It's not pointless at all. East Germany had a very well documented doping program of these specific athletes, and so it is known that they were doping and that those impossible world records were doped. They have got to be scrubbed from the books but are not because they are being protected by powerful IAAF interests in Germany, Russia, and former Eastern Bloc Countries voting en bloc. You just do not have that kind of documented record of doping for many of the other world record holders. Now, if they tested positive for doping later, I would support all their records being stricken from the books, including Randy Barnes. Now, of course, other dopers might then take those records. And you'd have to do some actual research to see whether there was good reason to invalidate those records. But start with erasing Marita Koch, Jarmila Kratochvilova. Then go after a bunch of these characters:
Women's Shot Put
1 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Moskva 07.06.1987
2 22.55 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Tallinn 05.07.1988
3 22.53 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Sochi 27.05.1984
3 22.53 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Kiev 14.08.1988
5 22.45 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Potsdam 11.05.1980
6 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Moskva 24.07.1980
7 22.40 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Berlin 03.06.1983
8 22.38 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Karl-Marx-Stadt 25.05.1980
9 22.36 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Celje 02.05.1980
10 22.34 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Berlin 07.05.1980
10 22.34 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Cottbus 18.07.1980
12 22.32 Helena Fibingerová CZE 13.07.49 1 Nitra 20.08.1977
13 22.24 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Seoul 01.10.1988
14 22.22 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Potsdam 13.07.1980
15 22.19 Claudia Losch GER 10.01.60 1 Hainfeld 23.08.1987
16 22.13 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Split 29.04.1980
17 22.06 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Berlin 15.08.1978
17 22.06 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Moskva 06.08.1988
19 22.05 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Berlin 28.05.1980
19 22.05 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Potsdam 31.05.1980
21 22.04 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Potsdam 04.07.1979
21 22.04 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Potsdam 29.07.1979
23 21.99 Helena Fibingerová CZE 13.07.49 1 Opava 26.09.1976
24 21.98 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Berlin 17.07.1979
25 21.96 Helena Fibingerová CZE 13.07.49 1 Ostrava 08.06.1977
25 21.96 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Praha 16.08.1984
25 21.96 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Vilnius 28.08.1988
28 21.95 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Edinburgh 29.07.1988
29 21.92 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Sochi 01.06.1988
30 21.91 Helena Fibingerová CZE 13.07.49 1 München 17.06.1977
31 21.89 Ivanka Khristova BUL 19.11.41 1 Belmeken 04.07.1976
32 21.87 Ivanka Khristova BUL 19.11.41 1 Belmeken 03.07.1976
32 21.87 Helena Fibingerová CZE 13.07.49 1 Fürth 10.06.1978
32 21.87 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Sofia 22.05.1983
35 21.86 Marianne Adam GDR 19.09.51 1 Leipzig 23.06.1979
35 21.86 Natalya Lisovskaya RUS 16.07.62 1 Praha 09.06.1984
37 21.85 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Berlin 15.07.1984
38 21.81 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Los Angeles 26.06.1983
39 21.80 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Potsdam 18.08.1982
40 21.79 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Potsdam 16.07.1977
40 21.79 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Sofia 19.08.1978
42 21.78 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Jena 17.05.1980
42 21.78 Ilona Slupianek GDR 24.09.56 1 Dresden 01.07.1982
44 21.76 Helena Fibingerová CZE 13.07.49 1 Praha 25.08.1978
(The next athlete is Chinese from the early 1990s)
Women's Discus
All-time women's best discus throw
1 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch GER 23.09.63 1 Neubrandenburg 09.07.1988
2 74.56 Zdenka Silhavá CZE 15.06.54 1 Nitra 26.08.1984
2 74.56 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 1 Neubrandenburg 23.07.1989
