Template:Olympic Games controversies

v t e Olympic Games scandals and controversies
By year	1988 (winter) 2008 (summer) 2010 (winter) 2012 (summer) 2014 (winter) 2016 (summer) 2018 (winter) 2020 (summer) 2022 (winter) 2024 (summer)
Boycotts	1936 1956 1964 1976 1980 1984 1988 2022
Alternative competitions	People's Olympiad (1936) Games of the New Emerging Forces (1963) Liberty Bell Classic (1980) Friendship Games (1984) Goodwill Games (1986–2001) World Friendship Games (2024)
Events	Football match between Peru and Austria (1936) "Blood in the Water" water polo match (1956) Tlatelolco massacre (1968) Black Power salute (1968) Munich massacre (1972) Basketball gold medal match controversy (1972) Black Power salute (1972) Kozakiewicz's gesture (1980) Centennial Olympic Park bombing (1996) Winter Olympic bid scandal (1998) Figure-skating judging scandal (2002) Underage gymnasts controversy (2008) Death of Nodar Kumaritashvili (2010) One minute of silence campaign (2012) LGBT rights protests (2014) Sochi Ladies' singles judging controversy (2014) Russian doping scandal (2015–present) Ireland Summer Olympics ticket scandal (2016) Lochtegate (2016) Rule 40 (2016) Attempted repatriation of Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (2021) COVID-19 cases at Tokyo 2020 (2021) COVID-19 cases at Beijing 2022 (2022)
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