Soviet swimmers, Olympic champions in the 4x200 relay freestyle (from left) Andrei Krylov, Ivar Stukolkin, Vladimir Salnikov, Sergei Koplyakov, set a new European and USSR record - 7 minutes and 23.50 seconds. XXII Olympic Games. The swimming pool of the Olimpiysky sports complex.01.08.1980#894768
20-year-old Leningrad swimmer Vladimir Salnikov - three time Olympic champion (1500 meters freestyle, relay 4x200 freestyle, 400 meters freestyle). XXII Olympic Games. The swimming pool of the sports complex Olimpiysky.01.08.1980#894767
The USSR national track and field team, Olympic champion, left to right: Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova, Irina Nazarova. The women's 4x400 meters relay. The Central Lenin Stadium (now the Luzhniki Stadium). The 22nd Olympic Games25.07.1980#813207
Athlete Konstantin Volkov, the USSR pole vaulting champion. The 22nd Olympic Games. The Central Lenin Stadium (the Luzhniki Olympic Complex).01.08.1980#812160
Tracker Tatyana Skachko before a jump. The 22nd Olympic Games. The Central Lenin Stadium (the Luzhniki Olympic Complex).01.08.1980#812158
Ota Zaremba, 110kg weightlifting champion at the 22nd Olympics. The 22nd Summer Olympics.25.07.1980#798430
Archer Vladimir Yesheyev, silver winner of the 7th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, a member of the USSR national archery team. The 22nd Summer Olympics.25.07.1980#798421
48kg boxing finals. Soviet boxer Shamil Sabirov (right), an Olympic champion, and Cuban boxer Hipolito Ramos, silver winner of the 1980 Olympics. Olimpiisky Sports Complex. The 22nd Summer Olympics.01.08.1980#798418
Olympic champion Sergei Beloglazov during a freestyle wrestling bout against Hungary's Ivan Nemet. The 22nd Olympics.30.07.1980#788106
XXII Olympics (July 19 - August 3, 1980). Volleyball players of the USSR and Peru shaking hands. The Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium.21.07.1980#664912
Marita Meier-Koch (GDR), right, Olympic champion in 400m race at the 22nd Olympic Games.19.07.1980#585385
Boxers Samson Khachatrian, USSR, left, and Andres Tena , Dominican Republic in the boxing ring. Boxing event, bantamweight. XXII Summer Olympic Games. Olimpiysky sports complex.25.07.1980#585197
1980-Olympics golden winner Slobodan Kachar (Yugoslavia), right, fighting versus David Kvachadze (the USSR). Boxing competition (cruiser weight). XXII Summer Olympics. Sport centre Olimpiysky.25.07.1980#585196
Shamil Sabirov, Olympic champion of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games in boxing (first super light weight). The 22nd Olympic Games. Olimpiisky Sports Center.25.07.1980#585193
Athlete Vasily Arkhipenko, silver winner of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games, during a race. 400m hurdling. Track and field athletics. Lenin Central Stadium (now Luzhniki stadium).25.07.1980#585142
Athlete Svetlana Krachevskaya, silver winner of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games. Shot put, track and field athletics. Lenin Central Stadium (now Luzhniki stadium).25.07.1980#585141
Yelena Davydova, Olympic champion in combined gymnastics events, the 22nd Olympic Games23.07.1980#578736
Bantam weight wrestling champion Vakhtang Blagidze (USSR) defeating Hungarian athlete Lajos Raz at the 22nd Olympic Games.23.07.1980#578733
XXII Olympic Games. Match between Match between A.Koshkin (USSR) and D.Kastner (GDR).23.07.1980#578708
Sergei Beloglazov, Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling (middle light weight). The 22nd Olympic Games.22.07.1980#578610
Alexander Melentyev, champion and record holder in gun shooting. The 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19- August 3, 1980).25.07.1980#578013
Winners of the XXII Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1980) in rowing and canoeing, single sculls: 1st place - V. Parfenovich (USSR), 2nd place - J. Sumegi (Australia), 3rd place - V. Dyba (USSR).25.07.1980#578007
Alexander Romankov (U.S.S.R.) and Pascal Jolyot (France) after the final bout in personal scoring during foil fencing at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 5).31.07.1980#577997
Foil fencer Alexander Romankov, U.S.S.R., after losing a bout at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19 -August 3).29.07.1980#577992
A wrestling match between Sanasar Oganesyan (USSR) and Alexander Chikhon (Poland) at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.20.07.1980#575498
