Lot of (2) 1936 Berlin Olympics Items with 1936 Reemstma #32 Jesse Owens (PSA 4) & 1936 Opening Ceremony Ticket Stub (SGC Authentic)

Lot includes all (2) items shown. 1936 Reemstma #32 card is graded (PSA) 4. 1936 Opening Ceremony ticket stub is graded (SGC) Authentic. Please see the scans for details regarding the condition of the items.

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain, on 26 April 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona (two years before the Nazis came to power). To outdo the Los Angeles games of 1932, Adolf Hitler had built a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium, six gymnasiums, and many other smaller arenas. The games were the first to be televised, and radio broadcasts reached 41 countries. Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events and became the most successful athlete to compete in Berlin. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". His achievement of setting three world records and tying another in less than an hour at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport" and has never been equaled.

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