How tall is Jesse Owens?

Jesse Owens's listed height was 178 cm (5'10"). He was taller than about 75% of men in the United States.

Where 178 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 75% of men in the United States born in 1913 (average 172.9 cm).

About Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete, born on 12 September 1913 in Oakville. He excelled in short sprints and the long jump, and he died on 31 March 1980.

At the 1935 Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Owens won four events, set five world records and tied another, all in less than an hour. He won four NCAA titles in each of 1935 and 1936, eight in total. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he won four gold medals, in the 100 meters, long jump, 200 meters and 4 x 100 meter relay, and he was the most successful athlete at those Games. USA Track & Field names its award for the year's best athlete in his honor, and a 1950 Associated Press poll voted him the greatest track and field athlete of the first half of the century.

Owens stood a listed 178 cm (5'10"). In 1999 he was on the six-man short-list for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century, and ESPN ranked him sixth among North American athletes of the twentieth century.

Frequently asked

How tall is Jesse Owens in feet and inches? Jesse Owens was 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

Is Jesse Owens tall for men in the United States? At 178 cm he was taller than about 75% of men in the United States born in 1913, whose average height is 172.9 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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