List of sportspeople cleared of doping charges

The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been found not guilty by their sports governing body for doping offences.

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]