The Stories of the Craziest Mistakes at the Olympic Games | Strangest Moments

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Wrong anthems, basketball played on clay and a pair of underpants attached to the Olympic Torch. Things don't always go according to plan

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I wish we could hear the improvised anthem

TaiStar

"Craziest mistakes at the Olympics", yet no mention of the 3000m Steeplechase final in 1932?

For those unaware, the person in charge of the lap counter was distracted by the long jump in the decathlon and forgot to change the sign, meaning the athletes had to run an extra lap.

DitzyNizzy

Dude from Luxembourg might have been the oldest ever medalist but that's not shocking nor is the band not knowing the anthem for that country. What was the most shocking was in Sydney 2000 when the vault was set too low in the ladies event leading to some of the best gymnasts crashing out. That was the biggest Olympic fail of all time.

weekendhacker

I laughed really hard at the anthem story. And then when he mentioned that the champ cried, I lost it. World's greatest mystery; why did he cry? We will never know

Leslie_the_Great

"gaze in hushed awe at a pair of flaming underpants"

Now _there_ is a sentence not said often. :D

michaelkarnerfors

The Philippine basketball team was the biggest victim of the inaugural Olympic basketball tournament in 1936. The squad lost only once but had to settle for fifth place because of the quirk in the rules. They placed behind Mexico, which they beat in Round 2 and Poland, which lost in Round 1. Both Mexico and Poland needed wins in the consolation round to keep their medal hopes alive but the Filipinos never had a chance after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals as organizers decided to make it a knockout round from Round 3 onwards. The organizers should have just made it a double elimination round to be fair to every team.

phsportsguy

Please stop ruining good videos with daft 30 second skits that are totally out of place.

teebonesteak

That torch thing event is probably the most aussie thing that could’ve occured at an Aussie olympics, that and someone doing a shoey

bobathy

The Russian fencing team turned up to the 1908 London Olympics 12 days late because they were using a different calendar.

tomrace

Basketball was played outdoors in Europe for a long time, not just at the 1936 Olympics. The first European Championship to be played indoors were in 1961, in Belgrade.

savastevanovic

*when you’re godly enough to prank one of the most important sporting events in the world*

hanoihero

The 19-8 match of Canada an the US it was probably more because of the non-existance of the 24 sec. clock rather than the field, it's possible to play basketball without dribling, it's boring, but possible

_MrMoney

LOL!! That last guy should be an Australian treasure. Forget Paul Hogan, Kylie Minogue and Yahoo Serious. "Flaming underwear on a stick guy" is tops.

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