Doping at the Olympic Games
- Doping at the Olympic Games
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 Here is the list of all the athletes disqualified from the Games for failing drug tests, with the indication of the withdrawn medal(s), if any.
ummer Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City
1980 Moscow
No athletes were caught doping at these Games.
1984 Los Angeles
1996 Atlanta
2008 Beijing
"Zero Tolerance for Doping" was adopted as an official slogan for the Beijing Olympic Games.[cite web| url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3530852,00.html |author=Deutsche Welle |title=Beijing Faces Big Challenge in Keeping Olympics Drug-Free| date=08-03-2008] A number of athletes were already eliminated by testing prior to coming to Beijing.]Out of the 4,500 samples that were collected from participating athletes at the games, six athletes with positive specimens were ousted from the competition. It is possible that further positive tests may still be found as samples are sealed and frozen for eight years. It is unclear who remains in charge of these samples, the host or the IOC. The quality of testing was questioned when the BBC reported that samples positive for EPO were labeled as negative by Chinese laboratories in July.[cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7516484.stm |author=Matt McGrath, BBC |title=Concerns over Olympic drug test |date=07-21-2008] The rate of positive findings is lower than at Athens four years ago, but it cannot be deduced that the prevalence of doping has decreased; possibly, doping technology has become more sophisticated and a number of drugs cannot be detected.][cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,573934,00.html |author=kna/reuters|title=Ukrainischer Gewichtheber Razoronov positiv getestet |journal=Der Spiegel|date=08-23-2008] ]1980 Lake Placid
No athletes were caught doping at these Games.
1984 Sarajevo
2006 Turin
See also
*List of sporting scandals
*List of stripped Olympic medals
*List of doping cases in cycling
*List of doping cases in sport
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