I was looking through the Official Olympic Report online from the 1980 Moscow games looking for an athlete I used to know. The link of the report is: http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf On page 47, 400 meter hurdles, in the top third of the page, instead of a time, the letters "ab" are listed for a couple competetors and "np" are listed for another. One of the "ab"s is the athlete in question and I was just wondering what this means. I thought it could mean absent but it just seems strange that someone would make it all the way to the olympics and then not show up to their race. I realize that there is a slim chance of someone knowing what the "ab" is because this is such a specific question but you never know... Thanks
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