It’s Not Just Sochi: Centuries of Olympic Scandals in 1 Map

Scandal has surrounded every aspect of the Winter Games in Sochi. From anti-gay remarks to stray dog slaughtering to environmental concerns to shoddy construction to yogurt wars to — well, you get the point. But the Sochi Games is far from the first time Olympic festivities have been marred by scandal involving both the competitions and the social conditions surrounding the event at a whole. See also: The Athletes Arrive: 15 Behind-the-Scenes Photos From Sochi During the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis, a marathon runner who finished in first place was later disqualified for driving a car throughout most of the race. In 1936, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime oversaw the games in Berlin.

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