Another scandal was caused when citizens of Rio got their homes moved bacause of the olimpics

@armpitification

5 жыл бұрын

Basically the same thing they did in China. 😢

@TheDLitch

4 жыл бұрын

Olympics

@larrysterback7676

4 жыл бұрын

Yea same thing happened when they had the Olympics in Rio.

@qinghe6511

4 жыл бұрын

Mebby137 nah

@swipeswifejess3234

4 жыл бұрын

THIS

Remember that time Ryan Lochte said he was robbed at gun point in Rio but it was just a made up story?

@riahlexington

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@arthas640

6 жыл бұрын

i alwasy thought that was hilarious. its like, why the fuck did he do it? What could he gain? We already know Rio is a shitty place, but was he expecting they'd make a movie about his valiant struggle against crime? did he hope the judges would give him a gold medal out of pity?

@KevinTheSkullAnderson

6 жыл бұрын

I would have left Lockte in Rio while I took a first-class flight back to the States.

@paulh7026

6 жыл бұрын

good call considering all the likes on this comment "idiotass"

@paulh7026

6 жыл бұрын

it was a controversy about an athlete lying about something happening to him in the Olympic city. You are a joke.

Lets not forget the unsung hero, the Australian runner Peter Norman who stood in solidarity with Tommie Smith and John Carlos on that podium. It cost him his medal too plus it ruined his career but he did it anyway and stuck by that decision even though he was offered his career back if he renounced his support and condemned the American runners.

@stephenharvey4138

5 жыл бұрын

There is a whole documentary about this. I can't be f#### looking up its name. Yes I'm Australian and yes i'm drunk.

@mariewhitehead6108

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! This!!

@typhoidtyphoon

4 жыл бұрын

He's not even on the statue, is he? That's gotta hurt.

@simonmcneilly55

4 жыл бұрын

Didn’t he also give them th idea for the gloves ....

@phantomofmalus7054

4 жыл бұрын

@@typhoidtyphoon actually, Peter Norman suggested that his spot be left bare, so that people can stand in his spot to show their solidarity with the statue

People always forget Peter Norman. He's the "forgotten hero" from the 1968 photo. His career was destroyed because of his own part in the infamous moment but no one ever remembers him. His absence from the statue in itself is a symbol of this.

@limlaith

2 жыл бұрын

It really is a kick in the teeth to leave him off the monument. A massive slap in the face.

Jesse Owens would like a word about "...medals were even won by some Jewish and black athletes." He destroyed the myth of Aryan superiority, winning four gold medals. The games were actually something of an embarrassment for Germany as a result. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens

@yasminemobley7858

2 жыл бұрын

Jesse Owens was awesome!

I was 13 years old when Tommie Smith and John Carlos were on the podium and it rocked my entire worldview. It still gives me chills to see that photograph. They ignited a lifetime of activism in me.

@chayden153

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@brianarbenz7206

3 жыл бұрын

They won the bravery and integrity gold medals forever!

@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796

2 жыл бұрын

I was the same age in 1968, and it gave me the shivers…

Kathy Freeman carrying the aboriginal flag in sydney 2000. Im white and that woman is an inspiration to me. Im glad she just ignored the idiots and stuck by what she did

@Snowfang00andco

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, she was a proud indigenous woman who stood up for her people. I fully support what she did.

@tonylove4800

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure how that is controversial. Maybe the exact opposite as you say.

@blitzblix9455

2 жыл бұрын

that wasnt contorversial since it was the 2000s

@limlaith

2 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't matter if you're white or her black. That's supposed to be the whole point - that race and skin color are meaningless. I can't wait for the day when everyone in the world has inter-bred to the point that we're all an indeterminate shade of brown.

