List of doping cases in athletics
Name Country Event Date of violation Banned substance ( s ) / Anti-doping rule violation Sanction
Monzavous Edwards United States Sprinting 2004 Cannabis Public warning
Mark Edwards Great Britain Clostebol , Testosterone
Paul Edwards Great Britain Shot put 1993 1997 Anabolic steroids , raised testosterone and pseudoephedrine Tetrahydrocannabinol 4 years Life ban
Torri Edwards United States Sprinting 2004 Nikethamide 15 months ( Reduced from 2 years )
Daniel Effiong Nigeria Sprinting 1995 Methyltestosterone and ephedrine 4 years
Inna Eftimova Bulgaria Sprinting 2011 { Retested 2012 ) Recombinant Human Growth hormone 2 years
Florence Ekpo-Umoh Germany Sprinting 2003 Stanozolol 2 years
Christy Ekpukhon Nigeria Sprinting 2008 Metenolone 2 years
Abderrahim El Asri Morocco Cross country running 2014 EPO 2 years
Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt Shot put 2007 Methandienone 2 years
Hayat El Ghazi Morocco Hammer throw 2006 Norandrosterone 2 years
Mohamed El Hachimi Morocco Long distance 2012 2014 Methylhexaneamine CERA 6 months 6 years
Fouad Elkaam ( Fouad El Kaam ) Morocco Middle distance 2011 Methylhexaneamine 6 months
Saïda El Mehdi Morocco Middle distance 2009 Stanozolol 2 years
Rkia El Moukim Morocco Long distance 2011 Biological passport 2 years
Najim El Qady Morocco Long distance 2011 Biological passport 2 years
Stanislav Emelyanov Russia Race walking 2010 Biological passport 2 years
Alene Emere Ethiopia Long distance 2002 Nandrolone 2 years
Ivan Emilianov Moldova Shot put 2011 Metenolone , Stanozolol 2 years
Meryem Erdogan Turkey Long distance 2010 Biological passport 2 years
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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, Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Shane Warne, Diego Maradona, Shoaib Akhtar, Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Furthermore, a number of athletes who underwent state-sponsored doping programmes in East Germany between the 1960s 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.