First suspension for doping happened in 1968
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The first Olympic athlete to test positive for doping use was Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a Swedish pentathlete at the 1968 Olympics, following the introduction of anti-doping regulations by the International Olympic Committee in 1967. Liljenwall had drunk some beer to calm his nerves before the pistol shooting.