The 1968 was a total shambles. Both Smith and Carlos was showing what black men can do and Peter Norman who was a Silver medalist from Australia also wore the badge that both Carlos and Smith was wearing as a form of respect to the dedication they had. Smith himself even said in an interview (Not quote on quote but it goes something like this) "When Norman asked me about the badge, I told him it's about the Black Power Movement we're having in America where the African Americans are lobbying for better rights to the colored people. Instead of showing disdain, He (Norman) even said that Australia is a free country where everybody lives happily with each other. He even asked if we minded if he was to wear the same badges that we wore on the podium and show his own sign of support for our movement. We gladly gave him the badge and when it's our turn to go on the podium, Carlos realized that he forgot his gloves back in the Olympic Village and it was Norman himself who said "Why not just pass your left hand glove to Carlos then now both of you have the same gloves ain't it?" What we both expected was to see fear in Norman's eyes. I din't. I saw love". Because of this fiasco, Peter Norman was stripped off his titles and even medals and no form of apology was even given to his family members even after his death till a couple of years later. However, his death was so controversial in the Olympic world that when he died, both Smith and Carlos became his pallbearer and treated him as a very great friend.

@yougotnolife20

7 жыл бұрын

Damn, that's tragic.

@MrLolx2u

7 жыл бұрын

It is tragic but that's how the 1960-70s were. Full of controversies and racial issues.

@yougotnolife20

7 жыл бұрын

+Speed Reaper Yeah as a black man, I am very glad that I did not live in that era. It's unbelievable.

@DM-it1qf

4 жыл бұрын

Even in 2000 because Peter Norman still wouldn’t apologise to the Olympic Committee for not yielding to them in the 70’s, he was not permitted to walk in the Sydney Opening Ceremony. 2000. Australia was supposed to be a modern society by that stage. Think about that.

@ianwestc

4 жыл бұрын

1968 was pretty much a shamble of a year all around.

Jim Thorpe was stripped of his medals because it came out that he played baseball for money therefore denying his amatuer status. In the 60's & 70s I remember many Russian women atheletes undergoing chromosome tests to determine if in fact they were men. You never touched on that. Finally in the 1936 Olympics, two Jewish runners were told not to run in the games by the US so as not to piss off Germany. Now that's self-censoring if I ever heard it.

@solststs

7 жыл бұрын

+Devin McLaughlin how is this racist ,🤔

@victoria3011

7 жыл бұрын

+Devin McLaughlin These are all true and very pertinent facts... Maybe you're the "super racist"...

@BrockDumesnil

7 жыл бұрын

Please give evidence that explains how this person was racist instead of just throwing around buzzwords. Unless you can provide an argument filled with facts that can be confirmed to be facts, please shut the hell up and leave this place, you ignorant brat.

@sonyakitzmiller1250

6 жыл бұрын

alg11297 and yet when basketball was bought back, the US send "the Dream Team". Only the best paid players the NBA had to offer.

@silvergir89

5 жыл бұрын

And yet allowed Jesse Owens (an African-American) to go to Germany and win in Track & Field, oh the irony.

yet again no one mentions the Australian who supported Smith and Carlos and whos life and sporting career was ruined for standing up for what was right.

@isobel64

5 жыл бұрын

as opposed to the two men who were punished

@dionnefaulkes

5 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, millions never even knew about Peter Norman and his brave yet controversial involvement. America's media focused only on Carlos and Smith. His death, statue and the publicized apology is bringing more light. We will more and more about him. It's not over.

@ridedamaverick

4 жыл бұрын

@@isobel64 In time, Smith and Carlos were celebrated and acknowledged as right. Peter Norman was *literally* disgraced until after he died.

@stacymar684

4 жыл бұрын

Just what I was going to comment. Not to mention the denial of the gold medal to the US basketball team only being an "honorable mention".

@BrokeNerfing

4 жыл бұрын

It's a top 10 video. Make your own if you care that much

Kim Yuna getting silver in sochi when she clearly deserved gold.

@alyssajp6085

7 жыл бұрын

True

@gracelee9812

7 жыл бұрын

I was just going to comment something about that.

@OboyOgreObitch

7 жыл бұрын

shes just hyped. The Russian nailed it.

@Devilogical

7 жыл бұрын

Russian atlete`s programm was harder, she jumps higher and spins longer. That`s obviously seen in slow-mo repeat. So why Kim Yuna should be given gold?

