American athlete Al Oerter of the United States competing to finish in first place gold medal position in the Men's discus throw event at the 1968...
David Bedford of Great Britain leads eventual heat winner and silver medallist Emiel Puttemans of Belgium in heat 1 of the Men's 10,000 metres event...
Margaret Court of Australia holding the trophy after winning the Ladies Singles Championship on Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in...
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...
Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia in action on Centre Court during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England lawn Tennis Club in London,...
Olga Korbut of USSR in action on the balance beam during the Gymnastics World Cup at Wembley Arena in London, 20th October 1975.
John Lloyd of Great Britain in action during the Junior Wimbledon tournament at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, 11th September...
British middle distance runner Derek Ibbotson leads Christopher Chataway and Tony Barrett in the Three-Mile event at the AAA Championships at White...
English Long-distance runner Ron Hill leads Basil Heatley of Great Britain, Buddy Edelen of the USA, and N. Sargent, also of the USA, during the...
British athletes Chris Brasher and Christopher Chataway lead the field during a 2 mile world record attempt at White City stadium in London, circa...
Hungarian athlete Jozsef Kovacs leads the field ahead of Ken Norris and George Knight during the Three mile invitation event at the Inter County...
British athlete Ken Norris crosses the finish line to win the six mile race, at the Amateur Athletic Association Championships, White City, London,...
British athlete Derek Johnson crosses the finish line to win the 800 yards race, ahead of Ron Henderson at the Amateur Athletic Association...
British middle distance runners Derek Ibbotson and Christopher Chataway lead the field at a Great Britain versus West Germany track and field event...
British athletes John Disley , Chris Brasher and Eric Shirley lead the pack during the 3000m steeplechase event at the Amateur Athletic Association...
British athlete Don Thompson competes in the London to Brighton walking race, his first race after achieving the gold medal for the 50,000m walk at...
British athlete Eric Shirley competes in the 3000m steeplechase event at White City, London on August 1st 1960.
British runner Don Chapman leading the race, ahead of Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak of Poland and Ludwig Muller, during the 3000m steeplechase heats at the...
Middle distance runners Don McMillan , Don Seaman and Roger Bannister lead the field during a 1 mile international race at the Inter Counties British...
British middle distance runner Brian Hewson and his Belgian counterpart Roger Moens compete at the close of the Inter Counties mile event at White...
British Olympic runner Derek Ibbotson wins his race at a Great Britain versus Czech Republic track and field event at White City, London, August 1956.
British athlete Stan Vickers crosses the finish line to win the Amateur Athletic Association's 2 mile walk event in 1960.
British athlete Gordon Pirie lies in second place during the one mile heat at the Inter County Championships, White City, London, May 28th 1955.
Portrait of British athletes Roger Bannister and Christopher Chataway standing together at an Amateur Athletics Association meet at Iffley Road Track...
British runner Christopher Chataway crosses the finish line as he wins the 3 mile event at the Amateur Athletics Association Championships on July...
British athlete Roger Bannister leading his pace setters Christopher Chataway and Chris Brasher as he attempts to beat the British 2 mile record in...
British athletes Ken Norris and Frank Sands are pictured at a dead heat at the close of the 10000m race at an England versus West Germany track and...
British runner Peter Radford crosses the finish line ahead of Italian Livio Berruti during the 200m event at a England versus Italy track and field...
British athlete Lynn Davies lands in the sand pit as he competes in the long jump event at Crystal Palace, London, August 1969.
British sprinter Lillian Board crosses the finish line of the 4x400m relay event just ahead of French athlete Colette Besson at the European...
British middle distance runner Diane Leather crosses the finish line during a race at White City stadium in London, August 1st 1955.
British athletes Ron Jones and Peter Radford cross the finish line in an almost dead heat at the close of the 100 yards race at a Great Britain...
British middle distance runner Diane Leather leads the field during a race, at White City stadium, London, August 3rd 1957.
British hurdler John Cooper in action during a 400m hurdles race at White City stadium in London, August 18th 1962.
Latvian and soviet athlete Janis Lusis waves from the podium after winning the gold medal and setting an Olympic Record in the javelin throw during...
Kenyan middle distance runner Kipchoge Keino competes in the Emsley Carr mile in London, August 20th 1966.
Competitor in action in the Men's marathon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada on 31st July 1976.
Scottish middle distance runner Ian McCafferty during a 5000m race, at the Amateur Athletics Association Championships, Crystal Palace, July 14th...
British middle distance runners Anne Smith and Joy Jordan racing at the Women's Amateur Athletic Association Championships at White City, London,...
British runners Brian Hewson , John Wenk and Tom Farrell crossing the finish line of the 800m race, at the Amateur Athletics Association...
Hungarian-American athlete Laszlo Tabori leads the field, followed by Michel Jazy during the one mile race, at the Amateur Athletics Championships at...
British middle distance runners Joy Jordan and Joyce Smith lead the field to finish first and second in the 800m race at a track and field meeting...
British and Norethern Ireland athlete Mary Peters takes part in the hurdle event of the pentathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New...
Middle distance runners Ben Jipcho and Brendan Foster at the close of the 5000m event at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand on 29th...
British long distance runners Dave Black leads Brendan Foster during the 5000m event at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, January...
Tanzanian middle distance runner Filbert Bayi leads the pack of athletes at the close of the 1500m event, breaking the World Record as he wins,...
British athletes Ron Hill and Mike Turner sprint to the finish line during the National Cross Country Championships, March 5th 1966.
British long jump athlete Lynn Davies talks to his American counterpart Ralph Boston at the Welsh Games in Cardiff, Wales on July 24th 1965.
Irish athlete Jim Hogan leading his British counterpart Graham Taylor at the close of the Polytechnic Marathon at Chiswick Stadium, London, June 11th...
From left, silver medallist Guy Drut of France, gold medallist Rod Milburn of the United States and bronze medallist Tom Hill of the United States,...
Portrait of British runners Gordon Pirie and Frank Salvat pictured together on the running track of White City Stadium, London, August 1st 1960.
British athletes Martin Hyman and Basil Heatley finish in a dead heat at the close of the 6 mile race, at a Great Britain versus USA track and field...
View from the top of the Olmpiaturm tower of the recently constructed Olympic Village, located in the Olympiapark and built to house athletes...
Horst Koehler of East Germany, riding Imanuel, competes in the Individual dressage equestrian event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West...
Hungarian athlete Andras Balczo competing in the 4000m cross country run, the final discipline, to win the gold medal in the Men's individual modern...
East German gymnast Angelika Hellmann in action competing for the East Germany team on the floor to finish in 6th place in the Women's artistic...
View of the podium and medal winners for the Women's artistic individual all-around gymnastics competition; silver medal winner Karin Janz of East...
East German gymnast Karin Janz in action competing for the East Germany team on the uneven bars to finish in 2nd place silver medal position in the...