NOVA · SEASON 6
Race for the Gold
Episode 14 · 1979-10-30
- Documentary
Episode overview
At the 1976 Olympics, East German athletes walked off with 40 of the coveted gold medals, though their country is only the size of New Jersey. NOVA investigates whether a drug is responsible for their incredible success—or is American athletic training and commitment falling behind that of the Communist world?
55 minutes
Season 6 episodes
1. Black Tide1979-01-04
2. Long Walk Of Fred Young1979-01-11
3. A World Of Difference1979-01-18
4. Cashing In On The Ocean1979-02-01
5. Patterns From The Past1979-02-08
6. The Invisible Flame1979-02-22
7. The End Of The Rainbow1979-03-01
8. The Beersheva Experiment1979-03-08
9. Einstein1979-03-15
10. The Keys Of Paradise1979-03-29
11. A Plague on our Children1979-10-02
12. Life on a Silken Thread1979-10-09
13. Sweet Solutions1979-10-16
14. Race for the Gold1979-10-30
15. All Part of the Game1979-11-06
16. India: Machinery of Hope1979-11-20
17. The Bridge that Spanned the World1979-12-04
18. Termites to Telescopes1979-12-11
19. Blindness: Five Points of Views1979-12-18
