Top 5 Upsets in Olympic History | Top Moments

The incredible win of Steven Bradbury, Puerto Rico's basketball offering the first defeat for Team USA since 1992, Rulon Gardner defeating an Olympic Wrestling legend, the Japanese Softball team beating the all-time favourites USA and a team of USA amateurs performing a "miracle" against the standing champions USSR, which is your most memorable upset in the Olympic Games?


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[daveo]

Bradbury all the way....fkn awesome still in 2019.

[psychodelicjoey]

Billy Mills winning the 10, 000 meters in the 1964 Olympics at least deserves a spot on this list, if not #1. No one had ever heard of him, he was 2nd in the U.S. trials after losing to a high schooler(Lindgren) and the only people who believed in him was himself and his wife. He had never won a 10, 000m race before winning Gold and he dropped more than a minute off his previous best to win Gold.

[ZhangtheGreat]

I would love to see a list of athletes who finally won gold after multiple tries. Two names come to mind: Dan Jansen in 1994 (speed skating) and Hicham El Guerrouj in 2004 (middle distance running).

[MikeSmith]

Have always been and will always be, the Miracle on Ice!!!

[XxxX-wxer]

Steven Bradbury was the other Miracle On Ice

[craZcheese]

If America owns Puerto Rico, then wouldn't that match just be the US beating the US

[keithsmith]

The USSR - US hockey game in Lake Placid was the next-to-last game, but it wasn't a "semi-final." They didn't use direct elimination; the teams in the final round all played one another in a round robin. I believe that before the last game against Finland it was still mathematically possible for the U.S. to be shut out of the medals entirely.

[Tblay]

You guys are wrong on the last one. The Miracle on Ice wasn't a semi-final game. It was a medal round game. The medal round consisted of the top 2 teams from the first round groups playing against each other (USSR, USA, Finland and Sweden). At the end of the 3 games, USA won the Gold because they finished the round with the most points out of the 4 teams (1 point for tie vs Sweden, 2 for win vs USSR and 2 for win vs Finland.). They won the Gold with 5 points; USSR took the Silver with 4 points.

[l]

bradbury only 5th, what were you guys drinking???

[Liamflynnphoto]

We all already knew what number 1 would be

[masonpyle]

I wasn’t even born but the miracle on ice will be the greatest upset of all time.

[ohioskibidifanumrizzler]

How can u say Bradbury's win was 5th it is hot as in Australia so he cant train in the cold all the time but Americans have cold places everywhere

[canada]

i may be Canadian but i thought Puerto Rico was American

[rickbruner]

Billy Mills winning the 10, 000 meters in Tokyo 1964

[Pwndbythnb]

4. America's plan to beat America at olympic basketball is with America

[helpuhealth]

Alexander karelin was 887 wins and 1 loss his entire wrestling career....Rulon Gardner made him sayin'

[pankajk.r]

Who is here after India defeated Australia in Quarterfinals of Women's Hockey of Tokyo Olympics

[CSLucasEpic]

So, Puerto Rico beating the Dream Team is an upset, but Lithuania and Argentina beating them is not?

[danielbarna]

They made a movie out of the last one. Unsurprisingly, the movie got named “Miracle”

[sylvcast]

Great britain 4*100 relay in Athen?
Blankers-Koen who "was too old"?
Emil Zatopek Marathon?