Doping at the Olympic Games

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The International Olympic Committee introduced the first doping controls at the Olympic Games in 1968. Here is the list of all the athletes disqualified from the Games for failing drug tests, with the indication of the withdrawn medal(s), if any.

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[edit] Summer Olympic Games

[edit] 1968 Mexico City

Main article: 1968 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall Sweden Sweden Modern pentathlon Alcohol bronze (team)

[edit] 1972 Munich

Main article: 1972 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Bakhaavaa Buidaa Mongolia Mongolia Judo Ephedrine silver (71 kg)
Miguel Coll Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Basketball Ephedrine
Rick DeMont United States United States Swimming Ephedrine gold (400 m freestyle)
Jaime Huelamo Spain Spain Cycling Coramine bronze (individual road race)
Walter Legel Austria Austria Weightlifting Amphetamine
Mohammadreza Nasehi Iran Iran Weightlifting Ephedrine
Aad van der Hoeck Netherlands Netherlands Cycling Coramine bronze (100 km team race)

[edit] 1976 Montreal

Main article: 1976 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Blagoi Blagoev Bulgaria Bulgaria Weightlifting Anabolic steroid silver (82.5 kg)
Marc Cameron United States United States Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Paul Cerutti Monaco Monaco Shooting Amphetamine
Dragomir Ciorosian Romania Romania Weightlifting Fencanfamine
Philippe Grippaldi United States United States Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland Poland Weightlifting Anabolic steroid gold (67.5 kg)
Valentin Khristov Bulgaria Bulgaria Weightlifting Anabolic steroid gold (100 kg)
Arne Norrback Sweden Sweden Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Peter Pavlasek Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Danuta Rosani Poland Poland Athletics Anabolic steroid

[edit] 1980 Moscow

Main article: 1980 Summer Olympics

No athletes were caught doping at these Games.

[edit] 1984 Los Angeles

Main article: 1984 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Serafim Grammatikopoulos Greece Greece Weightlifting Nandrolone
Vésteinn Hafsteinsson Iceland Iceland Athletics Nandrolone
Tomas Johansson Sweden Sweden Wrestling Methenolone silver (super-heavy)
Stefan Laggner Austria Austria Weightlifting Nandrolone
Goran Petersson Sweden Sweden Weightlifting Nandrolone
Eiji Shimomura Japan Japan Volleyball Testosterone
Mikiyasu Tanaka Japan Japan Volleyball Ephedrine
Ahmed Tarbi Algeria Algeria Weightlifting Nandrolone
Mahmud Tarha Lebanon Lebanon Weightlifting Nandrolone
Gianpaolo Urlando Italy Italy Athletics Testosterone
Martti Vainio Finland Finland Athletics Methenolone silver (10,000 m)
Anna Verouli Greece Greece Athletics Nandrolone

[edit] 1988 Seoul

Main article: 1988 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Alidad Afghanistan Afghanistan Wrestling Furosemide
Kerrith Brown Great Britain Great Britain Judo Furosemide
Kalman Csengeri Hungary Hungary Weightlifting Stanozolol
Mitko Grablev Bulgaria Bulgaria Weightlifting Furosemide gold (56 kg)
Angell Guenchev Bulgaria Bulgaria Weightlifting Furosemide gold (67.5 kg)
Ben Johnson Canada Canada Athletics Stanozolol gold (100 m)
Fernando Mariaca Spain Spain Weightlifting Pemoline
Jorge Quesada Spain Spain Modern pentathlon Propanolol
Andor Szanyi Hungary Hungary Weightlifting Stanozolol silver (100 kg)
Alexander Watson Australia Australia Modern pentathlon Caffeine

[edit] 1992 Barcelona

Main article: 1992 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Madina Biktagirova Unified Team Unified Team Athletics Norephedrine
Bonnie Dasse United States United States Athletics Clenbuterol
Jud Logan United States United States Athletics Clenbuterol
Nijole Medvedeva Lithuania Lithuania Athletics Mesocarde
Wu Dan China China Volleyball Strychnine

[edit] 1996 Atlanta

Main article: 1996 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Iva Prandzheva Bulgaria Bulgaria Athletics Metadienone
Natalya Shekhodanova Russia Russia Athletics Stanozolol

