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Famous Banned Substances in Sports Doping
Famous Banned Substances In Sports Doping is a structured sports dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Substance, Drug Class, Notable Case. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
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Source:Community curated
Updated:3/7/2026
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Substance, Drug Class, Notable Case, Detection Method, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Drug Class groups
- 12 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
- Detection Method groups
- 12 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Substance, Drug Class, and Notable Case across sports entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
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Substance↕ | Drug Class↕ | Notable Case↕ | Detection Method↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
EPO (Erythropoietin) | Peptide hormone | Lance Armstrong / US Postal cycling team | Blood passport, urine test (since 2000) | Boosted red blood cells for endurance, dominated 1990s cycling, Armstrong stripped of 7 Tour de France titles |
Anabolic Steroids (Stanozolol) | Anabolic androgenic steroid | Ben Johnson — 1988 Seoul Olympics 100m | Urine mass spectrometry | Johnson's gold medal stripped on live TV, most infamous Olympic doping moment, 9.79s 100m record erased |
Clenbuterol | Beta-2 agonist / stimulant | Alberto Contador — 2010 Tour de France | Urine test (very low thresholds) | Claimed contaminated meat defense, 2-year ban, stripped of 2010 Tour title, also found in Mexican beef supply |
THG (The Clear) | Designer steroid | BALCO scandal — Marion Jones, Barry Bonds | Custom test developed by Don Catlin after tip-off | Undetectable designer steroid created by Patrick Arnold, BALCO lab in Bay Area, brought down multiple champions |
Nandrolone (Deca-Durabolin) | Anabolic steroid | Linford Christie, Dieter Baumann | Urine GC-MS | One of the most commonly detected steroids in sport, sometimes claimed as supplement contamination |
Human Growth Hormone (HGH) | Peptide hormone | Sylvester Stallone (customs), Peyton Manning allegations | Blood test only (difficult to detect) | Promotes muscle growth and recovery, extremely hard to detect, short detection window, Hollywood & NFL controversy |
Meldonium (Mildronate) | Metabolic modulator | Maria Sharapova — failed test in 2016 | Urine test (banned Jan 2016) | Heart drug popular in Eastern Europe, Sharapova's 15-month ban, hundreds of athletes caught when first banned |
Modafinil | Stimulant / wakefulness agent | Kelli White — 2003 World Championships | Urine test | Narcolepsy drug used as cognitive and physical enhancer, White stripped of two world sprint titles |
Testosterone (exogenous) | Anabolic steroid | Floyd Landis — 2006 Tour de France | T/E ratio test, carbon isotope ratio | Landis's miraculous Stage 17 comeback exposed as doping, stripped of Tour title, later exposed Armstrong |
Furosemide | Diuretic / masking agent | Multiple weightlifters & boxers | Urine test | Used to rapidly lose weight for weigh-ins and mask other drugs by diluting urine, banned as masking agent |
Blood Transfusions (autologous) | Blood doping method | US Postal cycling team, Eufemiano Fuentes | Blood passport anomalies (no direct test) | Re-infusing own stored blood to boost oxygen, Operacion Puerto exposed massive network, nearly undetectable |
Amphetamines | Stimulant | Tom Simpson — died on Mont Ventoux 1967 | Urine test | Simpson's death during Tour de France was watershed moment, led to first anti-doping regulations in cycling |
Turinabol (Oral-Turinabol) | Anabolic steroid | East German state doping program (1970s-80s) | Long-term metabolite detection (McLaren method) | State Plan 14.25 — East Germany systematically doped thousands of athletes, many suffered lifelong health effects |
Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (CERA) | EPO variant (continuous) | Rashid Ramzi — 2008 Beijing Olympics 1500m | Blood/urine test | Third-generation EPO, longer-lasting, Ramzi stripped of Olympic gold, several cyclists caught in 2008 Tour |
SARMs (Ostarine/Ligandrol) | Selective androgen receptor modulator | Multiple UFC fighters, Joakim Noah (NBA) | Urine mass spectrometry | New generation muscle-builders sold as supplements, many athletes claim tainted supplement defense, rapidly growing problem |
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