List of doping cases in athletics
The use of performance-enhancing drugs 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.
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. Following allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia, the IAAF suspended the country's athletes from competition, including the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Name | Country | Event | Date of violation | Banned substance/ Anti-doping rule violation | Sanction | Reference | ||
| Ahmed Abd El Raouf | Hammer throw | 2008 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Inga Abitova | Long distance | 2009 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | ||||
| Folashade Abugan | Sprinting | 2010 | Testosterone prohormone | 2 years | ||||
| Ibrahim Mohamed Aden | Middle distance | 1999 | Ephedrine | Public warning | ||||
| Tosin Adeloye | Sprinting | 2012 2015 | Metenolone Exogenous steroids | 2 years 8 years | ||||
| Susan Olufunke Adeoye | Hammer throw | 2007 | Ephedrine | Public warning | ||||
| Alessandra Aguilar | Long distance | 2011 | 3 months | |||||
| Amina Aït Hammou | Middle distance | 2008 | 3 whereabouts failures | 1 year | ||||
| Seltana Aït Hammou | Middle distance | 2008 | 3 whereabouts failures | 1 year | ||||
| Chioma Ajunwa | Long jump, sprinting | 1992 | 4 years | |||||
| Esther Akinsulie | Sprinting | 2013 | Hydrochlorothiazide | 6 months | ||||
| Ashwini Akkunji | Sprinting | 2011 | Anabolic steroids | 2 years | ||||
| Mary Akor Basley | Marathon | 2012 | Clenbuterol | 2 years | ||||
| Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | Long distance | 1972 | Self admittance of blood transfusions | — | ||||
| Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Middle distance | 2009 2012 | EPO Furosemide | 2 years 8 years | ||||
| Sultan Al-Dawoodi | Discus throw | 2009 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Denis Alekseyev | Sprinting | 2013 | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Barakat Al-Harthi | Sprinting | 2011 | Methylprednisolone | 6 months | ||||
| Ghfran Almouhamad | Hurdling | 2012 | Methylhexaneamine | 6 months | ||||
| Anna Alminova | Middle distance | 2010 2009 | Pseudoephedrine Biological passport anomalies | 3 months 30 months | ||||
| Anthony Alozie | Sprinting | 2013 | 3 Whereabouts Failures | 20 months | ||||
| Aslı Çakır Alptekin | Middle distance/steeplechase | 2004 2010 | Metenolone Biological passport | 2 years 8 years | ||||
| Chinaza Amadi | Long jump | 2015 | Metenolone | 4 years | ||||
| Gloria Amuche Nwosu | Sprinting | 2005 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Anis Ananenka | Middle distance | 2015 | GW1516 | 4 years | ||||
| Andreas Anastasopoulos | Shot put | 2001 | 2 years | |||||
| Georg Andersen | Shot put | 1991 | Metenolone | 21 months | ||||
| Marvin Anderson | Sprinting | 2009 | 4-Methyl-2-hexanamine | 3 months | ||||
| Lyudmila Andonova | High jump | 1985 | Amphetamine | 18 months | ||||
| Yeorgios Andreou | Decathlon | 2003 | 2 years | |||||
| Vladimir Andreyev | Race walking | 2005 | Salbutamol | 1 year | ||||
| Yuriy Andronov | Race walking | 2014 | Trimetazidine | 2 years | ||||
| Ivanildo dos Anjos | Long distance | 2014 | Hydrochlorothiazide | 18 months | ||||
| Adrián Annus | Hammer throw | 2004 | Missed test, tampering | 2 years | ||||
| Seema Antil | Discus throw | 2000 | Pseudoephedrine | Public warning | ||||
| Elena Antoci | Middle distance | 2008 | EPO | |||||
| Olena Antonova | Discus throw | 2009 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Esref Apak | Hammer throw | 2013 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Thozama April | Long distance | 2014 | Phentermine, Prednisolone, Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Demetra Arachoviti | Hurdling | 2012 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Geisa Arcanjo | Shot put | 2010 | Hydrochlorothiazide | Public warning | ||||
| Juana Arrendel | High jump | 1999 | Stanozolol | |||||
| Katsiaryna Artsiukh | Hurdling | 2010 | Metenolone | 2 years | ||||
| Natalya Artyomova | Middle distance | Steroids | ||||||
