Photos: Winter Olympics historic highlights
The first Winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France in 1924, and were held every four years until 1936. The games for 1940 and 1944 were canceled due to the outbreak of World War II, and were reinstated in 1948. Explore these iconic archive images from figure skating, ice hockey, alpine skiing, bobsled races and more.
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi of the US skates in the free skating portion of the women's figure skating competition at the XVI Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France on Friday, February 21, 1992. The Fremont, California woman won the women's gold medal. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Rosi Mittermaier
Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany is intent on her skiing as she makes her way down the Olympic special slalom course at Lizum on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1976 where she secured her second gold medal in the Winter Games. (AP Photo/Lip)
1968 Winter Olympics
Canada's Nancy Greene races down the ladies giant slalom course on her way to a gold medal in the event in the winter Olympic Games on Feb. 15, 1968 at Chamrousse, France. Her time of 1:51.97 gave Canada its first Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing since 1960. (AP Photo)
1968 Winter Olympics
Italian two-man bobsled team of Eugenio Monti and Luciano DePaolis during their record run at Alpe d’ Huez, France, on Thursday, Feb. 8, 1968, during Olympic competition. They set the best total time of the first day of runs. Time for two runs was 2.20.85. It will count toward the 1968 Olympic title. (AP Photo)
1964 Winter Olympics
Billy Kidd of Stowe, Vt., competes in the men’s slalom of the Winter Olympics at Lizum, Austria, on Feb. 8, 1964. Kidd finished second in the event to win a sliver medal for the U.S.A. (AP Photo)
Angelina Jensen, Madeleine Dupont, Camilla Jensen
Denmark's players, from left, Angelina Jensen, Madeleine Dupont and Camilla Jensen celebrate after winning against Canada during the bronze medal match at the World Women's Curling Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Sunday, March 29, 2009.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Matti Nykanen
Matti Nykanen of Finland made 116 meters to become the total winner in the 90-meter ski jump event at Igman Malo Polje on February 18, 1984, during the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo. (AP PhotoDieter Endlicher)
Stenmark
Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden speeds down the Whiteface mountain giant slalom course in the Men's Alpine event at the XIII Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid, N.Y., on Feb. 19, 1980. Stenmark won his first Olympic gold medal in the giant slalom event with the speed of 2:40.74. (AP Photo)
1968 Winter Olympics
Russia's husband-wife team of Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov display grace and precision in Grenoble, France, on February 14, 1968, while en route to an Olympic pairs figure skating title. They were awarded the gold medal for the event, retaining the Olympic championship they won in the 1964 games. (AP Photo)
1960 Winter Olympics
Heidi Biebl of Germany, zooms down the ladies' downhill ski course on KT22 mountain at Squaw Valley, California, February 20, 1960, on her way to victory in the Winter Olympic event. She was timed in 1:37.6 for the mile and an eighth course. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Vancouver Olympics Figure Skating
Canada's Joannie Rochette performs her free program during the women's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
APTOPIX Vancouver Olympics Alpine Skiing
Lindsey Vonn of the United States reacts in the finish area after completing the Women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
APTOPIX Vancouver Olympics Alpine Skiing
Switzerland's Carlo Janka passes a gate during the first run of the Men's giant slalom, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Bjorn Daehlie
An exhausted Bjorn Daehlie of Norway crosses the finish line to win the Olympic men’s 10-kilometer classic style cross country ski race, Feb. 17, 1994 at Birkebeineren Stadium in Lillehammer, Norway. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea)
Scott Hamilton Olympics 1984
Scott Hamilton of Denver, Colo. concentrates at the start of his brilliant performance in free skating event, which gave him a gold medal, at the Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 16, 1984, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (AP Photo)
Olympic Winter '84 Sarajevo Opening
