The IOC says Russian and Kenyan athletes will be evaluated individually to determine their eligibility to compete. A ban was upheld against Russian track and field, but not for the whole Russian Olympic team.
IOC President Thomas Bach said “clean” athletes are allowed to compete under the Russian flag in Rio and if the IAAF allows “special clearance” for any Russian track and field athletes, they will compete under the Russian flag, not under an Olympic or neutral one flag.
“If athletes qualified then they will compete as the members of the team of the Russian Olympic Committee because only a national Olympic committee can enter athletes to the Olympic Games… Contrary to the national federation of track and field the Russian Olympic Committee is not suspended.”
This may pave the way for various Russian track and field stars to compete in the games.
The IOC did make a statement saying it supports the ruling by the IAAF on the disqualification of Russian athletes on doping charges so as to not completely throw the IAAF under the bus. Bach said…
“The Summit confirmed the respect and the approval and the support for the decision having been taken by IAAF last Friday.”
No doubt the IOC’s decisions is a little bit of justice and sanity in what si fast becoming an insanely politicized sporting world. Yes I know some Russian athletes were caught doping…but so were these athletes from their respective countries, but you did not see the IOC almost ban the entire country, or the IAAF ban the entire Track and Field team.
This is a list of Olympic medals stripped by the IOC, the governing body of the Olympics (via Wikipedia):
| Olympics |
Athlete |
Country |
Medal |
Event |
| 1968 Summer Olympics |
Pentathlon team (Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall) |
Sweden |
Bronze |
Modern pentathlon team |
| 1972 Summer Olympics |
Bakhaavaa Buidaa |
Mongolia |
Silver |
Judo, lightweight |
| Jaime Huelamo |
Spain |
Bronze |
Cycling, individual road race |
| Cycling team (Aad van den Hoek) |
Netherlands |
Bronze |
Cycling, team time trial |
| Rick DeMont (See below) |
United States |
Gold |
Swimming, Men’s 400 m freestyle |
| 1976 Summer Olympics |
Blagoy Blagoev |
Bulgaria |
Silver |
Weightlifting, Men’s 82.5 kg |
| Zbigniew Kaczmarek |
Poland |
Gold |
Weightlifting, Men’s 67.5 kg |
| Valentin Khristov |
Bulgaria |
Gold |
Weightlifting, Men’s 100 kg |
| 1984 Summer Olympics |
Tomas Johansson |
Sweden |
Silver |
Wrestling, Greco-Roman super-heavyweight |
| Martti Vainio |
Finland |
Silver |
Athletics, Men’s 10,000 m |
| 1988 Summer Olympics |
Mitko Grablev |
Bulgaria |
Gold |
Weightlifting, Men’s 56 kg |
| Angell Guenchev |
Bulgaria |
Gold |
Weightlifting, Men’s 67.5 kg |
| Ben Johnson |
Canada |
Gold |
Athletics, Men’s 100 m |
| Andor Szanyi |
Hungary |
Gold |
Weightlifting, Men’s 100 kg |
| 1992 Summer Olympics |
Ibragim Samadov |
Unified Team |
Bronze |
Weightlifting, Men’s light-heavyweight |
| 2000 Summer Olympics |
Ashot Danielyan |
Armenia |
Bronze |
Weightlifting, Men’s 105 kg |
| Izabela Dragneva |
Bulgaria |
Gold |
Weightlifting, Women’s 48 kg |
| Ivan Ivanov |
Bulgaria |
Silver |
Weightlifting, Men’s 56 kg |
| Marion Jones |
United States |
Gold |
Athletics, Women’s 100 m |
| Marion Jones |
United States |
Gold |
Athletics, Women’s 200 m |
| Marion Jones |
United States |
Gold |
Athletics, Women’s 4 × 400 m relay |
| Marion Jones |
United States |
Bronze |
Athletics, Women’s long jump |
| Marion Jones |
United States |
Bronze |
Athletics, Women’s 4 × 100 m relay |