| Tatiana Aryasova | Long distance | 2012 | Hydroxyethylstarch | 2 years | ||||
| Elena Arzhakova | Middle distance | 2011 | Biological passport violation | 2 years | ||||
| Malika Asahssah | Long distance | 2015 | Stanozolol | 4 years | ||||
| Delilah Asiago | Long distance | 1999 | ||||||
| Innocent Asonze | Sprinting | 1999 | ||||||
| Wayne Athorne | Decathlon | Methandienone (Dianabol) | ||||||
| Duncan Atwood | Javelin throw | 1985 | Stimulant | Life ban | ||||
| Olutoyin Augustus | Hurdles | 2009 | Abnormal testosterone levels | 2 years | ||||
| Anna Avdeyeva | Shot put | 2013 | Oral Turinabol | 2 years | ||||
| Roman Avramenko | Javelin throw | 2013 2015 | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years 8 years | ||||
| Hussein Awada | Cross country running Half marathon | 2012 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Mark Anthony Awere | Long jump | 2001 | 3 months | |||||
| Bimbo Miel Ayedou | Sprinting | 2012 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Süreyya Ayhan | Middle distance | 2004 2007 | Interfering with test Stanozolol, Methandienone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Masoud Azizi | Sprinting | 2013 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Ahmed Baday | Long distance | 2010 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | ||||
| Ndiss Kaba Badji | Long jump, triple jump | 2005 | Androstenedione | 2 years | ||||
| Oleksandr Bagach | Shot put | 1989 1997 | Steroids Ephedrine | 2 years Public warning and disqualification | ||||
| José Alessandro Bagio | Race walking | 2010 | 19-Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Amina Bakhit | Middle distance | 2009 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Sergey Bakulin | Race walking | 2011 | Biological passport anomalies | 3 years and 2 months | ||||
| Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Long distance | 2010 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Michal Balner | Pole vault | 2010 | Cannabis | 1 month | ||||
| Onalenna Baloyi | Middle distance | 2010 | Methylhexanamine | 2 years | ||||
| Yuliya Balykina | Sprinting | 2013 | Drostanolone | 2 years | ||||
| Falk Balzer | Hurdling | 2001 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Konstadinos Baniotis | High jump | 2013 | Furosemide | Public warning | ||||
| Jarrod Bannister | Javelin throw | 2012 | 3 Whereabouts Failures within an 18-month period | 20 months | ||||
| Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Sprinting | 2 years | ||||||
| Shawnacy Barber | Pole vault | 2016 | Cocaine | Public warning | ||||
| Roberto Barbi | Marathon | 1996 2001 2008 | Ephedrine EPO EPO, Ephedrine | 3 months 4 years, reduced to 25 months Life ban | ||||
| Roxana Bârcă | Long distance running | 2013 | Methasterone | 2 years | ||||
| Randy Barnes | Shot put | 1990 1998 | Methyltestosterone Androstenedione | 27 months Life ban | ||||
| Yarelys Barrios | Discus throw | 2008 | Acetazolamide | |||||
| Bruno de Barros | Sprinting | 2009 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Elias Bastos | Cross country running | 2014 | Methyltestosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Giuliano Battocletti | Long distance running | 1999 | Nandrolone | 16 months | ||||
| Dieter Baumann | Long distance | 1999 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Julie Baumann | Hurdling | 1989 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Vadim Bavikin | Javelin throw | 1994 | Steroids | 4 years | ||||
| Chantal Beaugeant | Heptathlon | 1989 | 2 years | |||||
| James Beckford | Long jump | 1997 | Ephedrine | 3 months | ||||
| Violeta Beclea | Middle distance | 1995 | Steroids | 4 years | ||||
| Chaltu Beji | Steeplechase | 2015 | Ostarine | 4 years | ||||
| Alemitu Bekele | Long distance | 2009 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years and 9 months | ||||
| Mimi Belete | Middle/Long distance | 2010 | Salbutamol | Public reprimand and disqualification | ||||
| Irina Belova | Heptathlon | 1993 | Testosterone | 4 years | ||||
| Kenta Bell | Triple jump | 2007 | Methylprednisolone | 3 months | ||||
