Results Of The Lead Up To Rio If There Was a Zero Tolerance Approach To Doping

Heading into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games the issue of doping in the sport of swimming has been a constant storyline which begs the question: what would our sport look like if it was completely clean? 

We’ve put together an analysis of what the sport would’ve looked like if all athletes who have had a doping ban were removed from the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. The point is not to take credit away from any of the athletes who have been removed from this list, or to point fingers. Each doping case and suspension is unique, and we at Swimswam are not deciding whether or not there was ill-intent in the taking of an illegal substance.

The idea of this list is to give a picture of how the lead-up to Rio would have been different had there have been a zero tolerance approach to doping.

MEN

2013 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Below are the edited results.

50m Freestyle

  • Cesar Cielo
  • Vlad Morozov
  • George Bovell
  • Nathan Adrian

*While Vlad Morozov was named in the McLaren report he has never failed a doping test to date.

100m Freestyle

  • James Magnussen
  • Jimmy Feigen
  • Nathan Adrian

200m Freestyle

  • Yannick Agnel
  • Conor Dwyer
  • Danila Izotov

400m Freestyle

  • Sun Yang
  • Kosuke Hagino
  • Connor Jaeger
  • Ryan Cochrane

800m Freestyle

  • Sun Yang
  • Michael McBroom
  • Ryan Cochrane
  • Connor Jaeger

1500m Freestyle

  • Sun Yang
  • Ryan Cochrane
  • Gregorio Paltrinieri
  • Connor Jaeger

50m Backstroke

  • Camille Lacourt
  • Matt Grevers/Jeremy Stravius

100m Backstroke

  • Matt Grevers
  • David Plummer
  • Jeremy Stravius

200m Backstroke

  • Ryan Lochte
  • Radoslaw Kawecki
  • Tyler Clary

50m Breaststroke

  • Cameron van der Burgh
  • Christian Sprenger
  • Giulio Zorzi

100m Breaststroke

  • Christian Sprenger
  • Cameron van der Burgh
  • Felipe Lima

200m Breaststroke

  • Daniel Gyurta
  • Marco Koch
  • Matti Mattsson

50m Butterfly

  • Cesar Cielo
  • Eugene Godsoe
  • Frederick Bousquet
  • Nicholas Santos
  • Andriy Hovorov
  • Yauhen Tsurkin/ Steffen Deibler

100m Butterfly

  • Chad le Clos
  • Laszlo Cseh
  • Konrad Czerniak

200m Butterfly

  • Chad Le Clos
  • Pawel Korzeniowski
  • Wu Peng

200m IM

  • Ryan Lochte
  • Kosuke Hagino
  • Thiago Pereira

400m IM

  • Daiya Seto
  • Chase Kalisz
  • Thiago Pereira

4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • France
  • USA
  • Russia
  • Australia

4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • USA
  • Russia
  • China
  • France
  • Japan

4x100m Medley Relay

  • France
  • Australia
  • Japan

2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Below are the edited results:

