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.

Asian Games

1974 Tehran

Main article: 1974 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Oh Han-nam  South Korea Volleyball 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men) [1]
Masushi Ouchi  Japan Weightlifting Stimulant 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 90 kg)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's snatch 90 kg)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's clean & jerk 90 kg) 		[2]
Kim Joong-iI  North Korea Weightlifting Stimulant 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 110 kg)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's snatch 110 kg)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's clean & jerk 110 kg) 		[3]

1994 Hiroshima

Main article: 1994 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Han Qing  China Athletics Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 400 m hurdles) [4]
Zhang Lei  China Canoeing Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's C-1 500 m)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's C-1 1000 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's C-2 500 m) 		[4]
Qiu Suoren  China Canoeing Dihydrotestosterone 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's C-2 1000 m) [4]
Wang Yan  China Cycling Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's sprint) [4]
Sirisak Kadalee  Thailand Football Stimulant [5]
Fu Yong  China Swimming Dihydrotestosterone 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Men's 400 m individual medley) [6]
Hu Bin  China Swimming Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 50 m freestyle) [6]
Lü Bin  China Swimming Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 50 m freestyle)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 200 m freestyle)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 200 m individual medley)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Women's 100 m freestyle)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Women's 100 m backstroke) 		[6]
Xiong Guoming  China Swimming Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 200 m freestyle)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 200 m individual medley)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 400 m individual medley)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) 		[6]
Yang Aihua  China Swimming Dihydrotestosterone 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Women's 400 m freestyle) [6]
Zhang Bin  China Swimming Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 200 m butterfly) [6]
Zhou Guanbin  China Swimming Dihydrotestosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 400 m freestyle)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Women's 800 m freestyle) 		[6]

1998 Bangkok

Main article: 1998 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Abdullah Sabt Ghulam  United Arab Emirates Athletics Ephedrine [7]
Fakhruddin Abdulmajid  United Arab Emirates Karate Ephedrine 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's kumite 75 kg) [7]
Ayed Khawaldeh  Jordan Weightlifting Triamterene [8]
Jaber Al-Ajmi  Kuwait Weightlifting Nandrolone [8]

2002 Busan

Main article: 2002 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Youssef El-Zein  Lebanon Bodybuilding Missed the test 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Men's +90 kg) [9]

2006 Doha

Main article: 2006 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Santhi Soundarajan  India Athletics Male hormone 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Women's 800 m) [10]
Sayed Faisal Husain  Bahrain Bodybuilding 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's 70 kg) [11]
Faez Abdul-Hassan  Iraq Bodybuilding Nandrolone [12]
Kim Myong-hun  South Korea Bodybuilding 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's 90 kg) [13]
Salem Ghanem Al-Shamsi  United Arab Emirates Bodybuilding [14]
Kyi Kyi Than  Myanmar Weightlifting Diuretic [12]
Mya Sanda Oo  Myanmar Weightlifting Metabolite 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Women's 75 kg) [12]
Elmira Ramileva  Uzbekistan Weightlifting Stanozolol [12]
Aleksandr Urinov  Uzbekistan Weightlifting Cannabis [12]

2010 Guangzhou

Main article: 2010 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Suresh Sathya  India Athletics Nandrolone [15]
Ahmed Dheeb  Qatar Athletics Testosterone 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's discus throw) [16]
Abdelnasser Awajna  Palestine Athletics Norandrosterone [16]
Masoud Rigi  Iran Boxing Nandrolone [17]
Shokir Muminov  Uzbekistan Judo Methylhexanamine 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's 81 kg) [18]
Jakhongir Muminov  Uzbekistan Wrestling Methylhexanamine [19]

2014 Incheon

Main article: 2014 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Betlhem Desalegn  United Arab Emirates Athletics Biological passport abnormalities [20]
Khurshed Beknazarov  Tajikistan Football Methylhexanamine [21]
Nouraddin Al-Kurdi  Syria Karate Clenbuterol [22]
Yi Sophany  Cambodia Soft tennis Sibutramine [23]
Park Tae-hwan  South Korea Swimming Nebido 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's 100 m freestyle)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Men's 200 m freestyle)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Men's 400 m freestyle)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay) 		[24]
Mohammed Jassim  Iraq Weightlifting Etiocholanolone [22]
Tai Cheau Xuen  Malaysia Wushu Sibutramine 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's nanquan) [25]

2018 Jakarta–Palembang

Main article: 2018 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Kemi Adekoya  Bahrain Athletics Stanozolol 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 400 m hurdles)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (Mixed 4 × 400 m relay) 		[26]
Hassan Chani  Bahrain Athletics Biological passport abnormalities 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Men's 10,000 m) [27]
Sanjivani Jadhav  India Athletics Probenecid [26]
Nirmala Sheoran  India Athletics Drostanolone and Metenolone [28]
Kim Hye-song  North Korea Athletics Methylprednisolone 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Women's marathon) [29]
Nursultan Alymkulov  Kyrgyzstan Ju-jitsu Metandienone and GW501516 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Men's ne-waza 77 kg) [30]
Kumush Yuldashova  Uzbekistan Kurash Stanozolol 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's 78 kg) [31]
Pürevdorjiin Orkhon  Mongolia Wrestling Stanozolol 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Women's freestyle 62 kg) [32]
Rüstem Nazarow  Turkmenistan Wrestling Furosemide [33]

2022 Hangzhou

Main article: 2022 Asian Games
Name NOC Sport Banned substance Medals Ref
Justin Brownlee  Philippines Basketball 11-Nor-9-carboxy-THC [34]
Sami Bzai  Jordan Basketball Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone [34]
Ariana Evangelista  Philippines Cycling Erythropoietin [35]
Chinzorig Baatarsukh  Mongolia Boxing Metandienone [36]
Adil Hussain  Pakistan Kabaddi 19-Norandrosterone [36]

See also

References

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