Peggy Fleming who was World Figure Skating Champion three times and the only U.S. Skater to win a Gold Medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics, cuts a...
Nina Romaschkova is shown throwing the Discus for Russia in the Olympiad at Helsinki. She won a Gold Medal for the Soviets by tossing the platter 168...
Miss Jeanette Altwegg, the 21 year old World European and British champion, shown here, gained Britain's first gold medal in the Sixth winter...
Britain's figure skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform at the Olympics in Sarejevo, Yugoslavia, mesmerizing the judges and audience and...
Gold medal winner for the decathalon, Daley Thompson of Great Britain, shows off one of his message t-shirts at a news conference after he won the...
The Soviet Union's flag is carried in the closing ceremony of the seventh Winter Olympic Games at Cortina D'Ampezzo, in which the Russians led in...
Germany's silver medal winners, the Canadian Pairs Canoe Slalom team, Hans Schumacher and Wilhem Baues shoot the rapids here, in the Olympic course...
Olympic games 1896 - Athens, Greece - The parade of the winners with Spiridon Louis, Winner of the marathon, holding a flag in traditional costume....
Mrs. Andrea Mead Lawrence, who won two gold medals while representing the U.S. In the 1952 Winter Olympics, tests her ski legs on a slalom course on...
Berlin, Germany- Pictured above are the members of the American relay team which won the 400-meter relay race at the Olympics in Berlin. They...
Los Angeles: Gold medal winner in men's individual gymnastics, Koji Gushiken of Japan looks at the silver medal winner, Peter Vidmar of the United...
Victory ceremony following the 1,500 meter run. First place goes to Peter Snell of New Zealand, second to Josef Odiozil of Czechoslovakia, and third...
Tokyo, Japan: Olympic wrestler Eilfried Dietrich stand at far right as Hungarian Istvan Kozma gets gold medal for fight place in the Greco-Roman...
Tokyo, Japan: Medal winners of the 800m run at the Tokyo Olympics. Bill Crothers watches as gold medal winner Peter Snell shakes hands with third...
Tokyo, Japan: Robert Bennett, Olympic Swimmer, stands at right of gold medal winner Jed Graef after placing third in the 200 meter men's backstroke...
Tokyo, Japan: Olympic athlete John Cooper watches as gold medal winner Rex Cawley of US shakes hands with third place winner Salvatore Morale of...
Mexico City: Austria's Eva Jenko in Women's Javelin event, 1968 Olympics in which she placed third and won the bronze medal.
Mexico City: George Woods of the U.S. In action when he placed second in the Shot Put event of the 1968 Olympics, and won the silver medal.
Mexico City: Lee Evans of the United States wins the 400-meter run, on his way to winning the Gold medal in the 1968 Olympics
Mexico City: Ken Walsh of the U.S. Team touches wall on anchor leg of 400-meter relay swim event, to win the Gold medal for the team in the 1968...
Mexico City: Tamara Pogesheva of Russia displays the diving talent that won her the second place silver medal in the 1968 Olympics.
Mexico City: Randy Matson of the U.S. Winning gold medal with his toss in the Shot Put event, in the 1968 Olympics.
Mexico City: Rumania's Viorica Viscopoleanu in Long Jump event for which she won the first place Gold medal, in the 1968 Olympics.
Mexico City: Maureen Caird of Australia crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the Women's 80-meter hurdles, in the 1968 Olympics. In the...
Olympic speedskating champion Eric Heiden who won 5 gold medals at Lake Placid last Winter, leads pack during 50 kilometer, 68-lap, Senior Men's Bike...
Elisabeth Theurer of Austria displaying her Equestrian Olympic gold medal, won in the dressage grand prix, individual class.
Rome, Italy: Karl Hans Riehm of West Germany who won first place in the hammer throw at the Golden Gala track and field event in Rome consoles Yuri...
Hanni Wenzel, contestant in the men's Olympic giant slalom event, seen here winning the silver medal.
Helsinki, Finland- Dana Zatopek of Czechoslovakia hoops it up with a victory cartwheel after winning the woman's javelin throw at Helsinki, July,...
Los Angeles, CA- Rolf Milser of West Germany jumps high in the air after lifting 217.5 kg to take the gold medal in the event at the Los Angeles...
Melbourne, Australia- Egil Danielsen of Norway heaves the javelin for a world record of 281 feet, 2 1/4 inches to win an Olympic gold medal. Phil...
Tokyo, Japan -: Three American girls stand on the winners platform after receiving their medals for winning in the woman's 400 meter individial...
Tokyo, Japan- Joe Frazier of Philadelphia is shown shaking the hand of the official who has awarded the medals in the ring at an Olympics ceremony in...
Olympic Team track star and Olympic Broad jump winner receiving a NYC Gold Medal from Mayor Robert F. Wagner is shown here.
Los Angeles, CA- The only thing to beat Carl Lewis across the finish line was his shadow, as he and his 400m relay teammates took the Olympic gold...
Los Angeles, CA- American runner Evelyn Ashford flashes across the finish line, winning the gold medal in the 100m race, in an Olympic record time of...
Standing on the victory stand, American diver Greg Louganis waves his finger in the air in celebration of winning the gold medal in the platform...
American Carl Lewis crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Lewis'...
Melbourne, Texas- OLYMPIC GOLD AND SILVER FOR U.S. Bobby Morrow, of Abilene, Texas, stands on the winner's spot after he was presented with the gold...
Los Angeles, CA- Japan's Hideaki Tomiyama is overcome as he stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in the 57kg wrestling competition...
Helsinki, Finland- N. Brooks, US, is being congratulated after beating E. Basel, of Germany, in their fly-weight final bout at the Messuhalli,...
Innsbruck, Austria- A jubilant crowd hoists happy speed skater Terry McDermott of Essexville, Michigan after he won the first gold medal for the U.S....
Cortina, Italy- Jubilant Tenley Albright leaps into the arms of her trainer, Dr. Guiseppe Gasparini, after winning the Olympic figure skating title...
Helsinki, Finland- The Rev. Bob Richards of the US team eases over the bar to set a new record for the Olympics pole vault. Richards made 14 feet,...
Munich, Germany- Setting a new world record and winning the gold medal for the women's 1500 meter event at the XXth Olympic Games is Russia's Ludmila...
Munich, Germany- Uganda's John Akii-Bua kisses his gold medal out of sheer joy during the awards ceremony following his win in the 400-meter hurdles...
Washington, D.C.: Sugar Ray Leonard, center, who won a gold medal in this year's Olympic boxing competition announces 11/16 that he will turn...
Los Angeles, CA- American runner Joan Benoit jogs around the Los Angeles Coliseum track carrying the American flag, after winning the gold medal in...
Los Angeles: Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton scores a perfect 10 in the vault to win the gold medal, then runs over and hugs her coach Bela Karoly....
Triple Gold Medal winner of the 1960 Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph crosses the finish line way out in front to set a new American Women's indoor...
Triple Gold Medal winner of the 1960 Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph crosses the finish line way out in front to set a new American Women's indoor...
Sonja Henie Norwegian-born American figure skater who won the world amateur championship for women ten consecutive years and three gold medals in the...
Gold medal winner of the Ladies Special Slalom, Marielle Goitschel with bronze medal winner Annie Famose of France at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Guy Perillat, Silver medal winner in the Olympic Men's Downhill race and Gold medal winner teammate Jean-Claude Killy of France are both shown with...
Tokyo, Japan, Australian Dawn Fraser after splashing her way to victory in the 100 meter free syle event. She won for the third consecutive time, in...
