Tunisia's biggest misery in Modern Pentathlon at Rome 1960 | Strangest Moments

The Olympic Games has seen plenty of athletes struggle in their events, but Tunisia's modern pentathlon team raised the bar at the Olympic Games 1960 in Rome.

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[ledtargaouschi]

well, in our defense, this were only 4 years after Tunisia got its independence, so a lot of things were kind of messy...

[blaqkhavok]

How did they even qualify for the Olympics then if they were that terrible ?

[Zig]

The Olympic Channel couldn't dig up actual footage of the event? 🤨

[jasminejohnston]

I watch this and realize that Tunisia recently won a gold medal for swimming in Tokyo!

[gostavoadolfos]

They are probably from wealthy families and went just for a silly adventure.

[wassel]

I' m Tunisian, so proud of my country 🤧(Happiness tears)

[nerdymmermaid]

Does this mean the half pipe skier woman from the last winter games will eventually get a video?

[tizou._]

But now we have
Ines boubahri : fencing bronze medal Rio 2016
Oussema ousleti: taekwondo bronze medal
Oussema malouli : gold medal swimming
Marwa amri:wrestling bronze medal
And others

[archstanton]

The Pentathlon is based on the idea of an old army officer delivering a letter (I think) and the trials he might face so combat sports (fencing/shooting) along with travelling (swim/ride/run)

[arthurdiserbeau]

What about the running competition? Or the cross country if I remember well

[NOLeagueNOLifeTN]

فرحت كي لقيت اول مرة فديوا يحكي على تونس
يخي نلقاهم يفرك فيهم علينا
دوح يا تونس

[jukadeters]

That would be my friends and me, if we participated in the olympics

[finishsniber]

Tunesia or Tunisia? From where I'm from (USA), it's Tunisia

[shabizafran]

Well, I guess that Calv*n Kle*n underware really famous in 1960 (2:43) .. LMAO, but it's so fun to watch. thanks

[samuelbousfield]

Considering tunisa is where Carthage was.them winning in Rome would be to much.I think it's safe to say scpios ghost was haunting them.

[nexusofboredom]

If you think about it .. it is not an odd mixture.. They all fit together with the old fashioned out door living :)

[elizabethcox]

Tunisia isn’t a big name at the Olympics...

[AllenManor]

Very poor video on all levels, starting with the misspelled title.

[gl]

It must had looked like a road cycling race at the crossfit games

[oueslati]

if you are Tunisian and you come across this video, don't feel shame, just tell yourself that you are awesome