> Three is presumably a whole lot more on this floating around the Web:
>
> Flo-Jo's doctor believes the world's fastest woman was a drug cheat
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>
> (much more in this story...)
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> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/common/story_page/0,4511,1161376%2
Ahhh. You guys just don't give up with the Flo-Jo drug conspiracy theories,
do you?
What follows is a short abstract of her career, which shows, without a
doubt, with the benefit of hard work, determination and courage - ANYTHING
can happen.
Included are a records of sprinters from 1975-1996 for you Suh-tistikal
types to analyze. Upon analysis, you too will find that Flo-Jo's
breakthrough in 1988 was both predictable and within the norms of
world-class sprinting.
You malcontents should just stop your speculation, because Flo-Jo would
NEVER associate with unsavory types from the underbelly of the sports world.
In the words of John Gotti, "You can't prove nuttin'"
Her career
100 m 200m
1982 11.12[8] 22.39[10]
1983 11.06[6] 22.23[5]
1984 10.99[3] 22.04[5]
1985 11.00[6] 22.46[7]
1986 unranked unranked
1987 10.96[6] 21.96[2]
1988 10.49[1] 21.34[1]
1982-1987 100m (11.12-10.96) avg=11.026 diff=0.16 rankavg=5.8
1988 100m (10.49) diffPR=(-0.47) diffavg=(-0.536)
1982-1987 200m (22.46-21.96) avg=22.216 diff=0.50 rankavg=5.8
1988 200m (21.34) diffPR=(-0.62) diffavg=(-0.876)
1975
1. Renate Stecher DDR 50 11"13
2. Andrea Lynch GBR 52 11"16
3. Silvia Chivas CUB 54 11"17
4. Irena Szewinska POL 46 11"23
5. Lyudmila Maslakova URS 52 11"31
6. Linda Haglund SWE 56 11"35
7. Inge Helten GER 50 11"37
7. Patty Loverock CAN 53 11"37
9. Pam Jiles USA 55 11"38
10. Alice Annum GHA 48 11"40
1976
1. Annegret Richter GER 50 11"01
2. Inge Helten GER 50 11"04
3. Brenda Morehead USA 57 11"08
4. Renate Stecher DDR 50 11"10
5. Chandra Cheesborough USA 59 11"13
6. Chantal Rega FRA 55 11"15
7. Marlise Oelsner DDR 58 11"17
8. Martina Blos DDR 57 11"19
9. Lyudmila Maslakova URS 52 11"20
10. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 11"21
1977
1. Marlise Oelsner DDR 58 10"88
2. Annegret Richter GER 50 11"03
2. Monika Hamann-Meyer DDR 54 11"03
4. Silvia Chivas CUB 54 11"16
5. Brenda Morehead USA 57 11"18
6. Lyudmilla Storozhkova URS 55 11"21
7. Andrea Lynch GBR 52 11"22
7. Sonia Lannaman GBR 56 11"22
9. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 11"25
10. Irena Szewinska POL 46 11"26
1978
1. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"94
2. Brenda Morehead USA 57 11"14
2. Lilieth Hodges JAM 53 11"14
4. Annegret Richter-Irrgang GER 50 11"16
4. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 11"16
4. Marita Koch DDR 57 11"16
7. Silvia Chivas CUB 54 11"17
8. Linda Haglund SWE 56 11"18
9. Monika Hamann-Meyer DDR 54 11"20
10. Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova URS 52 11"23
1979
1. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"97
1. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"97
3. Brenda Morehead USA 57 11"11
4. Marita Koch DDR 57 11"12
5. Lyudmilla Kondratyeva URS 58 11"15
6. Christine Brehmer DDR 58 11"18
7. Angela Taylor CAN 58 11"20
8. Annegret Richter GER 50 11"22
8. Beverly Goddard GBR 56 11"22
10. Liljana Panayotova-Ivanova BUL 56 11"23
1980
1. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"93
2. Marita Koch DDR 57 10"99
3. Romy Muller-Schneider DDR 58 11"02
4. Lyudmilla Kondratyeva URS 58 11"06
5. Ingrid Auerswald DDR 57 11"08
5. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 11"08
7. Sofka Popova BUL 53 11"15
8. Linda Haglund SWE 56 11"16
9. Brenda Morehead USA 57 11"19
10. Sonia Lannaman GBR 56 11"20
10. Heather Hunte GBR 59 11"20
1981
1. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"90
2. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 11"07
3. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 11"09
3. Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 51 11"09
5. Kathryn Smallwood GBR 60 11"10
6. Angela Taylor CAN 58 11"12
7. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 11"13
8. Marita Koch DDR 57 11"16
9. Jeannette Bolden USA 60 11"18
10. Lilieth Hodges JAM 53 11"21
1982
1. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"88
2. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"93
3. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 10"95
4. Angela Taylor CAN 58 11"00
5. Marita Koch DDR 57 11"01
6. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 11"03
7. Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 51 11"10
8. Florence Griffith USA 59 11"12
9. Gesine Walther DDR 62 11"13
10. Diane Williams USA 61 11"14
1983
1. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"79
2. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"81
3. Marita Koch DDR 57 10"83
4. Diane Williams USA 61 10"94
5. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 11"03
6. Florence Griffith USA 59 11"06
7. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 11"07
7. Anelia Nuneva BUL 60 11"07
9. Alice Brown USA 60 11"08
10. Nadezhna Georgieva BUL 61 11"09
1984
1. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"76
2. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"84
3. Florence Griffith USA 59 10"99
4. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 11"01
5. Lyudmilla Kondratyeva URS 58 11"02
6. Diane Williams USA 61 11"04
6. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 11"04
6. Ingrid Auerswald DDR 57 11"04
9. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 60 11"08
10. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 11"10
10. Anelia Nuneva BUL 60 11"10
1985
1. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"86
2. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"92
3. Marita Koch DDR 57 10"97
4. Marina Zhirova URS 63 10"98
5. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 10"99
6. Florence Griffith USA 59 11"00
7. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 60 11"01
8. Alice Brown USA 60 11"02
9. Jeannette Bolden USA 60 11"09
10. Irina Slyusar URS 63 11"11
1986
1. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"88
2. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"91
2. Heike Drechsler DDR 64 10"91
4. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 10"93
4. Ewa Kasprzyk POL 57 10"93
6. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 60 10"99
7. Anelia Nuneva BUL 60 11"04
8. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 11"06
8. Alice Brown USA 60 11"06
10. Jeannette Bolden USA 60 11"08
1987
1. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"86
1. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 10"86
3. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"87
4. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"93
5. Heike Drechsler DDR 64 10"95
6. Florence Griffith USA 59 10"96
7. Angela Taylor-Issajenko CAN 58 10"97
8. Gail Devers USA 66 10"98
8. Angela Balley CAN 62 10"98
10. Alice Brown USA 60 11"01
10. Pam Marshall USA 60 11"01
1988
1. Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 59 10"49
2. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 10"81
3. Sheila Echols USA 64 10"83
4. Anelia Nuneva BUL 60 10"85
5. Diane Williams USA 61 10"86
6. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 10"89
6. Katrin Krabbe DDR 69 10"89
8. Heike Drechsler DDR 64 10"91
9. Alice Brown USA 60 10"92
10. Gail Devers-Roberts USA 66 10"97
1989
1. Dawn Sowell USA 66 10"78
2. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"95
3. Laurence Bily FRA 63 11"04
4. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 11"05
5. Sheila Echols USA 64 11"07
6. Evette De Klerk RSA 65 11"09
7. Silke Gladisch-Moller DDR 64 11"11
7. Kerstin Behrendt DDR 67 11"11
9. Esther Jones USA 69 11"12
9. Gwen Torrence USA 65 11"12
1990
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"78
2. Katrin Krabbe DDR 69 10"89
3. Carlette Guidry USA 68 11"01
4. Sheila Echols USA 64 11"05
4. Michelle Finn USA 65 11"05
6. Evette De Klerk RSA 65 11"06
7. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 11"07
8. Laurence Bily FRA 63 11"09
9. Mary Onyali NIG 68 11"09
10. Silke Gladisch-Moller DDR 64 11"10
10. Galina Malchugina URS 62 11"10
1991
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"79
2. Mary Onyali NIG 68 10"81
3. Katrin Krabbe GER 69 10"91
4. Carlette Guidry USA 68 10"94
5. Gwen Torrence USA 65 10"96
5. Marie Jose Perec FRA 68 10"96
7. Irina Privalova URS 68 10"98
8. Sandra Myers ESP 61 11"06
9. Beatrice Utondu NIG 69 11"08
9. Rufina Uba NIG 59 11"08
1992
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"80
2. Irina Privalova RUS 68 10"82
2. Gail Devers USA 66 10"82
4. Julieth Cuthbert JAM 64 10"83
5. Chioma Ajunwa NIG 70 10"84
6. Gwen Torrence USA 65 10"86
7. Galina Malchugina RUS 62 10"96
8. Ludmylla Narozhilenko RUS 64 11"04
9. Irina Slyusar UKR 63 11"05
10. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 11"07
10. Olga Bogoslovskaya RUS 64 11"07
1993
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"82
1. Gail Devers USA 66 10"82
3. Gwen Torrence USA 65 10"86
4. Irina Privalova RUS 68 10"94
5. Mary Onyali NIG 68 10"97
6. Xiaomei Liu CHN 72 11"02
7. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya UKR 72 11"08
8. Inger Miller USA 72 11"11
9. Marie Jose Perec FRA 68 11"12
9. Holly Hyche USA 71 11"12
1994
1. Irina Privalova RUS 68 10"77
2. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"78
3. Gwen Torrence USA 65 10"82
4. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya UKR 72 10"99
5. Julieth Cuthbert JAM 64 11"01
6. Mary Onyali NIG 68 11"03
6. Holly Hyche USA 71 11"03
8. Cheryl Taplin USA 72 11"07
9. Patricia Girard FRA 68 11"11
10. Gail Devers USA 66 11"12
10. D'andre Hill USA 73 11"12
10. Melanie Paschke GER 70 11"12
1995
1. Gwen Torrence USA 65 10"84
2. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"85
3. Irina Privalova RUS 68 10"90
4. Zhanna Pintusevich UKR 72 11"01
5. Chryste Gaines USA 70 11"02
6. Carlette Guidry USA 68 11"03
7. Gail Devers USA 66 11"04
7. Melanie Paschke GER 70 11"04
9. Julieth Cuthbert JAM 64 11"06
10. Sheila Echols USA 64 11"09
10. Katerina Thanou GRE 75 11"09
1996
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 10"74
2. Gwen Torrence USA 65 10"82
3. Gail Devers USA 66 10"83
4. D'andre Hill USA 73 10"92
5. Chryste Gaines USA 70 10"96
5. Inger Miller USA 72 10"96
7. Mary Onyali NIG 68 11"00
7. Chandra Sturrup BAH 71 11"00
9. Galina Malchugina RUS 62 11"02
10. Irina Privalova RUS 68 11"03
1975
1. Renate Stecher DDR 50 22"44
2. Irena Szewinska POL 46 22"67
3. Chandra Cheesborough USA 59 22"77
4. Pam Jiles USA 55 22"81
5. Karla Bodendorf DDR 53 22"90
6. Ellen Streidt GER 52 22"95
7. Annegret Richter GER 50 23"00
8. Doris Maletzki DDR 52 23"08
9. Andrea Lynch GBR 52 23"15
10. Silvina Gracas Pereira BRA 48 23"17
1976
1. Barbel Eckert DDR 55 22"37
2. Annegret Richter GER 50 22"39
3. Irena Szewinska POL 46 22"41
4. Renate Stecher DDR 50 22"44
5. Karla Bodendorf DDR 53 22"64
6. Inge Helten GER 50 22"68
7. Marita Koch DDR 57 22"70
8. Chantal Rega FRA 55 22"74
9. Sonia Lannaman GBR 56 22"81
9. Margit Sinzel DDR 58 22"81
1977
1. Irena Szewinska POL 46 22"37
2. Marita Koch DDR 57 22"38
3. Barbel Eckert DDR 55 22"52
4. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 22"62
5. Annegret Richter GER 50 22"77
