Sochi 2014 re-analysis and investigations

The IOC has taken firm action in response to the findings of the McLaren Report on doping and manipulation in Russia, which showed that there was a fundamental attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and on sport in general.

After establishing two Disciplinary Commissions in July 2016 – the Oswald Commission to investigate the alleged doping violations by Russian athletes at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, and the Schmid Commission to address the systematic manipulation of the anti-doping system in Russia -the IOC announced a series of decisions in December 2017. Read the press release and the full decision.

After 17 months of extensive work, the Schmid Commission confirmed "the systemic manipulation of the anti-doping rules and system in Russia, through the Disappearing Positive Methodology and during the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, as well as the various levels of administrative, legal and contractual responsibility, resulting from the failure to respect the respective obligations of the various entities involved".

Read the final report from Schmid Commission

The IOC has re-analysed and forensically examined all available urine samples collected from Russian athletes at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014. All available blood samples collected from Russian athletes in Sochi have also been re-analysed.

The re-analysis led to a number of decisions by the Oswald Commission.

Find all the decisions in this factsheet

For more information on the forensic analysis of the Sochi samples, read the annex to the intermediate Schmid report to the IOC Session in Lima, Peru (September 2017).

Related Resources

Independent Commission Report #1 (9 November 2015)

Independent Commission Report #2 (27 January 2016)

McLaren Independent Investigation Report – Part I (18 July 2016)

McLaren Independent Investigation Report – Part II (9 December 2016)

In December 2020, the ITA announced it was extending the re-analysis programme to all nationalities and sports that took part in Sochi 2014.