Everything has an embarrassing black history, whether it's a person, a team, or a country.
Today, we are going to put the bad taste of digging into history at the Olympic Games. As a sports event once comparable to the Football World Cup, the Olympic Games have brought a lot of joy and beauty to mankind, especially the successful holding of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the cohesion and national self-confidence of the Chinese have also been unprecedentedly improved.
However, not every Olympic Games has been as successful as the Beijing Olympics, and there have been several Olympic Games that have been very unsuccessful, either because they are shady, or they are boycotted and ostracized for political reasons, or they are mourned......
Today, we will take stock of the five most failed Olympic Games in history, through these black histories, we can appreciate the treacherous and magnificent international situation from the side, and add a little spice to the ordinary life.
1. The 1972 Munich Olympics in West Germany: "The Munich Massacre"
In 1972, the 20th Olympiad was held in Munich, West Germany.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games began on August 26. It was the largest of its kind, with hundreds of millions of dollars invested in stadiums and an ornate Olympic Village, with more athletes and countries than ever before.
In the first week of the Olympic Games, everything was so festive and prosperous. The whole city of Munich is immersed in what the media describes as a "peaceful and joyful event".
At the time, everyone saw the Olympics as a weapon to dispel hatred and hostility between countries. So the security measures of that Olympics were unprecedentedly arbitrary, the security budget was only 2 million, and only 2,000 police officers were deployed in the Olympic Village, and the police were wearing blue civilian clothes, because blue did not have any political leanings, and wearing it was equivalent to the embodiment of peace.
The police clocked in and out on time, were not armed with guns, and the only enemies they dealt with were scalpers and drunks. When encountering scalpers and rioters, the "Blue Angel" will take out candy and scatter it into the sky, and the crowd will disperse; Dealing with drunks, female police officers with heavy makeup and a smile like flowers will hold flowers in their hands to persuade them.
All this was done to prove to the world that Germany had regained its image as a civilized country and that it was time to erase the brutality and gloom left by World War II and the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the Hitler era.
In this peaceful world, Israel has also fully expressed its sincerity. They sent one of the largest delegations of the year, and although the Israel athletes still bore the physical and mental scars of the Nazi concentration camps in Germany, they were enthusiastic about participating in the Olympics.
However, at 4 a.m. on September 5, 1972, everything was different. Eight members of the terrorist organization "Black September" (Palestinians), dressed in track and field costumes disguised as athletes, rushed to the room where the Israel athletes lived in apartment No. 1 of Building 31 of the Olympic Village, armed with submachine guns and grenades, and opened the door with a key prepared in advance.
After a fierce fight, two Israel athletes were killed instantly, and the remaining nine athletes were taken hostage.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, the security authorities in the Olympic Village received calls from passers-by, but they did not pay enough attention. Because singing and singing became the norm during the Olympics, fighting was intermittent, and a few gunshots and heart-rending calls were considered to be celebrations of drinking and drunkenness and firecrackers, so the security personnel continued to play music and dance.
It was not until 5:10 a.m. that the West German authorities figured out the situation and began to rescue the hostages. In the course of negotiations between the two sides, Black September issued an ultimatum: the immediate release of 234 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and two prisoners in West German prisons, with one hostage killed every 15 minutes.
At 9 a.m., IOC President Kelarinn and Doumer, President of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, issued a joint announcement that all competitions would be suspended from the afternoon of September 5.
In the end, the negotiations broke down, the Israel prime minister rejected the terrorists' demands in a high-profile manner, and the West German police were forced to engage in a shootout with the terrorists at the airport for more than an hour, killing 5 terrorists, killing all 11 Israel athletes, and killing 1 West German policeman.
Eleven Israel athletes killed
This is the bloodiest tragedy in the history of the Olympic Games, and the resumption of the Olympic Games was announced on September 7, but everyone was not in the mood to compete for gold and silver, and the haze of the tragedy hung like a ghost over the 1972 Olympic Games until the end.
