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0w9RN TIL Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, Swedish modern pentathlete, was the first athlete to ever be disqualified for doping in the Olympics. He drank 'two beers' to calm his nerves before pistol shooting, giving him an unfair advantage.
PAxL TIL that Australia’s quarantine laws during the 1956 olympics were so strict that they prevented equestrian events from occurring. The equestrian events were simultaneously held in Stockholm making 1956 the only instance of split site olympics.