List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals

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The following is a list of stripped medals at the European Athletics Championships .

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IAAF Rule 32.2.a

RULE 32 – Anti-Doping Rule Violations
1. Doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the anti-doping rule violations set out in Rule 32.2 of these Anti-Doping Rules.
2. Athletes or other Persons shall be responsible for knowing what constitutes an anti-doping rule violation and the substances and methods which have been included on the Prohibited List. The following constitute anti-doping rule violations:
(a) Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete's Sample. [1]

Stripped of European Championships medals

2010 Barcelona

At the 2010 European Athletics Championships 14 medals was stripped, 3 men and 11 women.

EventMedalDisqualifiedCountryVariation
date
NotesNew PodiumOriginal
rank
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Bronze medal icon.svg José Luis Blanco Flag of Spain.svg Spain1 February 2011 [2] Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Moldova.svg Ion Luchianov 4
Men's shot put Gold medal icon.svg Andrei Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 31 July 2013 [3] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Majewski
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Bartels
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Māris Urtāns
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Men's 20 km race walk Gold medal icon.svg Stanislav Emelyanov Flag of Russia.svg Russia30 July 2014 [4] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Alex Schwazer
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal.svg João Vieira
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Robert Heffernan
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Women's 800 m Gold medal icon.svg Mariya Savinova Flag of Russia.svg Russia10 February 2017 [5] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yvonne Hak
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jennifer Meadows
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Lucia Klocová
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Women's 5000 m Gold medal icon.svg Alemitu Bekele Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 30 December 2012 [6] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Elvan Abeylegesse
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Sara Moreira
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Jéssica Augusto
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Women's 10,000 m Silver medal icon.svg Inga Abitova Flag of Russia.svg Russia11 October 2012 [7] Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Jéssica Augusto
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hilda Kibet
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Women's marathon Gold medal icon.svg Živile Balciunaite Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5 April 2011 [8] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Anna Incerti
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Tetyana Filonyuk
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Isabellah Andersson
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
5
Silver medal icon.svg Nailya Yulamanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia3 July 2012 [9]
Women's 20 kn race walk Gold medal icon.svg Olga Kaniskina Flag of Russia.svg Russia25 January 2015 [10] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Anisya Kirdyapkina
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Vera Sokolova
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Melanie Seeger
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Silver medal icon.svg Marta Domínguez Flag of Spain.svg Spain19 November 2015 [11] Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hatti Dean
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg Wioletta Frankiewicz
4
5
Bronze medal icon.svg Lyubov Kharlamova Flag of Russia.svg Russia2 August 2017 [12]
Women's 4 × 400 m relay Gold medal icon.svg Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Antonina Krivoshapka
Kseniya Ustalova
Tatyana Firova
Flag of Russia.svg Russia25 July 2012 [13] Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Fabienne Kohlmann
Esther Cremer
Janin Lindenberg
Claudia Hoffmann
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Nicola Sanders
Marilyn Okoro
Lee McConnell
Perri Shakes-Drayton
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg Italy
Chiara Bazzoni
Marta Milani
Maria Enrica Spacca
Libania Grenot
Silver medal icon.svg




Bronze medal icon.svg




4
Women's Shot put Gold medal icon.svg Nadzeya Ostapchuk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 12 January 2017 [14] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Anna Avdeyeva
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Belarus.svg Janina Karolchyk
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Olga Ivanova
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
5
Silver medal icon.svg Natallia Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus [14]

2012 Helsinki

At the 2012 European Athletics Championships 9 medals were stripped, 1 man and 8 women.

EventMedalDisqualifiedCountryVariation
date
NotesNew PodiumOriginal
rank
Men's discus throw Bronze medal icon.svg Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 26 July 2012 [15] Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rutger Smith 4
Women's 800 m Gold medal icon.svg Elena Arzhakova Flag of Russia.svg Russia29 January 2013 [16] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lynsey Sharp
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Belarus.svg Maryna Arzamasova
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Liliya Lobanova
Silver medal icon.svg
4
5
Bronze medal icon.svg Irina Maracheva Flag of Russia.svg Russia25 January 2016 [17]
Women's 1500 m Gold medal icon.svg Aslı Çakır Alptekin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 17 August 2015 [18] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Fernández
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Diana Sujew
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tereza Čapková
5
6
7
Silver medal icon.svg Gamze Bulut Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1 June 2016 [19]
Bronze medal icon.svg Anna Mishchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26 February 2016 [18]
4th Yekaterina Ishova Flag of Russia.svg Russia [18]
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Silver medal icon.svg Svitlana Shmidt Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 12 April 2015 [20] Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Antje Möldner-Schmidt
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Gesa Felicitas Krause
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Women's 100 m hurdles Gold medal icon.svg Nevin Yanit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 29 August 2013 [21] Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Belarus.svg Alina Talay
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Belarus.svg Katsiaryna Paplauskaya
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Austria.svg Beate Schrott
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
Women's heptathlon Silver medal icon.svg Lyudmyla Yosypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 30 December 2012 [22] Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Laura Ikauniece
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Aiga Grabuste
Bronze medal icon.svg
4

2014 Zürich

At the 2014 European Athletics Championships 1 medals was stripped, 1 men and 0 women.

EventMedalDisqualifiedCountryVariation
date
NotesNew PodiumOriginal
rank
Men's 4 × 400 m relay Silver medal icon.svg Maksim Dyldin
Pavel Ivashko
Nikita Uglov
Vladimir Krasnov
Flag of Russia.svg Russia [23] Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Poland.svg Poland
Rafał Omelko
Kacper Kozłowski
Łukasz Krawczuk
Jakub Krzewina
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg France
Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel
Mamoudou Hanne
Thomas Jordier
Bronze medal icon.svg




4

2016 Amsterdam

At the 2016 European Athletics Championships 0 medals was stripped as of 29 August 2018.

2018 Berlin

At the 2018 European Athletics Championships 0 medals was stripped as of 29 August 2018.

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