West Germany originally wanted to make the 1972 Olympic Games the most joyful and peaceful Olympics in history, reshaping the image of Germany after World War II, but it turned out to be self-defeating, just like the blowing and beating of the family welcoming team suffered a collective car accident on the road, the happy event turned into a funeral, which is also embarrassing and emotional.
However, after learning the ins and outs of the matter, it was found that the failure of the 1972 Olympic Games in West Germany was not unjust. Inviting Israel to participate in the Olympics while turning away Palestinians is a double standard that runs counter to the Olympic philosophy of peace, friendship and political distancing.
Therefore, West Germany was smashed on the field, and it also deserved it.
Second, the 2016 Rio Olympics: dirty, messy, poor, robbery, homigre.
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, sports fans around the world witnessed the rigor of Brazil's Asan, who rivaled India's Aza in everything but football.
The first is the issue of venues and transportation. With nearly a week to go before the official opening of the Rio Olympics, there are still many Olympic venues that have not yet been completed.
The subway line specially built for the Olympic Games was just opened three days before the start of the Games, and the quality can be imagined.
Then there are the issues of law and order and sanitation. During the Olympics, an average of 10 homicide deaths were committed every day in Rio. Moreover, athletes from many countries have claimed to have been robbed and stolen.
The problem of sanitation is even worse. There is a lot of garbage floating in the sea area of the seaside regatta, and the sea water is dirty and polluted. Many of Rio's waters are teeming with disease-causing pathogens, even containing terrifying "superbugs" that can cause illness with just three tablespoons.
The facilities and equipment of the Olympic Village are also extremely inadequate, with holes in the ceilings of the athletes' rooms, leaky toilets, no toilet seats, dust everywhere, and no cleaning staff.
With such a poor public security and health environment, all the participating athletes were panicked, so it is understandable that the Chinese delegation was so bad at that time that it only won 26 gold medals.
In summary, the city of Rio was not capable of hosting the Olympics, and it became an unsolved mystery that Brazil was able to beat several other competitors to win the right to host the Games, but the mystery was revealed a year later, just a scandal.
In 2017, Brazil Olympic Organizing Committee President Carlos Nuzman was formally arrested.
In order to settle the 2016 Olympic Games Brazil, Nuzman paid two bribes of $2 million to Papa · Massata· Diack because his father was IAAF President Ramine · Diack.
Under the magic of money, Diack cast the decisive vote for Rio in the Olympic bid. This scandal shocked the world when it was exposed.
The Organising Committee immediately suspended all relevant personnel and revoked their privileges and functions, Brazil lost all their work in the Olympic Committee, all subsidies and support payments to Brazil by the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games stopped payment, and the relevant rights of the Brazil Organizing Committee were deprived!
This is the second time in the history of the Olympics that a country has been heavily fined, and the last time such treatment was given to India.
So after the Olympics, many of Rio's venues were abandoned or even turned into garbage dumps, and the blue swimming pools of the past became stinky pools with foul smells.
This atmosphere of depression and decay is a wonderful irony of the 2016 Olympics, which were held in such poor locations.
III. 1980 Moscow Olympics: The Shadow of the War in Afghanistan, Misha's Tears
The 1980 Moscow Olympics were the first in history to be held in a communist country.
At that time, the Soviet Union, as a superpower, attached great importance to the holding of the 1980 Olympic Games, and spent $9 billion to build luxury venues and facilities.
At that time, during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were in the white-hot stage of the struggle for hegemony, and the Soviet Union, which had to compete with the United States in terms of science and technology, culture, aircraft carriers and submarines, and the people's living standards, held its breath to hold the Moscow Olympics to make the Moscow Olympics a unique and unprecedented Olympic Games in history, so that the United States who hosted the Los Angeles Olympics four years later had no way out.