@pooploverbabe

7 жыл бұрын

The russian's program was harder but the level of execution was poor in comparison to yuna.

Here's another one: Roy Jones Jr. getting screwed out of the gold at the '88 Olympics in Seoul. He clearly outboxed his South Korean opponent but the judges (many of whom were bribed) gave the gold to the South Korean

I know it's a smaller scandal, but for me, I will never forget Surya Bonaly at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. There were two superstars in the running, and she wasn't one of them (they were Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan). Some people claimed more than a few of the judges weren't even watching her skate carefully, or at all. So she did something outrageous: she made a backflip/one-foot landing. At the time, she was the first and only female pro skater who could pull that trick off. It was also dangerous and very much against the rules. I remember her telling people that she knew she wasn't getting a medal and the judges were barely giving a damn about her performance...so she gave them something no other female skater could. It was a big middle finger to an Olympics that had determined who the big winners were likely to be before any of them took to the ice. She remains the only female Olympic skater to pull off that move. You can see it on KZread, and you should.

@elisefincher4478

5 жыл бұрын

Angel Singer I agree she was poorly judged and their half assed explanation that the flip bonaly did wasn't "a legal move" therefore she didn't get any points for it was just proof they had their favorites and were pretty biased in their judging.

@bardlover6

5 жыл бұрын

Elise Fincher Yes! I remember my mom and I being blown away by her perfectly executed flip

@petergeyer7584

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. That was a great moment. I remember the television announcers were saying before Bonaly even started that the judges had it in for her.

@wakedawncat9290

5 жыл бұрын

Other than cool backflip - she wasn't a great skater. Erratic jumps, changing program during mid-skate, & not @ all graceful. 🎿

@geminitw4868

4 жыл бұрын

snd she didn't face the judges at the end of the program; she turned her back on them.

How about: Marion Jones? The death of Florence Griffith Joyner? The USA men's basketball team refusing anti-doping tests?

In the 1992 Olympics, french canadian Sylvie Fréchette got robbed of a gold medal in the solo synchronized swimming event when a Brazilian judge hit the wrong button on her keyboard. Even though the judge admitted right away she had made a mistake, it took 16 months for Fréchette to finally get the gold medal she deserved. With the Salé/Pelletier fugure skating controversy, this makes two "gold medals not awarded because of a judge for Québec's athletes" ;-)

@IcaroIan

2 жыл бұрын

So... shes wasn't robbed. It was a problem que was solved. You say like he wanted to pressnthe wrong buttom, bu the confessed rightaway

What about that Chinese gymnast who was thought to be 13?

@Muyuyu439

4 жыл бұрын

no actually they were supposed to be 16, but some of them were even as young as 12

@knequestrian93

4 жыл бұрын

@@Muyuyu439 I thought the main offender was said to be 10? Unless I misread and that was when she was placed on their national team

@ThePirateprincess23

3 жыл бұрын

Kimberly Nielson she was 14 when she was put on the Olympic team in 2000. The truth came out in 2010, causing both her AND her teammates to forfeit their bronze medals.

@ThePirateprincess23

3 жыл бұрын

achsdu17 that really should have at least gotten an honorable mention.

its been 1 minute and there is 2 dislikes on a 15 minute video..

@opal5151

7 жыл бұрын

Ik

@golazogamerhd6285

7 жыл бұрын

they dislike to watch the world burn

@awesomeducc7650

7 жыл бұрын

lol

@blinkshadown

7 жыл бұрын

and how many likes? people dislike withour watching and like without watching, whats your point?

@tylerhill40

7 жыл бұрын

+GolazoGamerHD Right lol

The Jamie Salé and David Pelletier figure skating was absolutely breathtaking. So beautifully skated!! That scandal made me so heartbroken for them.

