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?
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.
@@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
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
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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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 UA-cam, and you should.
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.
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
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 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" ;-)
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?
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.
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.
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
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 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.
14:13 I don’t support Nazis but wasn’t the whole world like that at that time? Homosexuality was widely hated, black people were segregated, empires were subjugating countries all over the globe.
#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.
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
Not only that, when he got home he was not allowed to walk with the rest of the Aussie Olympians, he was barred from the '72 Olympics even though he ran qualifying times, and he was denied jobs opportunities, coaching positions, etc. He eventually died from a heart attack brought on by addiction to painkillers and alcohol. Both Tommie Smith and John Carlos were pall bearers and gave eulogies at his funeral. Years later, the Australian government finally formally apologized. So sad, and it's a shame so few people know about it.
Ladygothii12 Peter Norman was neither ostracised nor denied anything. He was actually held up as a hero. He did not qualify for the 1972 Olympics. As for his alcoholism, that was a result of him suffering clinical depression.
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.
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.
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.
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????
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.
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.
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.
13:51 lol "Whistler's *homeless* forced out of winter Olympics" ...has anyone from Watchmojo researched or actually been to Whistler? It's a village of barely 10,000 people, most of whom are from affluent backgrounds (relaxation and leisure spot for the well off) and I can assure you there isn't a homeless population there. It was Vancouver's homeless and marginilized denizens that were coerced into relocating for the Olympics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How is Mary Decker and Zola Budd controversial? Decker clipped Budd and fell. It was only 'controversial' because Decker was a 'golden girl' at the time and the Olympics were in the US. Budd's career was ruined for that.
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".
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
"Carter stuck to his morals." Oh, give me a break. You punish the athletes who have worked YEARS for this by injecting politics (the very purpose of the Olympics to generate international relations) into the games. It cost him nothing to do that. It cost the athletes everything.
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")
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
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?
Bejin China and Rio deserved better since it's not fair 2 kicked out of their homes leaving them homeless while making the Olympics and ignoring their needs. The irony is after the games it was left abandoned. I hope they let them go back home.
The Olympic Games cost way to much money and leave unused and crumbling facilities in their wakes. Amateur athletes give me a break the Soviets paid their athletes to train and compete, lies, lies and more lies.
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.
Controversies you missed: Hosting the 1948 Summer Olympics in London at all. London had the *&^% bombed out of it just 3-4 years earlier. Much of London was still in ruins. Londoners were still on food rations. Yet the Games went on. Continuing with the 1972 Summer Olympics after the massacre at Munich. IOC Prez Brundage said the Games must continue. In his speech, he inexpicably compared the murder of 11 Israelis (and one West German police officer) to the banning of Rhodesia for its apartheid policies. Which leads to the boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. 29 countries, mostly African, boycotted the Olympics because New Zealand participated despite a ban against any sports competition against South Africa because of its apartheid policies. There are other bribery scandals, especially screwing boxers Roy Jones Jr & Satoshi Shimizu. It's hard to tell if the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis was awful because of corruption or incompetence, but when 85% of the competitors are Americans and the marathon course involved favored competitors getting rides in cars while others drank strychnine and others chased off course by dogs, well, it's hard to tell.
"Zola Budd collides with Decker"? Budd was in front of Decker where she has been all race when Decker repeatedly spiked the back of Budd's ankles as was evidence by the punctures and slices down the back of Budd's legs. Decker, who was known for this tactic and had multiple complaints throughout her running career, went one too many times and ended up on the floor. Decker was not injured and was giving a press conference immediately after the race - no need for Decker to go to the hospital or see the track or US team medical officers. Decker refused to take the drug test after the race and "retired" before she could be disciplined for this refusal or face an enquiry into the numerous spiking allegations.
I was going to write the same thing, but, you've nailed it. It was proven recently as well that Budd never moved in, she just continued on the line she was on. Decker still maintains that somehow Zola Budd magically caused her fall from in front of her.
Other controversies, Olympic marathons in the early 1900s, Soviet doping in the 1970s and 1980s, Men's basketball final 1972, gymnastics and figure skating judging for decades!
Much like the USA's boycott of the Olympics in protest of Russia, Canada also had a boycott in protest of Russia by boycotting all international hockey at the Olympics for 12 years.
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Another scandal was caused when citizens of Rio got their homes moved bacause of the olimpics
Basically the same thing they did in China. 😢
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Yea same thing happened when they had the Olympics in Rio.
