Marion Jones

Following the Jones scandal, the IOC also withdrew the relay medals awarded to her teammates. CAS ultimately reinstated those medals in 2010, finding that the Olympic rules applicable in 2000 did not permit the other team members to be penalised in this way.

Attribution

Indirectly implicated

World Athletics/IAAF imposed a two-year period of ineligibility on Jones from 8 October 2007 following her doping admissions.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

While serving her federal sentence, Jones recounted having a physical altercation with another inmate and spending 49 days in isolation. She discussed the incident again during her media return in 2025.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Following the 2004 Athens Olympics, Jones dismissed her coach Dan Pfaff and sued him for breach of contract. Pfaff counterclaimed and obtained a judgment of approximately $240,000 for unpaid coaching fees and legal costs.

State of the evidence

Documented

The IAAF annulled Jones's individual and relay results from 1 September 2000 and required her to return the medals, trophies, earnings and other awards obtained during the relevant period.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

The IOC stripped Jones of the three gold and two bronze medals she had won at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and disqualified her from the relevant subsequent Olympic results.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Directly implicated

After Victor Conte publicly claimed to have supplied her with performance-enhancing drugs before Sydney 2000, Jones sued him for $25 million, arguing that the allegations were false and damaging to her reputation. The case was settled on confidential terms in 2006.

State of the evidence

Settlement

Attribution

Protagonist is the complainant

Following a competition in June 2006, the laboratory reported that sample A was positive for EPO. However, the confirmatory B sample was negative, preventing an anti-doping violation from being established and bringing the proceedings to an end.

Attribution

Directly implicated

Jones and Tim Montgomery briefly worked with Charlie Francis, the former coach of Ben Johnson who had admitted supplying steroids to his sprinter. The decision prompted public criticism, including from IOC president Jacques Rogge, and Jones later said she regretted how the association had been handled.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

While still at high school, Jones failed to attend a random drug test within 48 hours and was suspended by US sporting authorities. She maintained that she had never received notification. A USA Track & Field appeals panel ultimately overturned the suspension by two votes to one.

Attribution

Directly implicated