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An Olympic History

The Olympic Games are heading to Paris this summer! Take a look back at the history of this amazing event with SuperStock.

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Photograph of the Ladies 100 meter race at the 1932 Olympic games. Stanislawa Walasiewicz (1911-1980) took home gold for Poland. It was learnt that Walasiewicz had a Y chromosome and was intersex

08/08/1992. From left to right, Paco Mir, Joan Gràcia and Carles Sans, during their parody on the marathon at the closing ceremony of the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games.

Photograph of Wilson David "Buster" Charles, Jr. (1908 - 2006) shot putting in the Decathlon during the 1932 Olympic games.

West Germany, Munich, Vasily Alexeyev, Olympic Weightlifter, 1972

Photograph of athletes competing in the Olympic games. Dated 1946

Australian divers practising at Auckland Olympic pool before the start of the games. February 14, 1950.

Colour poster advertising the Stockholm Olympic Games. Dated 1912

Photograph of Lauri Lehtinen (1908-1973) running the 5000 meter race in the 1932 Olympic games. Lauri was a Finnish long distance runner. We won the 5000 meter race at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. He was also the World Record holder at the time (14:17.0).

Photograph of the Japanese swimming team at the 1932 Olympic games.

Abstract digital render of an olympic triathlete in swimming morphing into fluid shapes, AI generated, Paris, Paris, Olympic Games

La Tasha Colander-Richardson, the wife of a US Army soldier crosses the finish line in first place during the Woman's 4X400 Relay Finals on Saturday, September 30th, 2000 at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Base: Sydney State: New South Wales Country: Australia (AUS)

Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980) American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals

A Special Olympics Mississippi athlete competes in a swimming event at the Biloxi Natatorium in Biloxi, Mississippi, during the SOMS Summer Games, May 14, 2022. Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, hosted the Summer Games, and swimming events were held at Sandhill Ranch.

France: Poster advertising the Paris 1924 Olympic Games/Jeux Olympiques, Jean Droit (1884-1961), 1924

Olympic Rings and Lee Valley VeloPark at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford in east London.

Women's Yngling crew Shirley Robertson, Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton celebrate after winning Great Britain's first Gold Medal at the Olympic Games, Athens, 19 August 2004.

Vintage Photograph. Hand passing torch with flame to hand reaching up from bottom of frame with dark background, Frame 4

Poster for the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain and it marked the second and final time that the International Olympic Committee would gather to vote in a city which was bidding to host those Games.

XIV Olympic Opens -- The mystery of the torchbearer who was to carry the final torch, ended when John Mark, a Cambridge Athletic blue arrived at the Wembley Stadim at 3.50 to perform the ceremony of lighting the Olympic Flame at the Opening of the 1948 Olympic Games. July 29, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Abstract cyclists in paris olympic games blurring across a canvas infused with geometric patterns, AI generated

Photograph of athletes competing in the Olympic games. Dated 1946

Germany: Runners at the Brandenburg Gate at the start of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, Berlin, 1936

Young man performing on parallel bars at the Olympic games

Abstract digital render of an olympic triathlete on the bike morphing into fluid shapes, AI generated, Paris, Paris, Olympic Games

Photograph of athletes competing in the Olympic games. Dated 1946

The entry of the Dutch team of athletes at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games; Netherlands

James Cleveland 'Jesse' Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games. He was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medallist.

Stockholm, Sweden: 1912 Swedish gymnasts in a exhibition at the Olympic Games.

Closing ceremony of the Moscow's Olimpic Games, held in Moscow from July 19 to August 3, 1980 In the center of the stage, the mascots of the Olympic Games, the bear Misha. Moscow, 1980.

The Winter Olympic Games -- A competitor taking the ski-jump during the combined ski and cross-country event of the winter Olympic Games now being held in Oslo. February 19, 1952.

Satirical illustration based on a modern day take upon an ancient Greek frieze adapted to show cyclists in the 1896 Athens Olympic Games

Opening Of The Winter Olympics -- A skier carrying the Olympic Torch arrives at the stadium at Oslo for the opening ceremony at the start of the Winter Olympic Games. February 18, 1952.