However, when the Afghanistan War broke out in 1979, the Soviets flew to Afghanistan with tanks and planes, and this wave of operations directly affected the Olympic Games one year later.
After winning the right to host the Olympic Games in 1974, the Soviet government built a large number of stadiums, and Moscow originally had 50 large stadiums, but more than 20 new ones were built, and the number of small and medium-sized stadiums increased from more than 1,300 to more than 1,600. More than 30 new swimming pools have also been built, and countless transportation and urban infrastructure have been built, costing $9 billion.
What was the concept of $9 billion at the time? The 1976 Montreal Olympics in Canada cost $5.8 billion, which nearly bankrupted Canada's second-largest city, and it took the city government more than 30 years to pay off the $5.8 billion.
After the outbreak of the war in Afghanistan, 67 countries represented by China and the United States boycotted and refused to participate in the Olympics, nearly half of the IOC member countries (147), and 14 of the participating countries were unwilling to fly their own flags and replaced them with Olympic five-ring flags.
Due to the large number of world-class athletes in each event, the Olympics were also the lowest level, breaking only one world record in the entire Games, in stark contrast to the 12 world records produced at the Olympics four years ago.
So, the 1980 Olympics were held in a miserable atmosphere from start to finish, with the Soviet Union and East Germany entertaining themselves, with two countries taking half of the gold medals.
At the closing ceremony of that Olympic Games, there was a poignant scene. The Olympic mascot "Misha", the bear, who is composed of flaps in the stands, has a worried expression and a crystal tear left in his left eye.
This tear represents the reluctance and sadness of the Soviets at that time for the incomplete Olympic Games, which is the famous "Misha's tears".
This classic scene seems to tell everyone that the Olympic Games need unity, friendship and peace, and only by completely breaking down the boundaries of countries, regions, religions and races can the essence of the Olympic spirit be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people around the world and the meaning of the Olympic Games can be truly realized.
However, at present, humanity is still far from this ideal goal.
Fourth, the 1976 Montreal Olympics: the most money-losing Olympics in history
The 21st Olympic Games were held in the Canada city of Montreal. Montreal beat out Soviet Moscow and won the hosting rights United States Los Angeles and Italy Florence because they threw out two seductive slogans:
First, the Montreal Olympic Games will provide free accommodation for delegations from all over the world; Second, the city of Montreal will self-finance the most frugal and perfect Olympic Games.
Despite these two seductive slogans, 29 African countries collectively boycotted the Olympics, giving up the opportunity to eat and drink, and fully demonstrating their high spirits.
So the Olympics were also incomplete, with only 88 countries and regions participating, and only 6,189 athletes, less than the number of journalists (7,800).
The budget for that Olympics was $2.8 billion, but in the end, it was seriously overspent, and it took 5.8 billion to finish.
In order to make the Olympics a success, and promised to be self-funded, Montreal City Hall had to bite the bullet, borrowing money from everywhere and setting the ticket prices at the venues at extremely high prices, hoping to recoup the huge investment through the box office.
As a result, high ticket prices have successfully dissuaded Montreal citizens and spectators from all over the world, and there will be plenty of empty seats at every venue throughout the Games.
In the end, the Montreal authorities borrowed another $1 billion in foreign debt to barely finish the Games.
After the Olympics, Montreal's 3 million citizens had to pay off their debts for 30 years. In order to repay the debt as soon as possible, the Montreal authorities raised tobacco taxes and issued a national lottery, and it was not until 2006 that Montreal smoothed the financial deficit caused by the Olympics, and repaid a total of $3 billion with interest.
Even more unsuccessful was the host Canada delegation, who won only five silver and six bronze medals with home advantage, and did not have a single gold medal in their account, thus creating an embarrassing record for the host country not to win a gold medal.
Montreal proved with its actions that it is not advisable to slap a swollen face and become fat, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
V. Seoul 1988 Olympics: Black whistles, beating referees, crimes against humanity
As the country in the world that cannot afford to lose, Korea has been tarnished by the Olympics, the World Cup, the Asian Games, and the Winter Olympics, and there is always only one reason for tarnishing, black whistle.