6. Marina Sidorova URS 50 22"81
7. Sonia Lannaman GBR 56 22"83
8. Silvia Chivas CUB 54 22"86
8. Monika Hamann-Meyer DDR 54 22"86
10. Denise Robertson AUS 52 22"87
1978
1. Marita Koch DDR 57 22"06
2. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 22"38
3. Lyudmilla Kondratyeva URS 58 22"52
4. Brenda Morehead USA 57 22"60
5. Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova URS 52 22"62
6. Karla Bodendorf DDR 53 22"64
7. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 22"66
8. Monika Hamann-Meyer DDR 54 22"76
9. Chantal Rega FRA 55 22"77
9. Christine Brehmer DDR 58 22"77
1979
1. Marita Koch DDR 57 21"71
2. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 21"83
3. Lyudmilla Kondratyeva URS 58 22"33
4. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 22"36
5. Christine Brehmer DDR 58 22"61
6. Romy Schneider DDR 58 22"63
7. Kathryn Smallwood GBR 60 22"70
8. Liljana Panayotova-Ivanova BUL 56 22"73
9. Annegret Richter GER 50 22"75
10. Beverly Goddard GBR 56 22"76
1980
1. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 22"01
2. Natalya Bochina URS 62 22"19
3. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"20
4. Lyudmilla Kondratyeva URS 58 22"31
4. Kathryn Smallwood GBR 60 22"31
6. Marita Koch DDR 57 22"34
7. Denise Boyd-Robertson AUS 52 22"35
8. Brenda Morehead USA 57 22"38
9. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 22"45
10. Romy Muller-Schneider DDR 58 22"47
1981
1. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 21"84
2. Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 51 21"97
3. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 22"07
4. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"35
5. Gesine Walther DDR 62 22"42
6. Kirsten Simeon DDR 61 22"50
7. Angela Taylor CAN 58 22"55
8. Kathryn Smallwood GBR 60 22"58
9. Chandra Cheesborough USA 59 22"65
10. Chantal Rega FRA 55 22"72
1982
1. Marita Koch DDR 57 21"76
2. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 22"04
3. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 22"10
4. Kathryn Smallwood GBR 60 22"13
5. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"17
6. Gesine Walther DDR 62 22"24
7. Angela Taylor CAN 58 22"25
8. Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 51 22"36
9. Sabine Rieger DDR 63 22"37
10. Florence Griffith USA 59 22"39
1983
1. Marita Koch DDR 57 21"82
2. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 21"88
3. Chandra Cheesborough USA 59 21"99
4. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"19
5. Florence Griffith USA 59 22"23
6. Kathryn Smallwood-Cook GBR 60 22"26
7. Randy Givens USA 61 22"31
8. Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 51 22"40
9. Alice Brown USA 60 22"41
10. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 22"42
10. Nadezhna Georgieva BUL 61 22"42
1984
1. Marita Koch DDR 57 21"71
2. Marlise Oelsner-Gohr DDR 58 21"74
3. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 60 21"81
4. Barbel Wockel-Eckert DDR 55 21"85
5. Florence Griffith USA 59 22"04
6. Marlene Ottey-Page JAM 60 22"09
7. Kathryn Smallwood-Cook GBR 60 22"10
8. Grace Jackson JAM 61 22"20
9. Gesine Walther DDR 62 22"32
10. Randy Givens USA 61 22"36
1985
1. Marita Koch DDR 57 21"78
2. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 21"93
3. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 60 21"98
4. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 22"12
5. Pam Marshall USA 60 22"39
6. Olga Vladykina URS 63 22"44
7. Florence Griffith USA 59 22"46
7. Marina Zhirova URS 63 22"46
9. Elvira Barbashina URS 63 22"50
10. Kirsten Simeon-Emmelmann DDR 61 22"55
1986
1. Heike Drechsler DDR 64 21"71
2. Evelyn Ashford USA 57 21"97
3. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 22"07
4. Pam Marshall USA 60 22"12
