America's Jed Graef watches Japan's Keisuke Ito and Italy's Chiaffredo Rora come in to place second and third respectively after Graef set a new...
American athlete and Olympic gold medal winner Jesse Owens in midair as he completes in the Long Jump at the Olympic Games, Berlin, Germany, early...
Helen Stephens, America's star women sprinter, crosses the finish line first as anchor of the 100-meter relay team, at the Olympic Games in Berlin....
Rome, Italy- America's Wilma Rudolph, of Clarksville, TN, breaks the tape to win her semi-final heat in the women's 100-meter dash. Wilma won in the...
Paul Anderson, USA, lifts 413.25 kegs. For a new Olympic record and a gold medal in the heavyweight class weightlifting at the Exhibition Building...
Rumania's Viorica Viscopoleanu, one knee bandaged, leaps 22 feet, 4-1/2 inches to win an Olympic Gold Medal and better the official world and Olympic...
Debbie Meyer of Sacramento, California, churns her way toward a new Olympic record in the women's 400-meter freestyle swimming competition 10/19. In...
S Al Oerter haves the discus for an Olympic record and an Olympic gold medal 10/15, with a throw of 212 feet, 6-1/2 inches. Oerter also won the...
Mexico City, Mexico: Rumania's Viorica Viscopoleanu, one knee bandaged, leaps 22 feet, 4 1/2 inches to win an Olympic gold medal and better the...
Olympics' Fred Hansen smiles broadly as he wears his Gold Medal he won in the pole vault event, setting a new Olympic record of 16'9".
Olympics' Fred Hansen smiles broadly as he wears his Gold Medal he won in the pole vault event, setting a new Olympic record of 16'9".
Donna De Verona, USA, comes home first in lane six to wine the women's Olympic 100-meters butterfly heat here, in a new Olympic record time of 1:07.5...
Madeleine Berthod of Switzerland poses with runners-up after winning the women's downhill ski race February 1st in the Olympics here. Swiss colleague...
Michael Troy of Indianapolis, Indiana, wears a smile after winning the first heat in the men's 200-meter butterfly event, 8/31. His time of 2:15.5...
America's Eric Heiden sets a new Olympic record in the 1000 meter speedskating event as he beats Canada's Gaeten Boucher in the first heat of the...
Eric Heiden, American speedskating star who swept to his fourth consecutive gold medal in Olympic record time in the 1500 meter event 2/21, wears a...
Montreal: Canada's Nancy Garapick displays a long reach as she swims her way to a new Olympic record time of 2:25.49 in the women's 200-meter...
Montreal, Canada- East Germany's Andrea Pollack heads for a new Olympic record in the ladies 100-meter butterfly 7-21 with a time of 1:01,43.
Terry McDermott of Essexville, Michigan, skates the U.S. To its first Winter Olympics gold medal in 500-meter speed skating event February 4th. Terry...
Olympic victors Karin Cone, Judy Grinham and Margaret Edwards display their medals after winning the women's 100 meter backstroke competition. Cone...
Victors in Free Style Final. Melbourne: Victors of the men's 400 meters free style event tonight in the water after the race. From left to right:...
Metres Final. Melbourne: Athletes round the final bend during the final of the 800 metres today. Winner was Tom Courtney of the United States , with...
Olympics. The Russian winner of the Middle Heavyweight Weightlifting, Arkadii Voroviev, makes a new world record during event. He smashed world and...
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...
Andy Stanfield is shown winning the final of the 200-meters at the Olympics in Helsinki. The United States scored a grand slam in this event. Taking...
The last change over in heat 2 of the Ladies 4 x 100 Meter Relay is shown, with Joan Alderson taking over from Marilee Stepan to win the heat for...
Jean Boiteux of France, shown with his flowers and medal after winning the Men's 400-Meter Free Style Event at the Olympiad. At left is Ford Konno of...
The four members of the United States 800 meter swimming relay team, who set a new Olympic record of 8 minutes, 31.1 seconds when they won their...
Sweden's Siegge Ericsson leads Japanese skater Asasaka in their heat of the 10,000-meter Olympic speed race at Cortina, January 31st. Ericsson won...
