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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Stars of summers past


As the Olympics are underway in Sydney, ESPN Classic highlights some of the greatest stars of the summer games. Whether it's the storied athletes of the past, like Jesse Owens or Babe Didrikson, or recent stars, like Carl Lewis or Jackie Joyner-Kersee, ESPN Classic brings you their stories. Click on your favorite Olympic athlete and relive their Olympic glory.

Babe Didrickson
Babe Didrikson was voted the AP's Greatest Female Athlete of the first half of the 20th century.
Beamon, Bob

Didrikson, Babe

Johnson, Michael

Johnson, Rafer

Joyner-Kersee, Jackie

Lewis, Carl

Louganis, Greg

Mathias, Bob

Moses, Edwin

Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich.
Oerter, Al

Owens, Jessie

Rudolph, Wilma

Spitz, Mark

Thorpe, Jim

ESPN Classic is the only network that features past Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Championships, heavyweight championship fights, NCAA Final Fours, Olympics, NASCAR, Grand Slam tennis events, The Masters and much more. The greatest moments in sports, larger-than-life personalities, history-making games and epic events are available to relive for the first time or the 100th time.





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