When FINA suspended a trio of retired Russian swimmers, the suspensions in all cases included the forfeiture of results after the date of original suspension.
For two of those swimmers, Alexandra Sokolova and Artem Podyakov, the impact of that forfeiture was relatively-limited: at best Sokolova won minor medals at minor open water events on the FINA calendar.
For Artem Lobuzov, however, the impact is more sweeping. He forfeits all results since July 27, 2014, which includes his medal results at the 2014 and 2016 World Short Course Championships and 2014 European Championships.
All of those medals were relay medals. According to article DC11.2 in the WADA World Anti-Doping Code, this means that his relay teammates from those meets will also forfeit their results and medals.
FINA confirmed that they would redistribute the medals from those events.
Here are the impacts:
2016 World Championships
Lobuzov forfeits his gold medal in the men’s 800 free relay. So do his teammates Mikhail Dovgalyuk, Mikhail Vekovishchev, and Aleksandr Krasnykh, as well as prelims swimmer Daniil Pasynkov.
The United States gets another gold medal, Japan promotes from bronze to silver, and Australia moves up to the podium in bronze medal position.
The updated finishers for that race:
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Prelims Medalists |
| 1 | 4 | United States | Blake Pieroni (1:43.14) Jacob Pebley (1:43.38) Pace Clark (1:44.16) Zane Grothe (1:42.66) |
6:53.34 | N/A |
| 2 | 6 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:43.97) Daiya Seto (1:42.54) Tsubasa Amai (1:44.11) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:42.92) |
6:53.54 | N/A |
| 3 | 5 | Australia | Clyde Lewis (1:43.64) Mitch Larkin (1:45.20) Daniel Smith (1:41.58) Alexander Graham (1:43.30) |
6:53.72 | Jack Gerrard |
| 4 | 3 | Denmark | Sebastian Ovesen (1:44.75) Daniel Skaaning (1:44.15) Frans Johannessen (1:43.70) Anders Lie (1:41.89) |
6:54.49 | |
| 5 | 1 | Netherlands | Kyle Stolk (1:45.58) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:43.90) Ben Schwietert (1:46.27) Dion Dreesens (1:43.35) |
6:59.10 | |
| 6 | 7 | China | Qiu Ziao (1:45.37) Shang Keyuan (1:45.78) Qian Zhiyong (1:45.67) Wang Shun (1:44.75) |
7:01.57 | |
| 7 | 8 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:45.32) Thomas Thijs (1:46.66) Pieter Timmers (1:44.01) Lorenz Weiremans (1:46.37) |
7:02.36 | |
| DQ | 2 | Russia | Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:44.27) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:42.86) Artem Lobuzov (1:44.04) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:40.93) |
6:52.10 |
Updated Medals Table from the meet:
The United States and Russia stay in the same position in the final medals table, but with a 3rd silver, Japan jumps to 6th place from 8th place, ahead of hosts Canada.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 9 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN)* | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
|
13
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Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
|
16
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Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
20
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Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (22 nations) | 46 | 46 | 47 | 139 | |
2014 World Short Course Championships
Lobozuv forfeits his bronze medal in the 800 free relay. So too do his finals teammates Mikhail Polischuk, Danila Izotov, and Viacheslav Andrusenko. His prelims teammates Dmitrii Ermakov and Aleksandr Krasnykh also lose their medals.
South Africa moves to bronze medal position. Notably, this gives South Africa’s Chad Le Clos an 18th World Short Course Championship medal.
