When Olympic is in the seen Drug Scandals always comes to our mind. There were several scandals of the 2004 Summer Olympics. The most prominent scandals involved banned steroid use and drug testing. In 2004, the Olympics oversaw at least 20 offences, the most for any Olympic Games. This is accredited to tougher tests rather than an increase in doping. Most of the tests, if proven positive, carried a minimum of a 2 year ban from competition for the athletes involved.Additionally, scandals arose involving officiating, among other reasons.
Russian sprinter Anton Galkin was expelled from the Olympic Games after testing positive for the steroid stanozolol. He had been tested after competing in the semifinals of the Men's 400 metres, where he finished in 4th place.
Irish showjumper Cian O'Connor's horse, Waterford Crystal, tested positive for fluphenazine and zuclophenthixol months after receiving a gold medal. The subsequent investigation was hampered by several suspicious events. When O'Connor requested a second test, the horse's B urine sample was stolen enroute to a laboratory. Documents about another horse belonging to O'Conner were stolen in a break-in at the Equestian Federation of Ireland's headquarters. Finally, in the spring of 2005, O'Connor was stripped of his gold medal. His horse's B blood sample, which was not stolen, tested positive for prohibited substances.
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