Mebby137 nah
THIS
Remember that time Ryan Lochte said he was robbed at gun point in Rio but it was just a made up story?
Yes!!
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?
I would have left Lockte in Rio while I took a first-class flight back to the States.
good call considering all the likes on this comment "idiotass"
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.
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.
Yes! This!!
He's not even on the statue, is he? That's gotta hurt.
Didn’t he also give them th idea for the gloves ....
@@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
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.
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Jesse Owens was awesome!
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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.
Damn, that's tragic.
It is tragic but that's how the 1960-70s were. Full of controversies and racial issues.
+Speed Reaper Yeah as a black man, I am very glad that I did not live in that era. It's unbelievable.
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.
1968 was pretty much a shamble of a year all around.
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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
Exactly, she was a proud indigenous woman who stood up for her people. I fully support what she did.
Not sure how that is controversial. Maybe the exact opposite as you say.
that wasnt contorversial since it was the 2000s
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.
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.
+Devin McLaughlin how is this racist ,🤔
+Devin McLaughlin These are all true and very pertinent facts... Maybe you're the "super racist"...
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.
alg11297 and yet when basketball was bought back, the US send "the Dream Team". Only the best paid players the NBA had to offer.
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.
as opposed to the two men who were punished
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.
@@isobel64 In time, Smith and Carlos were celebrated and acknowledged as right. Peter Norman was *literally* disgraced until after he died.
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".
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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.
It really is a kick in the teeth to leave him off the monument. A massive slap in the face.
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.
Wow
They won the bravery and integrity gold medals forever!
I was the same age in 1968, and it gave me the shivers…
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 UA-cam, and you should.
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.
Elise Fincher Yes! I remember my mom and I being blown away by her perfectly executed flip
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.
Other than cool backflip - she wasn't a great skater. Erratic jumps, changing program during mid-skate, & not @ all graceful. 🎿
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?
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
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 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" ;-)
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
Kim Yuna getting silver in sochi when she clearly deserved gold.
True
I was just going to comment something about that.
shes just hyped. The Russian nailed it.
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?
The russian's program was harder but the level of execution was poor in comparison to yuna.
its been 1 minute and there is 2 dislikes on a 15 minute video..
Ik
they dislike to watch the world burn
lol
and how many likes? people dislike withour watching and like without watching, whats your point?
+GolazoGamerHD Right lol
What about that Chinese gymnast who was thought to be 13?
no actually they were supposed to be 16, but some of them were even as young as 12
@@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
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.
achsdu17 that really should have at least gotten an honorable mention.
The Jamie Salé and David Pelletier figure skating was absolutely breathtaking. So beautifully skated!! That scandal made me so heartbroken for them.
Now Jamie Salè is now married to Craig Simpson of HNIC
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.
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
there is one Roy Jones Jr was robbed of his Olympic gold medal by a Korean fighter in 1988 Olympics
Exactly, I was surprised that it wasn't even an honorable mention
i was certain roys robbery was gonna be on here
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.
I think it should've been in the top 5 let alone the top spot.
+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.
14:13 I don’t support Nazis but wasn’t the whole world like that at that time? Homosexuality was widely hated, black people were segregated, empires were subjugating countries all over the globe.
Only on Watchmojo would they completely ignore Peter Norman in the Black Rights Salute.
WAAAHMBULANCE
Many, many others too. They can’t cover all in one video.
#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.
you didn't mention the Australia's role in the 'black power' demonstration....
No one will ever know of his role and it's sad.
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
Something between black men legs. Do you wanna see it?
Not only that, when he got home he was not allowed to walk with the rest of the Aussie Olympians, he was barred from the '72 Olympics even though he ran qualifying times, and he was denied jobs opportunities, coaching positions, etc. He eventually died from a heart attack brought on by addiction to painkillers and alcohol. Both Tommie Smith and John Carlos were pall bearers and gave eulogies at his funeral. Years later, the Australian government finally formally apologized. So sad, and it's a shame so few people know about it.
Ladygothii12 Peter Norman was neither ostracised nor denied anything. He was actually held up as a hero. He did not qualify for the 1972 Olympics. As for his alcoholism, that was a result of him suffering clinical depression.
no mention of the east german swim teams of the 70s. they were human torpedoes due to doping.
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 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.
The Russian doping scandal should be higher.
yes
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.
You tube is full of pro American bollocks
You must be young. East Germany did it for a living.
