A thought experiment for the people who claim there is no advantage, let's look at the 800m world records: Women (1:53,28 min): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/

A thought experiment for the people who claim there is no advantage, let's look at the 800m world records: Women (1:53,28 min): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmila_Kratochv%C3%ADlov%C3%A1 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmila_Kratochv%C3%ADlov%C3%A... Men (1:40,91): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rudisha https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rudisha At the time of her world record, Kratochvílová basically looked like a man (draw your own conclusions about doping). So I find it very hard to believe that a male record holder would drop below her record just by taking hormones.