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Olympic Games controversies

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Munich massacre

Palestinian terror attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany

Nodar Kumaritashvili

Nodar Kumaritashvili was a Georgian luge athlete who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on the day of the opening ceremony. He became the fourth athlete to die during preparations for a Winter Olympics, and the eighth athlete to die as a result of Olympic competition or during practice at their sport's venue at an Olympic Games.

Russian figure skater (born 2006)

Blood in the Water match

water polo match between Hungary and the USSR in 1956

Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics

sporting event delegation

Tlatelolco massacre

Social movement of Mexico

2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

2024 commencement of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

designation for the delegation of Russian competitors since the Winter Olympic Games in 2018 at Pyeongchang

1980 Summer Olympics boycott

NATO's soft opposition to the Soviet Union intervention in Afghanistan

1968 Olympics Black Power salute

protest during 1968 Olympic Games

2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

2021 commencement of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad

set of financial documents from international banks showing suspicious activities

1984 Summer Olympics boycott

Whistler Sliding Centre

bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Russian doping scandal

use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletes in Russia

athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres

women's 1500 metres events at the Olympics

list of Olympic Game boycotts

Wikimedia list article

German modern pentathlete (1990-)

Islam El Shehaby

Egyptian judoka

WADA investigation of an state-run doping system in Russia

Algerian judoka (1991-)

Taiwanese speed skater

list of Olympic Games scandals and controversies

Wikimedia list article

boycotts of Israel in sports

2009 film set in the Olympic games in fascist Germany directed by Kaspar Heidelbach

North Korean gymnast

doping at the Olympic Games

use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs at the Olympics

Renato William Jones

Italian basketball player (1906–1981)

Concerns and controversies over the 2008 Summer Olympics

Wikimedia list article

COVID-19 outbreak at the 2020 Summer Olympics

COVID-19 at the 2020 Summer Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal

allegations of bribery in award to Salt Lake City

cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's road time trial

cycling at the Olympics

Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics

overview of concerns and controversies surrounding the Games

Principle 6 campaign

Launched in January 2014 as an Olympic protest of Russia's anti-gay laws

Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics

overview of concerns and controversies surrounding the Games

LGBT rights protests surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics

1972 Olympic Men's Basketball Final

disputed match between USA and USSR