Doping in Sports
The use of banned performance-enhancing drugs
(PEDS) in sports is commonly referred to as doping.
The word doping is probably derived from the Dutch
word dop, the name of an alcoholic beverage made of grape skins used by Zulu warriors in order to enhance their prowess in battle. The term became current around the turn of the 20th century, originally referring to illegal drugging of racehorses.
‘Doping’ however is as old as competitive sport itself.
Modern times - In 1904 Olympics marathon runner,
Thomas Hicks, was using a mixture of brandy and strychnine and nearly died. Mixtures of strychnine, heroin, cocaine, and caffeine were used widely by athletes .
1928 - The International Association of Athletics
Federation (IAAF), the governing body for the sport of track and field, become the first international sporting federation to prohibit doping by athletes.
Soldiers Use Amphetamines (first 'effective' performance enhancing drugs) during WWII.
The "Godfather of Steroids," Dr. John Bosley Zieglar, creates an anabolic steroid called Dianabol. FDA
Approves First Anabolic Steroid for Sale in US.
1960 - Danish cyclist, Knut Jensen First Athlete to Die
in Olympic Competition Due to Doping.
1967 - British cyclist Tommy Simpson on
Amphetamines Becomes First Death Due to Doping in the Tour de France the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) establishes the Medical Commission to fight against doping in sports.
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a member of the Swedish modern pentathlon team, was stripped of his bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics (1968) when he tested positive for excessive alcohol.
1972 - First Full-Scale Drug Testing of Olympic
Athletes for Narcotics and Stimulants
1975 - Anabolic Steroids Added to IOC's Banned
Substances List
1976 - Steroid Testing Conducted for the First Time at the
Montreal Olympics
Nov. 10, 1999 - World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Is
Established based on
(PEDS) in sports is commonly referred to as doping.
The word doping is probably derived from the Dutch
word dop, the name of an alcoholic beverage made of grape skins used by Zulu warriors in order to enhance their prowess in battle. The term became current around the turn of the 20th century, originally referring to illegal drugging of racehorses.
‘Doping’ however is as old as competitive sport itself.
Modern times - In 1904 Olympics marathon runner,
Thomas Hicks, was using a mixture of brandy and strychnine and nearly died. Mixtures of strychnine, heroin, cocaine, and caffeine were used widely by athletes .
1928 - The International Association of Athletics
Federation (IAAF), the governing body for the sport of track and field, become the first international sporting federation to prohibit doping by athletes.
Soldiers Use Amphetamines (first 'effective' performance enhancing drugs) during WWII.
The "Godfather of Steroids," Dr. John Bosley Zieglar, creates an anabolic steroid called Dianabol. FDA
Approves First Anabolic Steroid for Sale in US.
1960 - Danish cyclist, Knut Jensen First Athlete to Die
in Olympic Competition Due to Doping.
1967 - British cyclist Tommy Simpson on
Amphetamines Becomes First Death Due to Doping in the Tour de France the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) establishes the Medical Commission to fight against doping in sports.
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a member of the Swedish modern pentathlon team, was stripped of his bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics (1968) when he tested positive for excessive alcohol.
1972 - First Full-Scale Drug Testing of Olympic
Athletes for Narcotics and Stimulants
1975 - Anabolic Steroids Added to IOC's Banned
Substances List
1976 - Steroid Testing Conducted for the First Time at the
Montreal Olympics
Nov. 10, 1999 - World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Is
Established based on