In India, the sport of athletics was introduced during the period of the British Raj. The sport is governed at national level by the Athletics Federation of India, which was formed in 1946. Despite its large population, few Indian athletes have won a medal in a global or major championship. This began to change in the 21st century, when Indians started taking greater interest in athletics more generally and improved facilities for the sport began to be built at a local level. At a continental level, it has been among the more successful Asian nations, though some distance behind China and Japan.
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.
Machettira Raju Poovamma is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres distance. As a member of the Indian 4 × 400 m relay teams she participated in the 2016 Olympics and won gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and 2013 and 2017 Asian championships; individually she won a silver medal in 2013 and a bronze in 2014 at those competitions. She received the Arjuna Award in 2015 for her contributions to athletics. She was banned for a period of two years following a failed doping test in February 2021.
Nirmala Sheoran is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres event.
Jisna Mathew is an Indian sprinter from Kerala.
Debashree Mazumdar is an Indian sprint athlete from Kolkata who specializes in 4 × 400 metres relay races.
The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. Around 560 athletes from 41 countries attended the event.
The women's 400 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 9 July. India won the race, but were later disqualified when Nirmala Sheoran was sanctioned for doping.
Anu Raghavan is an Indian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles events.
Saurabh Chaudhary is an Indian sport shooter. He won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in 10 m Air Pistol. He was the youngest Indian gold medalist at the Asian Games. He had earlier won gold medals and set a new junior world record in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. He is the only Indian shooter to win a gold medal in ISSF World Championship, ISSF World Cup, Youth Olympic Games, Asian Games and Asian Air Gun Championship. He broke his own world record with a score of 245.5 and claimed gold in Junior Men 10m Air Pistol at 2018 World Championship in Changwon, Korea.
The men's 100 metres competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The men's 400 metres competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The women's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 26 and 27 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The women's 100 metres hurdles competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The men's 110 metres hurdles competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 27 and 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia.
The men's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 26 and 27 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The women's 100 metres event at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia on 25–26 August 2018.
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 29 and 30 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Amit Sheoran is a pistol shooting coach, who also competed at a national level, He had to leave shooting due to the death of his father. He has produced several national and international-level Indian pistol shooters. He has coached Saurabh Chaudhary.