In fact, the host country of the Olympic Games enjoys the treatment of the host, and it is understandable that the referee is slightly biased towards the home team out of human affection, but like Korea, which is blatantly discouraged, and does not admit it after the event, Korea claims that no one dares to call the first.
In that Olympic boxing match, United States' Roy Jones Jr. faced Korea's Park Hee-hong. Ijones is a world-famous fighter with seven belts to his name, while Park Hee-hong is just a minor character.
In the whole game, Ijones dominated the opponent with 86 effective hits, while Park Hee-hong only had 32. But at the end of the game, the referee actually raised Park Hee-hong's hand high, and even Park Hee-hong himself looked confused.
The result was one of the most famous scandals in Olympic history, and the International Boxing Federation was furious, and an investigation into the case began in the following years. In 1997, the truth came out that the three referees in charge of that match had all taken bribes, and two of them were banned for life.
Or another boxing match at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Bulgaria against Korea, Korea repeatedly committed vicious offenses, the referee on duty Walker impartially deducted two points from the Korean, and the Bulgarian finally won.
However, this victory has poked the hornet's nest. Korea spectators smashed chairs at referees, and Korea security personnel who were originally responsible for the safety of athletes and referees turned into terrorists and punched and kicked Walker.
Walker was beaten for dozens of minutes, and finally was carried out with serious injuries, but Walker did not go to the hospital, but directly chartered a flight back to China, because he was afraid of losing his life in the Korea hospital.
In addition, in order to get as many medals as possible for their country, the citizens of Seoul are all soldiers to stumble and make tricks for athletes from other countries, such as:
Playing all night in places where athletes from other countries rest, making noise to disturb athletes' rest, taking taxi drivers in other countries deliberately detouring to make them late, manipulating the air conditioning and wind power of the stadium to interfere with the badminton landing point, etc.
All kinds of brazen small actions show the "Republic of Korea" style of Korea's small belly chicken intestines to the fullest, like Japan AV, only you can't think of it, and you can't do it without them.
Even more shameless is the Korea government. In order to show the world Seoul as a modern metropolis during the Olympics and create a beautiful impression of harmony and stability, the Korea government claims to spend half of the $3 billion budget for the Olympics on urban renewal.
The president of Korea at the time, Roh Tae-woo, signed and issued a "410" decree stating that during the Olympic Games, the government would establish a shelter called the "Brothers' House" to settle the homeless, orphans, beggars, disabled and other marginalized people in Han City, promising to provide them with good accommodation and take charge of their lives, which sounds very humane.
The truth, however, is chilling. These wretched people who wandered on the fringes of society were placed in hellish cells, unable to survive or die, and there were as many as 36 cells in the invisible corners of Seoul.
In order to receive government subsidies, the managers of the cells arrested people in the streets with impunity, and in addition to homeless people and beggars, some ordinary citizens were also arrested to fill up the numbers, and a total of 4,000 people were arrested in cell-like shelters during the Olympics.
In this hell on earth built for the Olympics, all the captured people have to work day and night on the assembly line like slaves, surrounded by thieves with leather whips, and beaten up if you slack off, regardless of whether you are an old man, a child or a disabled person.
Some infirm people were beaten to death, and the thieves would drag their bodies out and burn them, and useful human organs would be cut down and sold in hospitals.
These appalling descriptions sound like the cannibalistic world described in Marx's Capital at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and human civilization seems to have gone back 200 years, back to the 18th century.
It's hard to imagine that a sporting event, which is all over the world in the midst of singing and laughter, is a sinister abyss under the cover of false prosperity.
I wonder how the athletes from all over the world who participated at that time felt after learning the truth about the Seoul Olympics, and did they still have a higher mind, faster, and stronger?