In 2008, Sweden’s Ara Abrahamian was so angry at losing the semifinal Greco-Roman wrestling match to Andrea Minguzzi of Italy that he had to be physically restrained from attacking the judges. Abrahamian went on to win the bronze, but that wasn’t good enough for him. During the awards ceremony he removed the third-place honor from his neck and threw it on the ground.
A Brief History of Olympic Sore Losers
Russia's Evegni Plushenko believes he deserved the men's figure-skating gold medal instead of silver at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. In honor of his poor sportsmanship, TIME takes a look at other Olympic complainers