Thousands of carrier pigeons flying over the Olympic stadium in Helsinki. They were released during the opening ceremony to convey the news of the...
Action around the Brazilian basket during the U.S. Brazil basketball game in the Olympics, won by the U.S. The American players are Marcus...
The Great Britain goalkeeper protects his goal from Indian hockey player Balbir Singh Sr in the semifinal of the men's field hockey tournament at...
Helsinki, Finland- America wins basketball today when they beat the U.S.S.R. Team. Photo shows incident around the American basket ,Robert Albert...
Helsinki, Finland: Members of the United States Olympic Team salute as they pay tribute to Finland's President Juho K. Paasikivi, during their march...
Joseph Barthel of Luxembourg flashes across the finish line to win the 1500-meter run final at Olympic Stadium, July, 26. Robert E. McMillen of the...
Australia's World Record sprinter, Marjorie Jackson , and indian sprinter Maty D' Souza are teaming up in a practice run at Olympic Village. The 1952...
Helsinki, Finland- Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands leaps into the air with excitement during Wednesday's Holland-Hungary water polo game at...
Helsinki, Finland- At a formal opening of the 1952 Olympics at Torbjourn Falkanger Stadium. Athletics of competing nations stand for 2 minutes of...
From left to right, Indian competitors Mary D'Souza and Grahanandan 'Nandy' Singh at the Olympic Village during the Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki,...
Hungarian athlete Imre Nemeth with his arm around Hungarian athlete Jozsef Csermak , who holds a bouquet of flowers, and German athlete Karl Storch ,...
American gold medallist Charles Moore, centre, and fellow winners during the presentation for the 400 metre hurdles event at the 1952 Helsinki...
Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, receives his gold medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics after winning the 10,000 metres. Alain Mimoun of France and...
Section of the vast crowd at Helsinki Stadium watching the closing ceremony of the 1952 Olympic Games.
Russian athlete Galina Zybina, representing the Soviet Union, during a javelin practice session at the Eastern bloc countries camp, during the 1952...
Soviet and Mexican basketball players reach for the ball as two players argue in the background during the Group B match between the Soviet Union and...
American diving champion Sammy Lee in the air during a dive at the 1952 Olympic Games, Helsinki, Finland, mid 1992.
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...
American diving champion Sammy Lee in the air during a dive at the 1952 Olympic Games, Helsinki, Finland, mid 1992.
Harrison Dillard, who won the 100 Meters event in the 1948 Olympics and who was in the high hurdles in 1952, is shown with two uniformed Olympic...
Members of the U. S. Olympic swimming and diving teams are shown lined up beside the Olympic Pool at Helsinki. Left to right are: Carol Frick of the...
Three members of the U.S. Boxing team in Helsinki for the forthcoming opening of the International Games at Olympic Village, make friends with two...
Floyd Patterson, U.S.A, , ducks under a swing by Omar Tebbeka, of France, during their Olympic Middleweight boxing bout in Helsinki on Wednesday....
Pat McCormick of Long Beach, California, a member of the U.S. Women's Olympic Swimming Team, meets Soviet Olympic Swimming girl Sjuniezowa at the...
They look as if they are playing charades, but it's serious business. At left is the Rev. B. B. Richards, Pole Vaulter on the U.S. Olympic Team, who...
Finland: Jackie Levine, of the U.S. Women's 400 Meter Relay Swimming Team, leaps into the fray during a Relay Heat at the Olympic Pool at Helsinki on...
Three Mermaids from California.: Juno Irwin , of the Pasadena Athletic Club, watches her U.S. Olympic Diving Teammates Paula Myers and Pat McCormick,...
Charles Adkins is shown here as he gets a glimpse of a photo taken as he defeated his Russian opponent during the Olympic games in Helsinki, to take...
Only sixteen years old, pretty Ragnhild Goetz is a member of the Venezuelan Olympic Swimming Team in this photograph. She was photographed as she...
Hot court action is shown in the Olympic basketball clash between Canada and Italy at Helsinki's Tennis Palace here. R.J. Phibbs, , of Canada, has a...
Olympic High Jumpers Walt Davies, , of the U.S.; Alan Peterson, of Great Britain, and Mehnga Singh Sidhu of India, get together to check the high...
