Karl Adam died one year after this book was published. He introduced

intervall training and weightlifing into competitive rowing and taught

his crews to change the leverage of oars and sculls according to the

types of boats and the wind conditions. His traing methods resulted

in a domination of (West)German rowing from 1959-1968.

      The answer is wrong:

      M. Wood won 1948 (London)

   and came second 1952 (Helsinki)