Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics
The Third Reich's views on the purity and sanctity of the Aryan race led Hitler to ban all non-aryans from the German national team. However his view of a "perfect" race was dealt multiple blows when participants from other countries of varying ethnicities and races won multiple Gold medals. Athletes such as Jesse Owens and his other African-American teammates who went on to account for 13 medals in total (7 gold, 3 silver & bronze), along with other participants from many other countries, refuted any claims of racial superiority put forth by the Nazi party about the Aryan race.
"Die Amerikaner sollten sich schämen, Vermietung Neger gewinnen die Medaillen für sie. Ich werde nicht die Hand mit dieser Negro ....... glaubst du wirklich, daß ich mir erlauben, sich fotografieren zu Händeschütteln mit einem Neger werden"
[The Americans should be ashamed of themselves, letting Negroes win their medals for them. I shall not shake hands with this Negro.......do you really think that I will allow myself to be photographed shaking hands with a Negro?]
-Hitler
Video footage of Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics
Gold medal winning 1936 Indian National Field Hockey team
