Big steps, small traces

Despite their big steps, these strange little men leave small traces in the snow.

Only one seat without safety bar !

Not easy to promote your village as a ski paradise, as there is only one seat available, moreover not equipped with a safety bar.

Skis of different length !

Can anyone explain why the two skis are exactly in line, and not the left and the right foot

Missing face protection

Playing ice hockey without face protectors is not only dangerous, it is against the rules.

Wrong dress

According to the international Skating Union's rules, ladies must wear skirts, they must have skirts and pants covering the hips and posterior. A unitard is not acceptable…

Missing stick

The stick of the number-6 player is missing.

Out of proportion

Comparing to the keeper, the size of the goal is out of proportion.

Backwards or forwards ?

The billowing skirt of the skater shows that she is executing a graceful left back spiral. However the tracing on the ice suggests a forward movement.

Out of proportion

In curling, the disk has a diameter of 30cm, the same size as the white centre stip in the red circle.

Wrong size

The size of the rifle is much too small.

Too long

The sticks have a different length, and in any case the right one is much too long.

Missing protection

In ski competitions a head protection is mandatory.

Falling jumper

Wrong and strange position of the arms of this skijumper

Summer ski

Skiing at the summer Olympics of 1980 in Moscow ? Why not.

Forwards or backwards ?

The billowing skirt of the skater shows that she is is moving to the roght of the stamp. However the tracing on the ice suggests that she is moving left.

Two our four ?

Stamp honouring the Italian winner of the 'Bob a 4' race during the Wintet Olympic games, but only a two-men bobsleigh is pictured.

One too less or too much.

There are bobsleigh competitions for 2 and 4-manned bobsleighs, but not for 3-manned bobs as pictured here.

Two left hands

Two left hands, and and impossible way to hold the rifle with the left arm.

With style.

On the picture, the Crown Prince Olav is jumping with his hat. His style on the stamp looks much better than on the picture !

No footsteps.

No footsteps in the snow. Those men must have been there for a very long time.

Missing footsteps.

No footsteps in the snow.

Wrong snowcristal

Snowcristal with only five branches instead of six.

Missing face protection

Missing face protection.

Wrong flag

The Norwegian Per TYLDUM, who won the 5 miles on skiis, is connected here tothe Swedisch flag.

Not present

Curling was not included in the Winter Olympic Games of Grenoble

Against the rules

The two-man bobsleigh has a steering wheel, but since 1950 only steering ropes have been allowed.

Not an Olympic Competition

Competitions for tobogganing are not at the program of the Winter Olympic Games

Wrong shape

The shape of the cup featured on this stamp is not the current one as can be seen on a photograph.

Missing ski

Only one ski.

Wrong position

The stick has to be held as close a possible to the body

Error in name

Wrong : TOMANEN - Correct name of the winner is Jouko TÖRMÄNEN

Strange dress

The yellow dress is not in use at the Olympic Games.

One year too late

250th anniversary of the engineering school in Prague. As this school was founded in 1706, the stamp was issued one year too late.

Why not ?

Ski jumping as a teamsport ?

Missing

The rifleman on the right has lost his ski-sticks and has no number on his chest.

Not present

Alpine skiing was not a competition at the International Skimeeting in Lahti, Finland.

Not real

Bobsleigh is not organised in open field, but in a protected tunnel scarved in the snow.

Wrong position

Rifle-shooting on skis is done from an erect position, see other stamp.

Without cage

Ice hockey goal without cage

Old fashion

The skates, pictured on this stamp, are old-fashionednskates ot a type that was popular before the First World War, but highly unlikely for modern chanpionship cont'estants.

Accident

Impossible position of this jumper, who can only crash on the ice.

Wrong competition

Bobsleigh with four was not a competition at the Olympic Games of 1960.

Not present

Downhill skiing... without skis was not a competition at the Summer Olympic Games in 1956.

Missing protection

In ice hockey, a head protection is obligatory.

Missing skis

Skirunner, ... without skis !

Missing protection

Ice hockey without a face protection is not only dangerous, it is forbidden.

Missing person

Only one person is featured, but the german inscription says : two-men bobsled.

Not present

Downhill skiing was not a competition at the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid.

Différent styles

Different times, different styles.

Wrong number

During the 1968 Grenoble Olympic Games, Jean Claude Killy won his races wearing number 14, not 16.

No competition

Bobsleigh with three people was not a competition at the Grenoble Winter Olympics.

Not olympic

As far as we know, snow-scooting is not an Olympic sport.

Missing stick

One stick is missing, and in any case it is much too long to be really helpful /Not an error

Missing ski

Skijump with only one ski was not an Olympic event at the games of Albertville.

New competition ?

Figure skating on ice in team, mybe a nice idea, but not reaslistic.

Too dangerous !

Downhill skiing in pack like a cycling race, too dangerous to be realistic !

Impossible position

This is an impossible position during a jump, as if the lady was flying above the ice.

Not realistic

Bobsleigh is not organised in open field, but in a protected tunnel scarved in the snow.

Wrong position

In this position, the skier will miss the next gate.

Not the correct material

Ice hockey goal without net.

One too much

Two skiers on the track during a downhill race.

Without protection

Ice hockey player without face protection.

Not present

A Curling competition was not organized at the Olympic Wintergames in 1968,

Not present

Individual downhill sleigh was not a competition at the Olympic Wintergames in 1968.

Publicity

The brand of the skis is visible, and this is against the rule that no publicity is allowed on stamps.

One too much

Only two runners compete in speed competitions on ice.

Two or four

During the Wintergames of Abertville, there was no bobsleigh competition for one person, only two or four.

Missing branche

A snow cristal has six branches, not five.

Incoherent

As the front of one of the skis is curved, one could expect that the other one should be curved too.

More than one

Iceskating with more than one partecipant at the same time

Missing stick

Only one stick !

Not at the Olympic Games

Baseball is not an olympic competition

Strange team sport

Ski jumping as a team sport ? Never seen before !lp

Where are the medals ?

At the Olympic games, the winners only recieve medals, no other presents.

Summer skiing

Skiing at the summer Olympic Games in Montreal ?

Missing cage

Ice hockey goal without cage

Wrong clothes

Ski competition in the winter in summer clothes

To the abyss

With the bobslee... directly into the abyss!

Not existing competition

Competition between two bobsleds

Different lengths?

The position of the top sof the skis is not coherent with the position of the feet

Mirror image

Mirrored featuring of this player. Look at the inverted image

Too close

Incorrect position on the skis

Dangerous

Ice hockey players without face protection

Wrong sport

The featured skier is a slalom skier, not a cross-country skier

Inadequate color and shape

A white round puck on ice would be invisible!

Face protection

Ice hockey players without face protection

Different game?

The player in front seems to follow a second puck. And the protection borders around the field are much to high.

Missing plates

Ski poles without a support plate are of little use in loose snow

Strange

Bobsleigh with car steering wheel, and safety goggles on the head.

2 or 4, not 3

Bobsleigh at the Olympic games is a competition with 2 to 4 athletes, not 3.

Summer games

Ice skating was of course not on the programme of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich

Non adapted clothing

Non adapted clothing for a ski competition: no protection glasses, no head protection and a T-shirt without sleeves

Similar colors

Two icehockey teams with almost the same outfit

Wrong letter

Wrong: Jean CHAUDE Killy - Correct: Jean CLAUDE KILLY

Witch side?

Apparently this skier's head and legs decided to take the gate from a different side