@@tonylove4800 as do/did America
I just adore how in story about USSR team members called just "russians". Come on, guys, it is kinda not professional.
they're Russians. Russian. from Russia. Is there a problem?
There were 15 republics in Soviet Union if you didn't know
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.
And yes, Russia and USSR are two different countries. As different as were Russian Empire and USSR.
If it was good, it was USSR. If it was bad, it was the Russians. Learn how the world works
The sale and peltier controversy should be in the top 5 not just an honourable mention 😑
Cody absolutely!!!
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????
Salt Lake's bribery scandal needed to be higher as well.
Sigh
Just want Beijing and London back.
Beijing have the 2022 winter olympics, not long for that.
Olympics can't be held in a previous location
I have to stay up from 11:35pm to 4am for the fucking opening ceremony.
You might want to try PVR, it's quite common these days
o'dorin yes they can, london has held the Olympics twice
Wait , the Yeezy was already in china by 2008? @3:55 😂
Me: What could top the Russia doping scand-
Mojo: Nazi Olympics
Me: .... Oh. That’ll do it.
😂
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.
They call that "liberation", not "invasion" lol.
Yeah... cause Osam Bin Laden was an innocent man...smh
Did you listen it was extremely unpopular and ruined jimmy carter
I feel you. I wish my country (the US) wasn’t so stupid
Milky28 but... was he in Afghanistan though? 🤔🤔🤔
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.
Its just a medal
Daniel Fletcher that some of them worked their whole lives to compete for
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.
13:51 lol "Whistler's *homeless* forced out of winter Olympics" ...has anyone from Watchmojo researched or actually been to Whistler? It's a village of barely 10,000 people, most of whom are from affluent backgrounds (relaxation and leisure spot for the well off) and I can assure you there isn't a homeless population there. It was Vancouver's homeless and marginilized denizens that were coerced into relocating for the Olympics.
"Zola Budd collides with Mary Decker"
Budd was ahead. Decker collided with her.
Agreed Decker has just been a cry baby about this for decades now.
They were side-by-side and Zola Budd was swinging her feet out and tripped her.
@@pattierotondo1108 style of running not done on purpose.
6:13- that's called every single summer olympics lol
This is ridiculous, like the US athletes, and everybody else aren't doping? Please.
all big countrys are doping, especially usa and russia
buepaLive Exactly.
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.
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.
+Michelle Potgieter well.... Damn
They need a second part to this... let's make that happen WatchMojo.
I dunno if this is "controversy" but what about the girl that lipsynced the national anthem at the Beijing Olympics?
watch the WHOLE video. it's a quick clip at the end.
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😁
Dennis Shih "good job being born pretty" wow it's almost like we give that implication to EVERY girl. >.>
Animal magnetism!!!!
I remember that!!
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.
What did it expose? The games were long before the war or any overt controversial policy in the country. It was pretty normal.
It also proved that Hitler's was wrong about his "Aryan race theory" was superior.
At number 2, you're also missing a whole other story about the aussie who came 2nd place.
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.
oh no! What a nightmare. That's so sad.
They're forgetting the time that Patrick killed some spectators and the crowd and they were served as fishsticks to the crowd.
They're forgetting the time that Patrick killed some spectators and the crowd and they were served as fishsticks to the crowd.
they invaded Afghanistan, let's boycott the games. lets do the same 20 years later, but since we are 'merica, it's right
Exactly, sadly no one accepts the truth like this.
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.
EXACTLY! I was thinking the same thing when I heard that line. Classic America
these people are canadian....
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
You should do top 10 injuries in the olympics
The irony of Burt Lancaster playing Jim Thorp in a film that was supposed to honor Jim Thorp.
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.
How is Mary Decker and Zola Budd controversial? Decker clipped Budd and fell. It was only 'controversial' because Decker was a 'golden girl' at the time and the Olympics were in the US. Budd's career was ruined for that.
Tommie Smith and Jon Carlos = legends
Not entirely controversial but what about that judge who told gymnast Christy Henrich she was too fat and as a result she starved herself to death?
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".
When an Olympic Village is considered to be uninhabitable right before the Olympics,you know somethings gonna go bad.
Where's the Marion Jones scandal?
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...
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.
Nice video. Good job.
What about the Chinese probably using underage gymnasts?
I mentioned that, too. The Chinese used falsified documents to show that all of their gymnasts were 16 and above. Two were not.
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.
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
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.
