Moscow, Russia-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Sergei Belov, Soviet basketball coach, ignites the Olympic torch at Lenin Stadium during ceremony opening the...
Moscow: Sebastian Coe of Great Britain wins the Olmpic 1,500 meters gold medal in 3 minutes and 38.40 seconds here 8/1. East Germany's Jurgen Straub...
General view of the Opening ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games on July 19, 1980 in Moscow, Russia.
Russia Maria Colon of Cuba in action to win the Women's javelin final, setting a new world and Olympic record of 68.40 meters.
Washington: President Carter tells a group of about 150 U. S. Olympic athletes and officials 3/21 the United States will not go to the 1980 summer...
Michelle Ford of Australia celebrates winning gold in the Womens 800m Freestyle during the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia.
Representatives of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Athletes Advisory council speak to reporters at the White House after meeting with Administration...
Silver medalist Olga Rukavishnikova of the Soviet Union competes in the Women's 100 Metres hurdles race of the Women's Pentathlon on 24th July 1980...
The Olympic flag is carried out of the Lenin Stadium at the closing ceremony of the 1980 Olympic Games here 8/3. The Olympic flame was extinguished...
'Misha' the bear, the Olympic mascot strung across Gorky Avenue prior to the 4/19 opening ceremony of the 1980 Olympic games. At rear the towers of...
An elderly woman carries on with her shopping chores in downtown Moscow 7/16, seemingly oblivious of flag-carrying Soviet youths practising for the...
Anita DeFranz, shown in this photograph, a member of the Athletes Advisory Council and bronze medal winner in rowing at the 1976 Olympics in...
Lutz Dombrowski of East Germany leaps into the air during the Men's Long Jump event at the XXII Olympic Summer Games on 28 July 1980 at the Grand...
View of play between India and Spain in the final first place match of the Men's field hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow,...
Daley Thompson of Great Britian competes in the Men's decathlon high jump event during the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic games at the Lenin Stadium in...
Margaret Kelly of Great Britain celebrates winning the silver medal with her team mates in the Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay on 20th July 1980...
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...
Three time Olympic Gold Medal winner Peggy Fleming is shown brushing away a lock of her while meeting with the media. She descried the planned...
Three time Olympic Gold Medal winner Peggy Fleming is shown brushing away a lock of her while meeting with the media. She descried the planned...
Moscow, Soviet Union- East Germany's Barbara Krause wears a broad smile as she waves to the crowd after cutting almost half a second off her own...
Moscow: Nadia Comaneci draws a blank expression as Romanian coach Bela Karolyi reacts with disbelief after a row between Olympic judges that cost...
Anita DeFranz, shown in this photograph, a member of the Athletes Advisory Council and bronze medal winner in rowing at the 1976 Olympics in...
Washington: President Carter tells a group of about 150 U. S. Olympic athletes and officials 3/21 the United States will not go to the 1980 summer...
Washington: President Carter tells a group of about 150 U.S. Olympic athletes and officials the United States will not go to the 1980 Summer Olympics...
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee 2/5, defended former heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali, saying Ali...
Director Monique Berlioux tells a news conference that the IOC Executive Board is considering a request from the U.S. Olympic Committee to take the...
Moscow: Ageless Ethiopean Miruts Yifter in the lead, won the 10,000 meter event here 7/27 dethroning Finland's Lasse Viren of the title. Yifter, who...
England's Steve Ovett beats fellow countryman and rival Sebastian Coe across the finish line to win the 800-meter run at the Olympics in Moscow July...
Moscow: Nadia Comaneci of Romania in training here 7/14 as she prepares for the long awaited clash with the Soviet Union's reigning world champion...
Moscow: Mens finals at the apparatus is won by Zoltan Magyar of Hungary seen performing on the side horse here 7/25. Magyar won the gold with a score...
American Olympic rower, Anita DeFranz, of the 1976 crew team, ponders testimony during the Senate Foreign Relations committee hearings on the 1980...
British athlete Steve Ovett, waves from the winners' podium after receiving his gold medal following the men's 800-metre event at the 1980 Summer...
Track & Field: 1980 Summer Olympics, Poland Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz victorious, gesturing to fans after winning Pole Vault Final at Central Lenin...
Gymnast Susan Cheesebrough of Great Britain performs in the Women's Balance Beam event on 25 July 1980 during the XXII Olympic Summer Games at the...
East German silver medal winning athlete Christiane Wartenberg congratulates Tatyana Kazankina from the Soviet Union team after Kazankina finished in...
East German discus thrower Evelin Jahl raises one arm in the air in celebration on the medal podium after finishing in first place to win the gold...
View of the India field hockey team standing together on the podium wearing their gold medals after beating Spain 4-3 in the final first place match...
Sergei Belov of the Soviet Union runs with the Olympic Torch during the Opening Ceremony event for the XXII Olympic Summer Games on 19 July 1980 at...
Barbara Krause of East Germany stands on the podium with her gold medal together with silver medallist Ines Diers and bronze medallist Carmela...
Athletes and musicians perform during the Opening Ceremony event for the XXII Olympic Summer Games on 19 July 1980 at the Grand Arena of the Central...
Allan Wells of Great Britain wins the gold medal in the men's 100m at the 22nd Olympic Games held in Moscow, USSR in July 1980. .
Olympic Games at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union, Great Britain's Daley Thompson clears the high jump during the Men's decathlon...
Soviet athlete Tatyana Kazankina wins the women's 1500 metres at the Lenin Stadium during the Moscow Summer Olympics, July 1980.
Olympic Games, Moscow, USSR, Men's 5000 Metres Final, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter celebrates after winning the gold medal
Olympic Games, Moscow, Russia, 14th July 1980, Members of the British female gymnastics team pose with a balalaika
Sport, Athletics, pic: 1980, 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Great Britain's Alan Wells, far left,lunges forward to win the Mens 100 metres gold medal
The winners of the 1500 metres mount the podium at the 1980 Moscow Olympics; Britain's Sebastian Coe won the gold medal, Jurgen Straub of East...
Daley Thompson of Great Britain competes in the high jump discipline on the first day of the decathlon competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the...
Ethiopian long distance athlete Miruts Yifter of the Ethiopia team raises one arm in the air in celebration as he crosses the finish line in first...
English swimmer Duncan Goodhew raises one arm in the air in celebration after finishing in first place to win the gold medal for the Great Britain...
View of the Great Britain men's eights rowing team pictured during competition to win the silver medal in the Men's eights event at the 1980 Summer...
Steve Ovett of Great Britain celebrates after winning the men's 800 metres final during the 1980 Summer Olympic Games on July 26, 1980 in Moscow,...