@simonmarshall19

3 жыл бұрын

Now Jamie Salè is now married to Craig Simpson of HNIC

@ilkeadrall710

2 жыл бұрын

And what about Lithuanian Figure Skating ice dancing pair (Vanagas and Dobriazko) they were 5th and didn't fall. Italians fell and were 3rd, Canadians fell and were 4th. So don't be so Canadian heartbroken because Jamie Salé and David Pelletier are an absolutely disgusting figure skating pair but they are Canadians.

there is one Roy Jones Jr was robbed of his Olympic gold medal by a Korean fighter in 1988 Olympics

@F1na1S1ngular1ty

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I was surprised that it wasn't even an honorable mention

@pktank1

7 жыл бұрын

i was certain roys robbery was gonna be on here

@moorebounce

7 жыл бұрын

I should of read some of the comments but I mentioned the same. That was pretty big. It shows how racist some people are and we can kind of question how this didn't make it on the list.

@moorebounce

7 жыл бұрын

I think it should've been in the top 5 let alone the top spot.

@arthurjones3670

7 жыл бұрын

+moorebounce get this one thing you didn't was that judge in that gold medal was From Seoul South Korea and you know he was not going against that south Korean fighter in 1988.

With regard to the Black Power/Human Rights salute of 1968, it'd be great if you could also mention the sacrifice the Aussie who won silver made by supporting the pair. Tommy and Carlos felt Peter Norman was treated worse here than they were in the US. He was outcast, ridiculed and was prohibited from competing in any further Olympics. Only after his premature death in 2006 (he was just 64), was there an apology given in the Australian Parliament in 2012. Shame on us all for letting this happen.

In regards to number 2 on the list, I wish they'd mentioned what happened to the Aussie guy who ended up getting silver. He wore a human rights pin with them and ended up getting treated badly when he got home too. But they don't tend to mention him in history

The Tanya Harding scandal was all over the media. In fact, it was incorporated into the second stanza of Weird Al's song "Headline News".

I just adore how in story about USSR team members called just "russians". Come on, guys, it is kinda not professional.

@EVO6-

7 жыл бұрын

they're Russians. Russian. from Russia. Is there a problem?

@elsharkone7

7 жыл бұрын

There were 15 republics in Soviet Union if you didn't know

@loreneltriss

7 жыл бұрын

At these particular 1956 games were at least three non-russian polo-team members (two from Georgia and one from Ukraine - you can easily Google it) so it is not nice to refer to USSR-team as just plain russians. Especially for an information-based chanel as Mojo.

@loreneltriss

7 жыл бұрын

And yes, Russia and USSR are two different countries. As different as were Russian Empire and USSR.

@nottoday3817

7 жыл бұрын

If it was good, it was USSR. If it was bad, it was the Russians. Learn how the world works

no mention of the east german swim teams of the 70s. they were human torpedoes due to doping.

you didn't mention the Australia's role in the 'black power' demonstration....

@thisuser1580

7 жыл бұрын

No one will ever know of his role and it's sad.

@CoolStoryBroWhoCares

7 жыл бұрын

What happend?

@kierasheehan4649

7 жыл бұрын

The australian silver medalist also supported the movement and wore a pin on his jacket on the stand. he was stripped of his medals and ostracized back home - he wasn't allowed to tour with the team or be celebrated as an olympian

@CoolStoryBroWhoCares

7 жыл бұрын

damn

@josielpontocom

7 жыл бұрын

Something between black men legs. Do you wanna see it?

The sale and peltier controversy should be in the top 5 not just an honourable mention 😑

@michellemuskeyn329

4 жыл бұрын

Cody absolutely!!!

@MultiGriff5

3 жыл бұрын

Sale and Pelletier had a book written about the 2002 scandal. It changed the sport of figure skating by instituting a ranked scoring system for technical elements. And it ONLY gets an honorable mention????

@intorainbowzOG

3 жыл бұрын

Salt Lake's bribery scandal needed to be higher as well.

#2 - One of my favourite expressions of peaceful resistance. Tommie Smith and John Carlos were heroes, and so was silver medalist Peter Norman, who supported them on the podium.

Only on Watchmojo would they completely ignore Peter Norman in the Black Rights Salute.

