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The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping) is prohibited within the sport of athletics. Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction. Athletes who are found to have banned substances in their possession, or who tamper with or refuse to submit to drug testing can also receive bans from the sport. Competitive bans may also be given to athletes who test positive for prohibited recreational drugs or stimulants with little performance-enhancing effect for competitors in athletics. The sports body responsible for determining which substances are banned in athletics is the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Typically, any athlete who tests positive for banned substances after having served a previous ban receives a lifetime ban from the sport of athletics. Many high-profile sportspeople to receive doping bans have come from the sport of athletics, with significant past cases concerning Ben Johnson, Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Furthermore, a number of athletes who underwent state-sponsored doping programmes in East Germany and the Soviet Union between the 1950s and 1980s were competitors in athletics, but the quality of the international anti-doping work was so poor that only one East German athlete ever tested positive.[1] Following allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia, the IAAF suspended the country's athletes from competition, including the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Peter Dajia | ![]() |
Shot put | 1983– 1986 |
Self admittance in 1989: Steroids Positive test: Steroids, Testosterone |
18 months |
[63][283][284] |
Martina Danišová-Hrasnová | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 2003 | Nandrolone | 2 years | [285][286] |
Bonnie Dasse | ![]() |
Shot put | 1992 | Clenbuterol | 4 years | [287] |
Marie Davenport (Marie McMahon) |
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Long distance | 1996 | Phenylpropanolamine | Reprimand | [288][289][290] |
Walter Davis | ![]() |
Triple jump | 2013 | 3 whereabouts failures | 1 year | [29][34] |
Alice Decaux | ![]() |
Hurdling | 2013 | β-Methylphenethylamine | 6 months | [76][291][292] |
Mary Decker (Mary Slaney) |
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Middle distance | 1996 | Testosterone | [44][293] | |
Tony Dees | ![]() |
Hurdling | 2001 | Norandrosterone, Noretiochdandone | Life ban | [262] |
Hind Dehiba | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2007 | EPO | 2 years | [294] |
Tatyana Dektyareva | ![]() |
Hurdling | 2014 | Ostarine | 2 years | [101][295][296] |
Dimitrios Delifotis | ![]() |
Long jump | 1984 | [1][63] | ||
Luis Delís | ![]() |
Discus throw/shot put | 1990 | [297] | ||
Tezeta Dengersa | ![]() |
Middle/Long distance | 2005 | Metenolone | 2 years | [66] |
Frédéric Denis | ![]() |
Steeplechase | 2007 | EPO | 2 years | [79] |
Sébastien Denis | ![]() |
Hurdling | 2005 | Ephedrine | Public warning | [66] |
Lyubov Denisova | ![]() |
Marathon | 2007 | Prostanozol, testosterone | 2 years | [298] |
Manuela Derr | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1992 | Clenbuterol | 3 years | [299] |
Ronald Desruelles | ![]() |
Long jump | 1980 | [1][300] | ||
Hrysopiyi Devetzi | ![]() |
Triple/Long jump | 2009 2007 (Retest 2015) |
Failure to submit to doping control Stanozolol |
2 years 4 years |
[9][79][301] [94][95] |
Vadim Devyatovskiy | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 2000 | Nandrolone | 2 years | [102][302] |
Aïssa Dghoughi | ![]() |
Long distance | 2006 | Refusal to submit to doping control | 3 years | [18][303][304] |
Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb | ![]() |
Discus throw | 2010 | Testosterone metabolites | [9][305] | |
Alberico Di Cecco | ![]() |
Marathon | 2008 | EPO | 2 years | [35][36][306] |
Rostislav Dimitrov | ![]() |
Triple jump | 1999 | Ephedrine | [44][307] | |
Svetla Dimitrova | ![]() |
Heptathlon | 1989 | Sydnocarb | 2 years | [308] |
Katalin Divós | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 2001 | 2 years | [309] | |
Vukosava Đjapić | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2005 | Metenolone | 2 years | [18][310] |
Abderahmane Djemadi | ![]() |
Long distance | 2001 | Refusal to submit to doping control | 2 years | [311] |
Gábor Dobos | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2000 2006 |
Drostanolone, testosterone |
2 years Life ban |
[312][313] |
Jim Doehring | ![]() |
Shot put | 1990 | Steroids | 2 years | [314] |
Bahar Doğan | ![]() |
Long distance | 2011 | Biological passport | 2 years and 6 months | [159][315] |
Bishop Dolegiewicz | ![]() |
Shot put, discus throw | 1973–1985 | Self admittance (The Dubin Inquiry): Steroids | National record annulled | [316][317][318] |
