Khosla T
Br J Sports Med. 1977 Apr;11(1):20-5. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.11.1.20.
The United States of America dominated 58 events in athletics, field and swimming, which between them accounted for 35 per cent of all events in the Munich Olympiad. 1972; these events favour taller individuals. But, in 25 per cent of other events (1) cycling, (2) fencing, (3) gymnastics, (4) judo, (5) weightlifting and (6) Graeco Roman wrestling the U.S.A. did not win a single medal. The failure of the U.S.A. to maintain her lead in Munich was largely due to weaknesses in these other events in many of which the potential medallists can be derived from the lower half of the height distribution (events 3 to 6). These weaknesses are Russia's strength and they continued to remain unstrengthened at Montreal. Also, the domination held by the U.S.A. in swimming was seriously challenged by East Germany. The present trends indicate that the U.S.A.'s ranking is likely to slip further to the third position in Moscow 1980. Factors inhibiting the survival of the Olympics are pointed.
美国在田径、田赛和游泳项目中称霸了58个赛事，这些赛事在1972年慕尼黑奥运会的所有赛事中占比35%。这些项目更青睐身材较高的运动员。但是，在其他25%的赛事（1. 自行车；2. 击剑；3. 体操；4. 柔道；5. 举重；6. 古典式摔跤）中，美国一枚奖牌都未获得。美国在慕尼黑未能保持领先地位，很大程度上是因为这些其他赛事存在弱点，其中许多赛事的潜在奖牌获得者可能来自身高分布的下半部分（赛事3至6）。这些弱点却是苏联的优势，而且在蒙特利尔奥运会上这些弱点依然没有得到改善。此外，美国在游泳项目中的主导地位受到了东德的严重挑战。目前的趋势表明，美国在1980年莫斯科奥运会上的排名可能会进一步下滑至第三位。文中指出了阻碍奥运会存续的一些因素。
