Anastasiya KAPACHINSKAYA

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya - Russia - 2008 Olympics 4x400m silver disqualification.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 23 August 2008

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 21 November 1979
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Moscow, Russia
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Russia
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Anastasiya KAPACHINSKAYA - Russia - 2008 Olympics 4x400m silver disqualification.

Women's 4x400m. Relay Final. 2008 Olympic Games.


In August 2016, Kapachinskaya and her relay teammates were officially stripped of their silver medals.

Kapachinskaya had tested positive for the steroids stanozol and turinabol. On 21 June 2017 it was reported

that Kapachinskaya had forfeited all results and medals from 17 August 2008 onwards.


1. U.S.A. (Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards) 3: 18.54
X. Russia (Yuliya Gushchina, Liudmila Litvinova, Tatiana Firova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya) 3: 18.82
3. Jamaica (Shericka Williams, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Novelene Williams) 3: 20.40
4. Belarus (Anna Kozak, Iryna Khliustava, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich) 3: 22.68
5. GBR (Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton, Marilyn Okoro, Nicola Sanders) 3: 22.68
6. Cuba (Roxana Diaz, Zulia Calatayud, Susana Clement, Indira Terrero) 3: 23.21
7. Nigeria (Joy Amechi Eze, Folashade Abugan, Oluoma Nwoke, Ajoke Odumosu) 3: 23.74
8. Germany (Jonna Tilgner, Sorina Nwachukwu, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Claudia Hoffmann) 3: 28.45