission; beginsto travel widely as goodwill ambassador for theState Department1965 Serves as running coach for the New York Mets CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:01 Page 105105CHRONOLOGY1970 Publishes Blackthink: My Life as Black Man and WhiteMan and The Jesse Owens Story; awarded an honorarydoctor of athletic arts degree from Ohio State University1972 Publishes I Have Changed1980 Dies of lung cancer on March 31 in Tucson, Arizona CH.BAA.JOw.zBM.Final.q 30/11/04 15:01 Page 106106FURTHER READINGAshe, Arthur.A Hard Road to Glory.New York: Amistad-Warner,1988.Baker, William J.Jesse Owens: An American Life.New York:Free Press, 1986.Cromwell, Dean B.Championship Technique in Track and Field:A Book for Athletes, Coaches, and Spectators.New York:McGraw-Hill, 1941.Edwards, Harry.The Revolt of the Black Athlete.New York:Free Press, 1969.Hart-Davis, Duff.Hitler s Games.New York: Harper & Row, 1986.Johnson, William O., Jr.All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The OlympicGames
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