| Alexander Leipold |
Germany |
Gold |
Wrestling, Men’s 76 kg |
| Sevdalin Minchev |
Bulgaria |
Bronze |
Weightlifting, Men’s 62 kg |
| Andreea Răducan |
Romania |
Gold |
Gymnastics, Women’s individual all-round |
| Relay team (Antonio Pettigrew and Jerome Young) |
United States |
Gold |
Athletics, Men’s 4 × 400 m relay |
| Gymnastic team (Dong Fangxiao) |
China |
Bronze |
Gymnastics – Women’s artistic team all-around |
| Lance Armstrong |
United States |
Bronze |
Cycling – Men’s road time trial |
| 2002 Winter Olympics |
Alain Baxter |
United Kingdom |
Bronze |
Alpine Skiing, Men’s giant slalom |
| Olga Danilova |
Russia |
Gold |
Cross-Country Skiing, Women’s 5km + 5km combined pursuit |
| Olga Danilova |
Russia |
Silver |
Cross-Country Skiing, Women’s 10 km |
| Larisa Lazutina |
Russia |
Gold |
Cross-Country Skiing, Women’s 30 km |
| Larisa Lazutina |
Russia |
Silver |
Cross-Country Skiing, Women’s 15 km |
| Larisa Lazutina |
Russia |
Silver |
Cross-Country Skiing, Women’s 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit |
| Johann Muehlegg |
Spain |
Gold |
Cross-Country Skiing, Men’s 50 km |
| Johann Muehlegg |
Spain |
Gold |
Cross-Country Skiing, Men’s 30 km freestyle |
| Johann Muehlegg |
Spain |
Gold |
Cross-Country Skiing, Men’s 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit |
| 2004 Summer Olympics |
Adrián Annus |
Hungary |
Gold |
Athletics, Men’s hammer throw |
| Yuriy Bilonog |
Ukraine |
Gold |
Athletics, Men’s shot put |
| Crystal Cox |
United States |
Gold |
Athletics, Women’s 4 × 400 m relay |
| Róbert Fazekas |
Hungary |
Gold |
Athletics, Men’s discus throw |
| Ferenc Gyurkovics |
Hungary |
Silver |
Weightlifting, Men’s 105 kg |
| Tyler Hamilton |
United States |
Gold |
Cycling, Men’s road time trial |
| Irina Korzhanenko |
Russia |
Gold |
Athletics, Women’s shot put |
| Svetlana Krivelyova |
Russia |
Bronze |
Athletics, Women’s shot put |
| Cian O’Connor |
Ireland |
Gold |
Equestrian, show jumping |
| Oleg Perepetchenov |
Russia |
Bronze |
Weightlifting, Men’s 77 kg |
| Leonidas Sampanis |
Greece |
Bronze |
Weightlifting, Men’s 62 kg |
| Equestrian team (Ludger Beerbaum) |
Germany |
Gold |
Equestrian, team show jumping |
| Rowing team (Olena Olefirenko) |
Ukraine |
Bronze |
Rowing, Women’s quadruple sculls |
| Ivan Tsikhan |
Belarus |
Silver |
Athletics, Men’s hammer throw |
| Irina Yatchenko |
Belarus |
Bronze |
Athletics, Women’s discus throw |
| 2006 Winter Olympics |
Olga Pyleva |
Russia |
Silver |
Biathlon, Women’s individual |
| 2008 Summer Olympics |
Ara Abrahamian |
Sweden |
Bronze |
Wrestling, Greco-Roman 84 kg |
| Jong Su Kim |
North Korea |
Bronze |
Shooting, Men’s 10 m air pistol |
| Jong Su Kim |
North Korea |
Silver |
Shooting, Men’s 50 m air pistol |
| Lyudmyla Blonska |
Ukraine |
Silver |
Athletics, Women’s heptathlon |
| Equestrian team (Tony André Hansen) |
Norway |
Bronze |
Equestrian, team show jumping |
| Rashid Ramzi |
Bahrain |
Gold |
Athletics, Men’s 1500 m |
| Davide Rebellin |
Italy |
Silver |
Cycling, Men’s road race |
| Andrei Mikhnevich |
Belarus |
Bronze |
Athletics, Men’s Shot Put |
| 2012 Summer Olympics |
Nadzeya Ostapchuk |
Belarus |
Gold |
Athletics, Women’s shot put |
| Darya Pishchalnikova |
Russia |
Silver |
Athletics, Women’s discus throw |
| Soslan Tigiev |
Uzbekistan |
Bronze |
Wrestling, Men’s freestyle 74 kg |
| Tyson Gay |
United States |
Silver |
Athletics, Men’s 4×100 metres relay |
| Asli Cakir Alptekin |
Turkey |
Gold |
Athletics, Women’s 1500 m |
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