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1904 Summer Olympics Marathon
Thomas Hicks, an American born in England, won the Men's Marathon at the 1904, St. Louis Olympics. However the win came with an unfair advantage to other competitors after Hicks trainer, Charles Lucas, pulled out a syringe and came to his aid as the runner began to struggle. Lucas stated "I therefore decided to inject him with a milligram of sulphate of strychnine and to make him drink a large glass brimming with brandy. He set off again as best he could but he needed another injection. -
First Horse Disqualified
The first horse to ever be disqualified from racing was jockey, Bob Ussery's, Dancer. The event took place at the 1968 Kentucky Derby after phenylbutazone, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), were found in his urine sample after the race. The drug was made legal at the Kentucky Derby by a judges ruling in 1971. -
First Olympic Athlete Disqualified for Doping Violation
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a member of the Swedish pentathlon team, was stripped of his bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics when he tested positive for excessive alcohol. Liljenwall said he had two beers to calm his nerves during the pistol shooting part of the pentathlon. He became the first athlete ever disqualified from the Olympic Games for doping, and the whole Swedish team was forced to return their medals as well. -
Ben Johnson Stripped of Gold Medal after Positive Drug Test
Ben Johnson, a Canadian Olympic sprinter was stripped of his gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea after he positively tested for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. Johnson claims that his herbal drink was spiked, but officials later decline his explanation and suspend him from competition. However Johnson was not the only athlete competing under influence of banned substances. It was later found out that six of the eight finalists of the 100-meter race also tested positive drugs. -
Major League Baseball Bans Steroids
Fay Vincent, major league Baseball commisioner announced on the 7th June 1991 that the sport would become strict on the use of banned substances including steroids. -
First British Female to Test Positive for PEDs
800 meter, Commonwealth Games runner Diane Modahl becomes the first British female to test positive for banned substances after a postive reading in a urine sample for the drug testosterone. She was banned from competition for four years. -
Ross Rebagliati Tests Positive for Marijuana
Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati tests positive for marijuana after winning the gold medal in the giant slalom event at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. -
British Sprinter Dwain Chambers Banned from Olympics for Life
British sprinter Dwain Chambers becomes the first person to test positive for the steroid THG in an out of competition drug test conducted on Aug. 1, 2003. On Nov. 7, 2003, he is suspended from all competition for two years and banned from the Olympics for life. -
Track Star Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use
Marion Jones retires from track and field on Oct. 5, 2007 after apologizing to friends and family in a letter admitting her steroid use prior to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Jones admits to using the BALCO designer steroid known as 'The Clear.' On Dec. 12, 2007, the IOC strips her of the three gold and two bronze medals that she won in 2000. It also wipes her from the Olympic record books. On Jan. 11, 2008 she is sentenced to six months in prison for lying to the court. -
Martina Hingis Retires from Tennis
Martina Hingis, former world number one and five-time Grand Slam champion, announces her retirement from tennis on Nov. 1, 2007 after learning that both the samples of a urine test conducted on June 29, 2007 at Wimbledon tested positive for the use of cocaine. She is banned from competition for two years.
