TRACK & FIELD DOPING AT OLYMPICS THRU 2012
Year City Given Name Surname Sex NOC Event(s) Original Place(s) Medalist Pharmacologic Abnormality Note
1976 Montréal Danuta Rosani F POL Discus Throw 14QR / DNQ No Anabolic steroid
1984 Los Angeles Vésteinn Hafsteinsson M ISL Discus Throw 14QR / DNQ No Nandrolone (anabolic steroid)
1984 Los Angeles Gian Paolo Urlando M ITA Hammer Throw 4 No Testosterone (anabolic steroid)
1984 Los Angeles Martti Vainio M FIN 10,000 metres 2 Yes Methenolone (anabolic steroid)
1984 Los Angeles Anna Verouli F GRE Javelin Throw 13 QR / DNQ No Nandrolone (anabolic steroid)
1988 Seoul Ben Johnson M CAN 100 metres 1 Yes Stanozolol (anabolic steroid)
1992 Barcelona Madina Biktagirova F EUN Marathon 4 No Norephedrine (stimulant)
1992 Barcelona Bonnie Dasse F USA Shot Put 14 QR / DNQ No Clenbuterol (ß-agonist)
1992 Barcelona Jud Logan M USA Hammer Throw 4 No Clenbuterol (ß-agonist)
1992 Barcelona Nijolė Medvedeva F LTU Long Jump 4 No Meziocarde (a stimulant)
1996 Atlanta Dean Capobianco M AUS 200 metres 7 h2 r2/4 No Anabolic steroid DQed prior to the Olympics, but allowed to compete on appeal. Later retroactively DQed when that decision was determined to be a mistake.
1996 Atlanta Marie McMahon F IRL 5,000 metres 14 h2 r1/2 No Phenylpropanolamine (stimulant) A warning was given because of extenuating circumstances.
1996 Atlanta Iva Prandzheva F BUL Long Jump / Triple Jump LJ (4) / TJ (7) No Methadienone (anabolic steroid)
1996 Atlanta Nataliya Shekhodanova F RUS 100 metre Hurdles 7 No Stanozolol (anabolic steroid)
1996 Atlanta Marina Trandenkova F RUS 100 metres 5 No Bromantan (ß-agonist) A reprimand was given but the placement was allowed to stand.
2000 Sydney Marion Jones F USA 100 / 200 / 4x1 / 4x4 / Long Jump 100 (1) / 200 (1) / 4x1 (3) / 4x4 (1) / LJ (3) Yes Tetrohydrogestinone (THG), aka "The Clear" (anabolic steroid) Confirmed October 2007, when Jones pleaded guilty in USA Federal Court to lying to federal agents about her steroid use prior to the 2000 Olympic Games. Disqualified by IOC in December 2007.
2000 Sydney Antonio Pettigrew M USA 400 / 4x400 400 (7) / 4x400 (1) Yes Erythopoietin / HGH Exposed and disqualified in 2008 when documents were revealed at trial of Trevor Graham, his former coach.
2000 Sydney Svetlana Pospelova F RUS 400 metres 4 h8 r1 / 4 No Stanozolol (anabolic steroid) Tested positive in out-of-competition test but after the Games and her results stood.
2000 Sydney Jerome Young M USA 4x400 metre relay 4x400 (1) Yes Nandrolone (anabolic steroid) DQed in June 2004 from 26 June 1999 to 25 June 2001, but medal later reinstated to his teammates, until doping offense revealed by Antonio Pettigrew.
2004 Athínai Adrián Annus M HUN Hammer Throw 1 Yes Tampering with urine sample, and then refusing to submit to a second test.
2004 Athínai Yuriy Bilonoh M UKR Shot Put 1 Yes Oxandrolone metabolite (anabolic steroid) Disqualified in December 2012 after re-testing of samples from the 2004 Olympics.
2004 Athínai Crystal Cox F USA 4x400 metre relay 4x400 (1) Yes Admitted in 2010 to systematic doping with anabolic steroids from 2001-04.
2004 Athínai Róbert Fazekas M HUN Discus Throw 1 Yes Refusal to provide a urine sample.
2004 Athínai Anton Galkin M RUS 400 metres 4 No Stanozolol (anabolic steroid)
2004 Athínai Marion Jones F USA 4x1 / Long Jump 4x1 (DNF) / LJ (5) Yes Tetrohydrogestinone (THG), aka "The Clear" (anabolic steroid) Confirmed October 2007, when Jones pleaded guilty in USA Federal Court to lying to federal agents about her steroid use prior to the 2000 Olympic Games. Disqualified by IOC in December 2007.
2004 Athínai Irina Korzhanenko F RUS Shot Put 1 Yes Stanozolol (anabolic steroid)
2004 Athínai Svetlana Krivelyova F RUS Shot Put 3 Yes Oxandrolone metabolite (anabolic steroid) Disqualified in December 2012 after re-testing of samples from the 2004 Olympics.
2004 Athínai Aleksey Lesnichy M BLR High Jump DNQ Group B No Clenbuterol (ß-agonist)
2004 Athínai Duane Ross M USA 110 m hurdles semis No Disqualified because of systematic doping abuse and PED trafficking revealed for years 2001-03. Official DQ occurred in 2011.
2004 Athínai Olga Shchukina F UZB Shot Put 18 QR Group A / DNQ No Clenbuterol (ß-agonist) Did not compete.
2004 Athínai Ivan Tikhon M BLR Hammer Throw 2 Yes Methandienone metabolite (anabolic steroid) Disqualified in December 2012 after re-testing of samples from the 2004 Olympics.
2004 Athínai Irina Yatchenko F BLR Discus Throw 3 Yes Methandienone metabolite (anabolic steroid) Disqualified in December 2012 after re-testing of samples from the 2004 Olympics.
2008 Beijing Vadim Devyatovsky M BLR Hammer Throw 3 Yes Testosterone (anabolic steroid) Medal originally removed, but later overturned on appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2008 Beijing Vanja Perišič F CRO 800 m 2nd in heat No CERA re-test +
2008 Beijing Rashid Ramzi M BRN 1500 m 1 Yes CERA re-test + on A/B samples
2008 Beijing Ivan Tikhon M BLR Hammer Throw 2 Yes Testosterone (anabolic steroid) Overturned on appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2008 Beijing Athanasia Tsoumeleka F GRE 20-km walk 9 No CERA re-test + plus + test 10 d after Olympics
2012 London Ghfran Al-Mouhamad M SYR 400 m hurdles 8 h2 r1/3 No Methylhexanamine
2012 London Hassan Hirt M FRA 5,000 metres 11 h1 r1/2 No Erythropoietin (EPO)
2012 London Nadezhda Ostapchuk F BLR Shot Put 1 Yes Methenolone and metabolites (anabolic steroid)