Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against...
Franco Menichelli of Italy during the Men's Flying Rings event in the gymnastics finals. He placed second and won the silver medal.
Half length portrait of athlete, William Hogenson, silver medalist in the 60 meter dash during the 1904 Summer Olympics, standing in a stairwell...
Track and field runner Florence Griffith Joyner waves to the sky as she wins the 100 meter dash at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
Giancarlo Usai, Olympic medalist and Italian lightweight boxing champ, is here to fight Howard Davis, of the U.S., at the Felt Forum 4/20.
Giancarlo Usai, Olympic medalist and Italian lightweight boxing champ, eats a plate of spaghetti at San Romeo Restaurant here 4/17. Usai is here to...
Giancarlo Usai, Olympic medalist and Italian lightweight boxing champ, is here to fight Howard Davis, of the U.S., at the Felt Forum 4/20.
Sprinter Bob Hayes practices starts with New Zealander Doreen Porter, October 1st, in Olympic Village here as the track teams got down to hard...
Olympics: Bob Hayes wearing Texas style 10 gallon hat, before getting his gold medal in the 100 meter.
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".
Mike Austin, Olympic swimmer 1964- with other winners of the men's 400 meter freestyle relay swim. Left to right: Don Schollander, Gary Inman, Austin...
Tokyo, Japan: John Thomas of the U.S. Raises his arms and smiles after getting silver medal for second place in the High jump event of the 1964...
Canada's George Hungerford and Roger Jackson are all smiles as they proudly display their gold medals won in todays 10/15 finals of the pair cars...
America's Bob Hayes, winner of the gold medal in the Olympic 100-meter dash, is flanked by silver medalist E. Figerola of Cuba and bronze medal...
The finish of the Olympic 10 meter final here October 15th shows America's Bob Hayes breaking the tape to tie the world record. Hayes ran the fastest...
Members of the Japanese press interview three US track stars : Bob Hayes, Ralph Boston and Henry Carr, shortly after the first contingent of the US...
Tokyo, Japan- America's Bob Hayes, winner of the gold medal in the Olympic 100-meter dash, is flanked by silver medalist E. Figerola of Cuba and...
New York: Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver helps a youngster down a special ski ramp with Olympic medalist Billy Kidd as coach during a press announcement...
Olympic victors Karin Cone, Judy Grinham and Margaret Edwards display their medals after winning the women's 100 meter backstroke competition. Cone...
Joyous announcement that she was the winner of the women's Olympic diving competition, Marjorie Gestring, 13 year old California Miss, embraces her...
American boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Soviet boxer Gennady Schatkov to proceed to the next round at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Defeated WBC heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali with a swollen face and dark glasses during a mid-day press conference. Larry Holmes beat Ali in the...
Muhammad Ali looks dazed in his corner, unable to come out for the 11th round. Ali lost out in his bid to take the heavyweight crown a fourth time...
Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes is all smiles at a joint news conference with defeated champ Muhammad Ali . Ali appeared at the press conference...
Muhammad Ali's parents and brother greet him as he arrives home in Louisville after winning a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Olympic games 1896 - Athens, Greece - The parade of the winners with Spiridon Louis, Winner of the marathon, holding a flag in traditional costume....
Olympic decathlon gold medal winner Rafer Johnson stands atop a stairway to light the Olympic rings which will, in turn, light the Olympic Flame at...
Running the anchor leg, American Wilma Rudolph crosses the finish line to win the women's 400-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The...
Helen Wills, famous Berkeley California tennis champion, is awarded with the William Randolph Hearst popularity trophy through a National Poll...
The 1936 Olympic Figure Skating Champions are Cecilia Colledge winning silver, Sonja Henie winning gold, and Vivi-Anne Hulten winning bronze.
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, California: America's Candie Costie and Tracie Ruiz wave to the spectators after winning the gold medal in synchronized swimming....
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: Miloslava Rezkova of Czechoslovakia goes over bar on her way to winning the Gold medal in the Women's High Jump event of the 1968...
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....
Bogan of Hungary and Miss Ellen Preis of Austria both strong contender for Helene Mayers' crown are shown here in thrilling match won by Miss Bogan...
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...
Americans Edwin Moses, gold medalist, and Danny Harris, silver medalist, put their hands over their hearts during the playing of the national anthem...
American gymnast Julianne McNamara performs on the balance beam en route to a score of 9.95 during gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics...
Italy's Marco Marin and France's Jean Francois Lamour fence in a match during the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
German fans carry ski jumper Helmut Recknagel after he wins the gold medal for the 80 meter jump at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley,...
Philadelphia, PA: Martha Norelius, New York's Swimming Association. Sitting on edge of pool at National Swim.
Sprinter Carl Lewis runs the 200-meter sprints in the first heat of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.
Montral, Canada- USA's light welterweight "Sugar" Ray Leonard Palmer Park, MD, connects with a left to his opponent, Poland's Kazimier Szczerba,...
Helsinki, Finland: American cagers outreach Russian opponents around the Russian goal, Aug. 2, in their Olympic basketball game. In action are: Khejo...
Helsinki, Finland- HELSINKI OLYMPICS- WINNERS OF LADIES SPRINGBOARD DIVING. The three winners of the ladies springboard diving event at the Olympic...
American decathlete Bob Mathias competes in the high jump competition during the 1952 Summer Olympic Games at Helsinki.
Helsinki, Finland- Pole vaulter Rev. Bob Richards of La Verne, California, hurdles earthward after clearing the bar during the pole vault event....
Munich, Germany- Soviet Union's Vassili Alexeev sets a new Olympic world record, lifting a total of 650kg, during weight lifting competition in the...
Los Angeles, CA- Chuhei Nambu of Japan, winner of the Olympic hop, step, and jump event, is seen here in the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles. Nambu's...