Closing ceremony of the Moscow's olympic games, held in Moscow from July 19 to August 3, 1980. Moscow, Russian Federation, 1980

Female gymnast performing on a balance beam at the Olympic games

The Winter Olympic Games -- The Striking ski jump, now completed and just waiting for the snow. Preparations are not well ahead for the Winter Olympic Games to be held at Cortina, Northern Italy. December 13, 1955. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Panathinaiko Stadium, Athens Olympic Games, 1876, Greece, 19th century.

The Czech team enter the stadium in Amsterdam during the opening of the 1928 Olympic games

Olympic Stars Sign Up -- These little Highland dancers claimed autographs from Olympic Gold Medalists Yvette Williams of New Zealand (long jump), at left, and Australian Shirley Strickland (80 metres hurdles), during the annual City of Edinburgh Highland Games, staged at Murrayfield Rugby Ground. August 25, 1952.

Presentation of medals by HRH Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic games

Australians All Out... to Succeed in Olympics - John Treloar (New South Wales), ***** Olympic hope in the 100 and *****.The Australian Olympic team is in training at Motspur Park for its part in the forthcoming Olympic Games. July 08, 1948.

The XIV Olympiad Closed -- Sir Frederick Wells, lord mayor of London, holds the Olympic flag as the state trumpeters blare the official end of the fourteenth modern Olympic games is Wembley Stadium in London Saturday. At Well's right is J. Sigfrid Edstrom, President of the International Olympic committee. Right foreground is Lord Burghley Chairman of the Olympic organizing committee. August 16, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Crew from the Bucintoro club from Venice in their canoe, Italy, winners at the Olympic Games in Athens, April 24, 1906, photograph by Paolo Salviati, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 20, May 20, 1906.

Miss Helen Stephens won the 100 metres race at the Olympic games. August 17, 1936.

Miss Helen Stephens & Jesse Owens congratulating each other at the Olympic Games. August 31, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photos).

Olympic Games. Helsinki - Exciting Uruguay players demonstrating at the result of the Uruguay - France Basket Ball contest at the Olympic Games, Helsinki. France was declared the winner by 68 points to 66.Stormy Stormy Petrels of the Olympic Games were Uruguayan basket-bailers. In the match against France, which France won 68-66, two Uruguayans knocked out the American referee.Picture shows one of the team demonstrating against the referee from the sideline. July 30, 1952.

San Francisco, California: 1920 The San Francisco Olympic Club Water Polo team, winner of the American title in 1920. Behind L-R: Gardner, Steiger, Resleure, Smith. Front L-R: Goodman, Carson, Schultz. They will go to Chicago for the Olympic swimming trials to be held in the Lincoln Park lagoon and will probably be part of the United States team at the Olympic Games in Belgium.

A.B.A. Searcres For Olympic Team - Aspirants for Britain's Olympic Games boxing team line up for the Weigh-in before training this afternoon. On the scales Ron Bebbington. Imperial Services middle-weight champion.The Amateur Boxing Association are holding a series of weekend courses in the theory and practice of boxing in an effort to select the best possible team for the Olympic Games. At a typical meeting of the course at Nelson School, Tranalgar St., Walworth, today, the boxers attending were given lectures on morale, Physical training treatment of injuries, etc., by exports. January 03, 1948. (Photo by Fox).

Photo Shows: Mr. Ern barker in action during training at Aldershot. Australian Horsemen in England.The Equestrian team to represent Australia in the Olympic games at Stockholm in 1956 are now in training at Aldershot . The team will compete in various show jumping and combined Events ***** in Britain and on the continent as part of their training and is the first equestrian team ever to represent Australian in the Olympic Games. May 18, 1955. (Photo by Sport & General)

Olympic winter games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The prize ceremony for womens figure skating with winner in the middle, Sonja Henie. Second is british Cecilia Colledge and third swedish Vivi-Anne Hultén.

Misha, the mascot of the XXII Olympiad, is released in the sky during the closing ceremony of the Moscow's olimpic games. Moscow, Russian Federation, 1980

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