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| 1896 | Connolly, James |  |
| Winner of the triple jump Olympic Gold Medal, 1st medal in modern Olympic history |
| 1936 | Owens, James Cleveland "Jesse" | |
| Aug Berlin Wins 4 Olympic gold medals, challenges the myth of Hitler's Aryan superiority |
| 3rd Aug Berlin Winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal |
| 4th Aug Berlin Winner of the long jump Olympic Gold Medal |
| 5th Aug Berlin Winner of the 200m Olympic Gold Medal |
| 9th Aug Berlin Winner of the the 4 x 100m relay team Olympic Gold Medal |
| 1952 | Patterson, Floyd | |
| Winner a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics fighting as a middleweight |
| 1960 | Ali, Muhammad | |
| Wins the Olympic Gold medal & turns professional |
| 1964 | Frazier, Joseph William | |
| Tokyo Winner of the heavy weight boxing Olympic gold medal |
| 1968 | Foreman, George Edward | |
| Wins the Olympic heavyweight title |
| 1968 | Fosbury, Dick | |
| Mexico City Winner of the Olympic high jump Gold Medal, with the "Fosbury flop" |
| 1975 | Connors, Jimmy | |
| 7th June Spain's Manuel Orantes wins U.S. Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets |
| 1984 | Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" | |
| Winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal |
| Winner of the 200m Olympic Gold Medal |
| Winner of the 4 by 100m relay Olympic Gold Medal |
| Winner of the long jump Olympic Gold Medal |
| 1988 | Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" | |
| Winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal |
| Winner of the long jump Olympic Gold Medal |
| 1990 | Owens, James Cleveland "Jesse" | |
| 28th Mar Awarded the Congress ional Gold Medal by George HW Bush |
| 1992 | Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" | |
| Winner of the long jump Olympic Gold Medal, 3rd consecutive title |
| 1996 | Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" | |
| Winner of the long jump Olympic Gold Medal, 4th consecutive title |
| 2005 | Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| Winner of the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation |
