Doping occurs when an athlete uses prohibited substances or methods to improve their results in training and competitions. This practice is forbidden for any athlete participating in a competition or sporting event, such as the Olympics, and anti-doping tests are regularly carried out. Of the over 241 thousand samples analyzed in 2021, around 0.40 percent of those taken for Olympic sports reported an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF).
Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021
The share represents results which show an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF). The source adds the following information: "An AAF is a report from a WADA-accredited Laboratory or other WADA-approved Laboratory that, consistent with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) and related Technical Documents, identifies in a sample the presence of a Prohibited Substance or its metabolites or markers (including elevated quantities of endogenous substances) or evidence of the use of a Prohibited Method."
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World Anti-Doping Agency. (January 17, 2023). Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287397/share-olympic-doping-violations-worldwide/
World Anti-Doping Agency. "Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021." Chart. January 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287397/share-olympic-doping-violations-worldwide/
World Anti-Doping Agency. (2023). Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287397/share-olympic-doping-violations-worldwide/
World Anti-Doping Agency. "Share of Olympic Sport Doping Tests Which Reported a Prohibited Substance Worldwide from 2012 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287397/share-olympic-doping-violations-worldwide/
World Anti-Doping Agency, Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287397/share-olympic-doping-violations-worldwide/ (last visited December 24, 2024)
Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021 [Graph], World Anti-Doping Agency, January 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287397/share-olympic-doping-violations-worldwide/
