I remember the build-up to the 2010 World Cup, when I was living in the U.S., and major Yankee experts were lining up to proclaim how ill-prepared South Africa was to host the event.

That seemed to turn out pretty OK, despite all the naysayers, but I can’t help but feel like Rio might not come good.

They’ve got a little work to do on their opening ceremony (HERE), but if the entire event doesn’t end up going according to plan Rio won’t be alone.

The Daily Beast have put together a list of the worst five Olympics in history, so let’s stop in at each and see how the wheels came off:

5. Atlanta, 1996

Heroic security guard Richard Jewell spotted an unattended green bag in the Olympic Park early on the morning of July 27. He had no idea that a 40-pound pipe bomb was hidden inside, but he alerted the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and a full evacuation was already underway when the device exploded.

The blast still killed local resident Alice Hawthorne, 44, and injured more than 100 other people. A Turkish cameraman also died of a heart attack in the panicked aftermath of the bombing…

Even before the bombing, the Atlanta Games, which were accused of crass commercialization, had been chaotic. Buses that were supposed to shuttle athletes around the city were mired in traffic problems, huge lines, and drivers getting lost. A reigning Olympic judo champion was even disqualified from defending his crown after arriving late for the weigh-in.