Line #20 Funny/OlympicGames


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5	[[folder:Athens 1896]]
6	* During a dinner honoring the winners, the Crown Prince of Greece, Constantine I, asked Alfréd Hajós, who won two gold medals in swimming[[note]]One for the 100m freestyle, the other for the 1200m freestyle[[/note]], where he had learned to swim so well. Hajós answered "[[MathematiciansAnswer In the water]]."
7	* When Australian Edwin Flack won the gold medal in running for the 1500m, since Australia was still a British colony at the time, there was no Australian flag, and officials didn't have any of the colonial flags. So at the medal ceremony, they ended up raising the Austrian flag.
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10	[[folder:Paris 1900]]
11	* Spain earned their very first gold, in Basque pelota. That's an awesome feat for sure. What does it make it funny then? Spain was the only country to enter a team (France did enter one too, but was withdrawn shortly before the tournament). They literally [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing won their first gold by doing absolutely nothing]].
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14	[[folder:St. Louis 1904]]
15	* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_-_Men%27s_marathon Men's Marathon]] is a [[EpicFail glorious hot mess]] courtesy of poor officiating and bad luck. The race was ran mostly over dirt roads, with the only "water stop" being a well eleven miles into the race. Officials and team staff had to go along the route by car, kicking up dust in the competitors' faces; [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Garcia William Garcia]] nearly died from inhaling the dust. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Lorz Fred Lorz]] crossed the finish line first, and almost got gold, but officials soon discovered that he had given up the race at mile nine and had been riding in a car for about ten miles before re-joining the race at mile nineteen (because the car ''broke down''), and duly disqualified him for cheating; Lorz's defense was that [[IWasJustJoking he was only joking]], though the Amateur Athletic Union didn't find it nearly as funny and banned him for life (though he was reinstated the following year). Cuban competitor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andar%C3%ADn_Carvajal Andarín Carvajal]] showed up late, having lost all of his cash and belongings en route[[note]]his route to St. Louis took him through New Orleans, where he was invited into a friendly dice game. Fortunately, he was helped by some guys from the U.S. weightlifting team, who thought of him as kind of a mascot.[[/note]] and having to cut the legs of the pants he was wearing into something approximating shorts; furthermore, while running the course, he picked some apples from a nearby orchard--which turned out to be rotten, assailing him with food poisoning; despite all of that, he finished fourth. Many of the athletes present said that if he'd had proper training and experience, he might very well have won. A couple of runners were chased by dogs along the way. Finally, the winner of this blessed event, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hicks_(athlete) Thomas Hicks]], had to be carried across the finish line and was strung out on strychnine and brandy[[note]]no rules against performance enhancing drugs at the time, and tiny doses of strychnine were commonly given as a stimulant[[/note]], given by team staff to pep him up after he almost collapsed during the race. Officials allowed him through because he was still making running motions with his legs while being carried.
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18	[[folder:Antwerp 1920]]
19	* When the Italian team entered the stadium at the opening ceremony, the band couldn't locate the sheet music for the "Marcia Reale" (then the Italian national anthem) because it had not been delivered on time. So, the band played "'O sole mio" instead.
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22	[[folder:Berlin 1936]]
23	* A [[{{Squick}} Squicky one]], but nonetheless hilarious at the same time. Thousands of pigeons released during the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games pooped on much of the audience after being frightened by ceremonial cannon fire.
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26	[[folder:Sarajevo 1984]]
27	* When Torvill and Dean were about to perform their routine to ''Bolero''. They were slightly delayed starting it because they had to first wait for a little girl who was removing a bouquet from the rink and then spotted something stuck to the ice and had a job trying to get it off.
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30	[[folder:Los Angeles 1984]]
31	* In the spring before the games began, UsefulNotes/McDonalds ran a promotion called “When the US Wins, You Win.” In it, you would be given a scratchable ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it. If the US won a gold medal in that event, you would get a free Big Mac. If they won silver, you would get a free order of French fries. If bronze, a free Coca-Cola. Thanks to the Soviet boycott, the US ended up winning far more Olympic medals than expected. For the duration of the games, it was not unusual to see whole families coming out of UsefulNotes/McDonalds restaurants with entire free meals!
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34	[[folder:Albertville 1992]]
35	* In a Winter Olympics where it seemed like hardly any figure skater could get through their routine without falling--''People Magazine'' actually ranked "Olympic Figure Skating" on its year-end "Worst Of Tube" list--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emddH834Nqg this performance]] by France's Laetitia Hubert really takes the cake. Kudos to her for not giving up and finishing, although she looked ''exhausted'' by the end.
36	** American commentator Scott Hamilton, the 1984 gold medalist in men's figure skating, later admitted that the reason he stopped talking about halfway through is because he was laughing so much.
37	* This ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[https://youtu.be/CYeEAx-0sGg skit]], which seemed to foreshadow Hubert's performance--Hamilton outright said it was the first thing he thought of.
38	* At the start of the second run of the four-man Bobsleigh, Unified Team member Alexandre Bortiuk slipped on the ice and dived in - and found himself going down the track the wrong way, facing one of his team mates.
