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At the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, 20 athletes were caught using performance-enchancing drugs and eight events were affected; Kim Jong Su was stripped off his 10m air pistol bronze and 50m pistol silver for using propranolol, Lyudmila Blonska lost her heptathlon silver for using methyltestosterone, Tony Andre Hansen was stripped of his team jumping bronze for giving his horse, Camiro, capsaicin, Vadim Devyatovskiy lost his silver in the hammer throw for testosterone as did his fellow countryman, Ivan Tsikhan who won bronze in the same event, Raahid Ramzi was the only athlete to lose their gold medal (1500m) due to doping when he tested for CERA and finally Davide Rebellin lost the silver medal in the men's road race for taking CERA as well.

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