The 10 Most Shocking Olympic Tragedies

For an event meant to bring people together, many have used the Olympics as a way to tear us apart. For this list, we’ll be looking at various tragedies and controversies that occurred during, or in the runup to, the Olympic Games. Our countdown includes Beijing Displacements, The Centennial Olympic Park Incident, The Munich Massacre, and more! Which of these stories do you find the most shocking? Let us know in the comments below!

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[WatchMojo]

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

[debbie]

I was surprised you didn’t mention the Luge athlete who died in the Calgary Olympics during a practice run. They even made changes to the course before the actual race.

[unbfacts]

0:33 Francisco Lazaro overheats
1:15 Beijing Displacements
2:25 Nicolas Bochatay's Practice Run
3:24 Hungary & The USSR's Water Polo Match
4:50 Knud Enemark Jensen Collapses
5:31 The USA Gymnastics Scandal
6:46 The Estadio Nacional Disaster
7:44 The Tlatelolco Protest
8:52 The Centennial Olympic Park Incident
10:14 The Munich Attack

Really devastating incidents in the history of sports!

[henny]

Poor Richard Jewell, they really fucked that man's life up and never really gave him an apology. May he RIP, he really is a hero.

[josi]

My friend was swimming for Ecuador when the Munich attack occurred. He said that he and his fellow athletes were located rather far from that section of the Olympic village and were not fully aware of what all was going on at the time. Not sure if TV access was restricted or what. Apparently the German police had that area of the village pretty locked down, but to everyone's horror it made no difference for those Israeli athletes. Such a tragedy.

[rebeccawhite]

Missing the death of the luger form Georgia at the 2010 games is a massive oversight on your part.

[carolharris]

Some years back, I saw a riveting documentary about about the 1972 Olympic tragedy in Munich. Such a horrible event, especially the erroneous news reports blaring that all the hostages had been successfully rescued, when in fact they were murdered.

[caziis]

When the father launched at Nassar I was rooting for the punch. So Sad the trauma this girls had to endure for so many years.

[martharivera]

While that was happening in Tlateloco, the Halconez, who were a militant gorillas, were massacre in other students, who were unarmed, indiscriminately, in La Avenida Santa Maria. I was a little girl but the brutality and sanguineary these gorillas committed are still imprinted in my memory. All the events covered in your channel were sad and tragic.

[Mari-sfpm]

There’s a tragic accident where a young Georgian man named Nodar Kumaritashvili who passed away from luge practice run in the 2010 winter Olympic.

[Chocobear]

I don't mean to sound insensitive, but I don't think that the water polo brawl is tragic. You should have included the fatal luge accident that took place during the 2010 Winter Olympics. *That* is a tragedy.

[evanblack]

What about Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who was killed in a practice run on the day of the 2010 Opening Ceremonies?

[Shogundoxie]

Wow, the Georgian Luger that died the same day as the open ceremonies of the Vancouver winter games doesn't even get a mention?

[JolN]

Its funny how outside of Mexico they're known as the Tlatelolco "protest" and no as the Tlatelolco massacre, like they're known here.

[karenkaler]

I'll never in my .

whole life forget the 1972 Olympics tragedy. It was one of the most frightening things ever, beside Walter Cronkite's report on the Vietnam War on TV

[brandonuboyd]

The luge accident that was fatal was very tragic.

[charapresscott]

11:04 I am infuriated by the failing of that ambush as well because it wasn’t the police’s fault. Black September reportedly used the news broadcasters who were on scene to learn where they were coming from.

[GratefulPrimate]

I think the Tlateloco massacre should've been #1, because the HOST government MASSACRED thousands of THEIR OWN citizens for protesting the games itself, which opened only 10 days later.
I think that deserves more notoriety, since the Atlanta and Munich tragedies were security lapses by the host countries.

[megalon]

No doubt the “Munich Massacre” is the most Tragic incident in Olympic history. Even 50 years later.

[manueltapia]

Number 3 is a sad day to México, how many innocent people died that day.