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41	[[folder:Atlanta 1996]]
42	* The opening ceremony had pickup trucks enter the stadium while people spelled out "How Y'all Doin?" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po9AV3p7qkU Seriously]].
43	* One gymnast on the Chinese men's team paused halfway through his routine to wave to the audience, ''by using his foot''. Doubly funny considering the reputation the Chinese have for being very straitlaced and serious.
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46	[[folder:Sydney 2000]]
47	* The hilarious if not endearing sight of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rqI8xwXVac Eric "The Eel" Moussambani]], a guy who had never even seen an Olympic-sized pool before and really showed it - unopposed because the others in his heat made false starts!
48	* The guy who ran amok on a ride-on lawnmower during the closing ceremony. Briefly a national hero! Followed by this were floats that had drag queens.
49	** The drag queens reappeared during the closing ceremony, re-enacting scenes from ''Film/PriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''. The famous bus made an appearance too. This was [[http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=118810 the first open involvement of LGBT people in an Olympic event]] and the first time the Games accepted and promoted them. Naturally, NBC completely ignored the significance of this event.
50	* Somewhere between Funny and Awesome, during the introduction last leg of the Tin Symphony, we have what looks like a giant metal ''dragon'' entering the stadium.
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53	[[folder:Athens 2004]]
54	* Former Tennis player turned announcer Mary Carillo's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZDn0U0w78k rant about badminton]], which starts off about the equipment used for the sport before quickly going OffTheRails about how the kids in her neighborhood basically wreck her home trying get a shuttlecock out of a tree.
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57	[[folder:Vancouver 2010]]
58	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JVEKaaurlI "Fixing" the last leg of the indoor cauldron for the closing ceremony and allowing Catriona Le May Doan, the last torch bearer, to light it]].
59	* A number of Canadian comedians expressing the country's appreciation towards their guests, including Creator/MichaelJFox heartwarmingly declaring everybody as honorary Canadians--which he then claims means that Canada won every gold medal of the Games.
60	* Creator/WilliamShatner's speech, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_wKHwT1Ck as shown here]]. Really, that entire closing ceremony was a cavalcade of hilarious self-parody.
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63	[[folder:London 2012]]
64	* Most of Creator/DannyBoyle's opening ceremony, which was called "wacky," "off-the-wall," and "bonkers" in many quarters.
65	** Creator/RowanAtkinson's Series/MrBean [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzjlmBLfrQ quasi-Mr. segment]]. The ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' theme by Music/{{Vangelis}} starts with all the drama and seriousness one would expect from the situation...and then the camera pans over to him sitting at the keyboard, clearly bored that his part only involves hitting the same "pulse" note over and over. He manages to take out his phone to take a picture, sneeze ''and'' play the keyboard with an umbrella so he can get a tissue out of his backpack, and then falls asleep, dreaming himself into the movie's "running on the beach" opening sequence. After cheating to win the foot-race[[note]]Specifically, he takes a cab[[/note]], he wakes up to find that the rest of the orchestra has finished the song and everyone is staring at him. The conductor--highly respected conductor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Rattle Sir Simon Rattle]]--scrunches a displeased expression and signals for the final notes. So he does so, only to hit one messed-up note at the end (which sounds like a big fart).
66	** Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII parachuting out a helicopter with Film/JamesBond. American viewers got the bonus of Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer apparently being convinced it was real!
67	** The Queen's corgis being filmed in the ShakyCam method of the modern Bond films.
68	** Creator/DanielCraig looking bemused at the UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill statue waving at him, especially the part where he follows the Queen after being escorted to her office.
69	** At the end of the sequence - when the Queen and Prince Philip are being introduced to the crowd - a man in the row behind where the royals would sit sees it on a screen and decides to crouch down so that he can completely be seen on screen. He then looks back up at the screen and smirks when he realises that he has just photobombed the Queen.
70	** There's something just so cracktactic about 20x Film/MaryPoppins defeating a giant [[Franchise/HarryPotter Voldemort]]...especially since, if the music was any indication, we were ''supposed'' to take it dead seriously. British humor is like that. ''They're'' sure, but you're never quite sure...
71	* In the 2012 fencing event, one of the Italians complained his hits were not registering his Korean opponent [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m81ig1cPHD1qj3nnqo1_500.gif and tested the connection with a self-inflicted]] AssShove.
72	* Upon winning the 2012 discus throw, German Robert Harting cranks a Wrestling/HulkHogan before doing a victory lap ''by clearing the hurdles''. [[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/discus-champ-lights-olympic-stadium-hilarious-celebration-210641728.html It's just as hilarious as it sounds]]. He then went in to London to celebrate...and had to spend the night in a unnamed railway station after he had his accreditation nicked.
73	* "Games Maker" Rachel Onasanwo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcmoRy444MY decided to do her job]] entirely in DeadpanSnarker mode, becoming an Internet and TV star in the process.
