Athletics Collection (page 4)

Stadium, Delphi, Greece, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
Stadium, Delphi, Greece, 1937. Ancient Greek sports track built in the 5th century BC and used for the Pythian Games. Illustration from Das Mittelmeer: Landschaft

The Tumulus of Marathon, Greece, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
The Tumulus of Marathon, Greece, 1937. Runners in front of the burial mound of the 192 Athenian dead at the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC

The finish of the marathon, Olympic Games, London, 1908, (c1920). Dorando Pietri of Italy, the first runner to enter the stadium, collapsed several times and ran the wrong way

Olympic stadium, Athens, 1906, (1936). As well as the inaugural games of the modern era in 1896, Athens hosted a further games, known as the Intercalated Games, in 1906

100 metres sprint race at the Olympic Games, Athens, 1896, (1936). A scene from the first Olympics of the modern era. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume I

Berlin Olympics, 1936. Jesse Owens name being inscribed on the monument listing gold medal winners. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume II, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst

Helen Stephens and Alice Arden, American athletes, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Helen Stephens won gold medals in the womens 100 metres and 4x100 metres relay. Alice Arden competed in the high jump

Robert Clark, Glenn Morris, John Parker, American decathletes, Berlin Olympics, 1936. The three achieved a clean sweep of the medals in the decathlon, with Morris taking gold

Forrest Towns, American Olympic champion in the 110 metres hurdles, 1936. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume II, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936

Helen Stephens and Jesse Owens, American athletes, Berlin Olympics, 1936. The two won six gold medals between them: Stephens in the womens 100 metres and 4x100 metres relay

Sugoroku Game, . Private Collection

Wine Cup with Pentathletes, 505-500 BC. Artist: Carpenter Painter (active 515-500 B. C. )
Wine Cup with Pentathletes, 505-500 BC. Found in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Young Spartans Exercising, ca 1860. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Young Spartans Exercising, ca 1860. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Allegory of Sports, 1896. Artist: Fredy, Baron de Coubertin, Charles Louis de (1822-1908)
Allegory of Sports, 1896. Found in the collection of the Musee olympique, Lausanne

The race of the Midinette, 1903. A womens running race from the Jardin des Tuileries to Nanterre. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th November 1903

Marathon race, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Marathon race, 1896. Crowds applauding as an athlete crosses the finishing line of a marathon race organised by Le Petit Journal. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 2nd August 1896

Greek Vase painting, Athletes with jumping-weights, found in Etruscan burial, c6th century BC

Ancient Olympic Games: the relay race, 1922. Competitors had to keep alight the flame and hand it to their fellows.This reconstruction shows a runner protecting the flame with his shield

Olympic Stadium, Athens. The stadium was restored for the first Olympic Games of the modern era, held in 1896

A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. Artist: Archibald Webb
A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. The Olympian Games, the great Greek athletic festival in honour of Zeus

Athlete with Jumping-Weight, detail of Greek Kylix, (drinking-cup), c6th century BC

Greek Relief of Young man holding Strygil with Boy holding Oil Vessel, c400 BC. Oil for massage after Athletic activity is cleaned off with strygil, Athens

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