Rio 2016

Countries with athletes in Rio who have had a doping suspension

Towards the end of the Olympic Games in Rio, the New York Times released some interesting research showing the countries competing at the event with athletes who had previously served a doping suspension. While all fingers were pointed at Russia in the run-up to the Olympics, this map shows that athletes from the vast majority of competing countries have been guilty of doping at some point in the past. Read the full story on the Independent.

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This chart shows all the countries who competed in Rio and previously had an athlete suspended for doping.

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Countries with the most Olympic medals stripped as a result of doping as of February 2022
Number of medals stripped for doping at the Olympic Games (OG) from 2000 to 2016, by country
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Number of countries competing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, by continent
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Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021
Number of doping cases recorded worldwide in 2017, by country
Number of stripped medals in athletic events at the Summer Olympics by country and color from 1984 to 2020

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