@isobel64

5 жыл бұрын

WAAAHMBULANCE

@kimwhitehead9096

4 жыл бұрын

Many, many others too. They can’t cover all in one video.

Sigh Just want Beijing and London back.

@JamieMurphy25

7 жыл бұрын

Beijing have the 2022 winter olympics, not long for that.

@cosmictraveler1146

7 жыл бұрын

Olympics can't be held in a previous location

@RobertGoes_est2012

7 жыл бұрын

I have to stay up from 11:35pm to 4am for the fucking opening ceremony.

@sedinmagic1591

7 жыл бұрын

You might want to try PVR, it's quite common these days

@pphyjynx8217

7 жыл бұрын

o'dorin yes they can, london has held the Olympics twice

The Russian doping scandal should be higher.

@buepa1

7 жыл бұрын

yes

@volsebnica

4 жыл бұрын

They should have put Marion Jones, and Jackie Joyner here, as well... Carl Lewis, Phelps vs Cavic, Plushenko in 2010, Simone Biles and her ADD... modern sports is pure cheating.

America has had more doped athletes at the olympics than any other country and the best they can get on here? Tonya Harding? This is almost top 10 Russian controversies at the Olympics list. I'm not Russian.

@timphillips9954

4 жыл бұрын

You tube is full of pro American bollocks

@tonylove4800

3 жыл бұрын

You must be young. East Germany did it for a living.

@fatboy5926

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonylove4800 as do/did America

"Zola Budd collides with Mary Decker" Budd was ahead. Decker collided with her.

@GodlessScummer

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed Decker has just been a cry baby about this for decades now.

@pattierotondo1108

4 жыл бұрын

They were side-by-side and Zola Budd was swinging her feet out and tripped her.

@katrinamoore3520

3 жыл бұрын

@@pattierotondo1108 style of running not done on purpose.

What about the Chinese probably using underage gymnasts?

@jonathanedwards8696

3 жыл бұрын

I mentioned that, too. The Chinese used falsified documents to show that all of their gymnasts were 16 and above. Two were not.

At number 2, you're also missing a whole other story about the aussie who came 2nd place.

Am I the only one who thinks the black power salute was the coolest thing ever?

Me: What could top the Russia doping scand- Mojo: Nazi Olympics Me: .... Oh. That’ll do it.

@1minuterecommendations197

2 жыл бұрын

😂

I remember the skating controversies mentioned here. 1994 was the first Olympics I ever watched and I just gotten into watching Figure Skating. I was a young at the time (only 12) when the incident happened. Needless to say I was shocked. However, I don't think Nancy Harding deserved Death Threats she has gotten. No one deserves that. 2002, I watched those 2 performances and I was shocked that the Russians won that when their performance wasn't as clean as the Canadians. This of course, resulted in a complete overhaul of the judging system that is still used to this day.

now Your gonna get sued by the Olympics

@OpPopopopopo

7 жыл бұрын

Never showed the rio ring s

@acoconut9625

7 жыл бұрын

+SaltyArt parker 0:10

@coreytaylor7740

7 жыл бұрын

+SaltyArt parker they did a few times

@chased4638

7 жыл бұрын

You're*

@BGGIEMAN

7 жыл бұрын

+A Coconut 8:00

They need a second part to this... let's make that happen WatchMojo.

This is ridiculous, like the US athletes, and everybody else aren't doping? Please.

@buepa1

7 жыл бұрын

all big countrys are doping, especially usa and russia

@Hardrampage

7 жыл бұрын

buepaLive Exactly.

@melanino

7 жыл бұрын

True but for russia its like it was a whole governement affair , like its some sort of tradition. Im not saying its only russians but its hard to ignores years and years of calculated doping.

