Setting a new record, Jesse Owens wins the 200-meter in 21 seconds flat on the last day of the Olympic trials at the municipal Triborough Stadium on...
Olympic Track and Field Trials. Indianapolis, Indiana: Florence Griffith-Joyner coasts along, July 22, after setting a new US record in the 200-meter...
Olympic Trails - Eugene, Ore: Steve Prefontaine of the University of Oregon leads the pack around one of the later turns in the 5,000 meter first...
Florence Griffith-Joyner competig in one of the heats at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Indianapolis, 22nd July 1988.
Florence Griffith-Joyner is congratulated by teammate Gail Devers after setting a new world record for the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track and...
American rowing crews in a trial spin on the Seine. Coach Muller formerly of Harvard with a megaphone.
Fiona O'Keeffe crosses the finish line to place first during the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon on February 03, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.
Caeleb Dressel of the United States reacts after competing in a semifinal heat for the Men's 50m freestyle during Day Seven of the 2021 U.S. Olympic...
Ralph Boston of Nashville, Tennessee, officially breaking the world's long jump record in the final U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials is shown with...
California: Martin Liquori of Cedar Grove, N.J. After coming in 2nd in the 1500 meter final during Olympic trials.
Bob Hayes, Florida A&M sprinter after winning 100 meters at Olympic trials in Los Angeles, California.
Ralph Boston of Nashville, Tennessee, officially breaking the world's long jump record in the final U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials is shown with...
Olympic discus champion Al Oerter, shown above during the Olympic Trials, July 2nd. Is ready to defend his crown at the 1960 Olympics. Oerter Nearly...
Eric Heiden, of Madison, Wisconsin, set a new risk record of 14:56.90 in the men's 10,000 meter race at the Olympic trials at the Olympic rink in...
North American outdoor and indoor speed skating champion art Lonsjo of Leominister, Massachusetts, made the Olympic team during the Eastern Olympic...
Dwight Stones clears 7 feet, 5 inches earlier in the Olympic Trials 6/24 before he set a new American record.
Ohio State University track star Jesse Owens stands on the track after winning the first heat of the 100-meter dash competition with a time of 10.5...
Halberstadt, Germany-German soldiers in a spectacular dive while wearing full field equipment were a feature of the Olympic Trials.
Colombes, France- Members of the decathlon team representing the United States at the Olympic Games pose just before one of the trial heats. Pictured...
Los Angeles, CA- Winners of the 100-meter free style swim event for women are seen here after the trials in the Los Angeles Olympic swimming stadium....
Jesse Owens of Ohio State , and Ralph Metcalfe of the Marquette Club, after they had finished in one-two order, respectively, in the 100 meter event...
Delbert Lamb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is shown skating in the 500 meter event in the Olympic trials at Minneapolis. He won with :44.8, taking a place...
Don Schollander , quadruple 1964 Olympic gold medalist, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, jokes with fellow swimmer Mark Spitz of Santa Clara, California,...
Mark Spitz, who set a new Olympic record for the 200-meter butterfly in 1968 Olympic trials, churns along 10/9 in a training pool. Spitz and another...
Ralph Boston of Nashville, Tennessee, officially breaking the world's long jump record in the final U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials is shown with...
Ralph Boston of Nashville, Tennessee, officially breaking the world's long jump record in the final U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials is shown with...
Nineteen year old Jamie McEwan, of Kensington, Maryland backs through a reverse gate on his way to winning the U.S. Olympic Whitewater Slalom trials...
Here is Arthur W. Sager of the Boston Athletic Association, who won the qualifying trial in the javelin throw event at the Olympic tryouts in the...
Jackie Joyner-Kersee of long Beach California, clears a hurdle July 15 on the way to an American record in the heptathlon 100 meter hurdles, during...
Mark A. Spitz swims to a new world record of 2:01.87 in the men's 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the United States Men's and Women's Olympic...
Clasping hands after finishing one-two-three in the Olympic 40-meter hurdles, U.S. Track stars stand on the podium 9/2. Left to right are: Cliff...
Track sensation Wilma Rudolph gets dressed after winning her third Olympic gold during the 1960 Olympic Games.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee of long Beach California, clears a hurdle july 15 on the way to an American record in the heptathlon 100 meter hurdles, during...
Long Beach, Calif.: Olympic swimmer Gary Hall lifts his 20-month-old son Gary Jr. Into the air after he finished second in the men's 100-meter...
Berlin, Germany: Lutz Long during the elimination trials in the Broad Jump category for the Olympic games.
Los Angeles, CA- Edwin Moses gets across the last hurdle to win the men's 400-meter hurdles in 47.79 seconds, during Olympic Track and Field Trials....
Los Angeles, CA- SUMMER OLYMPICS. 200-meter men's race. First trials. Second heat. Lane-E. Sanchz-Mexico. Second lane: E. Jolan , second place; third...
Wembley, England- Roy Cochran goes over a hurdle in trial heat on July 29. Cochran went on to cop the 400-meter hurdle event at the Olympics in new...
St. Moritz, Switzerland- The United States first place bobsled team is shown defying gravity, seeming to hang onto the air, as the racing sled...
In the 1964 Olympic trials, Bill Bradley of Princeton fouls Lloyd Sharrar as he tries to make a basket.
American track and field athlete Carl Lewis raises his arms in the rain on the field of Indiana-Purdue University Stadium during at the US Olympic...
American track and field athlete Carl Lewis raises his arms in the rain on the field of Indiana-Purdue University Stadium during at the US Olympic...
American track and field athlete Carl Lewis raises his arms in the rain on the field of Indiana-Purdue University Stadium during at the US Olympic...
The United States rowing crew in single, doubles, four oar are starting out in trials on the Seine. Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
American athlete Barney Ewell holds two pairs of running shoes as he speaks with Jesse Owens at the finals of the Olympic trials in Evanston,...
Skiers practicing for the Olympic trials that will be held here in April, Mount Rainier, Washington, January 5, 1935.
The United States Cycling Federation races at the National Championships And Olympic Trials on June 1, 1985. (Photo by Norm Staples/Getty Images(
General view of Collegiate runners from various schools participate in a running event during the Track and Field United States Olympic Trials on...
High jumper John Thomas of Boston University lands in the sawdust after his jump during the 1960 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on July 1, 1960...
Competitor from the University of Kansas participates in the javelin throw event during the 1960 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on July 1, 1960...
High jumper, John Thomas of Boston University, is shown here as he clears the bar at 7 feet 3 3/4 inches to set a new world's record during the U.S....
High jumper, John Thomas of Boston University, is shown here as he clears the bar at 7 feet 3 3/4 inches to set a new world's record during the U.S....
High jumper, John Thomas of Boston University, is shown here as he clears the bar at 7 feet 3 3/4 inches to set a new world's record during the U.S....
High jumper, John Thomas of Boston University, is shown here as he clears the bar at 7 feet 3 3/4 inches to set a new world's record during the U.S....
High jumper, John Thomas of Boston University, is shown here as he clears the bar at 7 feet 3 3/4 inches to set a new world's record during the U.S....
High jumper, John Thomas of Boston University, is shown here as he clears the bar at 7 feet 3 3/4 inches to set a new world's record during the U.S....
Emily Sisson, Fiona O'Keeffe, and Dakotah Lindwurm celebrate after placing second, first, and third during the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials -...
Emily Sisson, Fiona O'Keeffe, and Dakotah Lindwurm celebrate after placing second, first, and third during the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials -...
