How did Hitler react to Jesse Owens winning?

According to British test pilot Eric Brown, Hitler shook Owens by the hand and congratulated him. Germany topped the medal table anyway (33 gold medals to the USA's 24) so the National Socialist propaganda machine had plenty to work with. read more

The president didn't even send me a telegram. About Franklin D. Roosevelt, as quoted in Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics (2007), by Jeremy Schaap, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, p. 211; The story of the 1936 Olympics always seemed intentionally distorted. read more

Best Answer: While its true, Hitler snubbed the non-Aryan athletes, Jesse Owens had this to say: "Hitler had a certain time to come to the stadium and a certain time to leave". "It happened he had to leave before the victory ceremony after the 100 meters. read more

Hitler chose to honor no one. Hitler did snub a black American athlete, but it was Cornelius Johnson, not Jesse Owens. It happened the first day of the meet. Just before Johnson was to be decorated, Hitler left the stadium. A Nazi spokesman explained that Hitler's exit had been pre-scheduled, but no one believes that. read more