Photographs of past Olympic athletes from the 50s and 60s.
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- Russia’s track-and-field champion, Heino Lipp, was kept out of international competition because “he couldn’t be trusted so far from home.” 1951
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- “Yevgeny Bulanchik (in lead) has run the 110-meter hurdles in as little as 14.2 seconds.” 1952
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- “California’s Charles Dumas, first high jumper ever to clear 7 feet.” 1956
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- “Don Harper’s diving could add to the U.S. point total.” 1956
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- Tryouts for the equestrian event in the upcoming Stockholm Olympics, 1956.
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- Cold-war humor screened American worries over Stalin’s Olympians.
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- “Olga Fikotova Connolly, the 1956 Czech champion… will compete for the U.S. this year.” 1960
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- Pat Winslow was a pentathlete who competed at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics.
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- Tom O’Hara set a record for the 1500-meter run. His record for running the indoor mile was unbroken for 14 years.
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- “Edith McGuire shown beating teammate Wyomia Tyus.” McGuire won gold in the 200 meter at Tokyo.
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- “Jeff Fishback, No. 134, and George Young, No. 485, are the best U.S. steeplechasers.” 1964
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- Marcia Jones practices the 500-meter kayak sprint. She won bronze in 1964.
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- Dallas Long, “recently broke the world shot-put mark four times in one day.” 1964
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- Harold Connolly was the first American to throw more than 200 feet, and held the world record for nearly a decade.
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- “For 60 minutes, water-polo competitors elect to breathe water rather than air.” 1964
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- Before serving as a state representative in Michigan, Hayes Jones won the gold for the 110 meter hurdles in 1964.
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- Buddy Edelen was the first American to win the marathon since 1908, and the first to finish in less than 2 hours, 15 minutes.
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- “Vaulting toward the sun, Fred Hansen hangs above the bar at 17-6.” He won the gold at Tokyo.
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Great pictures. I remember the original spread in the Post. Wonderful, mostly amateur athletes.
What a great era.