Moscow: Sebastian Coe of Great Britain wins the Olmpic 1,500 meters gold medal in 3 minutes and 38.40 seconds here 8/1. East Germany's Jurgen Straub...
Moscow, Russia-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Sergei Belov, Soviet basketball coach, ignites the Olympic torch at Lenin Stadium during ceremony opening the...
Washington: President Carter tells a group of about 150 U. S. Olympic athletes and officials 3/21 the United States will not go to the 1980 summer...
Some 1,400 athletes from 38 countries are expected to take part in the XIII Olympic Winter Games here February 12-24. Surrounding the official...
General view of the Opening ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games on July 19, 1980 in Moscow, Russia.
Team USA celebrates their 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union in the semi-final Men's Ice Hockey event at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid,...
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.
Dr. Charles Morgan Kerr holds his torch aloft after lighting the Olympic flame 2/13 during opening ceremonies for the 1980 Winter Olympic games.
Representatives of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Athletes Advisory council speak to reporters at the White House after meeting with Administration...
Members of the USA hockey team celebrate after winning the Gold Medal during the 1980 Winter Olympics on February 24, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York.
Fans of team USA celebrate in the streets after the team USA defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in the semi-final Men's Ice Hockey event at the 1980...
Barbara Krause of East Germany stands on the podium with her gold medal together with silver medallist Ines Diers and bronze medallist Carmela...
The Olympic flag is carried out of the Lenin Stadium at the closing ceremony of the 1980 Olympic Games here 8/3. The Olympic flame was extinguished...
Moscow, Soviet Union- East Germany's Barbara Krause wears a broad smile as she waves to the crowd after cutting almost half a second off her own...
'Misha' the bear, the Olympic mascot strung across Gorky Avenue prior to the 4/19 opening ceremony of the 1980 Olympic games. At rear the towers of...
An elderly woman carries on with her shopping chores in downtown Moscow 7/16, seemingly oblivious of flag-carrying Soviet youths practising for the...
Anita DeFranz, shown in this photograph, a member of the Athletes Advisory Council and bronze medal winner in rowing at the 1976 Olympics in...
American Olympic rower, Anita DeFranz, of the 1976 crew team, ponders testimony during the Senate Foreign Relations committee hearings on the 1980...
Lutz Dombrowski of East Germany leaps into the air during the Men's Long Jump event at the XXII Olympic Summer Games on 28 July 1980 at the Grand...
Michelle Ford of Australia celebrates winning gold in the Womens 800m Freestyle during the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia.
Speed skater Eric Heiden powers his way to a gold medal in the men's 1000m, 19 February 1980 in Lake Placid, during the Winter Olympic Games. Heiden...
Daley Thompson of Great Britian competes in the Men's decathlon high jump event during the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic games at the Lenin Stadium in...
Team USA shakes hands with Team Finland after their 4-2 victory in the Gold Medal Men's Ice Hockey event at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake...
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...
Three time Olympic Gold Medal winner Peggy Fleming is shown brushing away a lock of her while meeting with the media. She descried the planned...
Three time Olympic Gold Medal winner Peggy Fleming is shown brushing away a lock of her while meeting with the media. She descried the planned...
Moscow: Nadia Comaneci draws a blank expression as Romanian coach Bela Karolyi reacts with disbelief after a row between Olympic judges that cost...
Anita DeFranz, shown in this photograph, a member of the Athletes Advisory Council and bronze medal winner in rowing at the 1976 Olympics in...
Washington: President Carter tells a group of about 150 U. S. Olympic athletes and officials 3/21 the United States will not go to the 1980 summer...
Washington: President Carter tells a group of about 150 U.S. Olympic athletes and officials the United States will not go to the 1980 Summer Olympics...
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee 2/5, defended former heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali, saying Ali...
Director Monique Berlioux tells a news conference that the IOC Executive Board is considering a request from the U.S. Olympic Committee to take the...
Moscow: Ageless Ethiopean Miruts Yifter in the lead, won the 10,000 meter event here 7/27 dethroning Finland's Lasse Viren of the title. Yifter, who...
England's Steve Ovett beats fellow countryman and rival Sebastian Coe across the finish line to win the 800-meter run at the Olympics in Moscow July...
Moscow: Nadia Comaneci of Romania in training here 7/14 as she prepares for the long awaited clash with the Soviet Union's reigning world champion...
Moscow: Mens finals at the apparatus is won by Zoltan Magyar of Hungary seen performing on the side horse here 7/25. Magyar won the gold with a score...
British athlete Steve Ovett, waves from the winners' podium after receiving his gold medal following the men's 800-metre event at the 1980 Summer...
Olympic Games at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union, British swimmer Sharron Davies celebrates after winning the silver medal in the...
Track & Field: 1980 Summer Olympics, Poland Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz victorious, gesturing to fans after winning Pole Vault Final at Central Lenin...
Gymnast Susan Cheesebrough of Great Britain performs in the Women's Balance Beam event on 25 July 1980 during the XXII Olympic Summer Games at the...
Olympic Games, Moscow, Russia, 19th July 1980, Opening Ceremony, Doves of peace are released into the air as the Olympic torch is lit during the...
East German silver medal winning athlete Christiane Wartenberg congratulates Tatyana Kazankina from the Soviet Union team after Kazankina finished in...
East German discus thrower Evelin Jahl raises one arm in the air in celebration on the medal podium after finishing in first place to win the gold...
Members of the American Men's Olympic ice hockey team make the 'We're number one' gesture as they celebrate on the medal podium after receiving their...
Goalie Vladimir Myshkin and Viacheslav Fetisov of the Soviet Union defend the net as Neal Broten of Team USA goes for the puck during the XIII...
Athletes and musicians perform during the Opening Ceremony event for the XXII Olympic Summer Games on 19 July 1980 at the Grand Arena of the Central...
Allan Wells of Great Britain wins the gold medal in the men's 100m at the 22nd Olympic Games held in Moscow, USSR in July 1980. .
Olympic Games at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union, British gold medal winners Duncan Goodhew, who won the Men's Breaststroke 100...
Soviet athlete Tatyana Kazankina wins the women's 1500 metres at the Lenin Stadium during the Moscow Summer Olympics, July 1980.
Olympic Games, Moscow, USSR, Men's 5000 Metres Final, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter celebrates after winning the gold medal
Olympic Games, Moscow, Russia, 14th July 1980, Members of the British female gymnastics team pose with a balalaika
Sport, Athletics, pic: 1980, 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Great Britain's Alan Wells, far left,lunges forward to win the Mens 100 metres gold medal
The winners of the 1500 metres mount the podium at the 1980 Moscow Olympics; Britain's Sebastian Coe won the gold medal, Jurgen Straub of East...
Medal winners from the Women's 800 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics stand and wave on the medal podium, with gold medallist Nadezhda...
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci pictured in action to win the gold medal on the balance beam during competition in the women's artistic team...