5. Ewa Kasprzyk POL 57 22"13
6. Marita Koch DDR 57 22"20
7. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 60 22"24
8. Elvira Barbashina URS 63 22"27
9. Marie Christine Cazier FRA 63 22"32
10. Grace Jackson JAM 61 22"39
1987
1. Silke Gladisch DDR 64 21"74
2. Florence Griffith USA 59 21"96
3. Anelia Nuneva BUL 60 22"01
4. Pam Marshall USA 60 22"06
4. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"06
6. Heike Drechsler DDR 64 22"18
7. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 60 22"28
8. Grace Jackson JAM 61 22"34
9. Lillie Litherwood USA 64 22"38
10. Gwen Torrence USA 65 22"40
1988
1. Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 59 21"34
2. Grace Jackson JAM 61 21"72
3. Heike Drechsler DDR 64 21"84
4. Pam Marshall USA 60 21"93
5. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 21"99
6. Gwen Torrence USA 65 22"02
7. Silke Gladisch-Moller DDR 64 22"09
8. Valerie Brisco USA 60 22"11
9. Dannette Young USA 64 22"23
10. Maya Azarashvili URS 64 22"24
1989
1. Dawn Sowell USA 66 22"04
2. Evette De Klerk RSA 65 22"06
3. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"21
4. Silke Gladisch-Moller DDR 64 22"23
5. Dannette Young USA 64 22"29
6. Grace Jackson JAM 61 22"36
6. Marie Josee Perec FRA 68 22"36
8. Mary Onyali NIG 68 22"45
9. Pauline Davis BAH 66 22"50
10. Esther Jones USA 69 22"53
1990
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 21"66
2. Katrin Krabbe DDR 69 21"95
3. Heike Drechsler DDR 64 22"19
4. Galina Malchugina URS 62 22"23
5. Mary Onyali NIG 68 22"31
6. Evette De Klerk RSA 65 22"36
7. Sandra Myers ESP 61 22"38
8. Dannette Young USA 64 22"40
8. Silke Beate Knoll GER 67 22"40
10. Grace Jackson JAM 61 22"42
1991
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 21"64
2. Katrin Krabbe GER 69 21"96
3. Gwen Torrence USA 65 22"07
4. Irina Privalova URS 68 22"11
5. Dannette Young USA 64 22"24
6. Marie Jose Perec FRA 68 22"26
7. Grit Breuer GER 72 22"45
8. Galina Malchugina URS 62 22"49
9. Kim Walker USA 68 22"57
10. Heike Drechsler GER 64 22"58
1992
1. Gwen Torrence USA 65 21"72
2. Julieth Cuthbert JAM 64 21"75
3. Irina Privalova RUS 68 21"93
4. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 21"94
5. Marie Jose Perec FRA 68 22"20
6. Galina Malchugina RUS 62 22"22
7. Carlette Guidry-White USA 68 22"24
8. Silke Beate Knoll GER 67 22"29
9. Michelle Finn USA 65 22"39
10. Pauline Davis BAH 66 22"44
1993
1. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 21"77
2. Irina Privalova RUS 68 21"88
3. Gwen Torrence USA 65 21"92
4. Marie Jose Perec FRA 68 21"99
5. Galina Malchugina RUS 62 22"22
6. Mary Onyali NIG 68 22"32
7. Inger Miller USA 72 22"33
8. Holly Hyche USA 71 22"34
9. Natalya Voronova RUS 65 22"35
10. Cathy Freeman AUS 73 22"37
1994
1. Gwen Torrence USA 65 21"85
2. Irina Privalova RUS 68 22"02
3. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"07
4. Cathy Freeman AUS 73 22"25
5. Galina Malchugina RUS 62 22"29
5. Dannette Young USA 64 22"29
7. Melinda Gainsford AUS 71 22"32
8. Mary Onyali NIG 68 22"35
9. Carlette Guidry USA 68 22"38
10. Holly Hyche USA 71 22"41
1995
1. Gwen Torrence USA 65 21"77
2. Irina Privalova RUS 68 21"87
3. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 21"93
4. Melinda Gainsford AUS 71 22"33
5. Galina Malchugina RUS 62 22"36
6. Mary Onyali NIG 68 22"38
7. Carlette Guidry USA 68 22"45
7. Silke Beate Knoll GER 67 22"45
9. Julieth Cuthbert JAM 64 22"48
10. Cathy Freeman AUS 73 22"50
1996
1. Mary Onyali NIG 68 22"07
1. Marie Jose Perec FRA 68 22"07
3. Marlene Ottey JAM 60 22"08
4. Carlette Guidry USA 68 22"14
5. Galina Malchugina RUS 62 22"18
5. Dannette Young-Stone USA 64 22"18
7. Julieth Cuthbert JAM 64 22"24
8. Gwen Torrence USA 65 22"25
8. Inger Miller USA 72 22"25
10. Irina Privalova RUS 68 22"27
