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Olympic Style, Then and Now

A photo gallery of the good, the bad, and the ugly in Olympian fashion from 1936
to the present.

July 9, 2012

Jesse Owens (pictured in 1936)
Track and Field

The outfit is a classic: V-neck sweater over a crisp dress shirt with tailored trousers. Not sure we recommend running in this getup, though.

Medal-Winning Year: 1936

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