@michellepotgieter5917

7 жыл бұрын

The American athletes have been doping since the 1960's and the earliest for the Russians/Soviet Union was 1978. Now this is according to a list of doping infractions on Wikipedia. I also tallied the totals of both countries (US and Russia/Soviet Union) and found the following: 94 American athletes to 111 Russian/Soviet Union athletes. Interestingly, 28 Russian athletes were found guilty and punished by means of a Biological Passport, but no American athletes (though it is something instituted by WADA). Let's say we leave out the Biological Passport athletes and only compare straight up substances against each other, then we get 94 American athletes as apposed to 83 Russian/Soviet athletes. This is not even including the Olympic Athletes of America who came out years later admitting to cheating and getting their medals stripped from them.

@melanino

7 жыл бұрын

+Michelle Potgieter well.... Damn

You should do top 10 injuries in the olympics

I'm really disappointed WM you made no mention of the Australian on the podium for the Black Power salute - Peter Norman. He supported the gesture/protest, and suffered greatly for it. His story should have been mentioned, even briefly.

Can you do a top ten list about the best Olympic opening ceremonies (I guess you'd put Beijing, Moscow, London and Athens high on that list, right?)

1972 a couple of US mens sprinters missed their event because they had old out of date programs. I believe they were favourites for their events.

@crazy4beatles

4 жыл бұрын

oh no! What a nightmare. That's so sad.

I dunno if this is "controversy" but what about the girl that lipsynced the national anthem at the Beijing Olympics?

@Lynn-Davis

7 жыл бұрын

watch the WHOLE video. it's a quick clip at the end.

@claireshi4501

7 жыл бұрын

She is known for "being pretty" or something so she lip syncs (bc she can't actually sing that well) but it's still pretty sad😁

@nickihere8753

6 жыл бұрын

Dennis Shih "good job being born pretty" wow it's almost like we give that implication to EVERY girl. >.>

@gerardvinet8448

4 жыл бұрын

Animal magnetism!!!!

@PlanetLovingMom

4 жыл бұрын

I remember that!!

Where's the Marion Jones scandal?

The irony of Burt Lancaster playing Jim Thorp in a film that was supposed to honor Jim Thorp.

The number 1 spot misses out on another controversy, as well as being totally hypocritical. In Jesse Owens own words, "Hitler didn't snub me - it was FDR who snubbed me".

Tommie Smith and Jon Carlos = legends

They're forgetting the time that Patrick killed some spectators and the crowd and they were served as fishsticks to the crowd.

@alexhebert6397

3 жыл бұрын

They're forgetting the time that Patrick killed some spectators and the crowd and they were served as fishsticks to the crowd.

How about all outraged over cost of every Olympics in history , that's scandalous to every tax paying person on this planet.

@tonylove4800

3 жыл бұрын

LA made money.

When an Olympic Village is considered to be uninhabitable right before the Olympics,you know somethings gonna go bad.

Carl Lewis keeping his medals

US boycotts olympics in Moscow because of USSr invasion in Afhanistan. But then US in invades Afghanistan 😂 + Iraq COMBO !!! That's what I call double standards.

@redpanda416

7 жыл бұрын

They call that "liberation", not "invasion" lol.

@milky2872

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah... cause Osam Bin Laden was an innocent man...smh

@robbiesilverwolf

6 жыл бұрын

Did you listen it was extremely unpopular and ruined jimmy carter

@riahlexington

6 жыл бұрын

I feel you. I wish my country (the US) wasn’t so stupid

@Smearrrrrrgle

6 жыл бұрын

Milky28 but... was he in Afghanistan though? 🤔🤔🤔

The Zola Budd/Mary Hecker collision (an honorable mention in this video) was actually a 3000 meter race, not a 300 meter race (as listed in the video).

Wow I’m stunned you didn’t mention the 2000 gymnastics scandal. That was a total mess. Apparatus being wrong, first time one country swept the all around as a result. The AA champion being stripped of her medal after a drug back positive. The Chinese team losing their team medal after they falsified their age. So much scandal.

they invaded Afghanistan, let's boycott the games. lets do the same 20 years later, but since we are 'merica, it's right

@olegsecond5043

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly, sadly no one accepts the truth like this.

@tibbygaycat

7 жыл бұрын

Except the Northern Alliance wanted us to help them. Like. We had permission here. Iraq was a mistake, but not Afghanistan. We didn't destabilize Afghanistan, they've actually seen a massive improvement in their HDI from before the invasion. Different story from Iraq.

