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IOC 2008 IOC vs Antonio Pettigrew
August 2, 2008
IOC 2008 IOC vs USOC
August 2, 2008
1.) Mr. Antonio Pettigrew signed an Acceptance of Sanction on 3 June 2008, in which he admitted having violated the applicable anti-doping rules of the IOC. Mr. Pettigrew also accepted disqualification of all his competitive results obtained on or subsequent to 1 January 1997.
2.) By decision dated 2 August 2008, the IOC Executive Board disqualified Mr. Pettigrew and the US men’s 4 x 400m relay team (hereafter the “US Relay Team”), which had placed first upon the occasion of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, as a result of the doping offence committed by Antonio Pettigrew.
3.) In such decision it was stated that “the issue of reallocating medals and diplomas as a consequence of this decision shall be addressed by the IOC Executive Board in due course”.
4.) The IOC Executive Board has delayed its decisions until now regarding the reallocation of medals and diplomas, as it was waiting to see if additional information would become known in the course of the Balco affair, concerning other athletes having taken part in such event. However, it has now been confirmed that no such additional information has or will come forward.
Therefore the IOC Executive Board decides to charge the IOC administration with the reallocation of medals and diplomas to the teams and athletes that finished behind the US Relay Team in the event at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games: 4 x 400m relay, where the US Relay Team placed 1st.
