# Is alcohol a banned drug for athletes at the Olympics?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-a-banned-drug-for-athletes-at-the-olympics/548857 "2010-08-02T04:14:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-a-banned-drug-for-athletes-at-the-olympics/548857/21 "2010-08-03T19:44:27Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> Seems like drunk pentathlon would be an AWESOME spectator sport. Drunk swimming! Drunk horseback riding! Drunk falling off horses!

> [@ChrisBooth12](#):
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> Drunk bobsled

> [@runner pat](#):
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> Drunk luge.

Sober curling.

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**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-a-banned-drug-for-athletes-at-the-olympics/548857/22 "2010-08-03T20:22:43Z")

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> [@elmwood](#):
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> Sober curling.

With drunk spectators.

Which is the only way to watch sober curling.

Or any curling at that.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-a-banned-drug-for-athletes-at-the-olympics/548857/23 "2010-08-03T21:42:20Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> Americans would medal in Drunk Biathlon.

We can’t even medal in sober biathlon. The Norwegians and Germans and such will do it with a rifle in one hand and a giant horn of mead or a beer stein in the other.

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