Athletics Collection (page 6)

High jump, Haverfordwest Show, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
An athlete preparing for the high jump at the Haverfordwest Show, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Two men stand at either end of the jump to check his performance

Kavala - Gynastic Examinations
The Gymnastic examinations at Kavala, Greece, the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture

1936 Berlin Olympics
A.J. Williams, American athelete, winner of the 400 metres race at the Berlin Olympic Games, Germany, in 1936

The Turnfest - Bern - July 1906
Swiss-wide Gymnastics Festival which takes place every six years - founded in the early 19th century (24th April 1832 in Aaru) and continues to this day

Lt. G. L Ramplings victory against Italy, August 1931
Godfrey Lionel Rampling (14 May 1909 - 20 June 2009), English athlete, army officer and centenarian. Shown here easily winning the quarter mile flat race in 48.8 seconds at an international athletics

Lt. G. L Ramplings victory at the 1931 A. A. A Championships
Godfrey Lionel Rampling (14 May 1909 - 20 June 2009), English athlete, army officer and centenarian. Shown here winning the 440 yards or quarter mile flat race in 48.6 seconds at the Amateur

Official Programme for the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
The Official Programme for the Games of the Xth Olympiad, held in Los Angeles, USA

Life / 1924 Olympics
Life Magazine, Olympic number, featuring humorous cartoons of the various events, including shooting, diving, athletics, boxing and horse jumping

Swimming champion with medals on his costume
A swimming champion wearing a Rolls Royce Athletics Club badge and 35 medals on his costume

Paper Chase Scrap
Paper chase, a sport rarely performed today because of the risk of polluting the evironment and the destruction of trees involved

Deerfoot V Jackson 1861
The race between Deerfoot and Jackson at Brompton, London

Lady Athlete Exercises
This female athlete exercising is a paragon of health and fitness

Athletic Outfits C19
Different athletic outfits on be worn for different races; paper chase, flat race and one mile chase costumes are seen here

Florida Athletics
Athletic and gymnastic feats of the natives of Florida, as recorded by the visiting Europeans

Islington Walk Race 1878
The Six Days Pedestrian Race at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. (Vaughan on the left, O Leary centre and Brown being sponged on left)

Sport / Athletics: running
RUNNING W.G.GEORGE and W.CUMMINGS run a ten - mile race at Lillie Bridge for 100 a side !

French cross-country race at Saint Cloud
A French national cross-country race at Saint-Cloud -- Never has one seen a grander sporting spectacle than these 309 runners - solid chaps with bulging muscles

Putting the Shot, 1875
Putting the weight, or shot, at the Universities Athletic Sports, held at West Brompton

Putting the Shot, 1867
Oxford and Cambridge athletes compete at Beaufort House, Walham Green : Cambridge won the PUTTING THE WEIGHT (or SHOT)contest

C16 German Athletics
Activities in progress at a German medieval athletics contest include wrestling and stone throwing

C. B. F. Fry, Athlete
C.B.F. Fry, athlete

London Athletes W / Oxygen
London athletes breathe oxygen before exercise in order to improve their performance

Olympics / 1896 Burke
The start of the 100m won by Burke, America (wearing red shorts)

Royal Air Force Training
Physical training in the Royal Air Force

Oxford & Cambridge Run
The Oxford and Cambridge Sports in the Christchurch Meadows, Oxford

Obstacle Racers
Competitors in an obstacle race at a military camp have to scramble through barrels

Sack Racers
These contestants in a sack race are enclosed in neck-high sacks, preventing the use of the arms should they stumble or tumble

Running at Woolwich
Men from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, Kent, compete in a running race which takes them over obstacles such as this pool into which some are diving

Over the Hurdles
Four hurdlers clear the hurdles almost simultaneously

Young Ladies Run 1828
Running race for young ladies, at Tenterden

Ancient Roman athletes playing handball

Womens hurdles at Monte Carlo
The annual womens athletics meeting at Monte Carlo -- a hurdle race, with a French contestant in the lead

High Jump in Paris 1890
Athletics meeting in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris (France) : the high jump

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