Track and Field in the National Archives

A participant runs in the track competition of the Texas State Special Olympics at the University of Texas campus, August 1986. Photo by David N. Stead. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in the National Archives Catalog.

A track and field athlete jumps hurdles at Chemawa Indian School Track, May 1971. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Air Force 2nd Lt. Alonzo Babers runs in a track and field heat at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Ken Hackman. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Track and field athletes practice for the 1976 Summer Olympics at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, July 1976. President Gerald Ford is among the spectators. White House Photographic Office Collection (Ford Administration). View in the National Archives Catalog.

Special Olympics athlete competes in the running long jump competition at Howard University in Washington, DC, May 2006. Photo by JO1 Kristin Fitzsimmons. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in the National Archives Catalog.

President Ronald Reagan greeting Florence Griffith Joyner in the Oval Office, October 1988. Part of the Reagan White House Photographs series. View in the National Archives Catalog.

President George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Paralympics Track and Field Team member Scott Winkler in the Rose Garden at the White House, July 2008. Photo by Shealah Craighead. Records of the White House Photo Office (George W. Bush Administration). View in the National Archives Catalog.

Army runners approaching the finish line at a track and field meet, circa 1930. Records of the U.S. Military Academy. View in the National Archives Catalog.