| Awatef Ben Hassine | Sprinting | 2004 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Yassine Bensghir | Middle distance | 2014 | Biological passport | 4 years | ||||
| Yahya Berrabah | Long jump | 2009 2011 | Cannabis EPO | Public warning 4 years | ||||
| Gwen Berry | Hammer throw | 2016 | Use of a prohibited substance | 3 months | ||||
| Michael Berry | Sprinting | 2010 | Cannabis | 3 months | ||||
| Mariya Bespalova | Hammer throw | 2015 | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 4 years | ||||
| María Cristina Betancourt | Discus throw | 1983 | Life ban | |||||
| Kipyegon Bett | 800 m | 2017 | Erythropoietin out-of-competition test in November 2017 | 4 years | ||||
| Antonella Bevilacqua | High jump | 1996 | Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine | |||||
| Uwe Beyer | Hammer throw | 1960's/1970's | Anabolic steroids | — | ||||
| Alemayehu Bezabeh | Middle/Long distance | 2010 | Use of a prohibited method | 2 years | ||||
| Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari | Long distance | 2006 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Quentin Bigot | Hammer throw | 2014 | Methandienone and Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Madina Biktagirova | Long distance | 1992 | Norephedrine | |||||
| Yuriy Bilonoh | Shot put | 2004 | Oxandrolone | 3 years | ||||
| Svetlana Biryukova | Long jump | 2014 | SARMs | 2-year ban | ||||
| Dominique Blake | Sprinting | 2006 2012 | Ephedrine Methylhexanamine | 9 months 4 years and 6 months | ||||
| Yohan Blake | Sprinting | 2009 | 4-Methyl-2-hexanamine | 3 months | ||||
| José Luis Blanco | Middle distance | 2010 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Zhanna Block | Sprinting | 2002 | BALCO scandal | 2 years | ||||
| Lyudmyla Blonska | Heptathlon, long jump | 2003 2008 | Stanozolol Methyltestosterone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Petr Bogatyrev | Race walking | 2011 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | ||||
| Ato Boldon | Sprinting | 2001 | Ephedrine | Public warning | ||||
| Scott Boothby | Hammer throw | 2006 | Finasteride, 6-oxo-androstenedione | 4 years | ||||
| Valeriy Borchin | Race walking | 2005 2009 | Ephedrine Biological passport anomalies | 1 year 8 years | ||||
| Béranger-Aymard Bossé | Sprinting | 2016 | Prednisolone | 2 years | ||||
| Mihaela Botezan | Long distance | 2007 | Chlortalidone | 2 years | ||||
| Chakir Boujattaoui | Long-distance | 2010 | MIRCERA | 2 years | ||||
| Brahim Boulami | Steeplechace | 2002 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Larbi Bouraada | Decathlon | 2012 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Abderrahime Bouramdane | Marathon | 2011 | Biological passport | 2 years | ||||
| Zahra Bouras | Middle-distance | 2012 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Sofiya Bozhanova | Long/Triple jump | 1994 | Amphetamine | 4 years | ||||
| Marvin Bracy | Sprinting | 2025 | Testosterone | 45 months | ||||
| Kevin Braunskill | Sprinting | 1994 | Stanozolol | 4 years | ||||
| Grit Breuer | Sprinting | 1992 | Clenbuterol | 2 years | ||||
| Okkert Brits | Pole vault | 2003 | Ephedrine | Public warning | ||||
| Damien Broothaerts | Hurdling | 2011 | Methylhexanamine, 3 whereabouts failures | 1 year | ||||
| Alicia Brown | Sprinting | 2013 | Hydrochlorothiazide | 2 years | ||||
| Erik de Bruin | Discus throw, shot put | 1993 | Testosterone, Stanozolol, hCG | 4 years | ||||
| Ricky Bruch | Discus throw | 1960's/1970's | Anabolic steroids | — | ||||
| Yelyzaveta Bryzhina | Sprinting | 2013 | Drostanolone | 2 years | ||||
| Aleksandr Bulanov | Shot put | 2009 | Methandienone | 2 years | ||||
| Viktor Burayev | Race walking | 2008 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Tamara Bykova | High jump | 1990 | Ephedrine | 3 months | ||||
| Yolanda Caballero | Long distance | 2011 2014 | Biological passport Tampering | 4 years | ||||
| Gary Cadogan | Sprinting, hurdling | 1998 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Dorina Calenic | Long distance | 1987 | ||||||