74	* The Chinese figured out that [[ThrowingTheFight if they lost their first badminton match, they would have easier competition]] and make sure only the Chinese teams would make it to the finals. The South Koreans figured this out and decided to do the same, causing some hilariously bad matches. This was quickly found out--as it turns out, highly competitive athletes tend to be pretty bad at, and quite obvious about, trying to lose--and [[SpringtimeForHitler it led to one Chinese team and two South Korean teams being disqualified]], which gave everyone else some cause for ''{{Schadenfreude}}''.
75	* [[http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/08/irishman-gives-expert-olympic-sailing-commentary-video/ This commentary]] on a sailing race by someone who has no idea what's going on. He just makes sarcastic remarks about everything, until he realizes the race was not ''ending'', but ''starting''.
76	* Creator/EricIdle performing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiu0lYQIPqE Always Look on the Bright Side of Life]]" from ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' in the closing ceremony. In the middle of the performance, Bollywood dancers ''crash in and do a performance'', all the while dousing Idle with colored dust. It has to be seen to be believed. Of course, [[AudienceParticipationSong the audience even joins in]].
77	* There is a Chilean MemeticMutation about ''La Princesa Caballo''[[labelnote:Translation]]''The Horse Princess''[[/labelnote]], [[http://vidayestilo.terra.cl/mujer/descubre-el-mito-de-la-princesa-a-caballo,d3c19b3d776e7310VgnVCM4000009bcceb0aRCRD.html born from a sort-of prank by soccer fans]][[note]]The link is in Spanish[[/note]]. When a local TV station was covering [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics the equestrian events]] and Princess Anne's daughter [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Phillips Lady Zara Phillips]] showed up, guess what one of the commentators started shouting?
78	* In the 10m platform event in diving, Qiu Bo reacted to winning silver by wailing and banging his fist against a wall. Tom Daley's reaction to winning bronze? He--and ''his friends''--jumped into the pool.
79	* The Parade of Nations in the opening ceremony was carried out to a backing of iconic British music. What starts playing when Fiji comes out? ''Staying Alive''...by Music/TheBeeGees.
80	* Not concerning the Games themselves, but rather the promoters. When trying to decide which famous British celebrities should appear in the opening ceremony, they actually considered having ''Keith Moon'' of Music/TheWho to perform. The problem is, Keith Moon has been ''dead'' since 1978!
81	* Three words: [[https://www.today.com/parents/back-it-again-aly-raisman-s-parents-squirm-daughter-s-t101601 Aly Raisman's parents.]] (This applies to both 2012 and 2016, since Raisman returned for a second Olympics.)
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84	[[folder:Sochi 2014]]
85	* The men's hockey semi-finals between the U.S. and Canada inspired a billboard in Chicago[[note]]The home of the Blackhawks, whom Canadian player Jonathan Toews plays for[[/note]]. It was a very simple bet--the loser keeps Music/JustinBieber.
86	** Updated the next day after the U.S. lost: An eagle wearing a gold chain saying "Belieber." The caption? "Worst bet ever."
87	* A technical malfunction prevented the fifth Olympic ring from opening out of its snowflake during the opening ceremony, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtd1QxjcHDA here]]. This was what the media chose to focus on, and it was all over Website/{{Twitter}} as #ringfail, frustrating the organizers who had done splendidly on everything else. The rings' first appearance in the ceremony is an extremely important, glorious moment--just imagine if the forged rings at London hadn't worked out! Since everyone else was making fun of them, the organizers figured [[SelfDeprecation they'd make fun of themselves]] as well: In the closing ceremony, groups of ballerinas portrayed the five snowflakes, and amid thunderous applause and laughter, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxrwwx2iePs the last snowflake finally deployed]]. This was the image on the IOC website's 404 page for a while.
88	* Canadian sports talk show hosts Tim Micallef and Sid Seixeiro of "Tim & Sid" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNVS0wgXm3s reacted appropriately]] when the Canadian women scored the overtime goal in ice hockey for the gold medal. For additional hilarity, British television show "The Last Leg" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LxIyifz4X8 picked up on their reaction]].
89	* At the Gala Exhibition, the Olympic audience gets to see [[https://youtu.be/d4IJZoXc2XQ?t=1242 Javier Fernandez's aerobics class]].
90	* Yuzuru Hanyu's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeJfqQhZYw reaction]] when he realizes he's won his first Olympic gold: a creditable (probably accidental) impression of [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch.]] "I'm first? I'm the first?" "Yeah, you are!" ''"Oh my god!"''
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93	[[folder:Rio 2016]]
94	* The opening ceremony had cyclists before every delegation. A few were [[https://twitter.com/LeonaDivaa/status/761723278935388160 hilariously]] [[https://twitter.com/Aguinaldinho/status/761737427438407680 chill]] about it.
95	* Hope Solo [[http://a.fssta.com/content/dam/fsdigital/fscom/Soccer/images/2016/07/22/072216-Soccer-Olympics-Hope-Solo-bug-spray-Zika.vresize.1200.675.high.76.jpg posted some]] ComicalOverreacting about the Zika virus.[[note]]Zika primarily affects poverty-stricken environments where the mosquitoes that carry it can breed. Tourists and athletes, living in more luxurious quarters with screens and proper hygiene, were much less likely be affected.[[/note]] In response, the Brazilians not only jeered her--as expected for [[OpposingSportsTeam the U.S. team]]--but they also made sure that every free kick of hers had a chant of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax-DRkuDtVg "ZIKA!"]].
