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Name	Country	Event	Banned substance(s)	Reference(s)
Christopher Bach	France	Swimming	Prednisone	[1]
Jonathan Bachini	Italy	Football (soccer)	Cocaine	[2]
Nicklas Bäckström	Sweden	Ice hockey	Pseudoephedrine	[3]
Cezar Badita	Romania	Swimming	Nandrolone	[4] [5] (in German)
Ron Baensch	Australia	Cycling	Ephedrine	[6]
Nathan Baggaley	Australia	Kayaking	Stanozolol, Methandienone	[7]
Sarah Baham	United States	Swimming	Refusal to submit to doping test	[8]
Tzuche Bakam	Cameroon	Weightlifting	Boldenone, androsterone	[9]
Erwin Bakker	Netherlands	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[10]
Yesenia Baldera Peguero	Dominican Republic	Weightlifting	Stanozolol, Hydroxystanozolol	[9]
Singh Baljit	India	Weightlifting		[9]
Daniela Balzan Leal	Venezuela	Weightlifting	Boldenone	[9]
Michael Banbula	United Kingdom	Boxing	Testosterone	[11]
Roberto Barbaro	Italy	Water polo	Norandrosterone	[12]
Henrique Barbosa	Brazil	Swimming	Furosemide	[13]
Josh Barnett	United States	Mixed martial arts	Boldenone	[14] [15]
Phil Baroni	United States	Mixed martial arts	Boldenone, stanozolol metabolites	[16]
Vargas Barrantes	Costa Rica	Cycling	GW501516	[17]
Tres Barrera	United States	Baseball	Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone	[18]
Ryan Barrett	United Kingdom	Boxing	Methylhexaneamine	[19]
Yarelys Barrios	Cuba	Athletics	acetazolamide	[20]
Kévin Barrois	France	Swimming	Cannabis, Prednisone, Prednisolone	[21]
Doug Barron	United States	Golf	Performance Enhancing Drugs	[22]
Karapet Barseghyan	Armenia	Weightlifting	Stanozolol	[9]
Julyana Bassi Kury	Brazil	Swimming	Stanozolol	[23]
Ivan Basso	Italy	Cycling	Operación Puerto doping case	[24]
Antonio Bastardo	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Performance-enhancing drugs (2013, see Biogenesis scandal), stanozolol (2018)	[25] [26]
Marta Bastianelli	Italy	Cycling	Fenfluramine	[27]
Xavier Batista	Dominican Republic	Baseball		[28]
Vicky Batta	India	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[9]
Grégory Baugé	France	Cycling	Drug-testing violations	[29]
Alain Baxter	United Kingdom	Alpine skiing	Methamphetamine (inactive levorotary isomer – levmethamphetamine)	[30]
Fatih Baydar	Turkey	Weightlifting	Hydroxystanozolol	[9]
Jack Beaton	Australia	Swimming	Blood Doping	-
Karol Beck	Slovakia	Tennis	Clenbuterol	[31]
Diane Becker	Brazil	Swimming	Stanozolol	[21]
Tim Beckham	United States	Baseball	Marijuana (2012), stanozolol (2019)	[32] [33]
Rutker Beke	Belgium	Triathlon	EPO	[34]
Vitor Belfort	Brazil	Mixed martial arts	4-hydroxytestosterone	[35]
Joseph Belinga	Cameroon	Weightlifting	N-bisdesmethyl sibutramine	[9]
C.G. Carmen Bellorin	Venezuela	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[9]
Manuel Beltrán	Spain	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[36]
Barbara Benke	Brazil	Swimming	Isometheptene	[37]
Jamal Ben Saddik	Morocco	Kickboxing		[38]
Saido Berahino	Burundi	Football (soccer)	MDMA	[39]
Bryan Berard	United States	Ice hockey	19-norandrosterone	[40]
Virginia Berasategui	Spain	Triathlon	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[41]
Maxime Beretta	France	Diving	Cannabis	[42]
Elena Berezhnaya	Russia	Figure skating	Pseudoephedrine	[43]
Adam Bergman	United States	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[44]
Lorenzo Bernucci	Italy	Cycling	Sibutramine	[45]
Dale Berra	United States	Baseball	Cocaine	[46]
Carlo Bertoncelli	Italy	Swimming	Finasteride	[42]
Eugeni Berzin	Russia	Cycling	Blood doping	[47]
Rafael Betancourt	Venezuela	Baseball	Anabolic steroids	[48]
Wilson Betemit	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Amphetamine	[49]
Christina Bethani	Greece	Swimming	Acetazolamide	[1]
PJ Bevis	Australia	Baseball		[50]
Muhammad Bhatti	Pakistan	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[9]
Ildara Bilyaletdinov	Russia	Wrestling		[51]
Yusoff Binti	Morocco	Weightlifting	Drostnolone	[9]
Rod Bitz	Canada	Wheelchair rugby	Methylhexaneamine	[52]