The updated finishers for that race are:
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Prelims Medalists |
| 1 | 5 | United States | Conor Dwyer (1:43.20) Ryan Lochte (1:42.42) Matt McLean (1:43.20) Tyler Clary (1:42.86) |
6:51.68 | Michael Klueh Michael Weiss Darian Townsend |
| 2 | 4 | Italy | Andrea Mitchell D’Arrigo (1:42.77) Marco Belotti (1:43.98) Nicolangelo Di Fabio (1:42.98) Filippo Magnini (1:42.07) |
6:51.80 | |
| 3 | 7 | South Africa | Myles Brown (1:43.25) Sebastien Rousseau (1:43.96) Chad le Clos (1:40.61) Leith Shankland (1:44.31) |
6:52.13 | Calvyn Justus |
| 4 | 2 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:44.91) Glenn Surgeloose (1:43.29) Emmanuel Vanluchene (1:42.33) Pieter Timmers (1:42.13) |
6:52.66 | |
| 5 | 3 | Brazil | João de Lucca (1:41.85 SA) Gustavo Godoy (1:44.82) Fernando Santos (1:43.89) Gabriel Ogawa (1:43.97) |
6:54.53 | |
| 6 | 8 | Germany | Markus Deibler (1:43.68) Florian Vogel (1:44.24) Tim Wallburger (1:45.81) Clemens Rapp (1:43.67) |
6:57.40 | |
| 7 | 1 | Denmark | Anders Nielsen (1:44.49) Frans Johannessen (1:45.34) Frederik Pedersen (1:45.60) Daniel Skaaning (1:45.35) |
7:00.78 | |
| DQ | 6 | Russia | Mikhail Polischuk (1:43.62) Danila Izotov (1:40.65) Artem Lobuzov (1:42.87) Viacheslav Andrusenko (1:44.82) |
6:51.96 |
Updated Medals Table:
There was no change in the final medals table order.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
|
16
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Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
22
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Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 nations) | 46 | 47 | 46 | 139 | |
All-Time Short Course Worlds Medals Table
The net outcome is:
- Russia loses 1 gold and 1 bronze medal
- The US loses 1 silver and gains 1 gold medal
- Japan loses 1 bronze and gains 1 silver medal
- Australia gains 1 bronze medal
- South Africa gains 1 bronze medal
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 119 | 102 | 85 | 306 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 79 | 89 | 74 | 242 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 42 | 41 | 38 | 121 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 29 | 28 | 43 | 100 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 28 | 20 | 18 | 66 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 22 | 9 | 21 | 52 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 21 | 42 | 40 | 103 |
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 21 | 24 | 19 | 64 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 21 | 11 | 10 | 42 |
| 10 | South Africa (RSA) | 20 | 16 | 7 | 43 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 19 | 26 | 24 | 69 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 17 | 12 | 21 | 50 |
| 13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 15 | 12 | 13 | 40 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 10 | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 15 | Spain (ESP) | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 16 | France (FRA) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 26 | 19 | 51 |
| 19 | Canada (CAN) | 6 | 17 | 16 | 39 |
| 20 | Cuba (CUB) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 21 | Finland (FIN) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 22 | Lithuania (LTU) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 23 | Croatia (CRO) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 24 | Jamaica (JAM) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 25 | Venezuela (VEN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 26 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 28 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| 30 | Slovenia (SLO) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 31 | New Zealand (NZL) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
|
32
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Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Tunisia (TUN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 34 | Israel (ISR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 36 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 37 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 38 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 40 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
|
42
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Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
|
45
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Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
|
47
|
Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Faroe Islands (FRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ireland (IRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (53 nations) | 558 | 556 | 558 | 1672 | |
2014 European Aquatics Championships – Awaiting LEN Bureau Confirmation
Lobuzov forfeits his silver medal in the 800 free relay. So to do his finals teammates Dmitry Ermakov, Alexander Krasnykh, and Alexandr Sukhorukov. Prelims legs Nikita Lobintsev and Viatcheslav Andrusenko also lose their silver medals.
Belgium moves from bronze to silver and France moves from 4th place to the bronze medal position.
This action is awaiting confirmation from the LEN Bureau.
