Thorpe won gold medals in both the decathlon and pentathlon events, but when a reporter revealed his two years of semi-professional baseball, he was stripped of his medals.

• 索普在十项全能与五项全能比赛中都赢得金牌，但是当记者揭露他曾经在小联盟打过两年球的事实后，他的奖牌都被取消了。