Pierre Blanchard	France	Water polo	Prednisone, Prednisolone	[53]
Yohan Blanchet	France	Water polo	Cannabis	[42]
Alberto Blanco	Cuba	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroids	[54]
Manuele Blasi	Italy	Football (soccer)	Nandrolone	[55]
Aikaterini Bliamou	Greece	Swimming	Nandrolone	[56]
Jamie Bloem	Australia	Rugby league, rugby union	Nandrolone	[57]
Nickolay Bocharov	Russia	Swimming	Nandrolone	[58]
Mickael Bodegas	France	Water polo	Cannabis	[53]
Alexander Bodyakin	Russia	Swimming	Furosemide	[13]
Plamen Boev	Bulgaria	Weightlifting	Norandrosterone	[9]
Galabin Boevski	Bulgaria	Weightlifting	Tampering with test	[59]
Alex Bogomolov Jr.	United States	Tennis	Salbutamol	[60]
Peter Bol	Australia	Athletics	Erythropoietin (EPO) (later exonerated)	[61]
Udo Bölts	Germany	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO) (self-admitted)	[62]
Barry Bonds	United States	Baseball	Amphetamines (first offender; not suspended per Major League Baseball collective bargaining agreement)	[63]
Jorge Bonifacio	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Boldenone	[64]
Stephan Bonnar	United States	Mixed martial arts	Boldenone	[65]
Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Cycling	Blood doping, cortisone, EPO,	[66]
Tom Boonen	Belgium	Cycling	Cocaine	[67]
Liliana Borbon	Mexico	Weightlifting		[9]
Marco Borriello	Italy	Football (soccer)	Prednisolone	[68]
Mark Bosnich	Australia	Football (soccer)	Cocaine	[69]
David Boston	United States	American football	Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid	[70]
Ian Botham	United Kingdom	Cricket	Cannabis	[71]
Igor Bour	Moldova	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[9]
Djamel Bouras	France	Judo	Nandrolone	[72] [73]
Frederick Bousquet	France	Swimming	Heptaminol	[21]
Lee Bowyer	England	Football (soccer)	Cannabis	[74]
Plezhanov Boyan	Belarus	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[9]
Dmitry Boyko	Russia	Snowboarding		[75]
Tosan Boyo	Nigeria	Swimming	Dexamethasone	[13]
Doug Bracewell	New Zealand	Cricket	Cocaine	[76]
Andrew James Brack	Greece	Baseball	Stanozolol	[77]
Shqiponje Brahja	Albania	Weightlifting	T/E 65	[9]
Ryan Braun	United States	Baseball	Human growth hormone. See also Biogenesis baseball scandal.	[78]
Anyelo Brea	Dominican Republic	Wrestling	Furosemide	[79]
Andrew Bree	Ireland	Swimming	Levmethamphetamine	[53]
Mladen Brestovac	Croatia	Kickboxing	Meldonium	[80] [81] [82]
Matt Bricker	United States	Swimming	Ephedrine	[83]
Terry Bridge	United Kingdom	Rugby league	Steroids	[84]
David Britz	South Africa	Rugby union	Boldenone	[85] [86]
Laurent Brochard	France	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[87]
Daniel Broussard	Canada	Ice hockey	Methylhexaneamine	[88]
Ian Brown	United Kingdom	Rugby	Testosterone	[89]
Lucas Browne	Australia	Boxing	Clenbuterol, Ostarine	[90]
Justin Brownlee	Philippines	Basketball	11-Nor-9-carboxy-THC (prescription drug)	[91] [92] [93]
Emily Brunneman	United States	Swimming	Hydrochlorothiazide, Triamterene	[58]
Rebekkah Brunson	United States	Basketball	Salmeterol (only given public warning)	[94]
Nicola Brustia	Italy	Water polo	Cannabis	[95]
Dave Bruylandts	Belgium	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[96] (in Dutch)
Christian Bucchi	Italy	Football (soccer)	Nandrolone	[97]
Katharina Bullin	East Germany	Volleyball		[98]
Jonathan Bullough	United Kingdom	Weightlifting	Methylhexaneamine	[99]
Renata Burgos	Brazil	Swimming	Stanozolol	[42]
Rachael Burke	United States	Swimming	Boldione	[23]
Ian Burnham	United Kingdom	Water polo	Cocaine	[100]
Jack Burnham	England	Cricket	Cocaine	[101]
Andrew Burns	Australia	Swimming	Ecstasy	[102]
Alexey Bushin	Russia	Swimming	Sustanol	[13]
Asim Butt	Scotland	Cricket	Ecstasy	[103]
Marlon Byrd	United States	Baseball	Tamoxifen (2012), ipamorelin (2016)	[104] [105]
David Bystroň	Czech Republic	Football (soccer)	Methamphetamine	[106]
Agnieska Bystrzycka	Poland	Swimming	Nikethamide	[8]

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