96	* In the basketball match between the U.S. and China, the Dream Team decides on who will execute free shoots...via [[http://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/2016-rio-olympics-basketball-usa-plays-rock-paper-scissors-and-defeats-china a game of rock-paper-scissors]].
97	* ESPN Brazil chose resident LargeHam Romulo Mendonça to broadcast volleyball. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbbYo2YJMW0 Hilarity]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIy8yEOBkXM ensued]].
98	* [[http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/09/12/michael-phelps-game-face.jpg Michael Phelps' Game Face]].
99	* Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui twice had the third best time in the 100m backstroke, in the semi-finals and finals...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEEgApvGm7w only knowing it]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5_EUhsB0Y4 when a reporter told her so]], as she is near-sighted and [[BlindWithoutEm unable to read the scoreboard]] from the pool. She also gives {{Adorkable}} [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fu-yuanhui-olympics_us_57aa0ecae4b0ba7ed23da025 post-swim interviews and makes funny faces at]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG0e2SrcUXg her podium ceremonies]].
100	* The members of Team Fiji's men's rugby sevens team [[TheBigGuy are very tall]], and they're on the top podium. So what do they do? They get on their knees to get the medals put on their necks--by Princess Anne, no less!
101	* During the men's 200m butterfly final in swimming, Canadian commentator Elliotte Friedman got Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte's lanes mixed up and consequently narrated the entire final as if ''Lochte'' was having the swim of his life. Whoops!
102	* During the men's 4x200m freestyle relay, Michael Phelps, the team's anchor, went to put on his swim cap and [[https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/08/michael-phelps-cap-rip ripped it in half]], just minutes before he was set to go. (Phelps borrowed a cap from the leadoff, Conor Dwyer, after Dwyer finished his part of the race, and the race proceeded without a hitch.)
103	* Everywhere it was noted how the Brazilian crowds were rowdy, cheering loudly in every sport like it was a football game--especially when their own teams were competing--and eventually finding some underdogs to support. One particularly funny example involves Ecuatorian boxer Carlos Mina, whose surname led to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmMj8UC5Mig an old hit]] [[https://twitter.com/naosalvo/status/764121352978726916 becoming a]] CrowdSong--and probably helping Mina win two fights.
104	** Also in boxing, when the referee was Brazilian, [[https://twitter.com/robertojsjunior/status/765764440012840960/video/1 he would]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwAuXIi-BvU be cheered]] instead of the fighters.
105	* For some reason, fencing loves using [[Franchise/StarWars The Imperial March]] to bring the fencers in. Volleyball used the song to score challenges against referee decisions.
106	* After Joseph Schooling won the men's 100m butterfly final in swimming, many more people around the world[[note]]This not being an entirely new joke for Singaporeans[[/note]] started punning on his surname with statements like "Michael Phelps got schooled." [[https://www.facebook.com/moesingapore/posts/10155033693532004 Singapore's Ministry of Education also jumped on the pun bandwagon when responding to Singaporeans asking for a public holiday to celebrate the country's first-ever gold medal]][[note]]Not that there would have been a holiday anyway if Joseph had a different surname or if the first gold medallist was someone else[[/note]].
107	* Usain Bolt finds time to ''[[https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/cVVR09O3Jc6R8ql9eR-AD2ls6Xc=/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6938711/1.0.png smile to the camera]]'' in the middle of his 100m semi-finals race. And to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrYNlFQiSI prank a reporter]] after winning the 200m.
108	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzPoo8BCEuo This moment]] in the semi-finals between Bolt and Canadian sprinter Andre de Grasse. Right at the finish line when Bolt was slowing down, Andre caught him up and almost beat him. Bolt noticed and made sure he finished first. The two men shared a cheeky grin, complete with finger wagging from Bolt as if to say, "Nu-uh, ain't no way you're beating me." One Website/YouTube comment sums it all up:
109	-->'''Website/YouTube Comment''': Imagine trying your hardest to catch up and Usain and Andre are just smiling and relaxing lmao
110	* Andy Murray, after winning the gold medal, accidentally breaks his Rio ornament during the medal ceremony and [[https://twitter.com/AmyFetherolf/status/764988539771551745 tries to hide the evidence behind his back]].
111	** Similarly, one of the presenters at the gold medal ceremony for men's basketball dropped and broke one of the trophies, with hilarious reactions from the players. Carmelo Anthony ended up being the man without.
112	* After winning the gold medal for Women's Freestyle 63k in wrestling, Risako Kawai [[http://weloveshortvideos.com/post/149177883118/risakokuwai-of-japan-celebrates-winning-the-gold flips her coach onto the mat twice, then carries him on her shoulders in a lap around the ring]].
