Table 3

Individual AC TUEs for sports with three or more AC TUEs in five Summer and Winter Olympic Games 2010–2018

SportTotal number of AC TUEsAC TUEs for B2AOther AC TUEs
Aquatics—all events less than 400 m1082
Aquatics (E)—(≥400 m)523
Athletics—1500 m or less; field events505
Athletics (E)—(>1500 m)615
Biathlon (E)13130
Bobsleigh321
Cycling—track, BMX, mountain431
Cycling (E)—road880
Golf312
Gymnastics505
Shooting909
Skating—figure and short track633
Skating (E)—long track642
Skiing—all other disciplines361323
Skiing (E)—cross-country and Nordic413011
Tennis624
Wrestling303
  • E: endurance sports where there is an endurance component that requires high aerobic capacity. Some mid-distance events could not be easily defined as endurance. The judgements were based on physiology and recommendations of experts in the sport.

  • AC TUEs, Athlete-competition Therapeutic Use Exemptions; B2A, Beta-2 agonists.