The updated finals results:
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Swimmers | Time |
Prelims Medalists
|
| 1 | 4 | Germany | Robin Backhaus (1:48.52) Yannick Lebherz (1:48.73) Clemens Rapp (1:46.80) Paul Biedermann (1:44.95) |
7:09.00 | |
| 2 | 7 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:48.41) Glenn Surgeloose (1:48.56) Emmanuel Vanluchene (1:48.25) Pieter Timmers (1:45.17) |
7:10.39 | Ken Cortes |
| 3 | 1 | France | Jeremy Stravius (1:47.62) Yannick Agnel (1:46.06) Lorys Bourelly (1:49.38) Clement Mignon (1:47.75) |
7:10.81 | Theo Fuchs Gregory Mallet |
| 4 | 3 | Netherlands | Dion Dreesens (1:48.10) Ferry Weertman (1:47.65) Joost Reijns (1:49.13) Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:46.71) |
7:11.59 | |
| 5 | 6 | Italy | Andrea Mitchell D’Arrigo (1:48.22) Damiano Lestingi (1:48.28) Gabriele Detti (1:48.62) Filippo Magnini (1:47.12) |
7:12.24 | |
| 6 | 2 | Spain | Albert Puig (1:49.36) Miguel Duran (1:48.08) Miguel Victor Martin (1:48.29) Eduardo Solaeche (1:50.07) |
7:15.80 | |
| 7 | 8 | Poland | Pawel Korzeniowski (1:47.40) Kacper Majchrzak (1:49.49) Jan Switkowski (1:49.39) Dawid Zielinski (1:49.72) |
7:16.00 | |
| DQ | 5 | Russia | Artem Lobuzov (1:48.18) Dmitry Ermakov (1:47.90) Alexander Krasnykh (1:47.19) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:47.02) |
7:10.29 |
Updated Medals Table:
Belgium’s only medal from the meet promotes from bronze to silver, which moves them up a spot in the national rankings.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 2 | Russia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Italy | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Germany* | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Denmark | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Hungary | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | France | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Sweden | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Spain | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
17
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Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|
19
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Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 nations) | 66 | 62 | 65 | 193 | |
Updated All-Time European Aquatics Championships Medals Table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 197 | 115 | 87 | 399 |
| 2 | Germany | 165 | 157 | 123 | 445 |
| 3 | East Germany | 143 | 115 | 68 | 326 |
| 4 | Hungary | 117 | 99 | 78 | 294 |
| 5 | Italy | 102 | 123 | 178 | 403 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 99 | 108 | 125 | 332 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | 97 | 87 | 79 | 263 |
| 8 | France | 88 | 90 | 83 | 261 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 83 | 97 | 84 | 264 |
| 10 | Sweden | 63 | 74 | 69 | 206 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 56 | 64 | 66 | 186 |
| 12 | West Germany | 41 | 33 | 49 | 123 |
| 13 | Spain | 31 | 54 | 50 | 135 |
| 14 | Denmark | 29 | 21 | 32 | 82 |
| 15 | Poland | 18 | 18 | 21 | 57 |
| 16 | Finland | 13 | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| 17 | Austria | 12 | 17 | 19 | 48 |
| 18 | Romania | 9 | 25 | 32 | 66 |
| 19 | Greece | 8 | 10 | 22 | 40 |
| 20 | Norway | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 21 | Belarus | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 |
| 22 | Belgium | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 |
| 24 | Ireland | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 25 | Serbia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
| 27 | Slovakia | 3 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 28 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 14 | 13 | 29 |
| 29 | Croatia | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 30 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 31 | Slovenia | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 32 | Lithuania | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
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Bulgaria | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| Israel | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |
| 35 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Iceland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
|
38
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Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|
40
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Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (41 nations) | 1420 | 1417 | 1419 | 4256 | |
This kind of discursive/investigative journalism in sport is SO important!
Thank you so very much for putting this ton of information together in one, convenient place!
I earnestly hope that when those USA guys get their shiny gold medals, it will still have some REAL value for them!
The German prelims, lmao
Theo Fuchs Gregory(‘s) Mallet
Biederman still fast in 2014
He proved to be a formidable opponent even without the supersuit. His jump from 2008 to 2009 was huge for sure, but not just a result of the suit.
He did throw down a 1:44.8 and a 1:45.2 relay leadoff in 2011
The suit did a ton for him but swimming is swimming. At the end of the end you have to have good talent and endurance for this race.
US doubling their 2014 gold medal haul
Is that fair to win medals this way?