Marta Dominguez | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2009 | Biological passport | 3 years | [159][319] |
Tetyana Dorovskikh (Tatyana Samolenko) |
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Middle distance | 1993 | Unknown substance | [320] | |
Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari | ![]() |
Discus throw | 2003 | Refused to submit to doping control | 2 years | [321][322] |
Troy Douglas | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1999 | Nandrolone | 2 years | [323][324] |
Horace Dove-Edwin | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1994 | Stanozolol | 2 years | [325] |
Hanna Drabenia | ![]() |
Race walking | 2015 | Trimetazidine | 2 years | [16][109] |
Rasa Drazdauskaitė | ![]() |
Long distance | 2003 | Stanozolol | 2 years | [321][326] |
Heike Drechsler | ![]() |
Long jump/sprinting | 1980's | Self admittance | — | [327] |
Hamza Driouch | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2012 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | [328][329] |
Jon Drummond | ![]() |
Coach | 2012/ 2013 |
Possession, trafficking and administration of prohibited substances |
8 years | [330][331] |
Oleksandr Dryhol | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 2013 | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years | [33][76] |
Aliona Dubitskaya | ![]() |
Shot put | 2014 | Oxilofrine | 6 months | [167][332] |
Aleksandra Duliba | ![]() |
Marathon | 2013 | Biological passport | 2 years | [54][55] |
Corina Dumbrăvean | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2007 2010 |
Refusal to submit to testing |
2 years Life ban |
[333][334] |
Julien Dunkley | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2008 | Boldenone | 2 years | [2][35][335] |
Debbie Dunn | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2012 | Testosterone | 2 years | [219][336] |
Lyudmila Dzhigalova | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1993 | Steroids | 4 years | [337] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Chryste Gaines | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2003 2005 |
Modafinil (positive test) THG (investigation: BALCO) |
Public warning 2 years |
[98][321] |
Anton Galkin | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2004 | Stanozolol | 2 years | [18][389] |
Miguel Ángel Gamonal | ![]() |
Half marathon | 2013 2015 |
Clenbuterol Biological passport |
2 years 3 years |
[33][46] [142][159] |
Alberto García | ![]() |
Long distance, cross country | 2003 | EPO | 2 years | [390] |
Sandra Gasser | ![]() |
Middle distance | 1987 | Steroids | 2 years | [12][391] |
Justin Gatlin | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2001 2006 |
Amphetamine Testosterone |
1 year (Reduced from 2 years) 4 years |
[2][392][393][394][395] |
Tyson Gay | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2013 2012–2013 |
Positive test: Exogenous anabolic-androgenic steroid Investigation/Admittance |
1 year | [175][396][397] |
Tibor Gécsek | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 1995 | Anabolic steroids | 2 years (Reduced from 4 years) | [398] |
Ines Geipel | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1980's | Turinabol (self-admitted) | — | [399] |
Shitaye Gemechu | ![]() |
Long distance | 2009 | EPO | 2 years | [400] |
Ivan Gertlein | ![]() |
Pole vault | 2012 | Testosterone | 2 years | [76][401] |
Nordine Gezzar | ![]() |
Middle/Long distance | 2006 2012 |
Finasteride, nandrolone EPO |
2 years 10 years |
[402][403] [219] |
Rachid Ghanmouni | ![]() |
Long distance | 2006 | Evading doping control | 2 years | [2][35][404] |
Ruqaya Al-Ghasra | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2009 | Epitestosterone | 2 years | [12][31][112] |
Alina Gherasim (Alina Tecuţa) |
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Long distance | 2002 | Anabolic steroids | 2 years | [405] |
Bouchra Ghezielle | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2008 | EPO | 4 years | [2][35][44][406] |
Patricia Girard | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1990 | Primobolan (anabolic steroid) | 2 years | [407] (in Swedish)[1][408] |
Sandra Glover | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2003 | Modafinil | Disqualification and public warning | [321] |
Geronimo Goeloe | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2008 | Stanozolol | 2 years | [2][35][409] |
Thomas Goller | ![]() |
Hurdling | 2010 | Boldenone, SARMs | 2 years | [31][410] |
Olga Golovkina | ![]() |
Long distance | 2013 | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years | [33][207] |
Vanda Gomes | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2014 | Anastrozole | 2 years | [69][70][411] |
Yekaterina Gordiyenko | ![]() |
Pentathlon | 1978 | Anabolic steroids | 18 months | [63][412] |
Agnieszka Gortel-Maciuk | ![]() |
