2008 Beijing Olympics

At least the Netherlands have a pretty good excuse for being eliminated:-

"Niki Terpstra of the Netherlands was cycling with his team-mates to the Laoshan Velodrome Sunday morning for the qualifications for the team pursuit. In front of Terpstra, Robert Slippens suddenly had to dodge a car, and Terpstra ended up going down into the Beijing traffic. He suffered fractures of both lower arms.

    The 24 year-old was immediately taken to a local hospital, where the          fractures were diagnosed. He also had stitches in an open wound on his          chin."

Ouch.