| Mehmet Çağlayan | Long distance | 2010 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Jillian Camarena-Williams | Shot put | 2013 | Clomiphene | 6 months | ||||
| John Capel | Sprinting | 2004 2006 | Cannabis Cannabis | Public warning 2 years | ||||
| Dean Capobianco | Sprinting | 1996 | Stanazolol | 2 years | ||||
| Hector Carrasquillo | Sprinting | 2011 | Anabolic steroid | 2 years | ||||
| LaMark Carter | Triple jump | 2004 | Salbutamol | Public warning | ||||
| Silviu Casandra | Race walking | 2002 | 2 years | |||||
| Arnaud Casquette | Long jump | 2005 | Cannabis | 6 months | ||||
| Víctor Castillo | Long jump | 2006 2011 | Furosemide Methylhexaneamine | 2 years 4 years | ||||
| Recep Çelik | Race walking | 2012 | Metenolone | 2 years | ||||
| Jolanda Čeplak | Middle distance | 2007 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Dwain Chambers | Sprinting | 2003 | THG, Testosterone, EPO, HGH, Insulin, Modafinil & Liothyronine | 2 years | ||||
| Hafid Chani | Long distance | 2011 | Biological passport | 4 years | ||||
| Jamel Chatbi | Steeplechase | 2009 | Clenbuterol | 3 years | ||||
| Jani Chathurangani Silva | Sprinting | 2006 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| David Chaussinand | Hammer throw | 23 May 2002 24 June 2002 | Metenolone Clenbuterol | 3 years | ||||
| Mouhcine Cheaouri | Pole vault | 2016 | Stanozolol | 4 years | ||||
| Emily Chebet | Long distance, cross country | 2015 | Furosemide | 4 years | ||||
| Cristiana Checchi | Shot put | 2003 | Caffeine | Public warning | ||||
| Viktor Chegin | Coach | Administration of a prohibited substance, complicity | Life ban | |||||
| Abdelatif Chemlal | Steeplechase | 2004 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Flomena Chepchirchir | Marathon | 2014 | 6 months | |||||
| Pamela Chepchumba | Cross country running | 2003 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Susan Chepkemei | Long distance | 2007 | Salbutamol | 1 year | ||||
| Svetlana Cherkasova | Middle distance | 2007 | Fraudulent substitution of urine | 33 months | ||||
| Lada Chernova | Javelin throw | 2008 2013 | Metenolone Bromantane | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Tatyana Chernova | Heptathlon | 2009 | Oral Turinabol | 2 years | ||||
| Lydia Cheromei | Long distance | 2005 | Clomiphene | 2 years | ||||
| Damu Cherry | Hurdling | 2003 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Silvano Chesani | High jump | 2007 | Formoterol | Public warning | ||||
| Christophe Cheval | Sprinting | 2001 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | High jump | 2012 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Fouad Chouki | Middle distance | 2003 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Khalid Choukoud | Long distance | 2007 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Linford Christie | Sprinting | 1999 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Vivian Chukwuemeka | Shot put and discus | 2009 2012 | Oxymetholone Stanozolol | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Clement Chukwu | Sprinting | 1992 | 4 years | |||||
| Yelena Churakova | Hurdling | 2013 | Methandienone & Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Hazel Clark | Middle distance | 2001 | Pseudoephedrine | Public warning | ||||
| Venolyn Clarke | Sprinting | 2001 | Stanozolol | 4 years | ||||
| Ramon Clay | Sprinting | 2000–2004 | Steroids and hormones | 2 years | ||||
| Luis Collazo | Long distance | 2011 | Exogenous steroids | 2 years | ||||
| Michelle Collins | Sprinting | 2002–2004 | THG, EPO | 4 years | ||||
| Rosa Colorado | Hurdling | 1980 | Steroids | 18 months | ||||
| Hannah Cooper | Sprinting | 1999 | ||||||
| Harold Connolly | Hammer throw | 1960's | Self-admitted; Anabolic steroids | – | ||||
| Jessica Cosby | Hammer throw | 2009 | Hydrochlorothiazide, chlorothiazide | 4 month | ||||
| Nuno Costa | Cross country running | 2011 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Daniela Costian | Discus throw | 1986 | . | |||||
| Julie Coulaud | Middle/Long distance | 2008 | Testosterone | 3 years | ||||