Men and women in colorful garb joins hands during the opening ceremonies for the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo's Koseva stadium on Feb. 8, 1984. Now, in the winter of 1994, nearly two years of war in Yugoslavia have all but destroyed the relics of that time of spectacle and joy a decade ago. (AP Photo)
Eric Heiden
U.S. Olympic Speedskater Eric Heiden skates in winning the 1500 meters speedskating event Feb. 21, 1980 at Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo)
Aleksei Ulanov, Irina Rodnina
Soviet gold medal figure skaters Aleksei Ulanov and Irina Rodnina in a winning Olympic performance, Feb. 8, 1972, Sapporo, Japan. (AP Photo/V. Budan)
Switzerland Winter Olympics 1948
The winners of the Men's Figure Skating at the Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Feb. 7. 1948, stand on the podium whilst the anthem is played, after they had been presented with their medals. From left to right; Edi Rada of Austria, Bronze Medal; Richard Button of America, Gold Medal; Hans Gerschwill of Switzerland, Silver Medal. (AP Photo)
JOHN CURRY
British figure skater John Curry is shown in action at the 1976 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. He won a gold in the games. (AP Photo)
DAVIS CHEEK WENNEMARS
Gold medalist United States Shani Davis, from Chicago, Ill., center, waves to spectators as his teammate and silver medalist Joey Cheek, Greensboro, N.C.,left, and Netherlands' bronze medalist Erben Wennemars, congratulate during a flower ceremony of the Winter Olympics men's 1,000 meter speedskating competition at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Jasper Juinen)
Natalia Bestemianova, Andrei Boukine
Soviet ice dancing pair Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Boukine skates to the music during Olympic ice dancing competition on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1988 in Calgary. The Soviet pair won the gold medal with three perfect 6.0s. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
FLOWERS BAKKEN
Vonetta Flowers, right, cries as she hugs her teammate Jill Bakken of the United States after their final and gold medal winning run in the Two Woman Bobsled inaugural event at Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002. Flowers, 28, is the first black athlete to win a medal at any Winter Games. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Bradbury
Steven Bradbury of Austrailia crosses the finish line to win the men's 1,000-meter short-track speedskating race at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2002. Bradbury crossed the line after all of the other racers fell in the final stretch. On the ice behind Bradbury is Canada's Mathieu Turcotte. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
FAUNER ALSGAARD
This Image, taken by Thomas Kienzle of the Associated Press, Germany on Feb.18, 1998 showing Norway's Thomas Alsgaard, right, lunges at the finish line to beat Italy's Silvio Fauner to win the gold medal by 0.2 seconds at the men's 4 X10 kms Cross Country Relay at the Snow Harp venue in Hakuba at the Nagano, Japan, Winter Olympic Games, was awarded 1st prize in the General Sports Photo category by the German Sports Journalists Association. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle/- 02/18/1998 -)
1968 Winter Olympics
Vladimir Beloussov of the Soviet Union competes on February 18, 1968 in the 90-meter Olympic ski-jumping event in St. Nizier, France. He jumped 101.5 and 98.5 meters to grab the gold medal for an official score of 231.3 points. (AP Photo)
1956 Winter Olympics
Austria's Toni Sailer, a 21-year-old plumber, displays his ski wizardry as he takes to the air during his winning run in the men's downhill Olympic ski championship in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, on February 3, 1956. Toni became the miracle man of the skis as he rang up an unprecedented alpine grand slam having previously won the giant and special slalom races. (AP Photo)
1952 Winter Olympics
Zeno Colo of Italy, hurtles down the Olympic slope at Norefjell, Norway, to win the sixth winter Olympic downhill ski event, on Feb. 16, 1952. (AP Photo)
1952 Winter Olympics
The German team of Andreas Ostler, driver, and Lorentz Nieberl, are seen on the boblet run, at Frognerseteren, Oslo, during the sixth Winter Olympics, on Feb. 15, 1952. The German team were first and won the Olympic gold medal.(AP Photo)
1948 Winter Olympics
The U.S. four-man bobsled team, gold medal winner of the Olympic championship, is shown February 6, 1948 at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Left to right: Francis Tyler, Lake Placid, NY, pilot; Pat Martin, Massena, NY; Edward Rimkus, Schenectady, NY; and William D'Amico, Lake Placid, NY. (AP Photo)
1936 Winter Olympics