113	* The Brazil vs. Australia Women's Soccer knockout match was a tense game that was only decided in the shootouts. [[https://vine.co/v/5hzKzvr1BO9 Just see what it did to Aussie captain Lisa De]] [[https://twitter.com/lisadevanna11/status/765656329079980032 Vanna]].
114	* [[http://s2.glbimg.com/PcbTeWcrGqS0AdjKXcZ0L-kai70=/0x0:599x422/599x422/s.glbimg.com/es/ge/f/original/2016/08/13/image.jpg Japanese supporters making their flag out of a department store bag]].
115	* Mongolian wrestler Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran losing out on the bronze medal because of an early celebration causing him to get penalized for evading the grapple was not very funny. His coaches reacting to the judges' denial of their protests by flying into a rage and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TKXikW5gwo stripping off their clothes, in one case all the way down to the skivvies]], on the other hand? ''[[NakedPeopleAreFunny Hilarious]]''.
116	** Also, considering there was no way to throw contest flags, [[http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/08/olympic-wrestling-is-using-a-stuffed-animal-for-its-challenge-flag the coaches were tossing plushies of mascot Vinicius to argue with the referees]]!
117	* Spanish weight-lifter Lidia Valentín won the bronze medal in the 75kg category...and [[http://s1.eestatic.com/2016/08/12/actualidad/Actualidad_147252998_12758175_1706x960.jpg did this]].
118	* [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=875716192532410&set=a.154536387983731.25583.100002821113993 At one point]], Brazil was [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13th]] on the medal table, with [[NumberOfTheBeast 6 golds, 6 silvers and 6 bronzes]].
119	* Tokyo's promotional video for the 2020 Olympics in the closing ceremony has a skit where [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePoliticalSystem Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]] is stuck in traffic and realizes he won't be able to get to Rio in time. So he turns himself into [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]][[note]]Complete with [[ShownTheirWork accurate sound effects]][[/note]] and gets assisted by Manga/{{Doraemon}} who builds, in the middle of the world-famous Shibuya Crossing, a Warp Pipe with a drilling component similar to the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 Spin Drill]] to ''[[DiggingToChina burrow through the earth's core]]'' so he can get to Maracanã Stadium[[note]]Which becomes [[{{Irony}} doubly funny]] when you realize that Brazil was fiercely loyal to Nintendo's arch-rival Creator/{{Sega}} during the console wars of the 1980s and 1990s[[/note]]. Then Prime Minister Abe makes his entrance [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDICHp07I8 through the Warp Pipe exit installed in the middle of the stadium, still wearing Mario's hat and clothes]]. The video also includes appearances from Manga/CaptainTsubasa, VideoGame/PacMan[[note]]In both its original and ''VideoGame/PacManWorld'' appearances[[/note]], and Franchise/HelloKitty.
120	** Nintendo later [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-08-23/buzzfeed-japan-international-recognition-kept-pokemon-out-of-olympics-closing-ceremony/.105528 admitted]] that they chose to use Mario over any other franchise, partly because he's ''still'' the most recognizable face of Nintendo, and partly because they couldn't resist the 'Ma'''RIO'''' pun.
121	* [[http://time.com/4464699/rio-2016-olympics-britain-baggage-claim/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook The tweets that resulted]] upon Team GB's landing at Heathrow due to [[DidNotThinkThisThrough the decision to give all the athletes identical bags]].
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124	[[folder:[=PyeongChang=] 2018]]
125	* The actual medal ceremonies are held in front of the Olympic stadium in the evening. So what happens at the victory celebrations at the events themselves? They get adorable dolls of the Pyeongchang mascot Soohorang!
126	* The Norwegian team's catering staff [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/norway-olympics-team-orders-15000-eggs-by-mistake-south-korea accidentally ordered 15,000 eggs instead of 1,500.]]
127	* It was completely unsurprising but absolutely hilarious that [[https://youtu.be/SIy7odd4BvM?t=4084 the United States walked into the stadium]] to "[[Music/{{PSY}} Gangnam Style]]".
128	** As an added bonus, the kids dancing in the background had been doing fairly generic dance moves up until this point. What do they do when the chorus hits? Why, they start doing the horse galloping move of course! Some of the athletes were doing it as well.
129	* Red Gerard won the US its first gold of the games, but ''getting'' there was hilarious, according to [[https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/winter-olympics-2018-red-gerard-winning-gold-and-cursing this]] article. He overslept, and then had to borrow his roommate's jacket because he couldn't find his own. Oh, and he said '[[https://youtu.be/m0nJr_cpYWU?t=2m39s shit]]' on international television.
130	* Downtime at Pyeongchang inspires ingenuity.
131	** Swiss skier Fabian Bösch [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BfFq2VfAcCj/?taken-by=buhsch shows everyone they've been taking the escalator wrong]]. Later, along with Swiss team head coach J.P. Furrer, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BfAo0kDAB1f/?taken-by=buhsch Bösch invents an entirely new sport]].
132	** American luger and silver medalist Chris Mazdzer [[https://twitter.com/lagibbs84/status/962826305094864896/video/1 displays his pizza-eating skills]].
