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Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall is a Swedish modern pentathlete who caused the disqualification of the Swedish men's team at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City for his alcohol use. Liljenwall was the first athlete to be disqualified at the Olympics for drug use, following the introduction of anti-doping regulations by the International Olympic Committee in 1967. Liljenwall reportedly had "two beers" to calm his nerves before the pistol shooting portion of the modern pentathlon. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans-Gunnar_Liljenwall   (171 words)

Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gunnar Jervill won a silver medal in the men's competition. Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweden_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics   (340 words)

1968 Summer Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography The introduction of doping tests resulted in the first disqualification because of doping: Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified for alcohol use. US swimmer Debbie Meyer became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals, in the 200, 400 and 800 m freestyle events. John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania became internationally famous after finishing the marathon in last place despite a dislocated knee. arikah.net /encyclopedia/1968_Summer_Olympics   (404 words)

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Sport Traces of alcohol were discovered in the blood of Swede Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. Liljenwall maintained that he had only consumed two beers. As a matter of fact, the first athlete in history to test positive for a banned substance was a pentathlete. www.hs.fi /english/article/1076153539195   (1468 words)

CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1980 Moscow Sweden's Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was over the allowable limit of alcohol. Apparently, Liljenwall was trying to calm his nerves before the shooting competition of the modern pentathlon event by quaffing a few beers. www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1968.html   (1876 words)

Reuters Olympics 2004 It is not often mentioned in Swedish newspapers, but the first Olympic athlete to test positive for any sort of doping was a Swede -- pentathlete Hans Gunnar Liljenwall for alcohol use at the 1968 Mexico City Games. The Tour de France introduced tests for EPO in 2001 after the "Tour of Shame" three years earlier which was rocked by police raids and led to the Festina trial in which Richard Virenque and his team mates alleged that doping was widespread in cycling. More than 50 Olympic competitors have been caught since then, with athletes hungry for glory, prize money and lucrative sponsorship contracts and aided by unscrupulous coaches and physicians often a step ahead of the IOC's medical commission. olympics.skysports.com /features/news/usnL14413764.shtml   (718 words)

Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The first Olympic athlete to test positive for doping use was Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a Swedish pentathlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics, who lost his bronze medal for alcohol use. In the mid-1960s, sports federations put a ban on doping, and the IOC followed suit in 1967. Seventy-three athletes followed him over the next 34 years, several medal winners among them. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_Games   (6340 words)

MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES - 1968 Mexico Olympiad The first drug disqualification in the Olympic history was Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, Eulalia Rolinska, from Poland and Gladys de Seminario, from Peru, were the first women to compete in shooting and Wyomia Tyus, from the United States, became the first repeat winner of the 100m dash. www.akropol.net /modern_olympic_games/1968_mexico.htm   (155 words)

manual_150812.html Sex testing for women was also introduced for the first time while the Games also saw the first drug disqualification, as Sweden's modern pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall tested positive - for excessive alcohol. The athletics, cycling, rowing, canoe, swimming and equestrian competitions were timed manually and electronically but for the first occasion the electronic time was the official one. Britain's David Hemery won gold in the 400m hurdles. www.sportinglife.com /clients/ft/olympics2004/history/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=olympics/04/07/20/manual_150812.html   (207 words)

Doping hardly a new issue Drug testing wasn't begun in the Olympics until the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City; the first athlete to be disqualified was Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall -- for using alcohol. By 1966, the international federations that govern cycling and soccer introduced doping tests at their world championships. Since then, almost every significant athletic achievement -- from Lance Armstrong's six consecutive Tour de France wins to Barry Bonds' season home run record -- has been greeted with eager cheers and wary skepticism by a public jaded by almost weekly revelations of sports doping. www.personal.utulsa.edu /~lara-foley/soclawpresentations/cwarticle.htm   (822 words)

Sport High anxiety over Wilkinson First nabbed was a Swedish modern pentahlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who was found to be drunk (with alcohol) on the shooting range during the 1968 Games - the second, four years later, was a Mongolian judo player Bakhaava Buidaa, who had overdosed on caffeine. It comes as a shock to realise that the modern Olympics were 71 years old before the IOC even thought of testing for drugs. The first Olympic track-and-fielder stripped of a medal, can you believe, was less than 20 years ago, when the Finn Martti Vainio copped it after taking the 10,000m silver medal in 1984? sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4786672-108598,00.html   (599 words)

