The Olympics' Moment of Zen

During the high bar finals Aleksei Nemov, a Russian gymnast, scored much lower than he deserved. The crowd went berserk and booed the officials for good 15 minutes until Nemov himself asked them to calm down.
Everybody I have heard talking about it so far, says it has never happened before like that.
Nemov, how had received 11 medals at previous two games, didn't get the medal this time but one can think of no better farewell than this.