Number of stripped medals at Olympic athletic events by color and year 1984-2012
In athletic events at the Summer Olympics, a total of 52 medals (20 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze) have been stripped from athletes for doping offences. Only two of these occurred in the 1980s, and there were no medals rescinded in the 1990s relating to athletic events. The largest number of stripped medals were taken due to offences relating to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, with 21 medals taken from offending athletes in these Games. Of these 21 medals, nine were taken from Russian athletes, and this share was even greater in 2012, where eleven of the 16 rescinded medals in athletic events were taken from Russian athletes.