Marathon/Half marathon | 2013 | Testosterone, DHEA | 2 years | [100][329] |
Anastasios Gousis | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2008 | Methyltrienolone | 2 years | [2][35][413] |
Abderrahim Goumri | ![]() |
Marathon | 2009 | Biological passport | 4 years | [12][79] |
Eva-Maria Gradwohl | ![]() |
Long distance | 2010 | Refusal to submit to doping control | 2 years | [31][414] |
Stephanie Graf | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2003 | Attempted use of a prohibited method (Humanplasma scandal) | 2 years | [31][83] |
Trevor Graham | ![]() |
Coach | Possession, trafficking, and administration of performance-enhancing drugs, and assisting, encouraging, aiding and abetting anti-doping rule violations | Life ban | [2][415][416] | |
Mike Gravelle | ![]() |
Discus throw | 1995 | Testosterone | [417] | |
Rob Gray | ![]() |
Discus throw | 1989 (Dubin Inquiry) | Self admittance: Anabolic Steroids | Lost national record | [1][318] |
Bill Green | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 1987 | Testosterone | 2 years | [1][418] |
Yelizaveta Grechishnikova | ![]() |
Long distance | 2009 | Biological passport | 2 years | [12][113][145] |
Anri Grigorov | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1990 | [1] | ||
Lidiya Grigoryeva | ![]() |
Long distance | 2009 | Biological passport | 2 years and 6 months | [16][88] |
Yekaterina Grigoryeva (Yekaterina Leshcheva) |
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Sprinting | 2001 | 2 years | [12] | |
Nataliya Grygoryeva | ![]() |
Hurdling | [23] | |||
Mickey Grimes | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2003 2004 |
Ephedrine Norandrosterone |
Public warning 2 years |
[98][321][419] |
Yelena Gulyayeva | ![]() |
High jump | 1991 | 2 years | [420] | |
Anna Gurova | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2011 | Methyltestosterone | 2 years | [79][86] |
Andreas Gustafsson | ![]() |
Race walk | 2014 | EPO | 2 years | [33][116][421] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Monica Iagăr | ![]() |
High jump | 1996 | 6 months | [467] | |
Abdulagadir Idriss | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2005 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | [468] |
Samson Idiata | ![]() |
Long jump | 2015 | Clenbuterol | 4 years | [16][232] |
Gulustan Ieso | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2011 | Methylhexaneamine | 1 year | [469] |
Kirill Ikonnikov | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 2012 | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years | [76][470] |
Chidi Imoh | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1994 | 4 years | [471][472] | |
Cristinel Irimia | ![]() |
Long distance | 2014 | Exogenous steroids | 2 years | [54][55] |
Ekaterina Ishova (Ekaterina Gorbunova) |
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Middle/Long distance | 2011 | Biological passport | 2 years | [113][145] |
Daniel Ivanov | ![]() |
Long jump | 1993 | Amphetamine | [44][473] | |
Lyubov Ivanova (Lyubov Kharlamova) |
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Steeplechase | 2006 | Methyltestosterone | 2 years | [474] |
Olimpiada Ivanova | ![]() |
Race walking | 1997 | Stanazolol | 2 years | [12][475] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Kathy Jager | ![]() |
Hydrochlorothiazide, Chlorothiazide | [79] | |||
Regina Jacobs | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2003 | THG | 4 years | [12][262][321][476] |
Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaludin | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2011 | Evading doping control | 2 years | [12][29] |
Patrick Jarrett | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2001 | Stanozolol | 2 years | [477] |
Helena Javornik | ![]() |
Middle/Long distance | 2008 | EPO | 2 years | [35][36][478] |
Mark Jelks | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2010 | 3 Whereabouts failures | 2 year ban | [31][111][479] |
Cordera Jenkins | ![]() |
Hurdling | 2006 | Cannabis | Public warning | [480] |
Rita Jeptoo | ![]() |
Marathon | 2014 | EPO | 2 years | [329][481] |
Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2015 | Norandrosterone | 4 years | [53][482] |
Olivera Jevtić | ![]() |
Long distance | 2002 | Ephedrine | Public warning and disqualification from the 2002 New York City Marathon | [405] |
Antonio David Jiménez | ![]() |
Steeplechase | 2014 | Possession of a prohibited substance | 3 years | [54][55] |
Ben Johnson | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1988 1989 1993 1999 |
Positive test: Stanozolol Self admittance: Steroids (1982–1988) Testosterone Hydrochlorothiazide |
2 years Life ban |
[12][44][483] |
Gea Johnson | ![]() |
Heptathlon | 1994 | Anabolic steroids | 4 years | [484] |
Marion Jones | ![]() |