The Swiss bobsled "Schweiz 2" was qualified victor of the Olympic four-man bobsled races after the finish of the fourth course, February 12, 1936. The team: Pierre Musy, driver; Charles Bouvier; Joseph Beerli; and Arnold Gartmann, the braker. Photo shows the victorious team on their sled, which won the gold medal, speeding into the finish. (AP Photo)
1932 Winter Olympics
Driven by Hubert Stevens of Lake Placid, the US two-man Olympic bobsled team photographed at Shady Corner on the two-man events at Lake Placid, NY, February 9, 1932, when the U.S. team established a new world record of 2 minutes 5.88 seconds. Led by Stevens again February 10, the team twice smashed the world record for two-man bobsled to catch Reto Capadrutt, sensational Swiss, in the final two heats of the Olympic competition, and pass him to win a final victory and gold medal for the United States.(AP Photo)
MAIER
Austria's Hermann Maier makes a turn during the Men's Giant Slalom at the XVIII Winter Olympic Games on Mount Higashidate in Shiga Kogen Thursday Feb. 19, 1998. Maier took the gold medal. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
LIPINSKI
American Tara Lipinski reacts after completing her short program at White Ring Arena Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1998, in Nagano, Japan. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
US-Canada hockey
USA's Karyn Bye hold up an American flag following their gold medal win against Canada during their finals match at the XVIII Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin)
STREET
Picabo Street of Sun Valley, Idaho, passes a gate on her way to winning the gold medal in the Women's Super-G at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Hakuba Wednesday Feb. 11, 1998. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
PEGGY FLEMING
Peggy Fleming performs during the freestyle skate at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Fleming was the only member of the U.S. team to win a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo)
Janica Kostelic
Janica Kostelic of Croatia skis on her way to clinching the gold medal of the Women's Combined Downhill at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in San Sicario Fraiteve, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Yevgeny Plushenko
Russia's Evgeni Plushenko performs a triple axel during the finals of the Men's Figure Skating Free Skate competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
MAIER
Austria's Hermann Maier passes a gate during the Men's Giant Slalom at the XVIII Winter Olympic Games on Mount Higashidate in Shiga Kogen Thursday Feb. 19, 1998. Maier won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
Figure Skating Baiul
Ukrainian figure skater Oksana Baiul gives a gold medal performance during the women's free skate program in Hamar, Norway, on Friday, February 25, 1994. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair of Champaign, IL, races in the women's 500 meter speed skating event at Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway, Saturday, February 19, 1994. Blair won her fourth career gold medal with a time of 39.25. (Thomas Kienzle)
ERIC HEIDEN
Eric Heiden of Madison,Wis., races towards the finish line and a world record time of 14: 28.13 Feb.23,1980 in the 10,000 meter speed skating event at Lake Placid,N.Y. On Heiden's heels, obscured, is the previous world record holder for the event Viktor Loshkin of the USSR. The win put Heiden in line for his fifth gold in the 1980 Olympics. (AP Photo)
Craig
The U.S ice hockey team rushes toward goalie Jim Craig after their upset win over the Soviet Union in the semi-final round of the XIII Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y., Feb. 22, 1980. Team USA won 4-3 to advance to the final game for the Olympic gold. The American players from left are, Mark Johnson (10); Eric Strobel (19); William Schneider (25); David Christian (23); Mark Wells (15); Steve Cristoff (11); Bob Suter (20), who is behind Philip Verchota (27). John O'Callahan is hugged by Michael Ramsey. (AP Photo)
Jean Claude Killy Wins Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing
Frenchman Jean Claude Killy, 34, sends shower of snow from under his skills in first heat of Olympic Giant Slalom, Feb. 11, 1968 at Chamrousse, France. He finished first with a time of 1:42.74. (AP Photo)
Lidiya Skoblikova First To Win Six Gold Medals
Russian speed skater Lidiya Skoblikova competes in the Women's 1,500 metres Speed Skating during the IX Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria on Jan. 31, 1964. She won the Gold medal in a new Olympic record time 2.22.6. (AP Photo)
Duff Gibson Oldest Athlete To Win Gold
Canada's Duff Gibson navigates his first run in Men's Skeleton at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Cesana Pariol, Italy, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Hughes
