Top 20 Most Scandalous Olympic Controversies Ever

These moments gave the Olympics a black eye. For this list, we’ll be looking at the worst controversies to have plagued the Olympic Games. Our countdown includes South Korea Bribes Judges, The Salt Lake City Bid Scandal, Nazi Olympics, and more! Which of these do you find the most outrageous? Let us know in the comments below!

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[WatchMojo]

Which of these do you find the most outrageous? Let us know in the comments below!

[EllieYuki]

A big one is the Paralympic 2000 summer games where Spain's winning intellectually disabled basketball team was made up of men with no disabilities

[carlstawicki]

Another big controversy was falsely accusing Richard Jewell of the Atlanta bombing. He was actually a hero who saved a lot of lives.

[postoffice]

Tommie Smith and John Carlos were banned by the IOC for their so called Black Power salute in 1968. Peter Norman, who won silver in that race supported their cause and for that support had his whole country of Australia turning against him. He never wavered even though that stopped him representing his country again. Ostracised and denied employment, he stuck by his principles and stood up against injustice right to the end. At his funeral, who helped carry his coffin? Tommie and John. Friends for life.

[wyattderp]

Peter Norman deserved better from Australia. Took until 2006 for him to be recognised as a successful Australian athlete. He's an Aussie legend!

[Muhammadwasapedo]

"The media couldn't decide who to blame" is a very eye opening quote. Since when does the media decide what is the truth?

[neneolivares]

Let’s never forget that Kurt angle won a gold medal with a BROKEN FREAKING NECK!

[necromora]

You forgot the 1904 Olympics where one dude literally hitched a ride during a foot race 😂

[callmelyn]

I thought the 1972 Munich games where two Israelis died and nine were taken hostage would be on this list.

[ItsJustRyansChannel]

The only pairs figure skating team I care about is Michaels and MacElroy. 🤠

[alysonshorthouse]

I'm going to say the 2012 badminton scandal was pretty big. 4 sets of doubles deliberately playing to lose. Im biased because I was officiating for the first one and it was shocking

[laryssalapa]

Really… People are still trying to save face for Lochte? Even after camera recordings and his own admission?
Shameful.

[thefredo]

A very important event that is left out is the Tlatelolco Massacre

[vivianmansur]

What they did to Vila Autódromo should never be forgotten. I'm from Rio and it was enraging and painful to see what the people there went through.

[SpareSomeChange]

I think you're going to need another "top 20" compilation dedicated *just* for the Paris Olympics 😂

[madabbafan]

I know this is the Olympics but the 2000 Paralympic basketball for those with learning difficulties tops the lot. Spain won the gold but it was later found that they had faked documents to get players with no learning difficulties into the team and into other events to win medals to gain more sponsorship.

[pandabearmadness]

Roy Jones Jr losing gold was so upsetting

[redpandamurphy]

In equine showjumping, an Irishman was riding on their horse for the qualifying round. It got to the last obstacle. Suddenly, someone ran across the horse causing it to be frightened and not perform the last jump. The guy who was responsible for scaring the horse wasn't reprimanded and the jockey wasn't allowed to have another go.

[zachwalker]

For number 11. You didn't mention the fact that they restarted the final three seconds three times form two sections of the court Frist from the. Full Court line, then twice form half court. And only said that the game was over when USA lost. Pure bullshit

[ephvvonlyway]

One I remember was Ross Rubigliotti who was stripped of his gold medal for snowboarding because he tested positive for marijuana, then had the medal reinstated because marijuana wasn’t a banned substance at the time, marijuana is not performance enhancing, and because the amount in his sample was only the equivalent of having smoked 17 BILLIONTHS of a gram