Nina Romaschkova is shown throwing the Discus for Russia in the Olympiad at Helsinki. She won a Gold Medal for the Soviets by tossing the platter 168...
Andy Stanfield is shown winning the final of the 200-meters at the Olympics in Helsinki. The United States scored a grand slam in this event. Taking...
Joseph Barthel of Luxembourg, who won the 1,500 meter event at the Olympics in record time, is hugged by an admirer for his victory. Barthel broke...
Nishida, an entry in the Olympic Marathon Race from Japan, is wrapped with blankets as the weary runner rests at the completion of the long distance...
Olympic cycling team is hown about to start for a practice sprint around the saucer at Helsinki, where the Olympiad is scheduled to get underway on...
Wallace Gillies, goalie of Chicago's Portage Park Water Polo Team, makes the save on a ball thrown by Bob Koehler, of the New York Athletic Club....
Chai Myungsuk, 18 year-old woman athlete , seems baffled as America's Jim Fuchs tries to explain the mysteries of the shot put. Jim holds the World...
As coach Clyde Littlefield holds the bar, high jumper Walt Davis of Texas, A & M, soars over in a warm up exercise at Palmer Stadium, where America's...
Some of the U.S. Athletes who will represent this country in the Olympic Games at Helsinki this summer, were on hand to received their uniforms this...
Young Finnish soldiers, shown here, serving their twelve months of military training, are helping to prepare the Olympic Village for the athletics...
The young Finnish scouts, helpers at the Olympic Village at Helsinki, are carrying armfuls of national flags as Finland's capital prepares to greet...
Finnish small fry stand around and watch Isamu Shiraishi, Japanese Bantam Weight Lifter, working out in preparation for the Olympic Games which open...
Here are the three lads that will represent the U.S., in 3-meter diving at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, this summer L to R: Skippy...
Members of the Argentina Olympic Women's relay team limber up at Helsinki. Left to right: Lilian Buglia, Anna M. Fontan, Gladys Erbetta and Lilan...
Gerald R. Holan, U.S.A., ploughs through the water, during the first semi-final of the men's 200 meters breaststroke, at the Olympic pool, Helsinki...
Jean Boiteux of France, shown with his flowers and medal after winning the Men's 400-Meter Free Style Event at the Olympiad. At left is Ford Konno of...
The four members of the United States 800 meter swimming relay team, who set a new Olympic record of 8 minutes, 31.1 seconds when they won their...
Helsinki, Finland: ...For Holland. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands leaps for joy as Holland scores a goal during the July 30th Olympic water Polo...
Olympic Games-Decathlon-110 Metres Hurdles. Photo shows: Robert Mathias USA, winning Heat 8 of the Decathlon 110 Metres Hurdles Event, from Geoffrey...
Whitfield leads A.S. Wint in the last 100 yards dash, to win the 800 meters. Final at the Olympic stad., Helsinki.
Walker, who was disqualified during the first heat of the 10,000 meter walk at the Olympic games for having both feet off the ground at the same...
Horace Ashenfelter, 29 year old FBI man, is shown winning his heat in the Olympics 3,000 Meter Steppelchase. He broke the record in doing it. Today...
Helsinki, Finland- OLYMPICS GAMES. Mrs. Patricia McCormick of Los Angeles, CA, shows off her championship form as she executes a difficult manuever...
Helsinki, Finland- Leslie A. Laing of Jamaica lies on the track as he tumbled after passing the baton to teammate Arthur Wint on the second change...
Helsinki, Finland- The American crew, which won the eight-oars-with-cox rowing event, accepted an invitation from the Russian crew, who came second,...
Helsinki, Finland- Mabel Laundry of Chicago has carefully put her bangs up in curlers to kep her hair from obscuring her view as she prepares to run...
Helsinki, Finland- Solomon Carrizales, Venezuela, starts his trip to the canvas after absorbing some lusty pokes from Charley Adkins, U.S.A, left, in...
Helsinki, Finland- Displaying Bird-like precision, Dave "Skip" Browning of Dallas, Texas, executes a superb dive to win the Olympic springboard...
