Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.

• Olympia-Film GmbH
• David Albritton
• Arvo Askola
• Jack Beresford
• Erwin Blask
• Sulo Bärlund
• Ibolya Csák
• Glenn Cunningham
• Henri de Baillet-Latour