A handball match between the teams of Spain and Yugoslavia during XXII Summer Olympics in Moscow. Handball players of Spain cheering about their victory.20.07.1980#568584
Rowing and Canoeing during the XXII Summer Olympics in Moscow. Canoe-pairs staring during preliminary competitions.19.07.1980#568580
Track-and-Field competition at XXII Summer Olympics in Moscow.Track-and-Field competition at XXII Summer Olympics in Moscow. Athlete Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil) performing a triple jump.19.07.1980#568564
Racers at the cycling track in Krylatskoye during the 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow: Vladmir Osokin, Viktor Manakov, Valery Movchan and Vitaly Petrakov.19.07.1980#568464
1980 Olympic Games. Handball. USSR vs. Romania. Right: Anatoly Yevtushenko, coach of the USSR team.01.08.1980#567785
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games. Track and Field Athletics. Yak Uudmyae, champion in triple jump.01.08.1980#567784
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games. A handball match between USSR and Yugoslavia. Soviet handball players celebrating their victory. Player #4 Sergei Kushniryuk (left).01.08.1980#567782
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games. A handball match between USSR and Yugoslavia. Soviet handball players celebrating their victory.01.08.1980#567780
Ilona Slupianek-Schoknect (GDR) won a gold medal of the 22nd Summer Olympics in women's shot put, setting a new world record: 22 m 41 cm.01.08.1980#564108
Olga Rukavishnikova won a silver Olympic medal in athletics, women's pentathlon at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980. During a shot-put. During a long jump.01.08.1980#564105
The opening ceremony of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games at Moscow's Grand Sports Arena of V.L.Lenin central stadium.19.07.1980#564102
Weightlifter Yurik Norairovich Vardanian (b. 1956) (USSR), a minute before breaking the world record in the 82.5 kg weight category. XXII Olympic Summer Games (July 19-August 3).27.07.1980#563372
Goal to GDR's net. Women's handball. USSR vs. German Democratic Republic. The 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3).24.07.1980#563367
Olympics-80 individual fencing medalist Mikhail Burtsev at the CSKA all-purpose sports center. The 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3).27.07.1980#563356
Left: Olympics-80 fencing champion Viktor Krovopuskov in individual and team competition, Honored Master of Sports of the U.S.S.R. (b. 1948). All-purpose sports center. CSKA. The 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3).27.07.1980#563354
Athletes Adio (Nigeria, № 510) and Ali (Tanzania, № 640). Men's 100, race. Athletes competition. XXII Olympic Summer Games (June 19 - August 3).27.07.1980#563353
During a water polo match between Sweden and Greece. The 22nd Olympic games (July 19 - August 3).27.07.1980#563352
Photojournalists taking pictures of 100m running champion Allan Wells from great Britain. Central Lenin stadium in Luzhniki. XXII Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.31.07.1980#556248
Joao Carlos Oliveira, Brazil, the bronze medalist in men's triple jump at the 1980 Olympic Games with 17m 22cm. The Central Lenin Stadium in Luzhniki. The 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.31.07.1980#556243
The cover of the first issue of the Olympic Games-1980 magazine devoted to the forthcoming 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow (July 19-August 3).01.07.1976#556198
Journalists at an opening ceremony of the the 1980 Olympic Games Press Center (July 19- August 3). 4, Zubovsky boulevard.28.06.1980#555925
Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea, centerl, congratulating his friends with victory. Italian team won bronze in men's 4×100 meters relay. Central Lenin Stadium. XXII Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1980).20.07.1980#555834
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games. Olympic champion Kanybek Osmonaliyev (USSR) doing a snatch (52kg weight category).21.07.1980#555723
An awarding ceremony for winners in freestyle wrestling competitions ( up to 90 kg). On the winner's stand (from left to right): Uwe Neupert (GDR) - silver medal; Sanasar Oganesian USSR) - gold medal; Alexander Chikhon (Poland) - bronze medal. XXII Summer Olympic Games. CSKA Palace of Sports.29.07.1980#498352
1980 Olympic champion, Soviet athlete Zhaksilik Ushkempirov (top) and Bulgarian athlete Pavel Kristov during their final wrestle. Greco-Roman wrestling (> 48 kg class). XXII Summer Olympic Games. CSKA Palace of Sports.24.07.1980#498331