| Crystal Cox | Sprinting | 2002 2001–2004 | Ephedrine Anabolic steroids | Public warning 4-year ban | ||||
| Shawn Crawford | Sprinting | 2012 | 3 whereabouts failures | 2 years | ||||
| Olga Cristea | Middle-distance | 2010 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Peter Dajia | Shot put | 1983– 1986 | Self admittance in 1989: Steroids Positive test: Steroids, Testosterone | 18 months | ||||
| Martina Danišová-Hrasnová | Hammer throw | 2003 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Bonnie Dasse | Shot put | 1992 | Clenbuterol | 4 years | ||||
| Marie Davenport | Long distance | 1996 | Phenylpropanolamine | Reprimand | ||||
| Walter Davis | Triple jump | 2013 | 3 whereabouts failures | 1 year | ||||
| Alice Decaux | Hurdling | 2013 | β-Methylphenethylamine | 6 months | ||||
| Mary Decker | Middle distance | 1996 | Testosterone | |||||
| Tony Dees | Hurdling | 2001 | Norandrosterone, Noretiochdandone | Life ban | ||||
| Hind Dehiba | Middle distance | 2007 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Tatyana Dektyareva | Hurdling | 2014 | Ostarine | 2 years | ||||
| Dimitrios Delifotis | Long jump | 1984 | ||||||
| Luis Delís | Discus throw/shot put | 1990 | ||||||
| Tezeta Dengersa | Middle/Long distance | 2005 | Metenolone | 2 years | ||||
| Frédéric Denis | Steeplechase | 2007 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Sébastien Denis | Hurdling | 2005 | Ephedrine | Public warning | ||||
| Lyubov Denisova | Marathon | 2007 | Prostanozol, testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Manuela Derr | Sprinting | 1992 | Clenbuterol | 3 years | ||||
| Ronald Desruelles | Long jump | 1980 | ||||||
| Hrysopiyi Devetzi | Triple/Long jump | 2009 2007 | Failure to submit to doping control Stanozolol | 2 years 4 years | ||||
| Vadim Devyatovskiy | Hammer throw | 2000 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Aïssa Dghoughi | Long distance | 2006 | Refusal to submit to doping control | 3 years | ||||
| Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb | Discus throw | 2010 | Testosterone metabolites | |||||
| Alberico Di Cecco | Marathon | 2008 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Rostislav Dimitrov | Triple jump | 1999 | Ephedrine | |||||
| Svetla Dimitrova | Heptathlon | 1989 | Sydnocarb | 2 years | ||||
| Katalin Divós | Hammer throw | 2001 | 2 years | |||||
| Vukosava Đjapić | Sprinting | 2005 | Metenolone | 2 years | ||||
| Abderahmane Djemadi | Long distance | 2001 | Refusal to submit to doping control | 2 years | ||||
| Gábor Dobos | Sprinting | 2000 2006 | Drostanolone, testosterone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Jim Doehring | Shot put | 1990 | Steroids | 2 years | ||||
| Bahar Doğan | Long distance | 2011 | Biological passport | 2 years and 6 months | ||||
| Bishop Dolegiewicz | Shot put, discus throw | 1973–1985 | Self admittance : Steroids | National record annulled | ||||
| Marta Dominguez | Middle distance | 2009 | Biological passport | 3 years | ||||
| Tetyana Dorovskikh | Middle distance | 1993 | Unknown substance | |||||
| Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari | Discus throw | 2003 | Refused to submit to doping control | 2 years | ||||
| Troy Douglas | Sprinting | 1999 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Horace Dove-Edwin | Sprinting | 1994 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Hanna Drabenia | Race walking | 2015 | Trimetazidine | 2 years | ||||
| Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Long distance | 2003 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Heike Drechsler | Long jump/sprinting | 1980's | Self admittance | — | ||||
| Hamza Driouch | Middle distance | 2012 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | ||||
| Jon Drummond | Coach | 2012/ 2013 | Possession, trafficking and administration of prohibited substances | 8 years | ||||
| Oleksandr Dryhol | Hammer throw | 2013 | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Aliona Dubitskaya | Shot put | 2014 | Oxilofrine | 6 months | ||||
| Aleksandra Duliba | Marathon | 2013 | Biological passport | 2 years | ||||
