Name
| Country
| Sport
| Reason for clearance
| Reference
|
Shoaib Akhtar
| Pakistan
| Cricket
| While testing positive for nandrolone, he was pardoned by national federation
| [1]
|
Lance Armstrong
| United States
| Cycling
| Accused in 2004 of using EPO in 1999 TDF, cleared when samples were re-tested. (EPO testing only began in 2001)
| [2]
|
Mohammad Asif
| Pakistan
| Cricket
| While testing positive for nandrolone, he was pardoned by national federation
| [3]
|
Rutger Beke
| Belgium
| Triathlon
| Found not guilty
| [4]
|
Tomáš Dvořák
| Czech Republic
| Athletics
| Alleged intravenous infusions, but drugs tests were negative
| [5]
|
Vincent Guérin
| France
| Football
| The test, while positive for nandrolone, was technically incorrect
| [6]
|
Benoît Joachim
| France
| Cycling
| The test, while positive for nandrolone, was technically incorrect
| [7]
|
Marion Jones[1]
| United States
| Athletics
| Negative B sample for EPO.
| [8]
|
Agnes Kovacs
| Hungary
| Swimming
| Excused for her irregular behavior in doping test
| [9]
|
Iban Mayo
| Spain
| Cycling
| 1. Cleared by the International Cycling Union 2. Negative B sample, cleared by national federation, but not yet by the International Cycling Union
| 1. [10] 2. [11]
|
Michael Mifsud
| Malta
| Football
| Unknown person ordered drugs to Mifsud's postal address
| [12] (Norwegian)
|
Diane Modahl
| United Kingdom
| Athletics
| The test, while positive, was technically incorrect
| [13]
|
Alessandro Petacchi
| Italy
| Cycling
| Tested positive for salbutamol, but had a medical certificate for the substance
| [14]
|
Daniel Plaza
| Spain
| Race walking
| Cleared his name through a legal battle
| [15]
|
Ross Rebagliati
| Canada
| Snowboarding
|
| [16]
|
Michael Rogers
| Australia
| Cycling
| Suspected as a teammate tested positive, but found to have no involvement in the case
| [17]
|
Greg Rusedski
| United Kingdom
| Tennis
|
| [18]
|
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure
| Norway
| Athletics
| Presence of banned substance cannabis was unintended and unknowing
| [19] (Norwegian)
|
Roman Šebrle
| Czech Republic
| Athletics
| Alleged intravenous infusions, but drugs tests were negative
| [20]
|
Gilberto Simoni
| Italy
| Cycling
| While testing positive for cocaine, he was later cleared of charges
| [21]
|
Andreas Strand
| Norway
| Football
| Presence of banned substance cannabis was unintended and unknowing
| [22] (Norwegian)
|
Gareth Turnbull
| Northern Ireland
| Athletics
| Presence of banned substance was unintended and unknowing
| [23]
|
Anita Valen
| Norway
| Cycling
| While testing positive for caffeine, she was later cleared of charges
| [24]
|
Ine Wigernæs
| Norway
| Cross-country skiing
| While testing positive for caffeine, she was later cleared of charges
| [25]
|
Olga Yegorova
| Russia
| Athletics
| The test, while positive for EPO, was technically incorrect
| [26]
|