What event has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sports"?

Jesse Owens's greatest achievement came in a span of 45 minutes on May 25, 1935, during the Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he set three world records and tied a fourth. He equaled the world record for the 100 yard dash (9.4 seconds); and set world records in the long jump (26 ft 8 1⁄4 in or 8.13 m, a world record that would last 25 years); 220-yard (201.2 m) sprint (20.3 seconds); and 220-yard (201.2m) low hurdles (22.6 seconds, becoming the first to break 23 seconds). In 2005, University of Central Florida professor of sports history Richard C. Crepeau chose these wins on one day as the most impressive athletic achievement since 1850.

His achievement of setting three world records and tying another in less than an hour at the 1935 Big Ten track meet has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sports."

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timwhitestevens

Jesse Owens was a truly amazing, outstanding athlete.

Deborah Gabriel

Jesse Owens great at the Olympics in 1936! I chose that answer.

Noelito

timwhitestevens, Indeed he was, even though, alas, he was reduced to racing against horses in his own country in order to make ends meet, instead of being hailed as a hero who disproved Hitler's Aryan supremacy ideals ...and on the latter's home turf, too.

teacherchicky

There are so many better 45 minutes in sports that I've seen in my lifetime, let alone before I was around to witness it! Out of these, I'd have loved to see Jesse Owen's performance but even better, him not dipping the flag to Hitler! I would say my favorite 45 minutes would involve Joe Montana and Dwight Clark and the 49ers!

Player

Dennis Walker, I did that too. I feel slightly better at someone else's admission. Doing a quiz at 2am is my excuse

chrismdavies

I think you'll find the world cup was in 1966 at Wembley, as an Englishman of that I am absolutely certain. Who checks these questions?

Christopher J Voce

There was no World Cup in 1967 - England won it in 1966. The next one was Mexico 1970.

Steve Bush

Amazing the percentage was only 14% for the right answer and 47% voted for my answer and the wrong one.

David de Tremaudan

Agreed about Jessie Owens. It was phenomenal how he put Hitler and his “master race” in their place.

Dennis Walker

Omg how did I read as “truck” meet 😫

Christopher Skinner

Trick question but the 1966 FA World Cup was definitely a sensation at the time, I watched it while staying in Hove, near Brighton, we still didnt have colour TV but I saw it a few days later in Colour at the Odeon Cinema where I went to watch Mary Poppins. At that time the English and Germans were still somewhat estranged and the patriotism in the UK was palpable. Love the answer, Jessie Owens desrves the recognition posthumously.

Jerry Edwards

Had you put the correct year for the World Cup, i.e. 1966, you probably would have had many more contestants getting the answer wrong. Especially on the British side of the Pond. You got nearly 1/2 the population voting for it as 1967!.. Good Q&A though.