| Corina Dumbrăvean | Middle distance | 2007 2010 | Refusal to submit to testing | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Julien Dunkley | Sprinting | 2008 | Boldenone | 2 years | ||||
| Debbie Dunn | Sprinting | 2012 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Lyudmila Dzhigalova | Sprinting | 1993 | Steroids | 4 years | ||||
| Monzavous Edwards | Sprinting | 2004 | Cannabis | Public warning | ||||
| Mark Edwards | Clostebol, Testosterone | |||||||
| Paul Edwards | Shot put | 1993 1997 | Anabolic steroids, raised testosterone and pseudoephedrine Tetrahydrocannabinol | 4 years Life ban | ||||
| Torri Edwards | Sprinting | 2004 | Nikethamide | 15 months | ||||
| Daniel Effiong | Sprinting | 1995 | Methyltestosterone and ephedrine | 4 years | ||||
| Inna Eftimova | Sprinting | 2011 | Sprinting | 2005 | T/E-4 | 2 years | ||
| Eduard Mbengani | Middle/Long distance | 2010 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| John McEwen | Hammer throw | 2003 | Tetrahydrogestrinone, Modafinil | 2 years | ||||
| Mark McKoy | Hurdling | 1980's | Self admittance of steroid use | 2 years | ||||
| Inika McPherson | High jump | 2014 | Benzoylecgonine | 21 months | ||||
| Ekaterina Medvedeva | Race Walking | 2013 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Nijolė Medvedeva | Long jump | 1992 | Mesocarb | |||||
| Fathi Meftah | Long distance | 2008 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Irina Meleshina | Long jump | 2012 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Jimmy Melfort | Sprinting | 2012 | Methylhexaneamine | 3 months | ||||
| Mihaela Melinte | Hammer throw | 2000 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Miroslav Menc | Shot put | 1998 2001 | Stanozolol Norandrosterone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Amewu Mensah | High jump | 2001 | Oxandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| LaShawn Merritt | Sprinting | 2009/2010 | Testosterone | 21 months | ||||
| Elena Meuti | High jump | 2012 | Tetrahydrocannabinol | 5 months | ||||
| Karin Mey Melis | Long jump | 2012 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Gabriela Mihalcea | High jump | 1987 | 2 years | |||||
| Andrei Mikhnevich | Shot put | 2001 2005 | Human chorionic gonadotropin Clenbuterol, Methandienone, Oxandrolone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Natallia Mikhnevich | Shot put | 2013 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Inger Miller | Sprinting | 1999 | Caffeine | Public warning | ||||
| Tatyana Mineeva | Race walking | 2011 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | ||||
| Ildar Minshin | Steeplechase | 2009 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | ||||
| Yevgeniy Mironov | Shot put | 1978 | Anabolic steroids | 18 months | ||||
| Anna Mishchenko | Middle distance | 2012 | Biological passport | 2 years | ||||
| Dennis Mitchell | Sprinting | 1998 BALCO scandal | Testosterone Admittance in court: HGH | 2 years — | ||||
| Diane Modahl | Middle distance | 1994 | Testosterone | Fully exonerated | ||||
| Ofentse Mogawane | Sprinting | 2006 | Methylprednisolone | Public warning | ||||
| Ghofrane Mohammad | Hurdling | 2012 | Methylhexaneamine | 6 months | ||||
| Felicia Moldovan | Javelin throw | 1990 | 2 years | |||||
| Tim Montgomery | Sprinting | 2001 2000 | BALCO investigation: Steroids, HGH Public admittance in 2008: Testosterone, HGH | 2 years | ||||
| Amantle Montsho | Sprinting | 2014 | Methylhexaneamine | 2 years | ||||
| Luis Morales | Sprinting | 1988 | 2 years | |||||
| Sara Moreira | Long-distance | 2011 | Methylhexaneamine | 6 months | ||||
| Edder Moreno | Shot put | 2014 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Sheryl Morgan | Sprinting | 2003 | Public warning | |||||
| Sergey Morozov | Race walking | 2008 2011 | EPO Biological passport anomalies | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Ramolefi Motsieloa | Long distance | 2014 | Methylhexaneamine | 2 years | ||||
| William Motti | Decathlon | 1989 | 2 years | |||||
