The Olympics is not only an exhibition of the best athletes in the world – in the past it has been a display of some of the worst outfits as well.
Figure skating champions are long-time sufferers for their sport when it comes to uniforms, but speed skating is not far behind.
And although Australia has been considered a ‘late bloomer’ in our winter Olympics medals-count, our fashion credentials are on par with the rest.
Check out some of the most shocking sartorial moments from Games gone by.
Figure skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
British figure skater Jack Dunn in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936. Photo: Getty Images
American skaters practising for the 1924 Winter Olympics at Chamonix. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
Norway’s Sonja Henie at the age of 11 in Chamonix, France, 1924. Photo: Popperfoto/Getty Images
Medalists in Sapporo, Japan, in 1972. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
The Soviet Union team march into the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck, 1976.
US speed skater Eric Heiden in 1980 in Lake Placid. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
The French Biathlon team receive the gold medal in 1992. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Katarina Witt in the figure skating competition in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1984. Photo: Getty Images
US speed skater Bonnie Blair in 1988 in Calgary.
Andreas Schönbächler of Switzerland wins gold for Freestyle Aerial Skiing in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. Photo: Clive Brunskill/Allsport
The Canadian team at the opening ceremony in Albertville, France in 1992. Photo: Getty Images
The Canadian team at the opening ceremony in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994. Photo: Getty Images
The Moroccan team at the opening ceremony in Albertville, France in 1992. Photo: Getty Images
The Russian team at the opening ceremony in Albertville, France in 1992.
The Australian team at the Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City, 2002. Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
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