Sports and Drug Use

By jbmallory

  • East German Womens Swimming

    East German Womens swim team takes home 10 of the 14 gold medals in the 1973 swimming world championships in Belgrade. (date is not exact).

  • Banning of Steroids

    The International Olympic Committee adds anabolic steroids to its list of banned substances.(date is not exact)

  • East German Women Olympics

    East German women swimmers win 11 of the 13 individual gold medals, setting eight world records, at the Montreal Olympics. It was the first Olympics to have drug testing in it.

  • Jeff Michels Stripped of Medals

    Jeff Michels, Olympic Weightlifter, was stripped of three gold medals due to his positive testing of anabolic steroids. That led to 13 other US Track and Field members withdrawing from the games. 23 total medals were stripped away from the athletes.

  • Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson

    Ben Johnson posts the world record time for the 100m race at 9.79. He took off .14 seconds off the previous world record. This happened during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and world record time due to the findings of anabolic steroids in his urine sample.

  • Former East German Coaches Confess

    20 former East German coaches admit to distributing anabolic steroids to some of their swimmers.

  • Lyle Alzado, NFL Defensive End, dies

    Lyle Alzado, NFL Defensive End, dies of brain cancer on May 14.He thought the cause of his disease was more than two decades of steroid use.

  • World Anti-Doping Agency

    The World Anti-Doping Agency is formed through the IOC.

  • Ken Caminiti

    Former MLB player, Ken Caminiti, admits to Sports Illustrated that he used steroids when he won the 1996 National League MVP Award.

  • Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative

    The Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative and founder, Victor Conte,were found accused of making and distributing undetectable steroids used by several athletes. This was brought to court and some athletes called to the stand included Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, and Gary Sheffield.

  • Jose Canseco's Book

    Jose Canseco's tell all book is released to the public revealing his steroid use throughout his MLB career. He also talks about the apparent use of the steroids by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

  • Allegations to Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite

    The Mitchell Report of steroid use in the MLB brings forth allegations on Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite of using steroids during their baseball careers.

  • Barry Bonds breaks Aaron's HR Record

    Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's HR record by hitting his 756th Home Run of his career. Barry Bonds HR record is still in question today due to his steroid use during his career.

  • Alex Rodriguez

    Alex Rodriguez was reported by Sports Illustrated to have tested positive for steroids during the 2003 MLB season.

  • Alex Rodriguez linked to Bio-Genesis Clinic

    Alex Rodriguez is reported to have been linked to Anthony Bosch's Bio-Genesis clinic. The clinic was a source of performance enhancing drugs for tons of pro athletes.