List of stripped Olympic medals

List of stripped Olympic medals

Following is a list of stripped Olympic medals. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the governing body that can rule when athletes are in violation of rules in the Olympic Games. The IOC can strip athletes' Olympic honors and request the return of medals. In the case of team events, the IOC can strip medals from a team based on infractions by a single team member. In the table below, for stripped team medals, the athlete in violation is shown in parentheses.

Nearly all of the stripped medals involve infractions stemming from doping and drug testing. There are notable exceptions, however. Jim Thorpe was stripped of his two 1912 gold medals based on evidence he had participated in professional sports. Thorpe's honors were restored in 1982, well after his death. Ibragim Samadov of the 1992 Unified Team was stripped of his bronze medal after he "hurled his bronze medal to the floor" and "stormed off the stage during the awards ceremony." [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1DA153DF930A3575BC0A964958260] Ara Abrahamian was stripped of his bronze medal in 2008 for similar reasons. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/sports/olympics/17ruling.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Ara%20Abrahamian&st=cse&oref=slogin]

In very few cases the IOC has reversed earlier rulings that stripped athletes of medals. In the case of Rick DeMont, in 2001 the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) recognized his gold medal performance in the 1972 Summer Olympics. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2001/01/30/usoc_demont_ap/] But only the IOC has the power to restore his medal and it has refused to do so. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2001/01/30/usoc_demont_ap/]

List of stripped Olympic medals

Here is the list of Olympic medals stripped by the IOC, the governing body of the Olympics.

List of Olympic medals stripped and later returned

Here is the list of Olympic medals that were stripped by the IOC and later returned by the IOC.

In the case of Rick DeMont, his medal performance is now recognized by the national USOC but not by the IOC, who has the power to return medals. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2001/01/30/usoc_demont_ap/] (See above.)

References

ee also

* All-time Olympic Games medal count
* Doping at the Olympic Games
* List of doping cases in cycling
* List of doping cases in sport

External links

* [http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/173_06_180900/corrigan/corrigan.html Drug testing at the Sydney Olympics]


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