The Games of the XX Olympiad in Munich (August 6-September 10, 1972). Photo: Soviet track and field athlete and Olympic high jump champion Juri Tarmak.30.08.1972#5991229
Four times Olympic champion of 1936 Olympiad in Berlin Jesse Owens (running and long jump) signing autographs. XX Summer Olympic Games in Munich.27.08.1972#553441
The 22nd Munich Olympics. August 26 - September 10, 1972. Soviet athlete, Olympic champion in 100m and 200m racing Valery Borzov. Gold-medal finish.27.08.1972#5518577
Valery Borzov, champion of 20th Olympic Games in 100m and 200m racing, during a race at the 20th Summer Olympic Games.01.06.1972#575724
Olympic 1,500-meter run champion Lyudmila Bragina (center) finishing at the Munich Olympics.01.09.1972#36165
Olympic wrestling champion Ivan Yarygin (left) holding the opponent while competing at the 20th Games30.08.1971#37927
XX Munich Olympics silver winners in swimming Viktor Mazanov (left) and Vladimir Bure (right).27.07.1972#58671
XX Munich Olympics Champion Vasily Alekseyev, a Soviet weightlifter, ready to break another record.27.07.1972#58672
Gymnastics champions of the 20 Olympic games in Munich, Soviet gymnasts Lyubov Burda (left), Elvira Saadi (second left), Lyudmila Turishcheva (third left), Olga Korbut (third right), Antonina Koshel (second right) and Tamara Lazakovich (right).01.09.1972#59948
Silver runner-ups of the 20 Olympic games in relay freestyle swimming (4x100m) - Viktor Mazanov (left), Igor Grivennikov, Vladimir Bure and Viktor Aboimov (right).02.09.1972#60141
Triple Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling Alexander Medved (right) and American wrestler Chris Taylor (left).01.09.1972#60142
Soviet gymnasts at the Olympic games in Munich (left to right) - Elvira Saadi, Lyubov Burda, Tamara Lazakovich, Lyudmila Turishcheva, Antonina Kogshel and Olya Korbut.02.09.1972#60151
Soviet gymnasts Nikolai Andriyanov (left) and Eduard Mikaelyan (right), American basketball player Tommy Barleson at the 20th Olympic Games in Munich. 01.09.1972#61524
Soviet gymnast Tamara Lazakovich performing on the boom at the 20th Olympic Games in Munich.01.09.1972#61522
Soviet athlete Faina Melnik after a win in the discus throwing event at the 20th Olympic Games. 09.09.1972#77272
Vyacheslav Lemeshev, boxing champion of the 20th Olympic Games in Munich, accepting laurels30.08.1972#105812
The 1972 Munich Olympics. The olympic champions, national Soviet cyclists after a highway cycling event. (From left to right) Valery Likhachev, Gennady Komnatov, coach Viktor Kapitonov, Boris Shukhov, and Valery Yardy.28.08.1972#146141
The 20th Olympics opening in Munich, the Federal German Republic, 1972. The Soviet National Squad marching along a stadium track. 26.08.1972#146140
The 1972 Munich Olympics. Boat-racing duet champions Alexander Timoshin (right) and Gennady Korshikov.02.09.1972#146142
The 20th Summer Olympics in Munich (Federal Republic of Germany). Vladas Cesiunas from Vilnius and Yury Lobanov from Dushanbe, Olympic champions in Men's Double Canoe Racing. (August - Septmber, 1972). 29.08.1972#146147
The 20th Summer Olympics in Munich (Federal Republic of Germany). Yelena Kuryshko from Kharkov and Lyudmila Pinayeva from Leningrad, Olympic champions in kayak double racing. (August - Septmber, 1972). 29.08.1972#146148
Boris Onishchenko won silver in the cross-country run during pentathlon event at the 20th Summer Olympics in Munich, the Federal Republic of Germany. August-September 1972. 02.09.1972#146163
Lyudmila Bragina, Olympic champion in 1,500m race. The 20th Summer Olympic Games in Munich.01.09.1972#553456
Vladas Česiūnas from Vilnus and Yuri Lobanov from Dushanbe won the gold in C-2 canoeing at the XX Summer Olympic Games in Munich.01.09.1972#553453
1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich (between August 26 and September 10, 1972). Gold medal in the middleweight division (-75kg) Vyacheslav Lemeshev, left, and competing against Finland’s Reima Virtanen in the final.01.09.1972#5929741
Olympic champion in C-2 canoeing Soviet athlete Vladas Česiūnas signing his first autograph. XX Summer Olympic Games in Munich.01.09.1972#553452
The final match between the women's volleyball teams of the USSR and Japan. The Soviet team won. The XX Olympic Games (Munich, August 26-September 10, 1972).01.09.1972#884129
Soviet water polo players - champions of XX Olympic Winter Games. From left, standing: A. Dolgushin, A. Dreval, A. Akimov, A. Shidlovsky, senior coach A. Blyumental, coach V. Sevyonov. Sitting: V. Zhmudsky, V. Gulyayev, A. Kabanov, V. Sobchenko, N. Melnikov, L. Osipov.01.09.1972#553445
Participants of the XX Summer Olympic Games Soviet basketball players Alzhan Zharmukhamedov and Gennady Volnov, and Bulgarian players Ivan Seferinov and Zdravko Semyonov27.08.1972#553443
XXth Olympic Games. Olympic champion Jan Talts (performing in 110 kilograms category)01.09.1972#493357
Basketball players of the USSR national team beat the national team of the USA 51:50 to become Olympic champions for the first time in the history. XX Olympic Games (Munich, August 26 - September 10, 1972).01.09.1972#884133
From left: champions of the XX Olympic Games in dressage team competitions, members of the USSR equestrian team Ivan Kalita, Yelena Petushkova, and Ivan Kizimov. Munich, August 26-September 10, 1972.01.09.1972#884131
Winner of XX Olympic Games in weightlifting Vasily Alekseyev. (Munich, August 26 - September 10, 1972).01.09.1972#884126
Winner of XX Olympic Games in weightlifting Mukharbiy Kirzhinov (USSR, light weight), center.01.09.1972#884122
USSR national fencing team receiving the gold medals on the victory podium. First left, Yelena Belova. XX Olympic Games. 1972.01.09.1973#797519
Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut performing on a beam at the 20th Summer Olympic Games in Munich. She won three gold medals in gymnastics (florr exercises, beam, team championship).01.09.1973#718848
Vyacheslav Lemeshev (b. 1952), an Olympic champion in 75kg weight class. The 20th Summer Olympics, the Federal Republic of Germany (August 26-September 10).01.09.1972#693219
Viktor Saneev, Soviet athlete, 1968 and 1972 Triple jump Olympic Champion with Olympic medal30.08.1972#609063
Alexander Shaporenko, kayak champion at the 20th Summer Olympic Games of 1972 in Munich.01.09.1972#577349
