An offical poster from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games on display at the IOC Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. \ Mandatory Credit: IOC Olympic Museum /Allsport

The commemorative pin from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games on display at the IOC Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. \ Mandatory Credit: IOC Olympic Museum /Allsport

The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games Torch. The torch is in the IOC, Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. \ Mandatory Credit: IOC, Olympic Museum /Allsport

The names of the winners of the 11th Olympic Games are being chiseled into the 'Honor Board' of the marathon gate. Photography. Berlin. Germany. 1936. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Die Namen der Sieger der XI. Olympischen Spiele...More

The Olympic flag is lowered in the Olympic Stadium during the Closing Ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. \ Mandatory Credit: IOC Olympic Museum /Allsport

General view of the Closing Ceremony at the Olympic swimming pool after the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. \ Mandatory Credit: IOC Olympic Museum /Allsport

American swimmer Jack Medica turning at the start of his ninth length in the 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He finished second after Noboru Terada of Japan.

Kathe Krauss of Germany in tears after a bad hand-over cost them the gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay final at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980), who smashed so many records at the German Olympics in 1936 that Hitler refused to meet him, in the final of the long jump, Berlin.