Race — Germany
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics — the greatest individual performance in Olympic history, directly contradicting Nazi racial ideology on its own stage.
Jesse Owens won gold in the 100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was received warmly by German crowds and even befriended his long-jump competitor Luz Long. On returning to America, Owens was not acknowledged by President Roosevelt, in contrast to the reception he had received in Nazi Germany.