10 Scandals From the Last 10 Olympic Games
As a major international sporting event, it stands to reason that the Olympic Games will not always run smoothly. We looked at scandals from the last 10 Games, including this year's London Games, which faces controversy even before they have begun.
2012: Where is the Security?
By far the biggest mess of 2012, so far, hopefully at all, has been the failure of G4S to provide adequate security. Surely alarm bells should have rung when G4S asked to be able to deliver their staff quota at the last minute when they tendered their bid?
2008: What Human Rights?
China’s questionable human rights record was raised by many people in the run up to Beijing 2008, with many asking why they had even been awarded the Games in the first place.
2004: Are We Done Yet?
In retrospect, this was perhaps an eerie look at what was to come during the economic crisis later in the decade. The planning for Athens 2004 was a mess, with many venues finished only weeks before the Games began.
2000: Don’t Catch Cold
Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan was stripped of her bronze medal after testing positive for a banned substance. It was later found that she had taken Nurofen to treat a head cold, which was the source of the prohibited agent.
1996: Tragedy Strikes
The Atlanta Games ran relatively smoothly, with the one major incident a bomb attack in the Olympic Park, that killed two and injured over 100 people. Eric Robert Rudolph is currently in jail for this and subsequent bomb attacks.
1992: Running Smoothly
1992 in Barcelona happened without incident, although the costs of hosting the games reached over four times initial estimates.
1988: Johnson Tests Positive
Ben Johnson ran the 100 metres in a staggering 9.79 seconds to take the gold medal. He later tested positive for a banned steroid, and lost the record and gold medal. A clean runner would not reach this mark until Maurice Greene 11 years later.
1984: We’re Not Playing
The Los Angeles Games of 1984 were famous for being boycotted by the Soviet Union and fourteen other countries. Iran and Libya also boycotted the 1984 Games.
1980: Setting a Precedent
The 1980 Games were held in Moscow, and the United States’ boycott as a response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is what would trigger the retaliatory boycott from the Soviets four years later. Numerous other nations also boycotted 1980, for the same reasons at the U.S.
1976: Debt Crisis
The Montreal Games were the most expensive ever in comparison to budget, and left the Canadian state of Quebec a debt of over $1.5billion, which they would not clear fully until 30 years later.
Videojug, one of the worlds leading instructional video websites have got into the Olympic spirit by creating a series of tutorial about every sport in the Olympic games.
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2012: Where is the Security?
By far the biggest mess of 2012, so far, hopefully at all, has been the failure of G4S to provide adequate security. Surely alarm bells should have rung when G4S asked to be able to deliver their staff quota at the last minute when they tendered their bid?
2008: What Human Rights?
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2004: Are We Done Yet?
In retrospect, this was perhaps an eerie look at what was to come during the economic crisis later in the decade. The planning for Athens 2004 was a mess, with many venues finished only weeks before the Games began.
2000: Don’t Catch Cold
Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan was stripped of her bronze medal after testing positive for a banned substance. It was later found that she had taken Nurofen to treat a head cold, which was the source of the prohibited agent.
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1996: Tragedy Strikes
The Atlanta Games ran relatively smoothly, with the one major incident a bomb attack in the Olympic Park, that killed two and injured over 100 people. Eric Robert Rudolph is currently in jail for this and subsequent bomb attacks.
1992: Running Smoothly
1992 in Barcelona happened without incident, although the costs of hosting the games reached over four times initial estimates.
1988: Johnson Tests Positive
Ben Johnson ran the 100 metres in a staggering 9.79 seconds to take the gold medal. He later tested positive for a banned steroid, and lost the record and gold medal. A clean runner would not reach this mark until Maurice Greene 11 years later.
1984: We’re Not Playing
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1980: Setting a Precedent
The 1980 Games were held in Moscow, and the United States’ boycott as a response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is what would trigger the retaliatory boycott from the Soviets four years later. Numerous other nations also boycotted 1980, for the same reasons at the U.S.
1976: Debt Crisis
The Montreal Games were the most expensive ever in comparison to budget, and left the Canadian state of Quebec a debt of over $1.5billion, which they would not clear fully until 30 years later.
Videojug, one of the worlds leading instructional video websites have got into the Olympic spirit by creating a series of tutorial about every sport in the Olympic games.
Not to mention the lack of fairness in most of the games and money seems to score high points. This happen in the 2012 Olympic Games, with a photo as the evidence.
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