The 400m final at the 1908 London games was ordered to be re-run because American John Carpenter blocked Wyndham Halswelle - a move legal in the States but outlawed in Britain. Carpenter was disqualified and the other two finalists, both Americans, refused to re-race, so Halswelle jogged alone round the track and took gold.
在1908年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)上，400米決賽因?yàn)槊绹x手約翰?卡彭特?fù)踉跍氐履?霍斯韋爾前面而下令重跑。這種阻擋動(dòng)作在美國是允許的，但在英國卻是被禁止的?？ㄅ硖乇蝗∠麉①愘Y格，另外兩名進(jìn)入決賽的美國選手拒絕重跑。結(jié)果，霍斯韋爾獨(dú)自在跑道上慢跑并了獲得金牌。

小編說：正所謂，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。你到人家那里比賽，當(dāng)然要遵守人家的規(guī)矩啦！

Modern games founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin introduced an arts competition at the 1912 Stockholm Games. The gold medal winner for literature was... Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
在1912年斯德哥爾摩奧運(yùn)會(huì)上，現(xiàn)代奧運(yùn)會(huì)創(chuàng)始人彼埃爾?德?顧拜男爵旦引入了藝術(shù)類競技。然后，該比賽中文學(xué)類金牌獲得者是……彼埃爾-德顧拜旦男爵。

小編說：自己設(shè)立，自己得獎(jiǎng)？沒人敢和“奧運(yùn)之父”比賽？

Swimming at Athens 1896 involved the competitors being taken out in boats and then asked to paddle the required distance back to shore
1896年雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)上，游泳比賽時(shí)參賽者乘船到達(dá)離海岸指定距離的海面上，然后游回到岸邊。

小編說：如果不小心游錯(cuò)方向，那可就回不來了。。。

（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Helen）