Design errors

Sports

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Diving competition in open water ! Diving in open water with a yacht in the background (the diver is positioned on a diving board, and not on a starting block!) is certainly not conform to the Olympic Games standards ! (MONACO - 1948)


Painful dive This woman is much too close to the water surface, this dive will end very painfully. (ICELAND - 1955)


Missing cap In waterpolo, the players always wear a head cap, to show clearly which team they belong to. (HUNGARY - 1958)


Rudderless sailboat Sailboat without helm and rudder. (PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 1969)


Women waterpolo A waterpolo competition for women was certainly not organised at the Olympic games of Los Angeles in 1984. (NICARAGUA - 1984)


Wrong position Too close to the end for a running jump, too far for a standing jump. (RUSSIA - )


Strange swimmer All swimmers are crawling, except one who is butterfly stroking. (NIGERIA - )


Against the rules A wind-surfer in swimming suit is against the rules : life jackets are obligatory during a contest. (CHINA - 1983)


Wrong caps. In waterpolo, the teams always wear black or white caps, the goalkeepers a red one. (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1968)


Accident This dive from the wrong side of the springboard will not end up in water but on the hard ground (EQUATORIAL GUINEA - 1972)


Missing blocs Swimcompetition without starting blocs. (IVORY COAST - 1961)


Too high The highest level in diving is 10 meter, the diver here seems a least 30m above the water surface. (FUJEIRA - 1972)


Strange competition Swimmers without cap : one of them is already swimming while the other one is still waiting to start (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 1964)


Wrong position The riggers holding the oars should be above water level. (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1959)


Clean or not ? Is is obvious that this swimmer has to urgently perform a doping test. (CYPRUS - 1996)


Wrong colour The red cap with number 1 is reserved for the goalkeeper. (ITALY - 1994)


Missing riggers Missing riggers to fix the oars. (GREECE - 1983)


Strange This canoetist is making a very strange paddle-action. (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1966)


Strange position The paddles seem to be hold behind the neck. (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1966)


Mixed competition Wrong representation of the Olympic rings, and mixed swim competition with men and women. (UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC - 1960)


Wrong team This stamp illustrates a rowing event not, as might be expected, with the rowing four which had won a gold medal for the Federal Republic at Munich, but with the rowing four of the D.D.R. (GERMANY - 1976)


Wrong direction The swimmers are crossing the lanes instead of following them. (INDONESIA - 1988)


Strange Head is too small comparing to the body. And a strange competition, without boat and competing with a swan. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1956)


Wrong number An Olympic rowing competition with three rowers does not exist. (FUJEIRA - 1972)


Two errors No starting blocs and wrong starting position. (LIBERIA - )


Too big The rower is much too big for the boat. (POLAND - 1955)


Impossible position Impossible position of this rowers. (RUSSIA - 1968)


Not présent Waterpolo for women was not a competition at the Summer Olympic Games in 1956. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1956)


Wrong design Wrong rigger design (YEMEN - 1980)


Not enough space This sculller is unable to stretch his legs! (YUGOSLAVIA - 1966)


Not a the Olympic Games In the women 8 rowing competition at the Olympic Games in Sydney, each rower has only one oar (4 at each side of the boat). (NIGER - 2000)


Strange With full sails and no visible crew, so cloge to the border, is at least unusual. (FRANCE - )


Much too late Why is this swimster still waiting, as all the others have already leaved their starting blocks ? (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1954)


Missed start The swimmer in the front lane has obviously missed her start, and is falling directly in the water. (MALAGASY - 1980)


Too far There is no reason why the feet are not close to the edge of the starting block. (BULGARIA - 1964)


Mixed Different rowcompetitions in one race (ALGERIA - 2012)


Missing paddles The rowing ^paddles at the right side should have been visible. (ITALY - 2008)


Too high The highest platform for diving at the Olympic Games is 10 meter. The way the stamp was designed, it seems at least 50 meter. (LESOTHO - 1988)


Strange start Strange way to start a cometition for a well trained swimmer. (GREECE - 1989)


Different styles Two different row styles in the same competition (IVORY COAST - 1968)


Not present A speedboat competition at the Olympic Games ? Not yet. (LESOTHO - )


Strange number There is really no reason to put a number on the ball ! (NICARAGUA - 1888)


Too close This diver is much too close to the water surface, this dive will end very painfully. (ROMANIA - 1945)


Still dry Despite this swimmer does not wear a cap, his hair is still dry. (KAMPUCHEA - 1983)


Missing rower Olympic competitions with three rowers do not exist. (JERSEY - 1996)


Dry water ? Swimcompetition with long air that remains dry ! (SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON - 1976)


Wrong position Wrong start position of the diver - wrong representation of the olympic rings (YUGOSLAVIA - 1952)


Out of proportion Or the rower is too big, or the boat is too small (YUGOSLAVIA - 1966)


Painful landing This will lead to a painful landing ! (ROMANIA - 1988)


Too close How can they move without obstructing each other? (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1952)


Wrong direction The water is moving in the wrong direction. (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 1956)


Not present Synchronized swimming was not a competition at these Olympic Games (CUBA - 1976)


Missing sails Missing or transparant sails - see other boats (SOUTH KOREA - 1988)