Sarah Hughes of the United States competes in the women's free skating program at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002. Hughes won the gold medal in the event. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann of Switzerland soars over the crowd on his final gold medal winning jump during the K90 Individual ski jump at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Bjorn Daehlie
Norway's Bjorn Daehlie is on his way to the gold medal in the XVI Winter Olympic men's 50km freestyle crosscountry event in Les Saisies, Frances Saturday, February 22, 1992. Daehlie has won four medals in the games, three golds and one silver. (AP Photo/Tom Smart)
Witt
Katarina Witt of East Germany comes out of a spin during her performance in Olympic free skating in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Feb. 18, 1984. Witt won the gold medal for her style and artistic interpretation at the XIV Olympic Winter Games. (AP Photo)
Johnson
William Johnson of Van Nuys, Ca., speeds down the downhill course on Mount Bjelansnica near Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, at the Winter Olympic Games, Thursday, Feb. 16, 1984. Johnson won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher)
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform during their "Bolero" ice dancing routine at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, February 14, 1984. They won the gold medal. (AP Photo)
Franz Klammer
Austria's Franz Klammer races toward a first place finish in the men's second world cup downhill race of the season Sunday, December 15, 1974, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Klammer established a record time of 1:54.72 minutes for the 3,210-meter course. (AP Photo)
Henie Grafstrom
Eleven-year-old Sonja Henie, left, and world champion skater Gilles Grafstrom, are shown on ice skates at the Olympic Games in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Henie won gold in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Winter Olympic Games. Grafstrom, seven-year world champion, won the Olympic gold medal in 1920, 1924, and 1928. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Vancouver Olympics Ice Hockey
Canada's Sidney Crosby (87) shoots past USA goalie Ryan Miller (39) for the game-winning goal in the overtime period of a men's gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
APTOPIX Vancouver Olympics Alpine Skiing
Germany's Maria Riesch speeds down the course on her way to clinch the gold medal in the Women's slalom, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
APTOPIX Vancouver Olympics Figure Skating
USA's Evan Lysacek performs his free program during the men's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Shaun White
Shaun White of the USA competes in the men's halfpipe final in the men's halfpipe at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ROSS REBAGLIATI
Ross Rebagliati of Canada skis to victory in the first-ever Men's Giant Slalom snowboarding competition Sunday Feb. 8, 1998 in Yamanouchi, Japan. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
1976 Winter Olympics
Heini Hemmi of Switzerland speeds down the men’s giant slalom course en route to his gold medal in the event at Lizum near Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 10, 1976. His teammate Ernst Good finished second for a sliver medal in the same event. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher)
1972 Winter Olympics
1972 Winter Olympics
Cees Verkerk of the Netherlands, right, laps Colin Coates of Australia during the Olympic 10,000-meter race, Feb. 7, 1972 in Sapporo, Japan, in which Verkerk set a new Olympic record time of 15:04.70. (AP Photo)
1972 Winter Olympics
Erhard Keller of West Germany in Olympic gold medal action in the 500-meter speed skate setting a new Olympic record with a time of 39.44 seconds, Feb. 5, 1972 in Sapporo, Japan. (AP Photo)
Ingrid Lafforgue,Avery Brundage,
The white five-ringer Olympic flag, which has been in the custody of gGenoble since the winter games in 1968, is handed over by French skier Ingrid Lafforgue, with due ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 3, 1972 in Sapporo. At right on looking is Avery Brundage, President of the IOC. (AP Photo)
Carolina Geijssen
Carolina Geijssen, 20, of Holland, left, is shown breaking the women’s Olympic speed skate record in the 1000-meter vent, Feb. 11, 1968, Grenoble, France. Her time for the gold medal win was 32.6. Ludmila Titova of Russia, 21, came in second. Dianne Holum, 16, of Northbrook, Ill., came in third. (AP Photo)
Winter Olympics Ceremony
