Which country’s athletes faced the broadest restrictions at the 2016 Rio Olympics because of a state-sponsored doping scandal?
Russia
Russia was at the center of the 2016 Olympic doping crisis. The IOC did not impose a total blanket ban on the entire team for Rio, but many Russian athletes were excluded after the revelations of a state-sponsored doping system. That distinction matters: the restrictions were severe, but they were applied sport by sport and athlete by athlete rather than through a full team ban.
