Miss Jeanette Altwegg, the 21 year old World European and British champion, shown here, gained Britain's first gold medal in the Sixth winter...
American boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Soviet boxer Gennady Schatkov to proceed to the next round at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
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...
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....
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...
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...
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: 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: 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...
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.
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- 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...
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...
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...
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,...
Sprinter Carl Lewis runs the 200-meter sprints in the first heat of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.
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...