@allyowens2825

7 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! I was thinking the same thing when I heard that line. Classic America

@-BUGZ-

7 жыл бұрын

these people are canadian....

@bambam-ys2ek

7 жыл бұрын

I guess you never heard of 9/11. When three thousand innocent men, women, and children are murder, we tend to take it personally, ya jackass

Politics and sports should be kept separate. Carter crushed the dreams of many athletes. That was the only chance for many of them to earn a gold medal. Sad.

@NorEastBeast

4 жыл бұрын

Its just a medal

@suekelley2109

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Fletcher that some of them worked their whole lives to compete for

@eugeniaskelley5194

3 жыл бұрын

Yah, boycotting USSR going into Afghanistan and yet a decade earlier we were in Vietnam. That is like the pot calling the kettle black. I feel really a bad for those athletes. The games should be separate from politics. It is about the best of all nations coming together to compete.

GREAT VIDEO................

My mom qualified for the 1980 Olympics in swimming, she didn't get to go. Watching Phelps for the last 16 years has been so hard because she loves and hates it. She was robbed that dream.

@gershompeter3273

Жыл бұрын

Which country was that?

oksana baiul winning the gold not even getting a mention? it was so obvious the ukranian judges were harshly lowering the scores after her turn to make sure she won

@PungiFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, I saw the finals and the moment Oksana started her routine I knew she won. She was much more graceful and artistic whereas Kerrigan crumbled under pressure like Debi Thomas and Michelle Kwan and delivered a clean but ultimately safe and stiff performance.

@patriciakatz7866

2 жыл бұрын

I agree Oksana won that gold for a reason. She executed the performance. Russians skate with more speed than Americans.

fun fact, a german and black american became friends due to the nazi olympics

@colleenross8752

7 жыл бұрын

What about the two African runners, one black, one white, running a victory lap together at the Barcelona Games as a symbol of racial equality.

@user-cs9of2xd2d

6 жыл бұрын

Do you have more info on that,. sounds interesting

@triciajohansen9295

6 жыл бұрын

It was Jesse Owens and Lutz Long. In fact, they remained friends until Long was killed in World War II.

I'm Hungarian and you literally made me tear up at #7, partly because this case is legendary in my country, partly because you pronounced the name of our capital city correctly. XDD

The Jamie/David one pissed me off SOOOOOO much

either ben Johnson dets his medal or you gotta strip everyone from that race of there medals.

Věra Čáslavská's silent protest from Mexico 1968??

se ve muy interesante estaría genial si pudieran hacer en español los mismos tops o subtitulados, porfa

Alexei Nemov also had a controversy moment at the Athens 2004 games.

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I'm glad the Olympics happened in 1936, not only did it expose what was going on in Germany in a powerful way to the world, it was also proof that no matter what's going on, people of all colors and religion can partake in the games.

@ROBLOXobama1337

6 жыл бұрын

What did it expose? The games were long before the war or any overt controversial policy in the country. It was pretty normal.

@triciajohansen9295

6 жыл бұрын

It also proved that Hitler's was wrong about his "Aryan race theory" was superior.

No word about the scandal of the boxing judges in Seoul?

Whilst the no. 1 spot is absolutely justified, I find that relocating thousands of people should be no. 2, rather than doping scandals or the ice skating drama

2016 Rio Olympic Gunpoint Robbery Scandal.

@jonathanedwards8696

3 жыл бұрын

The I.O.C. warned Brazil to clean up the crime or they were losing the Olympics. They never did. A security company sent a man down to check things out. He was kidnapped! A lot of companies that were usually at the Olympics boycotted the 2016 Olympics.

No doubt Michael Conlan will make this list next time yous do it, what an absolute joke.

Anthropology Days - 1904 should be among top five

How was the olympic figure skating judging scandal just an honourable mention when this event literally changed the sport and the judging of the sport completely?

