First Lady Hillary Clinton, daughter Chelsea and President Bill Clinton greet a member of the U.S. Olympic Team during a reception at the White House...
White House photographer Ralph Alswang stands in front of members of the U.S. Olympic Team on the South Lawn of the White House before a group...
Gold-medal gymnast Kerri Strug and silver-medal wrestler Matt Ghaffari pose in front of members of the U.S. Olympic Team during a visit to the White...
Members of the U.S. Olympic Team listen to remarks from President Bill Clinton on the South Lawn of the White House before a group picture with the...
Young man tests himself using a device which measures his oxygen efficiency at the United States Olympic Sports Complex. He is training for the 1984...
Helsinki, Finland- Shot-putter Parry O'Brien of Southern California is shown in action in the shot-put event when he wiped out the Olympic mark set...
Peter Bacasalmasi of Hungary tosses the discus during the decathlon event in the Los Angeles Olympic Games here. Bacsalmasi finished tenth in the...
High jumper Art Jackes of Toronto, Canada, a member of the Canadian Olympic team, goes over the bar sideways on low jumps, and switches to a leg...
Here are the three Canadian champions in the ski jumps, H. Sodtvedt, of the Canadian Olympic team, Nordahl Kaldahl, Canadian Olympic team, and Tom...
Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images) FLORIDA Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor November 19, 2009 in Florida.
Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images) FLORIDA Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor November 19, 2009 in Florida.
Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images) FLORIDA Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor November 19, 2009 in Florida.
Carl Lewis waves to the crowed while being carried by his teammates and other athletes after team USA won the gold medal for the Men's 4x100m Relay...
No, there isn't a see-saw event in the Olympic Games, those men straddling the inclined platform, are judges at the finish line of the 100-meter...
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....
Kornelia Ender smiles after winning and setting a new Olympic and world record with 55.65 in the final Women's 100-Meter Freestyle. Beside her is...
American gymnast Mary Lou Retton performs on the balance beam during the finals of the women's gymnastic team event at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer...
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.
American sprinter Carl Lewis competes in a sprint competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Lewis would go on to win four gold medal in...
The winners of the 1948 Olympic Men's 10m Platform Diving competition, London, England, August 5, 1948. From left, bronze-medal winner Mexican...
American Olympic gold medalists Gertrude Ederle and Sammy Lee raise the Olympic banner at the U.S. Olympic 3m springboard diving trials at the...
British tennis player, Olympic gold medalist and Wimbledon champion Kathleen McKane Godfree returning a ball on the tennis court, England, circa 1927.
Stanford University's Olympic silver medal winner Glenn Hartranft breaks the world's shotput record in practice a week after he smashed the record...
American Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini runs on a track for the University of Southern California, late 1930s.
Thousands of citizens throng the streets to greet the arrival of the American delegation to the Olympic Games in Berlin.
American track and field athlete Howard P. Drew en route to Stockholm with the US Olympic team for the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1912. He strained a...
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...
Robert Beamon shown shattering the record in the triple jump as he lands in the sand at the 1968 Olympics.
Members of the 1980 Gold medal winning US Olympic hockey team at the Roxy Roller Disco in NYC, Mark Wells, Mark Pavelich, Steve Christoff, Bob Suter,...
President Ronald Reagan , holding Olympic jacket with members of US Olympic team Bonnie Blair & Brian Boitano .; 1988.
President Ronald Reagan flanked by Florence Griffith Joyner & probably Janet Evans with massed members of US Olympic team, probably during National...
Shown on victory stand in Los Angeles coliseum 8/11 for awards in Men’s Shot Put event are Italy’s Alessandro Andrei , Gold; Michael Carter, Dallas,...
Here are the Senior Varsity Oarsmen of the University of Washington , who have come out of the West to match their blades against the country's best...
Members of the Canadian and Swedish Olympic hockey teams line up on an outdoor ice rink after the 1928 Winter Olympic Games, where the Canadian team...
American speed skater Irving Jaffee holds his gold medal after winning the men's 10,000-meter speed skating event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games,...
Portrait of the US Olympic speed skating team on an outdoor rink shortly after arriving in St. Moritz for the 1948 Winter Olympic Games, St. Moritz,...
Finnish speed skater Toivo Salonen and Dutch speed skater Anton Huiskes warm up on the track before the men's 10,000-meter speed skating race at the...
British figure skater Cecilia Colledge executes a spiral during the women's figure skating final at the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, where she won the...
Austrian skier Othmar Schneider at speed as he wins the Men's Slalom during the VI Winter Olympic Games, Rodkleiva, Norway, February 21, 1952.
The American contingent of athletes into an outdoor stadium during the opening ceremonies of the 1948 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz, Switzerland,...
American skier Gretchen Fraser holds a pair of skis as she poses for a portrait during the V Winter Olympic Games, February 1948, St. Moritz,...
Flag bearer leads the American Winter Olympic team as it enters the ski stadium during the opening ceremonies of the Fourth Winter Olympic Games,...
Group portrait of the American men's Olympic ski team seen on the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, February 4, 1932. From...
Finnish skier Veikko Hakulinen seen during his gold-medal winning run in the Men's 50km Cross-Country Skiing competition at the Winter Olympics in...
The captains of the American and Canadian Olympic ice hockey teams, John Chase of the USA and William Cockburn of Canada, shake hands as their teams...
The first forward line of the Canadian Olympic ice hockey team which went on to win the gold at the Fifth Winter Olympics Ab Renaud, Ted Hibberd, and...
American skater Irving Jaffee shakes hands with an unidentified Olympic official after winning the gold medal in the Men's 5,000-Metre Speed Skating...
Competetors in the Ladies Figure Skating competiton, arms on each others ahoulders, jump in a line and kick their legs at the Winter Olympics in St....
German skater Maxi Herber practives her jumps in preparation for her performance, with partner Ernst Baier, in the Mixed Doubles Figure Skating...
American skater Gretchen Merrill on the ice during her performance in the Ladies Figure Skating contest at the Olympic Games in St. Moritz,...
The U.S. Olympians opened its drive for public backing to send teams to the 1955 Pan American Games and the 1956 Olympic Games by holding a dinner...
Mexico City, Mexico: British Olympic team medal winners L-R: Dave Hemery, gold for 1st place in 400 meter hurdles; Mrs. Sheila Sherwood, silver for...
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...