Women representing Estonia, the United States and Finland enter the Olympic Stadium for the closing ceremonies of the XVI Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France at night, Sunday, Feb. 23, 1992. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Anthony Nash, Robin Dixon
Anthony Nash, right, and Robin Dixon of Great Britain, are shown in action in the two-man Bobsled event of winter Olympics at IGLS, Austria on Feb. 1, 1964, which they won. It was the first time Britain has won a winter Olympics title since 1952. The British finished four runs with a total time of 4 minutes, 21.90 seconds. (AP Photo)
Lidiya Skoblikova
Russian speed skater Lidiya Skoblikova competes in the Women's 1,500 metres Speed Skating during the IX Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria on Jan. 31, 1964. She won the Gold medal in a new Olympic record time 2.22.6. (AP Photo)
Olympic Winter 1964 Innsbruck Austria Opening Ceremony Rehearsal
Flames and smoke soar up with a “whoosh” as the Olympic flame is lit at the top of the Olympic Stadium at Innsbruck, Austria on Jan. 21, 1964. The lighting was part of the first rehearsal for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games on January 29. Some 1,300 high school students took part in the rehearsal at the Ski Jump Stadium, Imitating Athletes and marching behind the flags of the 35 nations entered in the competition. (AP Photo)
Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel of East Germany shows the form that won him the Winter Olympics ski jumping gold medal, Feb. 28, 1960, Squaw Valley, Calif. Note how perfectly aligned are his skis as he leaps 84½ meter (277 feet) on his second jump. (AP Photo)
Dan Jansen
Dan Jansen skates to a time of 1:12.43 for a new world record in the men?s 1,000 meter race in morning on Friday, Feb. 18, 1994 at Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway. He captured his first gold Olympic medal in the event. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
1984 Winter Olympics
Phil Mahre from Yakima, Wash., speeds around a gate on the men’s special slalom course on Mt. Bjelasnica, Feb. 19, 1984 in Sarajevo on his way to win an Olympic gold medal in this last alpine event of the XIV. Winter Olympic Games. Phil’s twin brother Steve clocked second best time catching the silver medal. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher)
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden, of Madison, Wisc. Speeds past US team official towards his third gold medal in the Olympic 1000m speed skating event on Feb. 19, 1980 in Lake Placid. He was clocked 1.15.18. (AP Photo)
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden, of Madison, Wisc. USA, on his way to win the 500 m Olympic speed skating event on Friday, Feb. 15, 1980 in Lake Placid. He was clocked 38.03. (AP Photo)
Karl Schnabl
Austria’s Karl Schnabl leans forward on his skis during the special 90-meter ski jumping event, Sunday, Feb. 15, 1976 at Innsbruck, the final competition in the 12th Winter Olympics. Schnabl won the contest with jumps of 320 and 318 feet, and earned the gold medal. (AP Photo)
Ivar Formo
Winning Norwegian skier Ivar Formo is cheered by his trainer Oddmund Jensen, right, after Formo won the 50-kilometer (31 miles) cross country ski race, Saturday, Feb. 14, 1976, at the winter Olympics in Seefeld, Austria. Formo gave his country its third gold medal with his victory. (AP Photo)
Dorothy Hamill
With fawn-like grace, America’s Dorothy Hamill, of Riverside, Ct., skates across the ice during the dazzling performance which won her a gold medal in the women’s figure skating competition of the 12th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Feb. 13, 1976. (AP Photo)
1976 Winter Olympics
Evgeniy Kulikov of the Soviet Union flashes down the rink to win the men’s 500-meter speed skating event at the 12th Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Feb. 10, 1976. His time was 39.17 seconds. (AP Photo)
Marina Klimova, Sergei Ponomarenko
Marina Klimova, right, and Sergei Ponomarenko of the Unified Team perform their free dance routine during the XVI Winter Olympic Games, Monday, Feb. 17, 1992, Albertville, France. Klimova and Ponomarenko edged the Duchesnays, the home-ice heroes, to win the gold medal. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)
Fabrice Guy, Klaus Sulzenbacher
Fabrice Guy (3) from France is followed by Austria’s Klaus Sulzenbacher (4) in the men’s 15-km-individual race of the Nordic Combined at Courchevel, France on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1992. Guy gave France its first gold medal of the Games with Sylvan Guillaume giving the host country an unexpected silver. Sulzenbacher won the bronze medal. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