| Bertrand Moulinet | Race walking | 2015 | FG-4592 | 4 years | ||||
| Hassan Mourhit | Long distance | 2008 | Anastrozol | 2 years | ||||
| Mohammed Mourhit | Middle/Long distance | 2002 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Gael Mulhall | Discus throw, shot put | 1981 | Anabolic steroids | 18 months | ||||
| Ángel Mullera | Steeplechase | 2015 | Refusal | 2 years | ||||
| Steve Mullings | Sprinting | 2004 2011 | Testosterone Furosemide | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Julia Mumbi Muraga | Marathon | 2014 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Jauna Murmu | Sprinting | 2011 | Methandienone | 2 years | ||||
| Sammy Alex Mutahi | Long distance | 2011 | Public reprimand, disqualification of result | |||||
| Elizabeth Muthuka | Sprinting | 2008 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Semiha Mutlu | Race walk | 2011 | Biological passport | 2 years and 6 months | ||||
| Carl Myerscough | Shot put | 1999 | Anabolic steroids | 2 years | ||||
| Melissa Myerscough | Hammer throw | 2003 | THG | 2 years | ||||
| Larry Myricks | Long jump | 1990 | Phenylpropanolomine | |||||
| Cédric Nabe | Sprinting | 2011 | Whereabouts failure ×3 | 18 months Extended by CAS from 1 year | ||||
| Rachid Nadij | Long distance | 2007 | Ephedrine | 3 months | ||||
| Kaltouma Nadjina | Sprinting | 2009 | Reprimand and disqualification of result | |||||
| Tezzhan Naimova | Sprinting | 2008 2013 | Tampering with test Drostanolone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Cosmas Ndeti | Long distance | 1988 | Ephedrine | 3 months | ||||
| Lisa Nemec | Long distance | 2015 | EPO | 4 years | ||||
| John Ngugi | Long distance | 1993 | Missed test | |||||
| Antoni Niemczak | Marathon | 1986 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Larisa Nikitina | Heptathlon | 1990 | Amphetamines | |||||
| Ilja Nikolajev | Marathon | 2013 | Biological passport | 2 years | ||||
| Lars Arvid Nilsen | Shot put | 1987 1992 | Probenecid, Anabolic steroids Metenolone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Cyrus Njui | Long distance | 2015 | Methylephedrine | 8 months | ||||
| Siyabonga Nkonde | Cross country running | 2014 | 6 months | |||||
| Nadia Noujani | Long distance | 2014 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Jonathan Nsenga | Hurdling | 1997 | Ephedrine | |||||
| Juan Núñez | Sprinting | 1983 | Fencamfamine | |||||
| Liliya Nurutdinova | Middle distance | 1993 | Stanozolol | 4 years | ||||
| Musa Amer Obaid | Steeplechase | 2006 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Al Oerter | Discus throw | 1976 | Anabolic steroids. | — | ||||
| Deborah Oluwaseun Odeyemi | Sprinting | 2015 | Metenolone | 4 years | ||||
| Amaka Ogoegbunam | Sprinting | 2009 | Metenolone | 3 years | ||||
| Femi Ogunode | Sprinting | 2011 | Clenbuterol | 2 years | ||||
| Christine Ohuruogu | Sprinting | 2006 | 3 whereabouts failures | 1 year | ||||
| Aham Okeke | Sprinting | 1994 2006 | Testosterone, Pseudoephedrine Testosterone | 30 months Life ban | ||||
| Samuel Okon | Hurdling | 2010 | Methylhexanamine | |||||
| Iulia Olteanu | Cross country | 1996 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Omolara Omotosho | Sprinting | 2009 | Metenolone | 2 years | ||||
| Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Sprinting | 1996 | Ephedrine | 3 months | ||||
| Janet Ongera | Long distance | 2002 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Josephine Onyia | Hurdling | 2008 2011 2015 | Methylhexaneamine, Clenbuterol Methylhexaneamine Metenolone | 2 years 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Charity Opara | Sprinting | 1992 | 4 years | |||||
| Helder Ornelas | Marathon | 2010 | Biological passport | 4 years | ||||
| Yolanda Osana | Hurdling | 2012 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Oludamola Osayomi | Sprinting | 2010 | Methylhexaneamine | |||||
| Artur Osman | Long distance | 2005 | Norandrosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Nadzeya Ostapchuk | Shot put | 2012 2005 | Metenolone Formestane, 4-Hydroxytestosterone | 4 years | ||||
