Metenolone

BY THE NUMBERS

CASE-BY-CASE

1968

Mexico City

667 tests - 1 case: alcohol in modern pentathlon

1972

Munich

2,079 tests - 7 cases: amphetamines in weightlifting and judo (2); coramine in cycling (2); ephedrine in basketball, swimming and weightlifting (3)

1976

Montreal

786 tests - 11 cases: amphetamines in shooting (1); fencamfamine in weightlifting (1); phenylpropanolmine in sailing (1); anabolic steroids in weightlifting (8) and track and field (1)

1980

Moscow

645 tests - no cases

1984

Los Angeles

1,507 tests - 12 cases: ephedrine in volleyball (1); nandrolone in weightlifting (5) and track and field (2); metenolone in volleyball (1) and wrestling (1); testosterone in volleyball (1) and track and field (1)

1988

Seoul

1,598 tests - 10 cases: caffeine in modern pentathlon (1); furosemide in weightlifting (2) wrestling (1) and judo (1); propranolol in modern pentathlon (1); pemoline in weightlifting (1); stanozolol in athletics (1) and weightlifting (2). Four medalists - Ben Johnson, Mitko Grubler, Angel Genchev, and Kerrith Brown were stripped of medals

1992

Barcelona

1,848 tests - 5 cases: strychnine in volleyball (1); norephedrine in athletics (1); clenbuerol in track and field (2); mesocarb in track and field

1996

Atlanta

1,923 tests - 2 cases: methandienone (1); stanozolol (1)

2000

Sydney

2,763 tests - 6 cases: furosemide in weightlifting (3); nandrolone in rowing (1); pseudoephedrine in gymnastics (1); stanozolol (1) in track

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