TSN.ca - MLB - Canada's Sports Leader The 1968 Games also saw the first drug disqualification, as a Swedish entrant in the modern pentathlon - Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall - tested positive for excessive alcohol. Athletes from the German Democratic Republic competed on their own team under the banner of "East Germany". Following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia two months before the Olympics, Caslavska went into hiding for three weeks. www.tsn.ca /tools/print_feature.asp?fid=9410   (433 words)

Medicine and Science in Tennis The 1968 Games saw the first drug disqualification, as a Swedish entrant in the modern pentathlon, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, tested positive for excessive alcohol. This inauspicious start may be considered to have characterised the attitude towards doping in the following years. The International Olympic Committee pioneered the fight against drugs in sport with the first drug tests conducted at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. www.stms.nl /oktober2002/artikel4.htm   (1032 words)

Mexico City 1968 But the Swedes had to give their bronze medals back when it became known that Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall had taken two beers before the shooting. It was common at that time for the modern pentathletes to take a beer or two to still the nerves before the shooting. In the team competition, Sweden took third place, which was a result that was valid for a long time after the Games. www.sok.se /inenglish/mexicocity1968.4.18ea16851076df63622800011056.html   (1796 words)

Olympic Memories From WestWords by Marvin West in Access Mexico Connect - The Electronic Magazine all about Mexico Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a Swede in the modern pentathlon, tested positive -- for alcohol. www.mexconnect.com /mex_/travel/mwest/westwords0704.html   (1125 words)

Modern Olympic History - Olympics - Sports - Webindia123.com This Olympic Games saw the first drug disqualification, when Swedish entrant in the modern pentathlon, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, tested positive for excessive alcohol. Japan who won a bronze medal in the soccer competition were the first and only Asian team to win a medal and first non-European team to do so in 40 years. www.webindia123.com /Sports/olymp/olymp1.htm   (1550 words)

Kick Off The 1968 Games in Mexico City saw the first drug disqualification, as a Swedish entrant in the modern pentathlon, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, tested positive for? The 1996 Games in Atlanta were given a dramatic start when the cauldron was lit by a former boxer. What does the Olympic Motto Citius, Altius, Fortius mean? www.kickoffnigeria.com /olympics/quiz.php?showa=true   (548 words)

History: 2000 Olympics On a sad note, the Games saw the first drug disqualification as modern pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall tested positive for excessive alcohol. Wyomia Tyus became the first woman to successfully defend the 100m title, while Al Oerter won the men's discus for a fourth time. ww1.sportsline.com /ns/olympics/2000/history/1968.htm   (224 words)

Off the Baseline » What’s the Dope on Tennis Dopin’? The first drug tests were conducted at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, which also turned up the first drug disqualification — a Swedish entrant in the modern pentathlon, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who tested positive for excessive alcohol. Perhaps, but it may also be considered to have shaped the attitude towards doping for years to come. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) led the way in pioneering the fight against drugs in all levels of sport. www.offthebaseline.com /index.php/2006/02/15/whats-the-dope-on-tennis-dopin   (2635 words)

rediff.com: The Olympics Fact book ** The 1968 Mexico Games saw the first drug disqualification, when Swedish entrant in the modern pentathon, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, tested positive for excessive alcohol. www.rediff.com /sports/fact14.htm   (481 words)

Olympic Odds 'n' Ends In 1968, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall became the first athlete disqualified from the Games for a drug violation. When Miklos Németh of Hungary won the javelin throw at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he became the first son of an athletics gold medalist to win a gold of his own. She emerged to win four gold and two silver medals. seattlepi.nwsource.com /olympics/185606_oly_pg5rail11.html   (1796 words)

Sign of the times The International Olympic Committee's 1967 drug ban disqualified its first athlete in 1968, Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall for alcohol. East German athletes began using steroids in 1968. Only in 1972 did the Olympics start drug testing. www.ocregister.com /ocr/2004/07/25/sections/sports/sports/article_179911.php   (1304 words)

The Washington Times: Why not put Games out of their misery?(Sports)@ HighBeam Research - The first athlete ever kicked out of the Olympic Games for a positive drug test was a Swede in the pentathlon in 1968, Hans Gunnar Liljenwall. Now we have workers at the athletes' village being accidentally stuck by used needles left behind by competitors. Search for more information on HighBeam Research for. www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:65619748&refid=holomed_1   (209 words)

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