20 to 1: Hits and Misses
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The episode Hits and Misses was aired on March 13, 2006 as part of the TV series 20 to 1 on the Nine Network. It listed the greatest sporting hits and misses. It was repeated on November 26, 2006 as the final repeat for the year.
- Steven Bradbury short track speed skating win
- Cricket - Don Bradman bowled in his final innings for 0 runs, leaving him with a world record batting average of 99.94, just short of 100.
- Swimming - Ian Thorpe falls off the blocks in a false start, thereby not qualifying for the 2004 Olympics. The man who won his heat, Craig Stevens, later gave up his spot for Thorpe.
- Jane Saville walk disqualification
- Greg Norman (US Open)
- 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification - John Aloisi's winning penalty to send Australia into the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 32 years.
- Swimming - Eric the Eel. At the 2000 Olympics, Eric Moussambani (aka Eric the Eel) won his heat with a very slow time after his competitors false started.
- Terry Alderman shoulder
- Horses through seagulls
- Cricket - Garry Sobers' six sixes in one over
- Monica Seles stabbing
- oneAustralia sinks
- Bad boys of sport
- John Landy
- Greg Louganis diving accident (hitting the diving board; Louganis later revealed that he was already HIV-positive)
- 1990 West German Motorbike GP twin fall - Also mentioned was V8 Supercar driver Marcos Ambrose in a race at Canberra whose wheel came of his car only to roll down the straight past other cars and bounce up onto a tyre wall.
- Swimming relay disqualified
- Boxing - Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield ear-chewing incident
- Australian rules football — Jason McCartney's comeback match in the AFL in 2003 against Richmond after being a victim of the 2002 Bali bombings
- Athletics - Jon Drummond lies on track after a false start where he continually repeated "I did not move!" in 2003
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