Doping at the Asian Games

What follows is a list of all the athletes that have tested positive for a banned substance either during or before an Asian Games in which they competed. Any medals listed were revoked.

Asian Games

1974 Tehran

Name	Country	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
Oh Han-nam	South Korea	Volleyball		(Men)	[1]
Masashi Ouchi	Japan	Weightlifting	Stimulant	(Men's 90 kg) (Men's snatch 90 kg) (Men's clean & jerk 90 kg)	[2]
Kim Joong-iI	North Korea	Weightlifting	Stimulant	(Men's 110 kg) (Men's snatch 110 kg) (Men's clean & jerk 110 kg)	[3]

1994 Hiroshima

Name	Country	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
Han Qing	China	Athletics	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 400 m hurdles)	[4]
Zhang Lei	China	Canoeing	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's C-1 500 m) (Men's C-1 1000 m) (Men's C-2 500 m)	[4]
Qiu Suoren	China	Canoeing	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's C-2 1000 m)	[4]
Wang Yan	China	Cycling	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's sprint)	[4]
Fu Yong	China	Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 400 m individual medley)	[5]
Hu Bin	China	Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 50 m freestyle)	[5]
Lü Bin	China	Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 50 m freestyle) (Women's 200 m freestyle) (Women's 200 m individual medley) (Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) (Women's 100 m freestyle) (Women's 100 m backstroke)	[5]
Xiang Guoming	China	Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 200 m freestyle) (Men's 200 m individual medley) (Men's 400 m individual medley) (Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay) (Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)	[5]
Yang Aihua	China	Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 400 m freestyle)	[5]
Zhang Bin	China	Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 200 m butterfly)	[5]
Zhou Guanbin	China	Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 400 m freestyle) (Women's 800 m freestyle)	[5]

1998 Bangkok

Name	Country	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
Abdulla Sabt Ghulam	United Arab Emirates	Athletics	Ephedrine		[6]
Fakhruddin Abdulmajid	United Arab Emirates	Karate	Ephedrine	(Men's kumite 75 kg)	[6]
Ayed Khawaldeh	Jordan	Weightlifting	Triamterene		[7]
Jaber Al-Ajmi	Kuwait	Weightlifting	Nandrolone		[7]

2002 Busan

Name	Country	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
Youssef El-Zein	Lebanon	Bodybuilding	Missed the test	(Men's +90 kg)	[8]

2006 Doha

Name	Country	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
Santhi Soundarajan	India	Athletics	Male hormone	(Women's 800 m)	[9]
Sayed Faisal Husain	Bahrain	Bodybuilding		(Men's 70 kg)	[10]
Faez Abdul-Hassan	Iraq	Bodybuilding	Nandrolone		[11]
Kim Myong-hun	South Korea	Bodybuilding		(Men's 90 kg)	[12]
Salem Ghanem Al-Shamsi	United Arab Emirates	Bodybuilding			[13]
Kyi Kyi Than	Myanmar	Weightlifting	Diuretic		[11]
Mya Sanda Oo	Myanmar	Weightlifting	Metabolite	(Women's 75 kg)	[11]
Elmira Ramileva	Uzbekistan	Weightlifting	Stanozolol		[11]
Aleksandr Urinov	Uzbekistan	Weightlifting	Cannabis		[11]

2010 Guangzhou

Name	Country	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
Suresh Sathya	India	Athletics	Nandrolone		[14]
Ahmed Dheeb	Qatar	Athletics	Testosterone	(Men's discus throw)	[15]
Abdelnasser Awajna	Palestine	Athletics	Norandrosterone		[15]
Masoud Rigi	Iran	Boxing	Nandrolone		[16]
Shokir Muminov	Uzbekistan	Judo	Methylhexanamine	(Men's 81 kg)	[17]
Jakhongir Muminov	Uzbekistan	Wrestling	Methylhexanamine		[18]

2014 Incheon

Name	Country	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
Khurshed Beknazarov	Tajikistan	Football	Methylhexanamine		[19]
Nouraddin Al-Kurdi	Syria	Karate	Clenbuterol		[20]
Yi Sophany	Cambodia	Soft tennis	Sibutramine		[21]
Park Tae-hwan	South Korea	Swimming	Nebido	(Men's 100 m freestyle) (Men's 200 m freestyle) (Men's 400 m freestyle) (Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) (Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay) (Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay)	[22]
Mohammed Jassim	Iraq	Weightlifting	Etiocholanolone		[20]
Tai Cheau Xuen	Malaysia	Wushu	Sibutramine	(Women's nanquan)	[23]

References

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