Finland's Lasse Viren, sweeps across the finish line in the 5,000 meters race to set a new Olympic record of 13:26. 4 minutes. Great Britain's Ian...
Making a clean sweep of the Olympic shot put, a bettering the Olympic record on almost every throw, U.S. Shot putters made their nation the first to...
American track athlete Jesse Owens makes the long jump that set an Olympic record in Berlin at the 1936 Olympic Games. His performance at the Games...
Brunetto, the Argentine who broke the Olympic record in the triple jump only have to have a new world record set up by A. W. Winter of Australia.
Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench and Olympic record holder Mark Spitz got a sudden mixture of business with pleasure when they were suddenly...
Berlin, Germany- Jesse Owens, who won four events in the Olympic games, is shown winning one of the 200-meter heats. L. Orr of Canada is second and...
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...
Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer of Nashville, Tennessee, swims in the pool here on her way to a new Olympic record in the 200m individual medley...
Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer of Nashville, Tennessee, dives into the pool here on her way to a new Olympic record in the 200m individual medley...
Michael Gross, West Germany, dives into the pool, 7/30, on his way to an Olympic Record 54.02 time in the 100m butterfly. His record stood only...
Eddie Tolan, winner and creator of a new Olympic record in the 200-meter event, George Simpson of the United States, second place winner, and Ralph...
Kansas University freshman, Jim Ryun, wins the 1500 meter run to set a new Sugar Bowl record of 3 minutes and 42.7 seconds. The time is also better...
Russia Maria Colon of Cuba in action to win the Women's javelin final, setting a new world and Olympic record of 68.40 meters.
Heiden set a new Olympic record of 38.3 seconds and picked up the first of a hoped for five gold medals in Olympic skating events.
This photo shows the start of the 400 meter free style , finals in the event of the Olympiad. They are: J. Taris, of France, Lane 1, second place; T....
Helsinki, Finland- Bob Richards , of the U.S., is shown as he took a praying pose Tuesday, after hearing that he had broken the Olympic record for...
Helsinki, Finland- BOB RICHARDS BREAKS POLE-VAULT RECORD. Bob Richards, center, of USA, is pictured after breaking the Olympic record for the pole...
Melbourne, Australia- These three U.S. Sprint stars scored a clean sweep in the 200 meter dash in the Olympic contest. Bobby Morrow of San Benito,...
Melbourne, Australia- Tom Courtney of Livingston, New Jersey is congratulated by runners-up, after Courtney came from behind to win the 800-meter...
Massachusetts: Simpson Equals Olympic Record, Then Collapses In 100-Meter Dash Olympic Tryout! After winning his first two trials in sensational...
Tokyo, Japan -: Three American girls stand on the winners platform after receiving their medals for winning in the woman's 400 meter individial...
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...
Los Angeles, CA- Ralph Hill of the United States seems tired and weary after placing second to Lauri Lehtinen of Finland in the 5,000-meter run at...
Mexico City, Mexico- Here's the giant, record-breaking leap of Memphis, TN, Olympic star Ralph Boston, who jumped 27 feet, 1 3/4 inches 10/17 on his...
Mexico City, Mexico- Here's the giant, record-breaking leap of Memphis, TN, Olympic star Ralph Boston, who jumped 27 feet, 1 3/4 inches 10/17 on his...
Lake Placid, NY- An American hero -- the only one, so far, in the 1980 Olympics -- is Eric Heiden, shown enroute to a new Olympic record, and his...
Oslo, Noeway- Hjalmar Anderson, who made a new Olympic record in the 5000-meter speedskating event, shown with his medal.
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....
Berlin, Germany- A perfect model for a sculptor, Kenneth Carpenter of the United States is shown throwing the discus for the winning heave of 165...
Los Angeles, CA- Winners of the 100-meter free style swim event for women are seen here after the trials in the Los Angeles Olympic swimming stadium....
Los Angeles, CA: Jean Shiley of Philadelphia clears the bar to set a new World and Olympic Record during the Los Angeles Olympic Games. The former...
