Graceful smile: On her way to best allround gymnastics performance in Olympic history, Nadia Comaneci delights the Forum audience yesterday with her...
Greek sailor Nicolaos Kakalamanakis runs up stairs with the Olympic torch moments before lighting the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony of...
Steffi Graf of Germany competes against Gabriela Sabatini in the Women's Singles Tennis event at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games on October 1,...
Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia, Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours Final, 23rd September Steven Redgrave is hugged by Matthew Pinsent as the Great Britain...
Chinese skater Zhang Dan is helped off the ice after she crashed into the boards edging the Palavela arena while attempting to create history by...
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games in London, Athletics, pic: 24th July 1908, John Hayes, USA, the Gold medal winner, who crossed the line behind Italy's...
Kareline Alexandre of Russia attempts to power Rulon Gardner of the USA in the final of the men's 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the...
Olympic Games, Berlin, Germany, Men's 200 Metres Final, USA's legendary Jesse Owens on his way to win the gold medal
Winter Olympics: Team USA goalie Steve Janaszak , Steve Christoff , Mark Wells , Bill Baker , and teammates victorious after winning Medal Round game...
Florence Griffith-Joyner celebrates after winning a race during the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell /Allsport
Gymnastics: 1984 Summer Olympics, Closeup of USA Mary Lou Retton victorious after winning All Around Individual competition at Pauley Pavilion,...
Portrait of fencer Nedo Nadi of Italy, regarded as the outstanding fencer of the century. He won the first of his six Olympic gold medals in...
Michael Phelps of the United States celebrates finishing the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final in first place and the gold medal held at the...
Olympic Games, Paris, France, Tennis, Great Britain's Charlotte Cooper who won the gold medal for the Singles and Mixed Doubles competitions becoming...
View of the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens during the opening ceremony of the 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games.
Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut smiles as she holds her Olympic gold medal won in the gymnastics competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West...
American high jumper Dick Fosbury in action using his revolutionary back-first Fosbury Flop technique to finish in first place to win the gold medal...
The medal presentation for the Men’s 200 metres final at the 1968 Summer Olympics, American athletes, gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist...
Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the line on his way to winning the Men's 100m Final at the National Stadium on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...
Russian basketball players celebrate wildly here after scoring a 51-50 win over the United States very early on September 10th in the Olympic...
Opening Ceremony -- Pictured: The 'Isles of Wonder' Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games held in London, England held on July 27, 2012 --
Track official attempts to comfort a crying Mary Decker after Decker's fall in the women's 3000-meter run at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Decker fell...