Artur Dmitriev, Natasha Mishkutienok
Artur Dmitriev and Natalia Mishkutienok of the Unified Team of the Commonwealth of Independent States perform on the ice in free skating pairs at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1992 in Albertville, France. The pair finished in first place for the gold. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)
Yvonne Van Gennip
Yvonne Van Gennip of the Netherlands round the turn on her way to winning the gold medal in the Olympic women’s speed skating 1,500-meter race at the Olympic Oval in Calgary on Saturday, Feb. 27, 1988. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson of Van Nuys, Calif., flies through the air, Feb. 16, 1984 en route to a gold medal in the men's downhill at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo. (AP Photo)
1968 Winter Olympics
Sweden's Johnny Hoeglin competes in the X Winter Olympic Games Men's 10,000 Metres Speed Skating event in Grenoble, France on Feb. 17, 1968. Hoeglin won the Gold medal and skated a new World Record of 15.23.3. (AP Photo)
1968 Winter Olympics
French alpine skier Jean-Claude Killy, right, is seen with Austrian alpine skiers Herbert Huber, left, Toni Sailer, centre, and Karl Schranz, 2nd right, after the final of the men's slalom event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, Feb. 17, 1968. Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals. (AP Photo)
1968 Winter Olympics
Kaija Mustonen, of Finland, at speed when winning the ladies 1,500m speed skating event at Grenoble, France on February 10, 1968, during the 10th Winter Olympic Games. Her Time of 2:22.5 set a new Olympic record for the event. (AP Photo)
1960 Winter Olympics
Blond Carol Heiss spins and twirls around the ice during the free skating competition of the Winter Olympics figure skating contest on Feb. 23, 1960 at Squaw Valley, California. The judges gave her such a high score that she virtually was assured of first place and a gold medal for the United States. (AP Photo)
Alberto Tomba
Italian slalom specialist Alberto Tomba swings around the pole as he speeds down the race course to win the gold medal in Olympic special slalom at Mt. Allan, Feb. 27, 1988 in Nakiska, Calgary, Canada. He also caught the gold medal in the giant slalom day before yesterday. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)
Dan Jansen
Dan Jansen skates to a time of 1:12.43 for a new world record in the men’s 1,000 meter race in morning on Friday, Feb. 18, 1994 at Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway. He captured his first gold Olympic medal in the event. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
Ekaterina Gordeeva, Sergei Grinkov
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov of the Soviet Union skate to the music on their way to winning the gold medals during pair figure skating, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1988 in Calgary. (AP Photo/Steve Simon)
1984 Winter Olympics
Phil Mahre (11) stands with his brother Steve (3) and Didier Bouvet (16) of France after the XIV Winter Olympics slalom on Mt. Bjelasnica in Sarajevo, Feb. 19, 1984. Americans Phil and Steve took top honors with Phil winning and gold and Steve, silver. Bouvet took the bronze medal. (AP Photo/Jack Smith)
Marshall Johnston, Terry O’Malley, Donald Ross, Patrick Rupp
Canada’s Marshall Johnston, right, jumps for joy after he scored with an assist from Terry O’Malley, left, during the United States Vs. Canada Olympic ice hockey game, Feb. 11, 1968, Grenoble, France. Donald Ross (5) of the U.S. stands in front of U.S. goalie Patrick Rupp. Canada won 3-2. (AP Photo)
1964 Winter Olympics
The Canadian four-man Bobsled flies down the course at innsbruck, Austria, on Feb. 7, 1964, to win the Winter Olympic games Gold Medal. The crew from right to left; Victor Emery, Douglas Anakin, John Emery and Peter Kirby. (AP Photo)
1964 Winter Olympics
Norway's Knut Johannesen skating during the IX Winter Olympic Games 5,000 metres Speed Skating event in Innsbruck, Austria, on Feb. 5, 1964. Johannesen won the Gold Medal in an Olympic record time of 7.38.4. (AP Photo)
Jaffee
U.S. Olympic speed skater Irving Jaffee is shown in action at the III Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, N.Y., in Feb. 1932. Jaffee won gold medals in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter speed skating events. (AP Photo)
1992 Winter Olympics
Performers entertain the crowd at the closing ceremonies of the XVI Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France, Sunday, Feb. 23, 1992. French designer Philippe Decoufle created the inventive costumes and contraptions of the opening and closing ceremonies. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)
