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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by rdtsc on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:53AM (#12262664)
Looking there up until 2004 I see mostly SU, Romania, China. There is only a single gold for US in 1984 by Retton and a silver for Miller in 92.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_g...

That kind of jives with my recollection how medals were distributed.

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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by in_cahoots on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @12:09PM (#12262783)
You're ignoring the team all-around. The US got silver in 84, bronze in 92, gold in 96, and bronze in 2000. I think it's fair to say that the US as a team was one of the dominant forces in that time period, even if they didn't have the individual medalists.
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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by rangibaby on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @12:00PM (#12262719)
Also remember that the USSR (and friends) didn't attend the 1984 Olympics.
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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by rdtsc on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @12:02PM (#12262741)
Ah! Makes sense, forgot about that.
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