Scandals of the 2004 Summer Olympics

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 offenses, 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.

Drugs and doping

*Hungarian athlete Robert Fazekas was stripped of his gold medal in the event after failing to produce a sufficiently large urine sample, and then leaving the testing facility early. A number of other allegations of tampering with samples, or using artificial urine machines were never substantiated. The gold medal was then awarded to Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania. Fazekas's Olympic Record was also erased from all record and consecutively awarded to Alekna (who had also beaten the old Olympic Record). Fazekas's athlete friend Adrian Annus was also stripped of his gold medal after he refused to provide a sample .

Organization and security

Officiating decisions

Others

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