Part of it would be the lower number of spots. One of the wrestling finals was two Cubans but one had to move because the other guy was always beating him out.
The other reason is East Germany's state sanctioned steroid programs.
Speaking of which...
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Of course you fell for more US and western propaganda.
The WADA stats show US as one of the bigger doping nations. This is another example of Americans fearing they will be surpassed in “their” historically white dominated sports like swimming. 1.2% doping rate for US, 0.2% for China.
Yet Chinese swimmers got tested 21 times on avg in Paris, next closest US at 6 times.
The contaminated samples that WADA waived for China which was published by the NY Times? Oh the same scenario happened to the US but it doesnt fit the narrative.
It gets better. Turns out US doping agency actively covered up positive tests for many years.
Good thing Pan Zhanle shut all the white supremists up as the world record holder coming into Paris for the mens 100m freestyle on the way to gold, and anchored the men’s 4 by 100 medley relay in which the US didnt win gold for the first time ever in an olympics they participated in.