Images Dated 2012 January

Andras Balczo - 1972 Munich Olympics - Modern Pentathlon

Modern Pentathlon - 1972 Munich Olympics - Running
Hungary's Andras Balczo is tossed into the air by team mates after finishing the final event, the 4, 000 metre cross-country, and winning the individual gold medal in the Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany.
Balczo was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal at the 1960 & 1968 Olympics and he won an individual silver at the latter Games. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he received the individual gold medal and a team silver medal

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1976 Montreal Olympics - Mens 800m Final

Athletics - 1976 Montreal Olympics - Men's 800m Final
The runners head into the back straight during the first lap of the race in the Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Left to right: Great Britain's Steve Ovett (#375), Yugoslavia's Luciano Susanj (#983), India's Sriram Singh (#512), Cuba's Alberto Juantorena (#217), the USA's Rick Wohlhuter (#970), Belgium's Ivo Van Damme (#103), and West Germany's Willi Wulbeck (#450).
Juantorena won the gold in a new World Record, while Van Damme took the silver and Wohlhunter the bronze.
Later Juantorena would win gold in the 400m, becoming the first man to complete the 400m/800m Olympic double since 1906

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Lennox Lewis - 1988 Seoul Olympics - Boxing

Boxing - 1988 Seoul Olympics - Men's Super-Heavyweight Final: Lennox Lewis (Canada) vs. Riddick Bowe (USA)
Lennox Lewis celebrates his gold medal victory with a banner for a Vancouver radio station, in the Jamsil Students Gymnasium, Seoul Sports Complex, South Korea

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