| Name | Country | Sport | Reason for clearance | Reference |
| Shoaib Akhtar |  Pakistan | Cricket | While testing positive for nandrolone, he was pardoned by national federation | [1] |
| Lance Armstrong |  United States | Cycling | Accused in 2004 of using EPO in 1999 TDF but not sanctioned. | [2] |
| Mohammad Asif | Pakistan | Cricket | While testing positive for nandrolone, he was pardoned by national federation | [3] |
| Daniel Bailey |  Antigua and Barbuda | Athletics | Doping reports were dismissed as false | [4] (Swedish) |
| Rutger Beke |  Belgium | Triathlon | Found not guilty | [5] |
| Jay Cutler | United States | Bodybuilding | Tests were thrown out as it failed to follow correct procedure | [6] |
| Simon Daubney |  New Zealand | Yachting | Cleared of charges that he knowingly took cocaine or any other banned substance. | [7] [8] |
| Tomáš Dvořák |  Czech Republic | Athletics | Alleged intravenous infusions, but drugs tests were negative | [9] |
| Marc Farry |  France | Golf | Found to have legitimately have taken Prednisolone, proscribed by his doctor for tendinitis of the wrist. | [10] |
| Udi Gal |  Israel | Sailing | Was accused using Finasteride. Because Gal declared using an anti-balding medicine consisting Finasteride, he was only rebuked. | [11] |
| Richard Gasquet | France | Tennis | Tested positive for cocaine use, but was later cleared of charges when it was determined to be a result of kissing a woman who had been using it | [12] |
| Josep Guardiola |  Spain | Football (soccer) | Was suspended for nandrolone use, but cleared of charges many years later | [13] |
| Vincent Guérin | France | Football | The test, while positive for nandrolone, was technically incorrect | [14] |
| Christian Hoffmann |  Austria | Cross-country skiing | Doping charges dismissed | [15] |
| Vegard Høidalen |  Norway | Beach volleyball | Found guilty of not revealing his whereabouts, but later cleared | [16] (Norwegian) |
| Benoît Joachim |  Luxembourg | Cycling | The test, while positive for nandrolone, was technically incorrect | [17] |
| Agnes Kovacs |  Hungary | Swimming | Excused for her irregular behavior in doping test | [18] |
| Bernard Lagat |  Kenya | Athletics | Negative B sample for EPO. | [19] |
| Iban Mayo | Spain | Cycling | 1. Cleared by the International Cycling Union
2. Negative B sample, cleared by national federation, but not yet by the International Cycling Union | 1. [20]
2. [21] |
| Michael Mifsud |  Malta | Football | Unknown person ordered drugs to Mifsud's postal address | [22] (Norwegian) |
| Diane Modahl |  United Kingdom | Athletics | The test, while positive, was technically incorrect | [23] |
| Alessandro Petacchi |  Italy | Cycling | Tested positive for salbutamol, but had a medical certificate for the substance | [24] |
| Uta Pippig |  Germany | Athletics | Suspended for two years but settlement determined ban was not legally justified. | [25] |
| Daniel Plaza | Spain | Race walking | Cleared his name through a legal battle | [26] |
| Ross Rebagliati |  Canada | Snowboarding | Disqualified for marijuana use, overturned since marijuana was not a banned substance at the time | [27] |
| Michael Rogers |  Australia | Cycling | Suspected as a teammate tested positive, but found to have no involvement in the case | [28] |
| Greg Rusedski | United Kingdom | Tennis | | [29] |
| Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | Athletics | Presence of banned substance cannabis was unintended and unknowing | [30] (Norwegian) |
| Roman Šebrle | Czech Republic | Athletics | Alleged intravenous infusions, but drugs tests were negative | [31] |
| Gilberto Simoni | Italy | Cycling | While testing positive for cocaine, he was later cleared of charges | [32] |
| Kristina Šmigun |  Estonia | Cross-country skiing | Negative B sample for 19-norandrosterone | [33] |
| Andreas Strand | Norway | Football | Presence of banned substance cannabis was unintended and unknowing | [34] (Norwegian) |
| Gareth Turnbull |  Northern Ireland | Athletics | Presence of banned substance was unintended and unknowing | [35] |
| Anita Valen | Norway | Cycling | While testing positive for caffeine, she was later cleared of charges | [36] |
| Ine Wigernæs | Norway | Cross-country skiing | While testing positive for caffeine, she was later cleared of charges | [37] |
| Olga Yegorova |  Russia | Athletics | The test, while positive for EPO, was technically incorrect | [38] |
