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the rulebook's way of saying you technically won, but morally, legally, no.
means an official ruling that strips a result, title, or eligibility because a rule was broken, regardless of who crossed the line first.
from from latin dis- (undo) plus qualify, meaning to un-qualify someone after the fact; competitive sport formalized it in the 1800s once rules got written down instead of just yelled about.
lane violationolympic sprinters DQ'd for one shoe over the line
boxing rulethree low blows can end a fight instantly
f1 tech checkcars disqualified post-race over fuel sample weight
chess rulea phone buzz can forfeit the entire match
for instance
ben johnson 1988 — stripped of 100m gold seoul olympics for steroids
lance armstrong 2012 — all seven tour de france titles voided retroactively
maradona hand of god — goal stood, but decades of asterisk debate followed
f1 2021 abu dhabi — post-race technical dq's have swung championships