Thanks for the reply, and for reading. To clarify, I was only talking about the women’s medals which were 100% won by the communist bloc at Moscow. In the men’s events, as Penny Chuter pointed out, doping with testosterone was somewhat ameliorated because of the 2k distance the men rowed and the fact that men already have testosterone at levels far exceeding the natural levels in women. An extra boost of testosterone in males will give some extra strength & power but the percentage increase in a women’s body will be huge. I will update the blog to make clear that the stats are women’s stats. Thanks again
Fascinating, thank you for putting this together! What a relief that only XX people will competing against each other in future Olympic Games!
With respect it is simply not true to write "At Moscow in 1980, 100% of the medals went to communist countries".
The single sculls gold was won by Pertii Karpinen from Finland. Not communist.
Great Britain won silver in the eight. Not communist.
Great Britain won a Bronze in Coxless 4 (Martin Cross was in that boat) and in the pair. Not communist.
Thanks for the reply, and for reading. To clarify, I was only talking about the women’s medals which were 100% won by the communist bloc at Moscow. In the men’s events, as Penny Chuter pointed out, doping with testosterone was somewhat ameliorated because of the 2k distance the men rowed and the fact that men already have testosterone at levels far exceeding the natural levels in women. An extra boost of testosterone in males will give some extra strength & power but the percentage increase in a women’s body will be huge. I will update the blog to make clear that the stats are women’s stats. Thanks again