43 cases related to Winter Games


According to our database, the Olympic Winter Games has had 43 cases related to doping.

 

Seven cases was related to the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, while there was six in the Olympic Winter Games in 2006.

The first athlete to be related to a doping case in the Olympic Winter Games, is the German ice hockey player Alois Scholder who tested positive for Ephedrine at the Sapporo Winter Games in 1972.

Year Games Positive tests
2014Sochi Winter Olympic Games13
2002Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games11
2006Torino Olympic Winter Games7
2010Vancouver Olympic Winter Games4
2018PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games3
1976Innsbruck Olympic Winter Games2
1984Sarajevo Olympic Winter Games1
1972Sapporo Olympic Winter Games1
1988Calgary Olympic Winter Games1
Country Cases
Russian Federation 17
Austria 9
Belarus 3
Latvia 3
Germany 2
Poland 2
Slovenia 1
Italy 1
Slovakia 1
Spain 1
Sport Cases
Cross-country skiing 16
Ice Hockey 10
Bobsleigh 9
Biathlon 5
Curling 1
Alpine Skiing 1
Speed skating 1
Substance Cases
Nandrolone 4
Methylhexaneamine 3
Darbepoetin Alpha 3
Blood doping 3
Ephedrine 2
Trimetazidine 1
Meldonium 1
Fenoterol 1

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