I agree Oksana won that gold for a reason. She executed the performance. Russians skate with more speed than Americans.
GREAT VIDEO................
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
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.
Which country was that?
"Carter stuck to his morals." Oh, give me a break. You punish the athletes who have worked YEARS for this by injecting politics (the very purpose of the Olympics to generate international relations) into the games. It cost him nothing to do that. It cost the athletes everything.
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")
As they say in fencing...what's the point?
Tom T no one says that in fencing
Am I the only one who thinks the black power salute was the coolest thing ever?
now Your gonna get sued by the Olympics
Never showed the rio ring s
+SaltyArt parker 0:10
+SaltyArt parker they did a few times
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+A Coconut 8:00
How about all outraged over cost of every Olympics in history , that's scandalous to every tax paying person on this planet.
LA made money.
Carl Lewis keeping his medals
0:53 "we know there was Iraq concert taking place" lol
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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
fun fact, a german and black american became friends due to the nazi olympics
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.
Do you have more info on that,. sounds interesting
It was Jesse Owens and Lutz Long. In fact, they remained friends until Long was killed in World War II.
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?
either ben Johnson dets his medal or you gotta strip everyone from that race of there medals.
Bejin China and Rio deserved better since it's not fair 2 kicked out of their homes leaving them homeless while making the Olympics and ignoring their needs. The irony is after the games it was left abandoned. I hope they let them go back home.
The Jamie/David one pissed me off SOOOOOO much
The Olympic Games cost way to much money and leave unused and crumbling facilities in their wakes. Amateur athletes give me a break the Soviets paid their athletes to train and compete, lies, lies and more lies.
2016 Rio Olympic Gunpoint Robbery Scandal.
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.
I’m shocked the Canadian gymnastics hosing in 2002 was just an honorable mention over some vicious hit by a USSR water polo guy.
Roy Jones, anyone? C'mon! Biggest rip off EVER.
Controversies you missed: Hosting the 1948 Summer Olympics in London at all. London had the *&^% bombed out of it just 3-4 years earlier. Much of London was still in ruins. Londoners were still on food rations. Yet the Games went on.
Continuing with the 1972 Summer Olympics after the massacre at Munich. IOC Prez Brundage said the Games must continue. In his speech, he inexpicably compared the murder of 11 Israelis (and one West German police officer) to the banning of Rhodesia for its apartheid policies.
Which leads to the boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. 29 countries, mostly African, boycotted the Olympics because New Zealand participated despite a ban against any sports competition against South Africa because of its apartheid policies.
There are other bribery scandals, especially screwing boxers Roy Jones Jr & Satoshi Shimizu. It's hard to tell if the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis was awful because of corruption or incompetence, but when 85% of the competitors are Americans and the marathon course involved favored competitors getting rides in cars while others drank strychnine and others chased off course by dogs, well, it's hard to tell.
Andreea Raducan being stripped of her gold medal and Roy Jones Jr. losing to the South Korean boxer???
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Too beautiful for Romania! I see it, love it. Bad men, wonderful children
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.
#2 proves that those complaining about NFL players kneeling are full of crap.
Last time I was this early, my wife complained.
"Zola Budd collides with Decker"? Budd was in front of Decker where she has been all race when Decker repeatedly spiked the back of Budd's ankles as was evidence by the punctures and slices down the back of Budd's legs. Decker, who was known for this tactic and had multiple complaints throughout her running career, went one too many times and ended up on the floor. Decker was not injured and was giving a press conference immediately after the race - no need for Decker to go to the hospital or see the track or US team medical officers. Decker refused to take the drug test after the race and "retired" before she could be disciplined for this refusal or face an enquiry into the numerous spiking allegations.
amazed92 Wow, never heard that before.
I was going to write the same thing, but, you've nailed it. It was proven recently as well that Budd never moved in, she just continued on the line she was on. Decker still maintains that somehow Zola Budd magically caused her fall from in front of her.
Other controversies, Olympic marathons in the early 1900s, Soviet doping in the 1970s and 1980s, Men's basketball final 1972, gymnastics and figure skating judging for decades!
Věra Čáslavská's silent protest from Mexico 1968??
Much like the USA's boycott of the Olympics in protest of Russia, Canada also had a boycott in protest of Russia by boycotting all international hockey at the Olympics for 12 years.
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.
12:30 Seriously? 13:34 Why was that controversial? 13:44 I remember that. I was watching when it happened.
60s in the US
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