nicholas delpopolo, Delpopolo was disqualified by the International Olympic Committee after they discovered metabolites of cannabis in a urine sample taken on 30 July.
He insisted he had not known the food contained the banned substance but that was not deemed a sufficient defence.
Delpopolo was tested after he lost to Mongolian Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal in the repechage stage at the ExCel Arena.
The IOC's ruling dictated that his name should be struck from the judo records in London and the International Judo Federation should consider issuing any further punishments available in their rulebook.
Delpopolo had waived his right to a hearing in the case and is due to return home to the United States on 7 August.
According to the IOC, the Serbian-born judoka "indicated that he was embarrassed by this mistake".
He has apologised to the United States Olympic Committee and his team-mates.The American judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been expelled from the Olympic Games after testing positive for marijuana.
Delpopolo, who had finished seventh in the 73kg judo event, accepted his expulsion and apologised to his team-mates but said that the positive test had been caused by inadvertently eating food that he did not realise had been baked with the recreational drug. The athlete had eaten the food before leaving for the Games."My positive test was caused by my inadvertent consumption of food that I did not realise had been baked with marijuana before I left for the Olympic Games," said Delpopolo. "I apologise to the US Olympic Committee, to my team-mates and to my fans, and I am embarrassed by this mistake. I look forward to representing my country in the future and will rededicate myself to being the best judo athlete that I can be,"
The athlete waived the right for his case to be heard before the disciplinary commission and the USOC said it fully supported the expulsion. "The USOC is absolutely committed to clean competition and stringent anti-doping penalties. Any positive test, for any banned substance, comes with the appropriate consequences and we absolutely support the disqualification. We look forward to witnessing the continued success of our athletes and commend their dedication to clean sport
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