Berlin Olympics
Nazi-hosted athletic event
The Berlin Olympics refers to the 1936 Summer Olympic Games held in Nazi Germany, remembered for Hitler's attempt to showcase Aryan supremacy and for Jesse Owens's four gold medals defying that narrative.
The phrase often appears in discussions of politics infiltrating sports: The controversy drew comparisons to the Berlin Olympics.
- 1936A calendar year
- HitlerNazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- master raceClaimed superior human group
- propagandaBiased information for influence
Jesse Owens · propaganda film · torch relay · torch lighting · gold medal · world record · athletics · Germany · swastika · Olympia · Nazi salute · stadium · Reich · sprinter · triumph · controversy · boycott · Aryan
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Party
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf
- Track & Field HistoryJesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt, Jim Thorpe, Florence Griffith Joyner
Berlin OlympicsParalympic Games
Multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities
Special Olympics · fair competition · Invictus Games · open competition · Jackie Robinson
Berlin Olympicsfair competition
Contest without unfair advantage