15 Crazy Anecdotes From ESPN's Story On Sex At The Olympic Village

June 2024 · 4 minute read
2012-07-11T16:21:00Z

The naked athletes aren't even the best thing about ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue."

Instead, Sam Alipour's amazing feature on the ungodly amounts of sex and partying that goes on in the Olympic Village is the highlight.

Alipour spoke with a bunch of former Olympians, who revealed that the Village is one one crazy place.

Many of the athletes opened up and told Alipour crazy stories to illustrate how insane the Village gets. These stories include everything from Hope Solo doing the Today Show drunk the morning after cozying up to a celebrity, to a javelin competitor having sex with three women per day in order to stay relaxed.

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At the 2000 Olympics, javelin competitor Breaux Greer had sex with three women every day

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Two were Olympians — a pole vaulter and a hurdler — and the other was a vacationer of Scandinavian decent.

He had to pull out of the competition with a knee injury.

Source: ESPN

Hope Solo snuck a celebrity into her room after winning gold in 2008, but won't say who

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She said she was partying with Vince Vaughn, but didn't say who the celeb she brought back with her was. It's her "Olympics secret," she says.

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Solo and the women's team then did the Today Show drunk the next morning

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The organizers of the 2000 Olympics ordered 70,000 condoms. It was not enough

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They had to bring in an additional 20,000 condoms to meet demand.

Now 100,000 are provided for every Olympics.

Source: ESPN


Ryan Lochte estimates that a massive 70-75% of athletes in the Village are having sex

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"I've seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty."

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That's a quote from Hope Solo.

Source: ESPN


Swimmer Amanda Beard said Olympians "walk around for miles trying to sneak somewhere" if they are given curfews

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Skier Carrie Sheinberg said two German bobsledders tried to trade her their gold medals for "some group fun" at the 1994 Games

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Said Sheinberg: "They made it clear that they'd trade me their gold for all kinds of other favors. I Said jokingly, 'Thanks, but Tommy Moe has a medal. I'll play with his."

Source: ESPN


In 2010, six athletes had an orgy in a whirlpool at a house outside the Village

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Germans, Canadians, and Austrians were involved.

Source: ESPN


At the end of the 2000 Games, the Australian team threw a bonfire and burned a bunch of furniture from the Village

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The teens are involved too! Shawn Johnson and cyclist Taylor Phinney struck up a relationship in Beijing

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Phinney would throw Johnson snickers bars from his balcony.

Next thing they knew, they were kissing in the lobby.

Source: ESPN


By the tail-end of the Games, athletes who are done competing stay out to 7 a.m., greeting still-competing athletes as they head to their events

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At the 1976 Olympics, 16-year-old Greg Louganis cozied up to the Soviet diving team, and saw one married male Soviet diver hooking up with his teammate

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As it turns out, all the athletes are insanely wasted during the Closing Ceremony

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ESPN says all the athletes show up drunk, then continue drinking during the ceremony.

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The party continues on the plane ride home

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In 2000, on a flight from Sydney to LA, the flight attendants put all the Olympians in the back of the plane and the regular people in the front.

Breaux Greer ended up in the bathroom with a "famous Olympian he will not name."

Source: ESPN


BONUS: "My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend, big mistake. Now I'm single, so London should be really good. I'm excited." -- Ryan Lochte

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