Before the opening of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, I began to realize that this idealistically conceived gathering of the world’s athletes might not offer me an escape from the world’s problems ...

Dorothy Hyman, Wilma Rudolph and Giuseppina Leone shake hands while standing on the podium at the 1960 Olympics. U.S. swimmer ...

White skirt with red stars, worn by Doreen Wilber (1930-2008) during the 1972 Summer Olympics in which she won a gold medal for archery. This was the first year that archery for women was held in the ...

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White T-shirt with red sleeves with white stars, worn by Doreen Wilber (1930-2008) during the 1972 Summer Olympics in which she won a gold medal for archery. This was the first year that archery for ...