On the 50th anniversary of East Germany's State Research Plan 14:25, State of Swimming is publishing a series of extracts from our archive of some of the many aspects of the GDR doping era. The archive items are, in the main, available to subscribers who support our work, with an overview also available to those who register with us to read free content.

The 50th Anniversary Of GDR State Research Plan 14:25 - Doping Crime Of 20th Century

The East Germany government enacted its doping program as an official state secret called Plan 14:25 this day 50 years ago. We mark the moment with the following extract and overview, alongside other posts in our archive for subscribers who help fund our work. Thank you

State Of Swimming +Craig Lord

To accompany that overview ahead of more from our archive later in the day, below the links to other archive articles in this package is a compilation of medals statistics for the GDR women’s swimming team, 1973-1989, with comparisons to the GDR men, the women from the USA women and the rest of the world, medals, record and impact.

From the Archive - GDR: The Need For Justice & Reconciliation

Sharron Davies Lifts SOS Courage Cup On Front Line Of Fight To Save Women’s Sport

To mark the 50th anniversary of East Germany’s doping State Research Plan 14:25, we recall how Sharron Davies’ lead role in the fight to save women’s sport links the events of the Cold War in the 1970s and 1980s to today’s battle to ring fence women’s sport for females only

State Of Swimming +Craig Lord

Ford’s Book Has Bach Backing Fight To “Right Wrongs” Of GDR Doping After Decades Of IOC Inaction

On the 50th anniversary of the official birth of the GDR’s State Plan 14:25 doping program, we recall the first sign of hope that the IOC knows the truth and may one day act on it, Thomas Bach having indicated as much in Michelle Ford’s Turning The Tide with this author

State Of Swimming +Craig Lord

Justice For Jim Thorpe Removes Last Hope Of IOC Clinging To ‘Statute Of Limitations’ Excuse For Taking No Action On GDR Doping

To mark the 50th anniversary of the GDR’s doping State Research Plan 14:25 we recall the third IOC’s decision in 110 years on Jim Thorpe’s Olympic golds of 1912, the last move removing one of the last ludicrous excuses for failing to embrace a reconciliation and justice process for the GDR era

State Of Swimming +Craig Lord