50m Freestyle

  • Florent Manaudou
  • Nathan Adrian
  • Bruno Fratus

100m Freestyle

  • Ning Zetao 
  • Cameron McEvoy
  • Frederico Grabich
  • Santo Condorelli

200m Freestyle

  • James Guy
  • Sun Yang
  • Paul Biedermann
  • Ryan Lochte

400m Freestyle

  • Sun Yang
  • James Guy
  • Ryan Cochrane
  • Connor Jaeger

800m Freestyle

  • Sun Yang
  • Gregorio Paltrinieri
  • Mack Horton
  • Connor Jaeger

1500m Freestyle

  • Gregorio Paltrinieri
  • Connor Jaeger
  • Ryan Cochrane

50m Backstroke

  • Camille Lacourt
  • Matt Grevers
  • Ben Treffers

100m Backstroke

  • Mitch Larkin
  • Camille Lacourt
  • Matt Grevers

200m Backstroke

  • Mitch Larkin
  • Radoslaw Kawecki
  • Evgeny Rylov

50m Breaststroke

  • Adam Peaty
  • Cameron van der Burgh
  • Kevin Cordes

100m Breaststroke

  • Adam Peaty
  • Cameron van der Burgh
  • Ross Murdoch

200m Breaststroke

  • Marco Koch
  • Kevin Cordes
  • Daniel Gyurta

50m Butterfly

  • Florent Manaudou
  • Nicholas Santos
  • Laszlo Cseh/Konrad Czerniak

100m Butterfly

  • Chad le Clos
  • Laszlo Cseh
  • Joseph Schooling

200m Butterfly

  • Laszlo Cseh
  • Chad le CLos
  • Jan Switkowski

200m IM

  • Ryan Lochte
  • Thiago Pereira
  • Wang Shun

400m IM

  • Daiya Seto
  • David Verraszto
  • Chase Kalisz

4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • France
  • Russia
  • Italy
  • Brazil

4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Britain
  • USA
  • Australia

4x100m Medley Relay

  • USA
  • Australia
  • France

MEN EFFECTED BY DOPING IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: 

  • Vlad Morozov (Russia): Silver -> Gold
  • George Bovell (Trinidad): Bronze -> Silver
  • Nathan Adrian (USA): +1 Bronze
  • Kosuke Hagino (Japan): Silver -> Gold
  • Connor Jaeger (USA): Bronze -> Silver, +4 Bronze
  • Ryan Cochrane (Canada): Bronze -> Silver, Silver -> Gold, Bronze -> Silver, +1 Bronze
  • Michael McBroom (USA) : Silver -> Gold
  • Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy): Bronze -> Silver, Silver -> Gold
  • Eugene Godsoe (USA): Silver -> Gold
  • Andriy Hovorov (Ukraine): +1 Silver
  • Steffen Deibler (Germany): +1 Bronze
  • Yauhen Tsurkin (Belarus): +1 Bronze
  • Evgeny Rylov (Russia): Bronze -> Silver
  • Mack Horton (Australia): Bronze -> Silver
  • James Guy (Britain): Silver -> Gold
  • Cameron McEvoy (Australia): Silver -> Gold
  • Frederico Grabich (Argentina): Bronze -> Silver
  • Santo Condorelli (Canada): +1 Bronze
  • Paul Biedermann (Germany): Bronze -> Silver

WOMEN

2013 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Below are the edited results.

50m Freestyle

  • Ranomi Kromowidjojo
  • Cate Campbell
  • Fran Halsall

100m Freestyle

  • Cate Campbell
  • Sarah Sjostrom
  • Ranomi Kromowidjojo

200m Freestyle

  • Yannick Agnel
  • Conor Dwyer
  • Danila Izotov

400m Freestyle

  • Missy Franjlin
  • Frederica Pellegrini
  • Camille Muffat

800m Freestyle

  • Katie Ledecky
  • Melanie Costa
  • Lauren Boyle

1500m Freestyle

  • Katie Ledecky
  • Lotte Friis
  • Lauren Boyle

50m Backstroke

  • Zhao Jing
  • Fu Yuanhui
  • Aya Terakawa

100m Backstroke

  • Missy Franklin
  • Emily Seebohm
  • Aya Terakawa

200m Backstroke

  • Missy Franklin
  • Belinda Hocking
  • Hilary Caldwell

50m Breaststroke

  • Yulia Efimova 
  • Ruta Meilutyte
  • Jessica Hardy
  • Breeja Larson
  • Jennie Johansson

100m Breaststroke

  • Ruta Meilutyte
  • Yulia Efimova
  • Jessica Hardy
  • Rikke Moller Pedersen
  • Breeja Larson

200m Breaststroke

  • Yulia Efimova
  • Rikke Moller Pedersen
  • Micah Lawrence
  • Rie Kaneto

50m Butterfly

  • Jeanette Ottesen
  • Lu Ying
  • Ranomi Kromowidjojo

100m Butterfly

  • Sarah Sjostrom
  • Alica Coutts
  • Dana Vollmer

200m Butterfly

  • Liu Zige
  • Mireia Belmonte
  • Katinka Hosszu

200m IM

  • Katinka Hosszu
  • Alicia Coutts
  • Mireia Belmonte

400m IM

  • Katinka Hosszu
  • Mereia Belmonte
  • Elizabeth Beisel

4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • USA
  • Australia
  • Netherlands

