Jesse Owens 1936 Berlin Olympic Gold Medal
- Maker
- Jesse Owens
- Year
- 1936
- Rank
- 56 of 100
Jesse Owens 1936 Berlin Olympic Gold Medal
Jesse Owens 1936 Berlin Olympic Gold Medal by Jesse Owens (1936) is ranked 56 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $1,466,574 in December 2013. The highest price ever for Olympic memorabilia; the medal that defied Nazi 'Aryan supremacy' propaganda.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The highest price ever for Olympic memorabilia; the medal that defied Nazi 'Aryan supremacy' propaganda.
One of Owens's four 1936 Berlin gold medals (the one gifted to Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,466,574
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- December 2013
SCP Auctions. $1.466M; bought by Ron Burkle.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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- 2026-08-08