6. Salt Lake City Olympics
There were a few strong controversy cases at Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, but the actual games earn the spot on this list themselves. Utah’s capital had won the games in rather shady circumstances. Several IOC members have been expelled from the committee after being accused of accepting valuable gifts for their votes. Salt Lake City Organizing Committee leaders have also been charged for the incident, but they were later acquitted. The games were held, and that’s what counts in the end – even though it certainly wasn’t fair towards other bidding cities. This, however, is a standard procedure, it would seem – which makes it very hard to sanction.
