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a group of young men standing next to each other in front of poles with baseball bats

14 April 2016 American Experience announced on 12 April that The Boys of ’36, a new one-hour documentary inspired by Daniel James Brown’s critically acclaimed book The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, will premiere on Tuesday, 2 August, at 9 -10 p.m. ET…

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The Olympic Games 100 metres final at Wembley Stadium with Harrison Dillard of USA winning in 10.3 seconds. This equals the previous best Olympic performances of Eddie Tolan in 1932 and Jessie Owens in 1936. Dillard (b.1923) failed to qualify for the 110 metres hurdles, his speciality, at the Olympic trials but did qualify in third and last place for the 100 metres event. Dillard went on to qualify for the 110 metres hurdle event at the Olympics in Helsinki in 1952 and won gold. Daily Herald…

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Title: [Javelin throwers at the 1936 Randall's Island Olympic trials, New York, NY] Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984 Date: July 11-12, 1936 Place: New York, New York Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 13.3 x 10.2 cm. File: ag1982_0234_1469_javelin_sm_opt.jpg Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a…

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