He excelled in the sprints, hurdles, and the long jump. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics he won four gold medals. The Nazi leader Hitler is said to have stormed out of the stadium at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, in disgust at the black man's triumph. Owens held the world long-jump record for 25 years 1935-60. At Ann Arbor, Michigan, on 25 May 1935, he broke six world records in less than an hour.