What is the worst showing by a host country in Olympic history???
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Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics hosted by France. France won one bronze in the Pairs Figure Skating competition.\nSt. Moritz 1928 Winter Olympics hosted by Switzerland. Switzerland won one bronze in the Ice Hockey competition.
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France didn't do well for sure.  But the ultimate failure at the last world cup was Saudi Arabia.\n\nThey had 0 points and 0 goals after 3 games in which they conceded 12 times!  They started off with a 0-8 capitulation to Germany (which barely missed on a World Cup record of largest scoreline), then went on to lose 0-1 to Cameroon, and finally 0-3 to Ireland.  \n\nI am not sure, but I believe that this was indeed the worst performance in World Cup history.
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Brazil being knocked out on the second round in 1990. I lived in a complex of seven buildings. After the loss, all fireworks and confetti flew but there was no cheering.
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Odds in a world cup magazine\nA Costa Rica 500-1\nB Trinidad 1000-1\nC Serbia Montenegro 100-1\nD Iran 500-1\nE Ghana 250-1\nF Japan 150-1\nG Togo 400-1\nH Saudi Arabia 750-1\n\nGhana will end up the worst by record! tough group!
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Spain is most definitely the worst.  One of my college soccer teammates is from Spain, and he admits that they are a VERY racist country (when it comes to soccer).  They look down upon all other latin american countries, and they also look down upon other colored races.  Now I will also defend Spain in that, there are only a few clubs/stadiums that are known for being the most racist.\n\nItaly has also been know to be racist at times.  Paolo Di Canio (an Italian Player) was suspended this season for doing the nazi salute during a game.\n\nI can't comment on any other countries, but I'm sure that there is a bit of racism in EVERY country, no matter how "civilized" they may be.  \n\nIt's a sad world really.\n\nDISCLAIMER: I am in no way saying that the whole population of any of the aforementioned countries is racist.  I don't want anyone to be offended from any of the countries I mentioned, unless of course you are one of the racists and then I hope you ARE offended.
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this is the worst performance i've seen for Italy so far, drawing with the US is humiliating
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hate Greece... they beat Portugal and France in euro2004....
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Actually its quiet the opposite dont be fooled by this performance. Spain had actually managed NOT to win any first match since the 1954 WC !!!!!!!!! It is one of the worst records ever , Spain finally managed to beat Slovenia 3-1 and break the jinx in2002. Looks like they have continued the good work. But it was a great performance against Ukraine.
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Italy vs USA was the worst from what people wer saying during that game
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Head over to the IOC Olympic Games website... and you would have the following list... You can even jump around the years and find out some interesting facts and figures. As well as results from all of the games. \n\nSUMMER: Athens 1896; Paris 1900; St. Louis 1904; London 1908; Stockholm 1912; Antwerp 1920; Paris 1924; Amsterdam 1928; Los Angeles 1932; Berlin 1936; London 1948; Helsinki 1952; Melbourne 1956; Rome 1960; Tokyo 1964; Mexico City 1968; Munich 1972; Montreal 1976; Moscow 1980; Los Angeles 1984; Seoul 1988; Barcelona 1992; Atlanta 1996; Sydney 2000; Athens 2004; Beijing 2008; London 2012\n\nWINTER: Chamonix 1924; St. Moritz 1928; Lake Placid 1932; Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936; St. Moritz 1948; Oslo 1952; Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956; Squaw Valley 1960; Innsbruck 1964; Grenoble 1968; Sapporo 1972; Innsbruck 1976; Lake Placid 1980; Sarajevo 1984; Calgary 1988; Albertville 1992; Lillehammer 1994; Nagano 1998; Salt Lake City 2002; Torinio 2006; Vancouver 2010
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italy was pretty bad there, we were like, 'no buddy, you hit the goal on the wrong side!' it wasnt much of a surprise, it seems though they arent trying their best. as for the us, its pretty sad also they didnt get too far, it would have been of a bigger surprise if they even HIT a goal for the first time.
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Oh, yeah, Australia was ripped off.  I can't believe that the ref made that call and I hope that Italy gets what's coming to them later in the games.  Unbelievable.  Italy should be ashamed.
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Definitely a very sad and pathetic call, but not the worst I have seen in this World Cup.... The most tragic calls have been made against Les Bleus... 1) Zidane gets a yellow card for taking a free kick too quickly????? WTF!!!!!!!! 2) The officials completely miss the fact that France scored a second goal against South Korea! 3) The officials missed what I considered to be a blatant hand ball in the box in the game against Switzerland!  And I do love the USA but we just got outclassed in almost every match we have played in this tournament, and let us not forget that if not for our "captain" (maybe if captain is German for Vagina!), that penalty would have only drawn them level with us and given us a chance to go ahead!
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How about "The Miracle on Ice"  US defeats Soviets.  \n\nHappened in 1980 Winter Olympics
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They played the Czech republic. They lost 3-0. They played horrible. I hope they can come back and beat Italy this weekend, but it'll be tough.
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Host cities of the Modern Olympic Games\n\n1896 - 1st Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n1900 - 2nd Olympiad - Paris, France\n1904 - 3rd Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, USA\n1906 - 3rd Olympiad, year 3 - Athens, Greece (sometimes called the "interim Games")\n1908 - 4th Olympiad - London, England\n1912 - 5th Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden\n1916 - 6th Olympiad - Cancelled - World War I (Scheduled for Berlin, Germany)\n1920 - 7th Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium\n1924 - 8th Olympiad - Paris, France\n1928 - 9th Olympiad - Amsterdam, The Netherlands\n1932 - 10th Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1936 - 11th Olympiad - Berlin, Germany\n1940 - 12th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (Scheduled for Tokyo, Japan. Then re-scheduled for Helsinki, Finland & cancelled a 2nd time)\n1944 - 13th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (London considered, but war continued)\n1948 - 14th Olympiad - London, England\n1952 - 15th Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland\n1956 - 16th Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (Horses were not permitted to be imported into Australia so the Equestrian events were in Stockholm)\n1960 - 17th Olympiad - Rome, Italy\n1964 - 18th Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan\n1968 - 19th Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico\n1972 - 20th Olympiad - Munich, Germany\n1976 - 21st Olympiad - Montreal, Canada\n1980 - 22nd Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR)\n1984 - 23rd Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1988 - 24th Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea\n1992 - 25th Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain\n1996 - 26th Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, USA\n2000 - 27th Olympiad - Sydney, Australia\n2004 - 28th Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n2008 - 29th Olympiad - Beijing, China\n2012 - 30th Olympiad - London, England\n2016 - 31st Olympiad - to be selected by the International Olympic Committee
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It looks retarded lmao. I got drunk during the Olympics whn curling was on, WTH are they curling? lol they look like morons.