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Pastimes : Olympics: Best and Worst
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To: Kenneth Kirk who wrote (1)9/3/2004 4:05:02 PM
From: Kenneth Kirk   of 7
 
Worst moments in modern Olympic history:

10. Stockholm 1912: Jim Thorpe wins both pentathlon and decathlon, an incredible feat, but has the medals stripped for having played in a minor league baseball game.

9. Sydney 2000: women's gymnastics officials set the vault height 1" too low, costing Svetlana Khorkina a chance to medal.

8. Mexico 1968: Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos are stripped of their 200 dash medals for giving a black power salute on the medal stand.

7. Athens 2004: a freak in a kilt attacks the leader of the marathon, costing him gold.

6. Paris 1900: French marathoners show up first at the finish, looking like they hadn't run, and not having passed anybody along the way.

5. Sydney 2000: Eddie the Eel embarrasses swimming. What a slap in the face to all those good athletes who didn't make it to the games.

4. Moscow and LA, 1980 and 1984: boycotts mean the games weren't "fully attended". Nonetheless those records, such as the record by a gymnast for most medals in one olympics, stand as official records.

3. Melbourne 1956: "Blood in the water". Hungary and the USSR get into a slugfest in water polo after a Hungarian player is hit hard in the eye. The USSR had just invaded Hungary. The match is ended early as the fighting was spreading to the stands.

2. Munich 1972: The Soviets get extra seconds, twice, so they can defeat the US in basketball. The US team is so disgusted they refuse the silver medals.

1. Munich 1972: Terrorist kill several Israeli athletes. Suddenly the rest of the list doesn't seem so bad.
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