10 Facts About Dieter Baumann

Dieter Baumann won the silver medal in the same event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

In 1999, Baumann tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug nandrolone and received a two-year suspension from athletic competition.

Dieter Baumann missed the next season due to injury, but was back at the European Championships in 1994.

However, a few days after the disappointment of Gothenburg, Dieter Baumann ran one of the fastest races in his career when he broke his national record to come second in Zurich behind Haile Gebrselassie.

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Dieter Baumann would find it a difficult challenge to successfully defend his Olympic title, because the other athletes had been setting much faster times than Dieter Baumann's during 1995 and 1996 seasons.

On 19 October 1999, Dieter Baumann tested positive for nandrolone and received a two-year suspension, thus missing the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Dieter Baumann was voluntarily tested after the initial results by an independent institute.

Dieter Baumann tried to sue the IAAF before a German court but was unsuccessful.

Those defending Dieter Baumann have pointed to the fact that the levels of nandrolone found in his body were completely abnormal for any athlete wishing to enhance his performance.

Dieter Baumann's opponents argued that he had no conclusive proof for his version of the story and could not name a suspect.