Marion Jones

Marion Jones is an American former sprinter and long jumper who won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics before being stripped of them for doping.

2000 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. Jones won three gold and two bronze medals at these Games.
Doping in sport: The use of prohibited substances or methods to improve athletic performance. Jones’s case became one of the most prominent examples of doping in track and field.
Victor Conte: The founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, convicted in connection with distributing performance-enhancing drugs. Conte’s BALCO operation supplied drugs and became central to the investigation involving Jones.
Florence Griffith-Joyner: An American sprinter who set long-standing world records in the 100 and 200 metres at the 1988 Olympics. Griffith-Joyner’s records and legacy remain distinct from Jones’s medal-stripping scandal.
BALCO scandal: A doping scandal centered on the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative and its distribution of performance-enhancing drugs to athletes. Investigations into BALCO exposed Jones’s use of banned substances.
Olympic medal stripping: The removal of Olympic medals after results are disqualified, commonly for rule violations such as doping. The IOC removed all five medals Jones won in Sydney.
Tim Montgomery: An American sprinter and Jones’s former partner, who was implicated in the BALCO doping scandal. Montgomery’s links to BALCO and Jones brought their athletic careers into the same investigation.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee: An American athlete who won Olympic medals in the heptathlon and long jump across four Games. Joyner-Kersee’s multisport Olympic legacy contrasts with Jones’s later annulled results.
THG (steroid): Tetrahydrogestrinone, an anabolic steroid designed to evade detection in standard drug tests. The substance was central to the BALCO investigation linked to Jones.
Athletics doping: The use of banned performance-enhancing substances or methods in track and field. Her case intensified scrutiny of doping controls in elite athletics.

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Doping in athleticsRelated: Her case showed how doping investigations can extend beyond a positive test.