133	* Not wanting to interrupt Shoma Uno's press talk, countryman and fellow figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu decided the appropriate action was to [[https://twitter.com/yawning_shoma/status/964022012304875520 crawl behind him]].
134	* Everything [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK1nMiJq5XY Yuzuru Hanyu]] and his fellow men's singles figure skaters did during the Gala Practice should count:
135	** [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfj4szKB9r3/ Collectively switching to speed skating.]] Hanyu loses traction and slides, hitting the board with his back, laughing the entire time.
136	** [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Bff1_ymBKEF/ Attempts at switching to curling.]]
137	** [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BferVEbBVzz/ Misha Ge turns into a sliding penguin]] as a fellow skater obliviously practices behind him.
138	* Behind the scenes, Brian Orser (two-time Olympic silver medalist and Hanyu's coach) gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT8QZEgj5jA&t=338s a self-deprecating dig in.]]
139	--> '''Yuzuru Hanyu:''' You have six-pack?
140	--> '''Brian Orser:''' [[FormerlyFit Underneath.]] (rubs stomach) In the trunk of my car.
141	* The gala itself has hilarious moments.
142	** First, [[https://youtu.be/FngQ4JLN6YE?t=6262 we get a performance]] to [[Music/{{Aqua}} "Barbie Girl".]] Cue the pair proceeding to do practically [[AwesomeButImpractical every move banned in actual competition]].
143	** Some decided to go with quite eccentric combinations of costumes and songs - like [[https://youtu.be/FngQ4JLN6YE?t=6516 this performance]] to [[Music/{{BTS}} "Mic Drop"]].
144	** Last but not least, the Olympic audience gets to witness [[https://youtu.be/FngQ4JLN6YE?t=3756 Javi's aerobics class]] once more!
145	* After Australian aerial skier David Morris qualifies for the finals, the Australian reporter and colour commentator are standing in front talking about the upcoming finals. Just as the color commentator mentions David's name, he skis past them and whoops as he does so!
146	* Norway's men's curling team-already well known for their outlandish and [[MemeticMutation memetic]] [[IconicOutfit pants]]-upped their game by [[http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/norway-mens-curling-team-continues-amazing-tradition-valentines-day-themed-pants wearing special Valentine's Day]] themed pants for the first day of round-robins... which was on February 14.
147	* Throughout the Canada vs. United States women's ice hockey gold medal match, Canadian ice dance gold medallist Scott Moir [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180225162532/https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/scott-moir-keeps-canadian-women-hockey-fans-smiling.html kept women's hockey fans smiling]]. For bonus funny, look at the reactions of fellow Canadian figure skaters Patrick Chan and Keegan Messing who are sitting on either side of Scott.
148	* Doping is a very serious violation and abusers should be punished. Nevertheless, many people couldn't help cracking jokes when someone in ''curling''--not a very physically demanding sport--was caught doping.
149	* Speaking of curling, Niklaus Edin, knowing that there was no way Sweden could beat the United States, gives a little twirl as he launches his final stone before conceding.
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151	[[folder:Tokyo 2020]]
152	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9uVg-feZoM The Pictograms segment of the opening ceremony]] was the perfect mix of Awesome and Funny, but the nadir of that segment was when they touched on the horse-centered events of the Olympics: one can hear a few bars of 'Camptown Races' being played. And who says Japan doesn't have a sense of humor.
153	** Also, one of the pictogram performers dropped the prop when it was time to demonstrate badminton.
154	** How they showed the 'Sailing' pictogram was to zoom in on the emblem on the shirt of a very confused prop guy.
155	** While demonstrating the pictograms for combat sports, two persons began sparring in 'Kumite', one posed for 'Kata' (with the help of an assistant) after knocking down the other opponent, then said opponent got up and fought back in a 'Judo' move while suspending the other ''mid-air'', and finally before settling in a 'Wrestling' pose, they took off their clothes - but ''how'' the other person bizarrely disrobed was on another level. [[TheCoatsAreOff "The gi comes off" indeed.]]
156	* Filipino skater Margielyn Didal [[https://twitter.com/amittensblight/status/1419460233538199558 falls, fakes pain, and emerges smiling]]. Brazilians also loved seeing her [[https://twitter.com/OBQDC/status/1419524060233490433 photobombing a TV interview]].
157	* After Australian swimmer Kaylee [=McKeown=] won the gold, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jE9t4dy68sshe accidentally dropped an F-bomb during her interview]], following up with an OhCrap reaction where she swore again.
158	** She wasn’t the only one. Creator/TheBBC had to get their bleep machine out after an [[https://www.joe.co.uk/amp/news/adam-peaty-drops-f-bomb-twice-live-on-bbc-interview-after-gold-medal-win-282100 interview]] with British swimmer Adam Peaty, who had just defended his Olympic crown, resulted in two F-bombs, and presumably the Chinese one was working overtime after one of their [[https://www.indy100.com/sport/chinese-olympian-swearing-badminton-match-b1893005?amp badminton player’s repeatedly shouted out “Cao,” during one her matches]]. “Cao,” means fuck in Mandarin.