An awarding ceremony for prize winners in Greco-Roman wrestling (> 52 kg): Soviet athlete from Tbilisi Vakhtang Blagidze (center) - gold medal, Lajos Rácz from Hungary (left) - silver medal, and Bulgarian athlete Mladen Mladenov - bronze medal. XXII Summer Olympic Games. CSKA Palace of Sports.23.07.1980#498316
Olympiad-80 champion ( > 60 kg class) in weightlifting Viktor Mazin. Weightlifting competitions. XXII Summer Olympic Games. Izmaylovo Palace of Sports.25.07.1980#498311
Olympic champion in team classification, gymnast Eduard Azarian performing on parallel bars. All-around gymnastics. XXII Summer Olympic Games.25.07.1980#498252
Gymnast Nikolai Andrianov performing an optional programme. All-around gymnastics. XXII Summer Olympic Games.25.07.1980#498251
Medalists of the 1980 Olympiad in free pistol shooting. I place (581 WR, OR) - Alexander Melentyev, USSR, II place (577 WR, OR) - Harald Vollmar (Germany) and III place (568 WR, OR) - Lubcho Diakov (Bulgaria).27.07.1980#497792
Alexander Tkachev, 1979 world champion (team qualification), 1980 USSR absolute champion in artistic gymnastics, 1980 Olympic champion in parallel bars exercise (team qualification), silver winner of the 22nd Olympic Games (still rings exercise).27.07.1980#497732
Eduard Azaryan, silver winner of the 1978 world championship, 1979 USSR absolute champion in artistic gymnastics, 1980 Olympic champion (team qualification).27.07.1980#497730
Gymnast Yelena Naimushina, silver winner of the 1979 world artistic gymnastics championship (team qualification), 1980 Olympic champion (team qualification).27.07.1980#497726
Viktor Savchenko, silver winner of the Olympic Games in a final boxing round (-75kg). The 22nd Olympic Games. July 19 - August 3, 1980.25.07.1980#497577
Olympic champion, wrestler Ilya Mate (100 kg) and bronze medalist Július Strnisko (Czechoslovakia), left, at the wrestling event. XXII Olympic Games. July 19-August 3, 1980.25.07.1980#497573
Soviet gymnast Nelli Kim performing her routine during the artistic gymnastics competition at the XXII Olympic Games. Five-time Olympic champion (three gold medals in Montreal in 1976, two gold medals in Moscow in team competition and floor exercise). July 19-August 3, 1980.25.07.1980#497567
Alexander Dityatin, 1980 absolute Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics, doing still rings exercise at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.25.07.1980#495823
Nadezhda Tkachenko, pentathlon champion of the 22nd summer Olympic Games (June 19-August 3), at the Luzhniki stadium.02.08.1980#495641
Women's final 800m race. Tatyana Providokhina (No.283) wins bronze at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3). Lenin Central Stadium (Luzhniki).31.07.1980#495637
Medalists of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3) in triple jump (track and field athletics) on the victory stand (from left):Viktor Saneyev (the USSR, silver), Yaak Uudmae (the USSR, gold) and Joao de Oliveira (Brazil, bronze). The Central Lenin Stadium (Luzhniki).30.07.1980#495634
Weight lifter Sultan Rakhmanov, 1980 Olympic champion. The 22nd Summer Olympic Games.21.07.1980#495446
USSR national artistic gymnastics team. Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Luzhniki. XXII Summer Olympic Games.21.07.1980#495438
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games. Rowing canal in Krylatsky. Soviet athlete Sergei Postrekhin finishing kayaking race and wins gold.25.07.1980#492649
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games. Rowing canal in Krylatsky. Soviet athlete Antonina Melnikova wins bronze in single kayaking.24.07.1980#492647
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games. Krylatsky canal. Olympic champion in kayaking Vladimir Parfinovich.24.07.1980#492644
The 22nd Olympic Games. Gold-winning Soviet athletes (basketball) chairing their coach Lidiya Alekseeva.25.07.1980#492601
Modern pentathlon winners: Hungary (silver), USSR (gold) and Sweden (bronze) at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. Bitsa park.20.07.1980#492355
Winners in men's single sculls rowing event, left to right: silver medalist Vasily Yakusha (USSR), gold medalist Pertti Karppinen (Finland), Peter Kersten (East Germany). XXII Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. Canoeing and rowing basin in Krylatskoye.20.07.1980#492351
The XXII Summer Olympics in Moscow. Basketball. The USSR vs. Yugoslavia match. The Olympiysky indoor stadium.20.07.1980#492349
