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in Moscow, at which representatives
of the OCOG-80 reported on the extent
to which the doping control service
was ready for the Games. At the
same time an international symposium
"Doping Control in Sports" was held
in Moscow, with 42 scientists from 10
countries taking part in it.
The doping laboratories of the
All-Union Research Institute of Physical
Culture, along with those of the
Leningrad Research Institute of Physical
Culture, conducted all the preparatory
work for analysing the samples
taken from the athletes.
Gasochromatographic and radioimmunological
methods were used to
screen for drugs. The chromato-massspectrometry
method was employed to
identify the substances used.
The preparatory research work
conducted by the Leningrad doping
laboratory in improving the radioimmunological
method of determining
anabolic steroids made it possible to
considerably reduce the time it took to
do the screening.
In the period from July 10 to 14,
1980, control samples were received
from the IOC Medical Commission for
identifying the presence of doping
substances in biological media. The
doping laboratories tackled this assignment
successfully and the Doping
Control Centre, pending a decision
from the IOC Medical Commission,
was officially accredited for conducting
doping control at the Games of
the XXII Olympiad.
The control procedure was as follows:
the athlete, on receiving an
invitation to take a doping control
test, went to the doping station at the
given sports installation, accompanied
Sport
Athletics
Rowing
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Weightlifting
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Wrestling
Swimming, diving, water polo
Modern pentathlon
Equestrian sports
Shooting
Archery
Volleyball
Yachting
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by a representative of the board of
referees and judges. After being identified
there, he would provide a sample
in the presence of a doping station
worker and IF and IOC Medical Commission
representatives. The samples
were then taken in sealed bags
(documentation was transported in
sealed suitcases) to the Doping Control
Centre laboratory by special
couriers (under guard) in cars with
radiostations. A total of 477 car trips
were made during the Games, 343 of
which were for carrying the samples
and 134 for the competitors.
All in all 1,667 athletes and 22
horses were checked during the
Games. 43 athletes (modern pentathlon)
were tested for the presence of
alcohol.
During the Games the sportsmen
taking part in the following sports
were tested in accordance with the
doping control rules approved by the
IOC Medical Commission and agreed
upon with the IFs. See table below.
Of the total number of athletes who
had samples taken (1,667), 833 also
underwent analysis for anabolic
steroids.
All in all the Doping Control Centre
laboratory made 9,302 tests.
The femininity test laboratory
examined 995 competitors in sports
restricted to women and they were
all passed. The certificates of another
200 women which had been issued
earlier were recognised as valid.
Alexandre de Mérode, president of
the IOC Medical Commission,
noted:
"During the Moscow Olympics not
a single case has been registered of
athletes using drugs or any other
Total
Samples planned
to be taken
190
60
130
44
55
74
72
80
39
50
114
52
32
100
216
83
(+43 alcohol
tests)
37
35
22
132
30
1,647
Samples
actually
taken
202
60
130
44
55
77
72
80
42
50
114
52
32
101
218
83
(+43 alcohol
tests)
36
35
22
132
30
1,667
Samples being packed