Sprinting/Long jump | 2000–2006 | THG (investigation > admittance) | 2 year ban and a 6 month jail sentence | [2][12][485] |
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2010 | Clomiphene | 6 months | [31][44][486] |
Sini Jose | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2011 | Methandienone | 2 years | [153][424][487] |
Milan Jotanović | ![]() |
Shot put | 2008 | Salbutamol | 8 months | [36][488] |
Dariusz Juzyszyn | ![]() |
Discus throw | 1983 | [1][63] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Cédric Nabe | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2011 | Whereabouts failure ×3 | 18 months Extended by CAS from 1 year | [9][83][644][645] |
Rachid Nadij | ![]() |
Long distance | 2007 | Ephedrine | 3 months | [2][646] |
Kaltouma Nadjina | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2009 | Reprimand and disqualification of result | [36] | |
Tezzhan Naimova | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2008 2013 |
Tampering with test Drostanolone |
2 years Life ban |
[35][36][647] [14][207] |
Cosmas Ndeti | ![]() |
Long distance | 1988 | Ephedrine | 3 months | [648][649] |
Lisa Nemec | ![]() |
Long distance | 2015 | EPO | 4 years | [16][109] |
John Ngugi | ![]() |
Long distance | 1993 | Missed test | [650] | |
Antoni Niemczak | ![]() |
Marathon | 1986 | Nandrolone | 2 years | [1][651][652] |
Larisa Nikitina (Larisa Turchinskaya) |
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Heptathlon | 1990 | Amphetamines | [204] | |
Ilja Nikolajev | ![]() |
Marathon | 2013 | Biological passport | 2 years | [198][653] |
Lars Arvid Nilsen | ![]() |
Shot put | 1987 1992 |
Probenecid, Anabolic steroids Metenolone |
2 years Life ban |
[60][654] (in Norwegian) |
Cyrus Njui | ![]() |
Long distance | 2015 | Methylephedrine | 8 months | [353][655] |
Siyabonga Nkonde | ![]() |
Cross country running | 2014 | 6 months | [70] | |
Nadia Noujani | ![]() |
Long distance | 2014 | EPO | 2 years | [119][430] |
Jonathan Nsenga | ![]() |
Hurdling | 1997 | Ephedrine | [44][656] | |
Juan Núñez | ![]() |
Sprinting | 1983 | Fencamfamine | [1][657] | |
Liliya Nurutdinova | ![]() |
Middle distance | 1993 | Stanozolol | 4 years | [12][658][659] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Paul Quirke | ![]() |
Shot put | 1987 | Missed test | [1][63] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Romas Ubartas | ![]() |
Discus throw | 1993 2002 |
Boldenone Boldenone |
4 years |
[12][833][834] |
Giampaolo Urlando | ![]() |
Hammer throw | 1984 | Testosterone | [428] | |
Sergiu Ursu | ![]() |
Discus throw | 2004 2013 |
Nandrolone Norandrosterone |
2 years 2 years |
[354][835] |
Binnaz Uslu | ![]() |
Running | 2007 2011 (sample re-analysed 2013) |
Testosterone Stanozolol |
2 years Life ban |
[836] [12][69][354] |
Roman Usov | ![]() |
Steeplechase | 2008 | Carphedon | 2 years | [2][837] |
Jaanus Uudmäe | ![]() |
Triple/long jump | 2007 | Sibutramine | Public warning | [838] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Xiong Qiying | ![]() |
Long jump | 1997 | [871] |
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Name | Country | Event | Date of violation |
Banned substance(s)/ Anti-doping rule violation |
Sanction | Reference(s) |
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Aziz Zakari | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2006 | Stanozolol | 2 years | [885] |
Joy Sakari Joy Nakhumicha Sakari |
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Sprinting | 2015 | Furosemide | 4 years | [55][159][228][229] |
Mahdi Zamani | ![]() |
400 m | 2011 | Methandienone | 2 years | [9][79] |
Carmen Zamfir-Gilhase | ![]() |
Hurdling | 2004 | Stanozolol | 2 years | [98][886] |
Ruddy Zang Milama | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2014 | 7 months | [167] | |
Yuliya Zaripova | ![]() |
Steeplechase | 2011 | Biological passport abnormalities | 2 years and 6 months | [109][245] |
Oksana Zelinskaya | ![]() |
Triple jump | 1997 | Ephedrine | Public warning and disqualification | [12][104][105][106] |
Olha Zemlyak | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2009 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | [35][36][887] |
Zhang Qi | ![]() |
Shot put | 2008 | Anabolic agent | 4 years | [36][888] |
Zhou Tianhua | ![]() |
Shot put | 1993 | [889] | ||
Zhou Wei | ![]() |
Sprinting | 2000 | 2 years | [264] | |
Zohar Zimro | ![]() |
Marathon | 2012 | Public reprimand | [219] | |
Yevgeniya Zinurova | ![]() |
Middle distance | 2010 | Biological passport abnormalities | 2 years | [519] |
Khalid Zoubaa | ![]() |
Long distance | 2007 | EPO | 3 years | [890] |
Ellina Zvereva | ![]() |
Discus throw | 1992 | Steroids | [891] |
See also[edit]
- Use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games
- List of doping cases in sport
- List of doping cases in cycling
- Sportspeople in doping cases by nationality