Handball. The USSR handball women's team wins the match vs. Yugoslavia. Sokolniki sports palace. The 22nd Olympic Games.27.07.1980#490357
Opening ceremony of XXII Summer Olympic Games at Central Lenin stadium (currently Luzhniki stadium).19.07.1980#488543
Opening ceremony of XXII Summer Olympic Games at Central Lenin stadium (currently Luzhniki stadium).19.07.1980#488540
Parade of competitors at the opening ceremony of the XXII Summer Olympics. The Central Lenin Stadium (now called Luzhniki).19.07.1980#488538
Yaak Uudmae, Olympic champion in triple jump. The 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.25.07.1980#488257
Champion of the Olympic trap shooting competition Luciano Giovanetti interviewd by journalists. Dinamo shooting range in Mytishi. XXII Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.01.08.1980#488254
Award winners of the Individual Grand Prix equestrian competition, left to right: Yuri Kovshov (USSR) - silver, Elizabeth Theurer (Austria) - gold, Viktor Ugryumov (USSR) - bronze. XXII Summer Olympic Games. Central Lenin Stadium (currently, Luzhniki stadium).03.08.1980#488197
East Germany's cycling team during 4km team pursuit race. XXII Summer Olympic Games. Olympic cycling track in Krylatskoye.25.07.1980#488194
Regatta champions in Flying Dutchman class, left to right: David Wilkins, James Wilkinson (Ireland) - silver, Alejandro Abascal, Miguel Noguer (Spain) - gold, Szabolcs Detre, Zsolt Detre (Hungary) - bronze. XXII Summer Olympic Games.30.07.1980#488105
Alexander Sidorenko, USSR Merited Master of Sports, repeated USSR champion in multi-style swimming, world record holder in 200 m race, 1979 best USSR swimmer, champion of the 1980 Olympic Games in 400 m race.20.08.1980#487100
Senior coach of the USSR basketball team Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky, center, attending a basketball match between the USSR and Brazil men's teams at the XXII Summer Olympic Games. Olimpiysky stadium.19.07.1980#487007
Soviet boxer Pyotr Znaev and Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson during a fight at the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.01.08.1980#486176
Horseman Yuri Salnikov riding his horse Pintset during triathlon competitions (XXII Olympic Games)20.07.1980#483917
The USSR National Cycling Team won a team 4 km pursuit event at XXII Olympic Games. y30.07.1980#483882
Finals of the men's freestyle 62 kg competition. Gold medalist Magomedgasan Abushev, USSR, and bronze medalist Georgios Hatziioannidis from Greece, left to right.20.07.1980#455074
Front: Tatyana Kazankina, Merited Master of Sports and 1976 and 1980 Olympic champion, multiple USSR winner, during a 1,500 m race.01.08.1980#419885
IOC President Lord Killanin presenting a gold medal to Nikolai Andrianov, Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics, at the 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow.01.08.1980#419476
A field hockey match between the USSR men's team and Poland's men's team at the 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow.01.08.1980#418456
Jaak Uudmae, 1980 Olympics champon, during the men's triple jump event (17 m 35 cm) at the Lenin Central Stadium in Moscow.20.07.1980#399608
Three-time Olympic champion Viktor Saneyev, 1980 Olympics silver medalist, during men's triple jump event (17 m 24 cm) at the Lenin Central Stadium in Luzhniki, Moscow.20.07.1980#399607
1980 Summer Olympics silver medal winner Olga Rukavishnikova during a shot-put tournament (14 m 9 cm) at Moscow's Lenin Stadium.02.08.1980#399457
Weightlifter, master of sports international class and 1980 European champion Leonid Taranenko defeated other heavyweights in the 100-110 kg category during the 1980 22nd Summer Olympics in Moscow.28.07.1980#371703
Soviet track and field athletes, women's 800 m winners at the 22nd Olympics. left to right: Olga Mineyeva (silver). Nadezhda Olizarenko (gold, holder of a new world and Olympic 800 m record - 1 min. 53.3 sec.), and Tatiana Providokhina (bronze).27.07.1980#322399
Fans rooting for their team at Luzhniki stadium during the 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow.27.07.1980#321887
Opening ceremony for XXII Olimpics at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow. Delegations from participating national teams are on the central arena.19.07.1980#139986
Olympic silver medallist Alexander Blinov on the horse Galzun jumping over an obstacle in triathlon competitions at the 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow. 01.08.1980#103426
