Print This List    Email to a Friend  

Top 10 Olympic Scandals and Controversies  
WORSTS 

Tags: Olympics, winter, summer, scandals, controversy, scandal, Olympic, Tonya Harding, Jim Thorpe, Adolf Hitler, US, steroids

As with any sporting event, and especially anything international, there are always scandals. These controversial moments may be the biggest ones in the biggest international sporting event. These are the biggest scandals in Olympic history:

1.	2002: Pairs figure skating judges get it wrong
2.	1994: Tonya Harding vs. Nancy Kerrigan
3.	1988: Ben Johnson on drugs
4.	1988: Korean boxing fix
5.	1980/1984: Communists and Capitalists trade boycotts
6.	1972: US basketball team gets robbed
7.	1972: The terrorists
8.	1968: Black Panther salute
9.	1936: Jesse Owens vs. Adolf Hitler
10.	1912: Jim Thorpe, professional athlete

Lister: ListAfterList Wiki Contributors

Other lists of interest:

Most Olympic Gold Medals Ever TOP #  (11)

Favorite Olympic Athletes FAVORITES  (0)

Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Players Playing in the Olympics PEOPLE  (0)

Biggest Upsets in Sports History IN THE PAST  (0)

How to Winterize Your Garden HOW TO  (1)

Current list rating:  5.00

There are no comments for this list. Be the first to post!