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Jesse Owens

How tall was Jesse Owens?

Jesse Owens is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Jesse Owens’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 10 in

Jesse Owens is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jesse Owens: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jesse Owens is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jesse Owens is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).Jesse Owens is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jesse Owens: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jesse Owens is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jesse Owens is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).

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Jesse Owens beside others

Jesse Owens is the shortest of the 2 sprinters we have heights for: Tyson Gay (5 ft 11.5 in) is next, 1 in (3 cm) taller.

  • Tyson Gay: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm), 1 in (3 cm) taller than Jesse Owens.

Where this height comes from

5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Acme News Photos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Jesse Owens, 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)