The first Soviet Olympic swimming champion Galina Prozumenshchikova won this title at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.15.05.1965#6283923
Center: The first Soviet Olympic swimming champion Galina Prozumenshchikova won this title at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.15.05.1965#6283921
Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer, first Olympic champion in swimming (Tokyo, 1964) in the history of Soviet sports.13.05.1965#5876250
US track-and-field athlete John Thomas calls on Soviet track-and-field athlete and Olympic high-jump champion Valery Brumel.02.05.1965#6339049
Awarding athletes for successful performance at the 18th Summer Olympics and the 9th Winter Olympics. Anastas Mikoyan, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, and Soviet track and field athletes, champions of the 18th Olympic Games, sisters Irina, left, and Tamara Press, right, after the award ceremony.14.04.1965#6340918
Soviet swimmer Irina Pozdnyakova, medal winner at USSR championships, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, during a training session.01.04.1965#6105212
Eduard Matusevich, member of the USSR national speedskating team, USSR champion in classical multiathlon.20.01.1965#6051258
From left: Soviet helicopter test pilots Tatyana Gubanova (Russiyan) and Galina Ratorguyeva.19.01.1965#5902108
Official event honoring Soviet athletes, winners and medalists of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, now the State Kremlin Palace. Photo: Galina Prozumenshchikova, the first Soviet Olympic swimming champion (200 meters, breast-stroke) and silver medalist Georgy Prokopenko (200 meters breast-stroke).25.12.1964#5897857
Galina Prozumenshchikova, the first Soviet Olympic swimming champion (200 meters, breast-stroke), won the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.25.12.1964#5898667
Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1964), Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, member of the Soviet national weightlifting team Vladimir Golovanov during a training session.01.12.1964#6104797
Grigory Kriss, Soviet fencer, Olympic champion (1964), USSR Distinguished Master of Sports with his wife, Natalya.01.11.1964#6105068
Janis Lusis, Soviet javelin thrower, European and Soviet champion, bronze medalist of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.30.10.1964#6050040
Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin, seven time Olympic champion, world, European and USSR individual all-around champion, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.28.10.1964#6054028
18th Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. October 10-24, 1964. Soviet athlete and USSR Distinguished Master of Sports Vyacheslav Ivanov wins a gold medal for the third time, becoming the first three-time Olympic champion in rowing (singles) in history.20.10.1964#6105101
Soviet athletes Oleg Tyurin, right, and Boris Dubrovsky, men's double sculls of the USSR Olympic academic rowing team, during a training session.01.09.1964#6054026
Soviet boxer Yevgeny Frolov, many times USSR welterweight champion, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, during a training session.01.09.1964#6054012
Yevgeny Frolov, Soviet boxer, many-time welterweight champion of the USSR, and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, during a training session.01.09.1964#6054006
Ukrainian SSR. 1964 USSR track and field championship, August 27-30, Kiev. European champion and Merited Masteer of Sport of the USSR Tatyana Shchelkanova in the long jump venue.28.08.1964#5948086
1964 USSR individual-and-team track and field championship, Kiev's central stadium, August 27-30. Merited Master of Sport Nina Ponomareva, 1952 and 1960 Olympic champion throws a discus at the discus-throwing sector.27.08.1964#6054017
Soviet weightlifter Yury Vlasov, 1960 Olympic champion, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, lifts weights.22.08.1964#6053991
Soviet track-and-field athlete, two-time Olympic champion Tamara Press during competition.15.07.1964#5752259
Bantamweight weightlifter, USSR Distinguished Master of Sports Alexei Vakhonin during check weighing before a competition at the 39th USSR Weightlifting Championships in Kiev (July 15-19, 1964).15.07.1964#6028986
Soviet track-and-field athlete Valery Brumel (high jump), silver medalist of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, trains for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo (1964).13.07.1964#5951189
The Znamensky Brothers Memorial track and field international tournament at Luzhniki's Lenin Central Stadium in Moscow, July 4-5, 1964. Soviet track and field athlete, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and javelin thrower Yekena Gorchakova during the competition.05.07.1964#6053891
