Hitler 's Games designed the Nazi Party as a showcase for white Aryan talent . Owen won his 11th gold medal in 200 meters . For their two-week duration -- from August 1-16 -- houses and monuments throughout Berlin were decked with Nazi flags and banners , while posters and magazine spreads lauded the ideal of the white Aryan athlete , making an overt link between the racial purity of modern Teutonic culture and that of classical Greece . Owen ' quadruple triumph was a huge embarrassment to the hosts .
Hitler 's Games designed the Nazi Party as a showcase for white Aryan talent . Owen won his 11th gold medal in 200 meters . Owen ' quadruple triumph was a huge embarrassment to the hosts .