| Hanane Ouhaddou | Steeplechase | 2009 | Biological passport | 2 years | ||||
| Lawretta Ozoh | Sprinting | 2012 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Noraldo Palacios | Javelin throw | 2008 | Betamethasone | 6 months | ||||
| Gergely Palágyi | Hurdling | 2006 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Diego Palomeque | 400 m | 2012 | Testosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Géza Pauer | Sprinting | 2006 | Boldenone | 2 years | ||||
| Vita Pavlysh | Shot put | 1999 2004 | Stanozolol Stanozolol | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Yevgeniya Pecherina | Discus throw | 2011 2013 | Methandienone Oral Turinabol | 2 years 10 years | ||||
| Arne Pedersen | Shot put | 1987 | Probenecid | 3 years | ||||
| Larisa Peleshenko | Shot put | 1995 | Steroid | 4 years | ||||
| Lyubov Perepelova | Sprinting | 2005 | Hydrochloromethyltestosterone | 2 years | ||||
| Vanja Perišić | Middle distance | 2008 | CERA | 2 years | ||||
| Sandra Perković | Discus throw | 2011 | Methylhexanamine | 6 months | ||||
| Asko Pesonen | High jump | 1977 | Anabolic steroid | 1 year | ||||
| Tetiana Petlyuk | Middle distance | 2009 | Biological passport anomalies | 2 years | ||||
| Antonello Petrei | Long distance | 2007 | NESP | 2 years | ||||
| Totka Petrova | Middle distance | 1979 | Anabolic steroids | 8 months | ||||
| Antonio Pettigrew | 400 m | 1997–2001 | Admittance in court: HGH, EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Denis Petushinskiy | Pole vault | 1998 | Stanozolol | 4 years | ||||
| Lebogang Phalula | Cross country running | 2011 | Methylhexaneamine | 1 year | ||||
| Chris Phillips | 110 m hurdles | 2003 | Modafinil | Public warning | ||||
| Amaia Piedra | Long distance | 2005 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Bruce Pirnie | Shot put | Self admittance : Steroids | — | |||||
| Darya Pishchalnikova | Discus throw | 2007 2012 | Fraudulent substitution of urine Oxandrolone | 33 months 10 years | ||||
| Vladyslav Piskunov | Hammer trow | 1994 2005 | Drostanolone | Life ban | ||||
| Darya Pizhankova | Sprinting | 2011 2013 | Stanozolol Drostanolone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Maurie Plant | Manager | Official who substituted one athlete's urine for another prior to a test. | ||||||
| Daniel Plaza | Race walking | 1996 | Nandrolone | 2 years | ||||
| Ben Plucknett | Discus throw | 1981 | Anabolic steroids | |||||
| Hristos Polihroniou | Hammer throw | 2005 2008 | Clomiphene Refusal to submit to doping control | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Dmitriy Polyunin | Javelin throw | 1993 | Stanozolol | |||||
| Liliana Popescu | Middle distance | 2008 | EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Svetlana Pospelova | 400 m | 2000 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Asafa Powell | Sprinting | 2013 | Oxilofrine | 6 months | ||||
| Donovan Powell | Sprinting | 1995 | Ephedrine | 3 months | ||||
| Kofi Amoah Prah | Long jump | 2008 2009 | Cocaine Competing while banned | 2 years 2 years | ||||
| Iva Prandzheva | Triple jump/Long jump | 1996 2000 | Methandrostenolone Nandrolone | 2 years Life ban | ||||
| Callum Priestley | Hurdling | 2010 | Clenbuterol | 2 years | ||||
| Marin Premeru | Shot put | 2016 | GHRP-2 | 4 years | ||||
| Yelena Prokhorova | Heptathlon | 2005 | 1 year | |||||
| Marcelo Pugliese | Discus throw | 2006 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Susanne Pumper | Long distance | 2008 2013 | EPO Possession of a Prohibited Substance | 2 years 8 years | ||||
| Yekaterina Puzanova | Middle distance | 2003 | Norandrosterone, androstenedione | 2 years | ||||
| Nataliya Pyhyda | Sprinting | 2009 | Stanozolol | 2 years | ||||
| Paul Quirke | Shot put | 1987 | Missed test | |||||
| Nikolay Raev | Triple jump | 1993 | Amphetamine | |||||
| Ebrahim Rahimian | Race walk | 2013 | Testosterone, EPO | 2 years | ||||
| Paweł Rakoczy | Javelin throw | 2008 | Sibutramine | Public warning | ||||
| Sara Ramadhani | Cross country running | 2014 | Isometheptene | 2 years | ||||
| Rashid Ramzi | Middle distance | 2008 |