The 9th USSR Artistic Gymnastics Cup (all-around), V.I.Lenin Central Stadium Palace of Sports, July 4-8, 1964. Soviet gymnast Tamara Manina, 1956 Olympic champion, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, performs a parallel bars exercise.04.07.1964#6054050
The 9th USSR Artistic Gymnastics Cup (all-around), V.I.Lenin Central Stadium Palace of Sports, July 4-8, 1964. Soviet gymnast Tamara Manina, 1956 Olympic champion, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, performs a beam exercise.04.07.1964#6054045
The Znamensky Brothers Memorial track and field international tournament at Luzhniki's Lenin Central Stadium in Moscow, July 4-5, 1964. Soviet athlete, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and hammer thrower Romuald Klim during the competition.04.07.1964#6053878
Soviet gymnast, European, world and Olympic champion Boris Shakhlin performs on the pommel horse.01.07.1964#5754083
Javelin thrower, 1960 Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sport of the USSR Elvira Ozolina trains for a friendly US-Soviet match (July 25-26, 1964, Los Angeles.01.07.1964#5951204
Soviet freestyle and Sambo wrestler Alexander Ivanitsky, Merited Master of Sport, a member of the USSR national team.01.07.1964#6029172
The 44th European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, June 25-28, 1964. The awards ceremony for heavyweight medalists, from left: silver medalist Karoly Ecser (Hungary, gold medalist Yury Vlasov (Society Union), and bronze medalist Serge Reding (Belgium).28.06.1964#6029159
The 44th European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow. June 25-28, 1964. Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion, USSR Distinguished Master of Sports sets a new world record by lifting 165 kg.25.06.1964#6337799
The 44th European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, June 25-28, 1964. Soviet middleweight weightlifter and gold medalist Viktor Kurentsov on the podium.25.06.1964#6029163
The 44th European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, June 25-28, 1964. Soviet weightlifter, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and Olympic heavyweight champion Vladimir Golovanov, gold medalist.25.06.1964#6029161
The 44th European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, June 25-28, 1964. Soviet heavyweight weightlifter, Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Yury Vlasov on the podium. The athlete set the world record clean and jerk of 165 kg.25.06.1964#6029156
Track and field athlete Valery Brumel, high jump champion of the 23rd Olympics in Tokyo, Meritd Master of Sport of the USSR with his baby son Sasha.11.06.1964#5948074
Janis Lusis, Soviet track and field athlete, member of the USSR Olympic team, European champion in javelin throwing, prepares for the 18th Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.11.05.1964#5942994
Soviet track and field athletes, members of the Soviet Olympic team prepare for the 18th Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. From right: USSR champion Kim Bukhantsev (discus thrower) and Valery Brumel (high jumper), Distinguished Master of Sports and silver medalist of the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.11.05.1964#5942990
Valery Brumel, Soviet high jumper, Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and his son Sasha.01.05.1964#6028994
Tamara Press, Soviet track-and-field athlete, Olympic shot putter, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and graduate of Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineering, now St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, works to develop a project.30.03.1964#6028978
World record-holder, weightlifter in heavyweight class Leonid Zhabotinsky gives an interview.20.03.1964#5645974
Soviet track and field athlete Igor Ter-Ovenesyan draws dwarfs on the wall in his son's bedroom.15.03.1964#5816868
Soviet speed skater Lidia Skoblikova, six time Olympic champion, all-round champion of the Innsbruck Olympics.02.02.1964#5815230
Left to right - world high jump record holder Valery Brumel, Pilot-Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, world triple-jump record holder Ter-Ovanesyan and Pilot-Cosmonaut Valery Bukovsky. 26.10.1963#17521
Pilot-Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (left) and the world long-jump record holder Igor Ter- Ovanesyan. 26.10.1963#16592
Soviet high jumper Valery Brumel, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, during a training session.01.09.1963#5993121
Soviet high jumper Valery Brumel, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, during a training session.01.09.1963#5993120
The Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR. August 10-15, 1963. The competition had the status of the USSR Track-and-Field Championships. The open-air Lenin Central Stadium in Luzhniki. World record holder Tatyana Shchelkanova is seen in the long jump sector.13.08.1963#5754165