@evant958

4 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. Yes I have heard about maybe 3 others on the list. This is the one I remember and know. I had heard of the Nazi Germany scandal and the Tonya Harding one and the Russian doping. But yes the figure skating scandal in which the sport was completely changed is only an honorable mention I don't get it. It should have been in the top 3.

#2 proves that those complaining about NFL players kneeling are full of crap.

As they say in fencing...what's the point?

@ellieturnbull147

6 жыл бұрын

Tom T no one says that in fencing

2000 Sydney Olympics: Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan was stripped off her gold medal taken back because she took a flu pill (her doctor allowed her to do so, but it later made her test positive for pseudoephedrine) - I'd say this deserved at least a honorable mention (years later, Jacques Rogue, the head of the IOC stated that "taking back this gymnast's medal was the greatest error in the history of the games")

6:13- that's called every single summer olympics lol

Roy Jones, anyone? C'mon! Biggest rip off EVER.

Mary Decker tried to take Zola Budd out - you can see her look down at Budd's bare feet - and karma hit her full in the face.

I’m shocked the Canadian gymnastics hosing in 2002 was just an honorable mention over some vicious hit by a USSR water polo guy.

Nice video. Good job.

Andreea Raducan being stripped of her gold medal and Roy Jones Jr. losing to the South Korean boxer???

@cosminavadan6122

4 жыл бұрын

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@cosminavadan6122

4 жыл бұрын

Too beautiful for Romania! I see it, love it. Bad men, wonderful children

Are you not even going to mention Peter Norman when you mention the Olympics black power salute? You mentioned John Carlos and Tommie Smith and the stuff they went through, but no mention of Peter Norman and what he when through.

You should make a list of the most sporting or best sportsman like qualities the Olympics

Peter Norman still holds the Australian 200 metres record. An honourable man.

Here's a topic.... Why the hell was Brazil chosen

@claireshi4501

7 жыл бұрын

thank you I've been looking for that👌

@MollyFC

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's probably better than Nazi Germany being chosen lol

What about the Tlatelolco massacre of Mexico '68?

"here are now some *honorable* mention" when talking about scandals...

hey watchmojo im still wating on top 10 numbers and top 10 colors please make it happen

I think people should recognize Peter Norman along with Tommie and John every time they are mentioned. He was the one that gave them the gloves and in turn damaged his life.

What about Carl Lewis failing his drug test?

1984 Olympic games. Mary Decker v Zola Budd. Why did Decker make such a fuss, crying like a baby? Zola Bud was in the lead, and Decker kicked Bud in the butt. Then Decker made a grab for Budd's shirt, but got only Budd's number. Why did Decker not get up and rejoin the race like any other athlete?

The "black power salute" was a change my life moment! As a teen, love everyone, hippie in training in 1968, all my friends were behind the Olympians! We KNEW they raised their fists for human rights for all! A similar situation in 2021 in Tokyo. Backs turned during Star Spangled Banner and for what? Chaos and anarchy? I'm still that starry eyed 17 year old at heart! But I only talk of my naivete with my son. Labeled a Boomer, better off silent. It hurts to see how far it's turned away...

The most controversial event to ever take place in the history of the Olympics is when they included curling as a sport!

@alaindavid3756

4 жыл бұрын

No, that distinction goes to Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the Olympic games) winning the gold medal for literature in the art competition at the 1912 games. Rather pompous giving yourself a gold medal.

@happyfacefries

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck no. You don't know how great curling is until you've played it. It's harder than it looks.

@brianbates212

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, Curling is at least a sport unlike athletic exhibitions like gymnastics, figure skating, and so on where opinion is used to decide the winners.

What about China using underage gymnasts in 2008?

@grassfedmilkmomma

4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for someone to bring this up but I guess displace residents trumps it

I remember that when Ben Johnson won the gold, he was Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson. After he got caught, he was Jamaican-born sprinter Ben Johnson.

My mom was in Europe for a senior trip when the Moscow games we boycotted (I think it was after the games). She met the Russian rugby team and her class and the team traded things. we have a Misha Bear from the games!