Here are some of the most impressive moments ever captured in the history of sports games
The Opening Ceremony of the XXII summer Olympic Games, Moscow, 1980
Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, ran barefoot for victory in the Rome 1960 Olympic Games marathon. Bikila couldn’t find shoes that fit well, so he opted to run barefoot. Luckily, that was how he trained
1912 Olympic Shooting (Vilhelm and Eric Carlberg)
Sharing a cigarette during the 1920 Tour de France
The 1950 FIFA World Cup Final between Brazil and Uruguay in the Maracanã stadium. Spectated officially by 173,850 people and possibly by over 200,000, this remains the most attended football match ever
Doug Coombs dropping in at Corbet’s Couloir (Wyoming), 1989
Playing auto polo in Canada, 1919
The high jump at Olympics games in London, 1908
18 year-old Muhammad Ali stands alone at the 1960 Rome Olympics
Terry Fox, a 21 year old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon a day. He made it 143 days and 5,373 km before the spread of his cancer forced him to quit. He died in June 1981
In 1912, Native American Olympian Jim Thorpe had his running shoes stolen the morning of the event. He found two mismatched shoes in the garbage, ran in them, and won two gold medals that very same day
Bobby Fischer aged 21 in 1964 playing 50 opponents simultaneously, he won 47, drew 2 and lost 1
Enzo Ferrari in his first ever race as a professional driver for C.M.N. (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali), Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb race, 1919. He finished fourth
Italian cyclist Gino Sciardis getting his bike lubricated during the 1949 Tour de France
The winning scene at the finish of the first Tour de France, 1903