[edit] 2000 Sydney

Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics
See also: Cheating at the Paralympic Games
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Fritz Aanes Norway Norway Wrestling Nandrolone
Ashot Danielyan Armenia Armenia Weightlifting Stanozolol bronze (105 kg)
Izabela Dragneva Bulgaria Bulgaria Weightlifting Diuretic gold (48 kg)
Stian Grimseth Norway Norway Weightlifting Nandrolone
Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria Bulgaria Weightlifting Diuretic silver (56 kg)
Alexander Leipold Germany Germany Wrestling Nandrolone gold (76 kg)
Sevdalin Minchev Bulgaria Bulgaria Weightlifting Diuretic bronze (62 kg)
Oyunbileg Purevbaatar Mongolia Mongolia Wrestling Furosemide
Andreea Răducan Romania Romania Gymnastics Ephedrine gold (individual all-round)
Andris Reinholds Latvia Latvia Rowing Nandrolone

[edit] 2004 Athens

Main article: 2004 Summer Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Wafa Ammouri Morocco Morocco Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Adrián Annus Hungary Hungary Athletics Falsified test result gold (hammer throw)
Andrew Brack Greece Greece Baseball Stanozolol
Viktor Chislean Moldova Moldova Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Róbert Fazekas Hungary Hungary Athletics Missed the test gold (discus throw)
Mabel Fonseca Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Wrestling Stanozolol
Anton Galkin Russia Russia Athletics Stanozolol
Ferenc Gyurkovics Hungary Hungary Weightlifting Oxanfrolone silver (105 kg)
Zoltan Kecskes Hungary Hungary Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Konstantinos Kenteris Greece Greece Athletics Missed the test
Albina Khomic Russia Russia Weightlifting Testosterone
Aye Khine Nan Myanmar Myanmar Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Irina Korzhanenko Russia Russia Athletics Stanozolol gold (shot put)
Zoltan Kovacs Hungary Hungary Weightlifting Missed the test
Pratima Kumari Na India India Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Aleksey Lesnichiy Belarus Belarus Athletics Clenbuterol
David Munyasia Kenya Kenya Boxing Cathine
Derek Nicholson Greece Greece Baseball Diuretic
Cian O'Connor Ireland Ireland Equestrian Antipsychotics (to the horse Waterford Crystal) gold (individual jumping)
Olena Olefirenko Ukraine Ukraine Rowing Ethamivan bronze (coxless four)
Leonidas Sampanis Greece Greece Weightlifting Testosterone bronze (62 kg)
Thinbaijam Sanamcha Chanu India India Weightlifting Furosemide
Mital Sharipov Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Weightlifting Furosemide
Olga Shchukina Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Athletics Clenbuterol
Sahbaz Sule Turkey Turkey Weightlifting Anabolic steroid
Ekaterini Thanou Greece Greece Athletics Missed the test
Ludger Beerbaum Germany Germany Show Jumping Betamethasone (to the horse Goldfever) gold (team jumping)

[edit] Winter Olympic Games

[edit] 1968 Grenoble

Main article: 1968 Winter Olympics

No athletes were caught doping at these Games.

[edit] 1972 Sapporo

Main article: 1972 Winter Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Alois Scholder West Germany West Germany Ice hockey Ephedrine

[edit] 1976 Innsbruck

Main article: 1976 Winter Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Galina Kulakova Soviet Union Soviet Union Cross-country skiing Ephedrine bronze (5 km)
Frantisek Pospisil Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Ice hockey Codeine

[edit] 1980 Lake Placid

Main article: 1980 Winter Olympics

No athletes were caught doping at these Games.

[edit] 1984 Sarajevo

Main article: 1984 Winter Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Batsukh Purevjal Mongolia Mongolia Cross-country skiing Anabolic steroid

[edit] 1988 Calgary

Main article: 1988 Winter Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Jaroslaw Morawiecki Poland Poland Ice hockey Testosterone

[edit] 1992 Albertville

Main article: 1992 Winter Olympics

No athletes were caught doping at these Games.

[edit] 1994 Lillehammer

Main article: 1994 Winter Olympics

No athletes were caught doping at these Games.

[edit] 1998 Nagano

Main article: 1998 Winter Olympics

No athletes were caught doping at these Games.

[edit] 2002 Salt Lake City

Main article: 2002 Winter Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Alain Baxter Great Britain Great Britain Alpine skiing Methamphetamine bronze (slalom)
Olga Danilova Russia Russia Cross-country skiing Darbepoetin gold (5 km pursuit)
Larisa Lazutina Russia Russia Cross-country skiing Darbepoetin gold (30 km)
Marc Meyer Austria Austria Cross-country skiing Use of blood transfusion equipments
Johann Mühlegg Spain Spain Cross-country skiing Darbepoetin gold (50 km)
Vasily Pankov Belarus Belarus Ice hockey Nandrolone
Achim Walcher Austria Austria Cross-country skiing Use of blood transfusion equipments

[edit] 2006 Turin

Main article: 2006 Winter Olympics
Name Country Sport Banned substance Medals
Olga Pyleva Russia Russia Biathlon Carphedon silver (15km)

[edit] See also