Anniversary meeting of Soviet sport veterans marking the 17th Summer Olympic Games that began in Rome 40 years ago. The USSR national team took the first place in the unofficial team ranking, with 43 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze medals. The team included such outstanding athletes like Larisa Latynina and Boris Shakhlin (artistic gymnastics), Viktor Kapitonov (cycling), Pyotr Bolotnikov (track and field), Arkady Vorobyov and Yury Vlasov (weightlifting) and many others. The Moscow Sport Committee.25.08.2000#8946363
Russian athlete competing in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta (USA), 1990 world champion, cyclist Alexander Kirichenko, with his family.30.08.1996#6403988
Soviet swimmer Igor Zaseda became a special correspondent with Novosti Press Agency (APN), now the Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group.08.08.1987#8577138
American citizen Leo Lubin, left, Elza Sufiazova from the Soviet Union and Esa Utuka from Finland, right, talk to each other on the day of opening the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students at the Olympian Youth center in the Moscow Region.30.07.1985#8997830
American girl Robin Jones meets with Norwegian boys Erum Schwiebel, left, and Timothy Florentin, center, on the day of opening the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students at the Olympian Youth center in the Moscow Region.30.07.1985#8997831
July 28-August 8, 1982. The 4th World Aquatic Sports Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, 1980 Olympic Champion and 1977 and 1981 European Champion won gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle event and set a new world record.29.07.1982#6691433
The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships, Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 29-August 8, 1982. The USSR team root for Vladimir Salnikov, Merited Master of Sport ofthe USSR, 1980 Olympic champion, 1978 world champion, 1977 and 1981 European champion during a 1500 m event.29.07.1982#6691430
A sports center in the Olympic Village for participants in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.10.12.1981#8446165
Winners and medalists of the 12th Winter Olympic Games (Innsbruck, 1976). Center: two-time Olympic champion in figure skating Irina Rodnina.09.02.1981#8335568
The Olympic Village for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Italian Olympians take a tour around the village.09.07.1980#8202791
The Olympic Village for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Jordanian athetes in the shopping mall in the Olympic Village.09.07.1980#8202787
The Olympic Village for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Wrestlers, members of the Olympic team of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (now Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) during a workout.09.07.1980#8202779
A kitchen in a residential building in the Olympic Village where participants in the 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow will stay. The Olympic Village (a residential neighborhood in western Moscow in Troparyovo-Nikulino) was built in 1977-1980 in preparation for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.20.11.1978#8145413
Soviet athlete Inese Jaunzeme, Olympic champion in javelin throw (Melbourne, 1956).01.08.1970#5606149
Soviet athlete Inese Jaunzeme, Olympic champion in javelin throw (Melbourne, 1956).01.08.1970#5606146
Soviet athlete Inese Jaunzeme, Olympic champion in javelin throw (Melbourne, 1956), on a walk in Riga.01.08.1970#5606145
Soviet athlete Inese Jaunzeme, Olympic champion in javelin throw (Melbourne, 1956), on a walk with her children.01.08.1970#5606144
Soviet athlete Inese Jaunzeme, Olympic champion in javelin throw (Melbourne, 1956).01.08.1970#5606143
Soviet track and field athlete, two-time bronze medal winner in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Igor Ter-Ovanesyan.01.08.1970#5606124
Soviet track and field athlete, two-time bronze medal winner in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Igor Ter-Ovanesyan with his daughter.01.08.1970#5606123
Soviet track and field athlete, two-time bronze medal winner in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Igor Ter-Ovanesyan.01.08.1970#5606122
Soviet track and field athlete, two-time bronze medal winner in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Igor Ter-Ovanesyan with his son.01.08.1970#5606121
Soviet track and field athlete, two-time bronze medal winner in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Igor Ter-Ovanesyan with his son.01.08.1970#5606120
Captain of the Soviet Olympic football team, Dynamo (Kiev) forward Valery Lobanovsky.01.08.1964#5697272
The traditional USSR-Norway speed-skating competition at the Dynamo Stadium i n Sverdlovsk. Norway's speed-skater Knut Johannesen, left, two-time Olympic champion, talks to Soviet speed-skater Oleg Goncharenko, right.09.01.1964#5697253
USSR Track and Field Athletics Championship. August 11-13, 1972. Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium. Winner in the 5,000 m race Pyotr Bolotnikov during an award ceremony.11.08.1962#5770458
Galina Zybina, Soviet track and field athlete, Olympic champion in shot put and USSR Merited Master of Sports.01.06.1955#5864886