159	** There were also two Brazilian cases, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb7HTpt5log&t=6s Calm down, cunt! Fuck!]]" and [[https://twitter.com/Alexandregalvs/status/1421770740026724352 "I fucking deserved it!"]] (and that's not counting two commenters, a football one shouting [[https://twitter.com/futgolstaon/status/1418940635197890578 "Holy shit!"]] and a skateboarder reacting to a contestant landing [[GroinAttack crotch-first on the railing]] with "[[https://twitter.com/BatatinhaGeek/status/1419490547388067841 cooched in the tournament]]" - she'd later one-up herself saying another contestant "[[https://twitter.com/deuxdeebano/status/1422746833785397250?s=19 arrived putting her pussy on the table]]") The latter one led to the coaches complaining the boxers were swearing too much, making them find [[GoshDarnItToHeck a replacement]], thus a woman celebrated a semifinal win with "This is Brazil, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_roll rocambole!]]" - only for that same guy to celebrate his gold with "[[https://twitter.com/beauany_secret/status/1423888610915405833?s=19 Rocambole, to not say FUCK!]]"
160	** Another two from British athletes: Keely Hodgkinson, after crossing the line in the 800 metres, looked up at the screen to see where she finished and realised that not only had she had won a silver medal, but had broken her PB and ran a national record at the same time. She then put her hands to her head, and [[https://www.scotsman.com/sport/other-sport/what-did-keely-hodgkinson-say-who-is-the-team-gb-800m-runner-and-how-did-she-win-silver-at-tokyo-olympics-3334035?amp exclaimed “What the fuck?”]], and cyclist Ethan Hayter, after winning a silver medal in the Madison, and who was being interview trackside straight after the race [[https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/tokyo-2020-team-gb-swears-24709151.amp said “fucking”, and quickly changed it to “flipping”]], when he realised what he said live on Creator/TheBBC.
161	* Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus's coach Dean Boxall [[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/26/australian-swimming-coach-dean-boxalls-wild-celebration-goes-viral-after-ariarne-titmus-wins-gold going absolutely apeshit]] after Titmus wins gold in the women's 400m freestyle.
162	* Team GB's diving coach Jane Figueiredo certainly helped to break to the tension in the men's 10m synchronised diving with her antics. Each nailed dived by the charges were greeted with a lot of enthusiasm and when they actually won the competition, she could have given some of the gymnast's a run for their money with her excited jumping around. Just watch her in the [[https://youtu.be/selIejz4hJ8 highlights here.]]
163	* Irish rower Paul O’Donovan’s somewhat [[https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_6103e22be4b00fa7af81e97c/amp laid back, and hilarious interviews]] after winning Ireland’s first ever rowing gold medal.
164	* Two-time Olympic BMX champion Mariana Pajon, who took silver in Tokyo, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ExHg8n54is photobombing]] gold medalist Bethany Shriever's interview.
165	* [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] sports presenter Clare Balding’s accidental DoubleEntendre when interviewing two of the four swimmers of Britain’s 4x200 metre gold winning team [[https://www.indy100.com/sport/clare-balding-swimmer-third-leg-olympics-b1892960?amp about their ‘third leg…’]]
166	* During the final minutes of Women's Field Hockey match between Argentina and Spain, [[https://twitter.com/s6ntispam/status/1419741438942883842 the cameraman decided to film a cockroach instead of the actual match]].
167	* A small giggle-worthy moment: when receiving medals for the Women's Vault, Yeo Seo-jeong picked up her bronze medal... and stood there awkwardly holding it, not sure what to do with it. [[https://twitter.com/victorizadu/status/1421770952757682177 Until she turned to look at gold medallist Rebeca Andrade, who subtly signalled for her to put it around her neck. ]]
168	* During the men's +109KG weightlifting on day 12, the competitor from the Czech Republic began to pick up the weights... but ended up dropping them again with such a force that he ''rolled backwards'' off the stand.
169	* The street skateboarding had a full-on ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' moment when Keegan Palmer finished a run by [[https://twitter.com/bicmuller/status/1423091711954280452 taking down a cameraman!]]
170	** The BBC commentary makes the moment funnier:
171	--->'''Commentator 1''': Do you get extra points for that?
172	--->'''Commentator 2''': He's still working! That guy's just secured next year's pay rise.
173	* Depending on how you look at it, what happened in the [[https://www.eurosport.com/modern-pentathlon/tokyo-2020/2021/tokyo-2020-olympics-her-face-says-it-all-devastation-for-pentathlon-leader-as-horse-refuses-to-jump_vid1523402/video.shtml women’s modern pentathlon to German athlete Anna Schleu]] is either a very distressing and uncomfortable watch, or the horse indulging in some ComedicSociopathy. To add some context, the horse in question, called Saint Boy, [[https://defector.com/horse-innocent/ had already been cracked around his head with a whip by the previous rider]] after he refused one fence, so probably wasn’t in the best of moods after that experience. When Schleu mounted, she struggled to control him, and broke into tears, which wasn’t the best of starts (Horses tend to work better when the person riding them is calm). When her [[https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58127366.amp coach decided to then punch the horse]] (which got her expelled from the Games) as if that would convince him to cooperate, it probably doesn’t take a genius to work out why Saint Boy decided to be even less inclined to do what Schleu, who was in a very distressed state by this point, wanted him to, especially when she decided to dig her spurs in hard, ''and'' use her whip. The end result was the horse refusing several jumps, and sending Schleu, who was the leader of the competition at that point, down to last, and ending any hopes she had of a medal.