4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • USA
  • Australia
  • France

4x100m Medley Relay

  • USA
  • Australia
  • Russia
  • China
  • Japan

2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Below are the edited results:

50m Freestyle

  • Bronte Campbell
  • Ranomi Kromowidjojo
  • Sarah Sjostrom

100m Freestyle

  • Bronte Campbell
  • Sarah Sjostrom
  • Cate Campbell

200m Freestyle

  • Katie Ledecky
  • Frederica Pellegrini
  • Missy Franklin

400m Freestyle

  • Katie Ledecky
  • Sharan van Rowendaal
  • Jessica Ashwood

800m Freestyle

  • Katie Ledecky
  • Lauren Boyle
  • Jazz Carlin

1500m Freestyle

  • Katie Ledecky
  • Lauren Boyle
  • Boglarka Kapas

50m Backstroke

  • Fu Yuanhui
  • Etiene Medeiros
  • Liu Xiang

100m Backstroke

  • Emily Seebohm
  • Madison Wilson
  • Mie Nielsen

200m Backstroke

  • Emily Seebohm
  • Missy franklin
  • Katinka Hosszu

50m Breaststroke

  • Jennie Johansson
  • Alia Atkinson
  • Yulia Efimova
  • Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir

100m Breaststroke

  • Yulia Efimova
  • Ruta Meilutyte
  • Alia Atkinson
  • Kanako Watanabe

200m Breaststroke

  • Kanako Watanabe
  • Micah Lawrence
  • Jessica Vall/Rikke Moller Pedersen/Shi Jinglin

50m Butterfly

  • Sarah Sjostrom
  • Jeanette Ottesen
  • Lu Ying

100m Butterfly

  • Sarah Sjostrom
  • Jeanette Ottesen
  • Lu Ying

200m Butterfly

  • Natsumi Hoshi
  • Cammile Adams
  • Zhang Yufei

200m IM

  • Katinka Hosszu
  • Kanako Watanabe
  • Siobhan-Marie O’Connor

400m IM

  • Katinka Hosszu
  • Maya DiRado
  • Emily Overholt

4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
  • USA

4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • USA
  • Italy
  • China

4x100m Medley Relay

  • China
  • Sweden
  • Australia

WOMEN EFFECTED BY DOPING IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: 

  • Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania): Silver -> Gold, Silver -> Gold
  • Breeja Larson (USA): +1 Silver, +1 Bronze
  • Rikke Moller Pedersen (Denmark): Silver -> Gold, +1 Silver
  • Micah Lawrence (USA): Bronze -> Silver
  • Rie Kaneto (Japan): +1 Bronze
  • Liu Xiang (China): Bronze -> Silver
  • Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir (Iceland): +1 Bronze
  • Alia Atkinson (Jamaica): Silver -> Bronze
  • Kanako Watanabe (Japan): +1 Bronze

 

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3344
7 years ago

Ruta Meilutyte came 4th in 50 Breast in Kazan not Luthersdottir

Brazilian blur
7 years ago

Jessica Hardy swam US womens medley relay in 2013, so….

Rafael
7 years ago

You took Santos 50 fly 2013 medal but not 2015 but I think he never was convicted of doping right? Etiene were on trial this year but not convicted. Also did not hardy Swam on us medley relay on 2013?
And I never knew radoslaw was convicted either

Serious Coach
Reply to  Rafael
7 years ago

Santos was in the same situation of Cielo. Both doped in 2011 and were acquitted. Medeiros apparently nobody knows because his case is being hidden. Does anyone have any information about it?

nick
7 years ago

Why Kawecki? He never doped

Ian
7 years ago

Minor point but results were “affected” by the doping ????

Ian
Reply to  Ian
7 years ago

Not sure why the ??? appeared

ATXSWIMMER
Reply to  Ian
7 years ago

If you add an emoji that isn’t supported it will show up as ???

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