London's Austerity Olympics

How the 1948 Olympics helped London emerge from its post-war gloom.

• 10 mins

Hassiba Boulmerka Defies Death Threats

How the Algerian runner's success made her a political opponent for extremists

• 10 mins

American Football's "Greatest Game"

How the "Greatest Game" in American Football turned the sport into a modern phenomenon.

• 10 mins

Nancy Kerrigan Attacked

How an attack on the ice skater Nancy Kerrigan, shocked the USA in 1994.

• 9 mins

Sir Stirling Moss

In 1955, Sir Stirling Moss faced his biggest motor racing challenge - the Mille Miglia.

• 9 mins

Women's Marathon Pioneer

How Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967

• 9 mins

The Jamaican bobsled team

In 1988 the Caribbean island fielded a bobsled team at the Winter Olympics.

• 9 mins

The Death of Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna was one of the best Formula One drivers ever, He died in a crash in 1994

• 9 mins

The Three Degrees

Three black players who found fame in the British football league in the 1970s.

• 9 mins

Cliff Young - Potato Farmer and Ultrarunner

How ageing potato farmer Cliff Young, became an Australian running legend.

• 10 mins

Boat Race Mutiny

The Oxford coach on an unprecedented mutiny by a group of American rowers in 1987.

• 10 mins

Bob Champion wins the National

How Bob Champion overcame cancer to win the Grand National horse race in 1981.

• 10 mins

Michael Johnson

How the US sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m record at the 1996 Olympics.

• 10 mins

Tied Test Match

Former Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the first tie in test-match cricket.

• 10 mins

Lance Armstrong

A close friend describes Lance Armstrong's comeback from cancer to win the Tour De France.

• 10 mins

Lasse Viren

In the 1972 Olympics he broke the 10,000 metre world record despite falling in the race.

• 10 mins

The Olympics when Greg Louganis hit his head on a diveboard

The American diver talks about the 1988 Seoul Olympics and mis-timing his dive

• 10 mins

Four-Minute Mile

How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.

• 10 mins

Maradona's 'Hand of God'

Former England striker Gary Lineker on Maradona's historic goals in the 1986 World Cup.

• 10 mins

Flo-Jo - the American Sprinter with Hollywood Style

Her husband and coach Al Joyner recalls Flo-Jo's four medal wins at Seoul in 1988

• 10 mins

Derek Redmond - Never Give Up

How the injured runner inspired millions by hobbling to the finish of his Olympic race.

• 10 mins

Martina Navratilova

The tennis legend on defecting from Czechoslovakia and then winning Wimbledon in 1978.

• 10 mins

Bob Beamon and the 'Leap of the Century'

The American long-jumper on shattering the world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics

• 9 mins

Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie's 10,000m Final

Close finish - Gebrselassie beat his rival Paul Tergat of Kenya by less than a second

• 10 mins

The Best Of Sporting Witness

A compilation of some of the most memorable stories from the series.

• 49 mins

Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Coronation Derby

Sporting Witness takes you back to the coronation derby in 1953.

• 10 mins

Katarina Witt

The glamorous East German skater remembers dancing Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

• 9 mins

Dan Jansen

The American speed-skater who overcame personal tragedy to win Olympic gold

• 9 mins

Kenya's First Winter Olympian

How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero

• 9 mins

The Miracle On Ice

At the 1980 Winter Olympics, the USA faced the USSR in a Cold War hockey showdown.

• 9 mins