174	** This incident has drawn [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Equestrian/comments/p0zlpb/an_update_on_saint_boy_from_the_governing_body_of/ worldwide attention and concern for Saint Boy]] -- his owners say he was exhausted but otherwise okay[[note]][[https://horse-canada.com/horse-news/actress-equestrian-kaley-cuoco-offers-purchase-saint-boy/ Famed equestrian and animal rights activist Kaley Cuoco fired off a beautiful tirade]] about the incident and offered to buy Saint Boy to "show him the life he deserves".[[/note]] -- and calls for reform in pentathlon as riders and horses are assigned by lot and have only a few minutes to get acquainted. (Experts on horse psychology frown on this. [[https://theconversation.com/saint-boys-rebellion-spurs-debate-about-ethical-treatment-of-horses-at-the-olympics-and-beyond-166472 Horses have their own dispositions and temperaments; it can take years to get to know and work with one]].) Suggestions included not having pentathlon, letting competitors ride their own horses, changing that part of the pentathlon to something else, or not having horses in the Games anymore at all. Isabell Werth, acknowledged as the greatest equestrian competitor, says the whole system must be changed. In 2021, [[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/sports/olympics/horses-equestrian-jumping-modern-pentathlon.html the Committee announced that horses would be discontinued from pentathlon]]. As of 2022, [[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/sports/olympics/modern-pentathlon-horses-obstacle-course.html pentathlon competitors will run an obstacle course instead]]. [[https://www.insider.com/olympic-horse-punch-modern-pentathlon-chaos-athletes-revolt-rule-changes-2021-11 This has led to the revelation of controversies almost as old as the Games between the pentathlon's governing authority and the Olympic Committee]].
175	* Two Brazilians celebrating: a swimmer [[https://twitter.com/rbrocanelli/status/1421792326641401857?s=19 making a meme real]], and a rower arriving at the podium [[https://twitter.com/marcelonaranjo/status/1424002400566792192?s=19 doing a]] [[Franchise/DragonBall kamehameha]]!
176	* Sixteen-year-old Chinese gymnast Guan Chenchen performed a flawless and ''incredibly'' difficult routine to win gold on the balance beam... and then tripped over her own feet while walking over for a group picture not ten minutes later. Apparently tumbling on a four-inch-wide stick is a piece of cake, but walking is a little more difficult....
177	[[/folder]]
178	[[folder:Beijing2022]]
179	* The brakeman of the Brazilian two man bobsleigh, Edison Martins, [[https://www.eurosport.co.uk/bobsleigh/beijing-2022/2022/urgh-a-slip-brazil-have-nightmare-with-gaffe-in-two-man-bobsleigh-training-at-beijing-2022-olympics_vid1629426/video.shtml failing over when trying to push the bob off the start during a training run.]]
180	* France’s Lucile Leferve, who had injured herself just before the Games, and knew that she wasn’t in any shape to challenge, decided to [[https://youtu.be/e7nxSjJcgAU have fun by wearing a tiger suit]] while competing in the Women’s Big Air qualifying.
181	* Jon Sallinen of Finland has his own Series/{{Jackass}} moment by [[https://youtu.be/G1gOUKsKWF8 taking out a cameramen]] during the Men’s Ski half pipe qualifying.
182	* Doubling as Heartwarming: Liu Xinyu (Chinese ice dancer) continues his trend of [[BridalCarry princess carrying and lifting]] Yuzuru Hanyu (Japanese men's singles skater) - [[https://life-is-like-soup.tumblr.com/post/676772576990773248/glad-they-were-having-the-time-of-their-lives not once, not twice, but four times.]] During the gala practice, as well as the gala, at the urging of Wang Shiyue (Liu's partner), Liu also spun with a delighted, laughing Hanyu in his arms. After he's put down, Hanyu does the proper flourishes and curtsies just like Wang would have. Post-event, Liu Xinyu posted Hanyu's selfie with Bing Dwen Dwen (the mascot) on Weibo, because Yuzuru (who had no official social media back then) knew many people wanted to see the selfie, and so forwarded it to Xinyu, as well as a video of Xinyu lifting Yuzuru in a stationary lift backstage. D'awww.
183	* Nobunari Oda (former figure skater who came to the Olympics as a journalist) queued for four and a half hours, advancing ten meters per hour, to buy a plushie of Bing Dwen Dwen. "I plan to wait 4 to 5 hours. I'll do my best, and if I don't, I'll cry at the media center." His triumphant reaction when he finally acquired one - a special edition, no less, and by complete coincidence - [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/33776fc3_038f_4cc5_8d01_2ac156fa79fa.jpeg is something to behold.]]
184	[[/folder]]

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