# Six Million Dollar Man at the Olympics? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 12, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067 "2013-02-12T06:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/1 "2013-02-12T06:07:48Z")
Not sure if this belongs here or in Cafe Society. So long as they draw blood from his flesh-and-bone arm – and test urine that remains unchanged, and so on – could a hypothetical Colonel Austin rack up Olympic gold while keeping his mechanical legs and mechanical arm undeclared and undiscovered? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/2 "2013-02-12T06:29:07Z")
Would a bionic man be required to to take anti-rejection drugs to remain healthy? That might show up on drug screen. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/3 "2013-02-12T06:32:24Z")
they could tell from when the sound effect plays ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/4 "2013-02-12T07:33:02Z")
Depends on the sport, I guess. In weight lifting, is using both arms a requirement? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/5 "2013-02-12T13:28:11Z")
As a 70s-type TV action hero, The Six Million Dollar Man is a bit of a square. He would think it is unfair to compete in the Olympics because of the immense advantage that his bionics would grant him. Now he might go undercover as an athlete or trainer in order to stop the villain who wants to detonate a germ bomb, but he wouldn’t actually compete in the Olympic games. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/6 "2013-02-12T15:26:02Z")
Anyone know if his bionic bits set off metal detectors? That would be pretty hard to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/7 "2013-02-12T18:24:21Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Anyone know if his bionic bits set off metal detectors? That would be pretty hard to avoid. Again, that’s sort of my question: not so much whether his parts would set off metal detectors, but whether the folks asking for blood and urine samples in fact break out said metal detectors. Likewise, [QUOTE=Elmer J. Fudd] Would a bionic man be required to to take anti-rejection drugs to remain healthy? That might show up on drug screen. [/QUOTE] Are anti-rejection drugs banned? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/8 "2013-02-12T22:16:25Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > they could tell from when the sound effect plays This, right here, would be a dead giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/9 "2013-02-12T22:22:29Z")
C’mon, people. He did everything in slow-motion, from running to jumping to curling truck engines. Who’s not going to notice that? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/10 "2013-02-13T13:53:39Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > C’mon, people. He did everything in slow-motion, from running to jumping to curling truck engines. He looked fine in the opening credits. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/11 "2013-02-15T01:12:34Z")
Even if his prosthetics were known, would they be allowed? There are already a few top-end athletes with prosthetics: IIRC, there’s an NFL player with an artificial foot. Presumably, once Austin-style superhuman prosthetics become commonplace, they’ll make a rule against them, but apparently they haven’t yet. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-at-the-olympics/650067/12 "2013-02-15T02:12:49Z")
I recall one episode where Steve had to go to an Olympic training facility to speak with a gymnast (played by Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby, if memory serves). A Russian weight lifter gets snarky with him, so Steve picks up the fully loaded barbell with one hand and sets it back on its stand. The Russian is dumbfounded, and the Cathy Rigby character so impressed she wound up in his bed by the end of the episode. Ah, the 70s!