4 74.44 Gabriele Reinsch GER 23.09.63 1 Berlin 13.09.1988
5 74.40 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 2 Berlin 13.09.1988
6 74.08 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1cA Karl-Marx-Stadt 20.06.1987
7 73.90 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Praha 27.06.1987
8 73.84 Daniela Costian ROU 30.04.65 1 Bucuresti 30.04.1988
9 73.78 Daniela Costian ROU 30.04.65 1 Bucuresti 24.04.1988
10 73.42 Gabriele Reinsch GER 23.09.63 1 Karl-Marx-Stadt 12.06.1988
11 73.36 Irina Meszynski GDR 24.03.62 1 Praha 17.08.1984
12 73.32 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Neubrandenburg 11.06.1987
13 73.28 Galina Savinkova RUS 15.07.53 1 Donetsk 08.09.1984
14 73.26 Galina Savinkova RUS 15.07.53 1 Leselidze 21.05.1983
14 73.26 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Neubrandenburg 06.06.1986
16 73.24 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Leipzig 29.05.1987
17 73.22 Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 14.03.62 1 Kazanlak 19.04.1987
18 73.10 Gisela Beyer GDR 16.07.60 1 Berlin 20.07.1984
19 73.04 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Potsdam 06.06.1987
19 73.04 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 1 Gateshead 05.08.1989
21 72.96 Galina Savinkova RUS 15.07.53 1 Erfurt 23.06.1985
22 72.94 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 2 Neubrandenburg 09.07.1988
23 72.92 Martina Hellmann GER 12.12.60 1 Potsdam 20.08.1987
24 72.90 Daniela Costian ROU 30.04.65 1 Bucuresti 14.05.1988
25 72.78 Martina Hellmann GER 12.12.60 2 Neubrandenburg 11.06.1987
25 72.78 Gabriele Reinsch GER 23.09.63 1 Berlin 29.06.1988
27 72.72 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 1 Neubrandenburg 23.06.1989
28 72.70 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 1 Karl-Marx-Stadt 15.07.1988
29 72.54 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Rostock 25.06.1988
30 72.52 Martina Hellmann GER 12.12.60 1 Frohburg 15.06.1986
30 72.52 Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 14.03.62 1 Budapest 11.08.1986
32 72.44 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Potsdam 07.07.1987
33 72.38 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Berlin 25.08.1987
34 72.36 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Potsdam 21.05.1987
35 72.32 Martina Hellmann GER 12.12.60 1 Leipzig 13.07.1984
35 72.32 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Schwerin 03.06.1987
37 72.30 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Potsdam 22.05.1986
37 72.30 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Erfurt 01.06.1986
37 72.30 Martina Hellmann GER 12.12.60 1 Seoul 29.09.1988
40 72.28 Gisela Beyer GDR 16.07.60 1 Berlin 15.07.1984
41 72.24 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 3 Neubrandenburg 09.07.1988
42 72.18 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 1 Macerata 05.09.1989
43 72.14 Galina Murashova LTU 22.12.55 2 Praha 17.08.1984
44 72.12 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 1 Tallinn 21.06.1986
44 72.12 Martina Hellmann GER 12.12.60 2 Leipzig 29.05.1987
46 72.06 Daniela Costian ROU 30.04.65 1 Bucuresti 07.05.1988
47 72.02 Irina Meszynski GDR 24.03.62 2 Berlin 20.07.1984
47 72.02 Martina Hellmann GER 12.12.60 1 Haniá 22.05.1988
47 72.02 Daniela Costian ROU 30.04.65 1 Bucuresti 04.06.1988
50 72.00 Zdenka Silhavá CZE 15.06.54 1 Litomysl 28.07.1984
51 71.98 Ilke Wyludda GER 28.03.69 2 Karl-Marx-Stadt 12.06.1988
52 71.90 Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 14.03.62 1 Stara Zagora 19.07.1986
53 71.88 Gabriele Reinsch GER 23.09.63 2 Rostock 25.06.1988
53 71.88 Diana Gansky GDR 14.12.63 2 Seoul 29.09.1988
55 71.86 Gabriele Reinsch GER 23.09.63 2 Neubrandenburg 23.06.1989
56 71.80 Maria Petkova BUL 03.11.50 1 Sofia 13.07.1980
56 71.80 Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 14.03.62 1 Bratislava 14.06.1986
58 71.68 Zdenka Silhavá CZE 15.06.54 1 Praha 15.05.1988
(The next athlete is Chinese from 1992!)
Also, some interesting examples here:
All-time Women's best 4x400m relay
1 3:15.17 Soviet Union 1 Seoul 01.10.1988
Tatyana Ledovskaya (50.12) 21.05.66 BLR
Olga Nazarova II (47.82) 01.06.65 RUS
Mariya Pinigina (49.43) 09.02.58 UKR
Olga Bryzgina (47.80) 30.06.63 UKR
2 3:15.51 United States 2 Seoul 01.10.1988
Denean Hill (49.82) 05.10.64 USA
Diane Dixon (49.17) 23.09.64 USA
Valerie Brisco (48.44) 06.07.60 USA
Florence Griffith-Joyner (48.08) 21.12.59 USA
3 3:15.92 German Democratic Republic 1 Erfurt 03.06.1984
Gesine Walther (49.8) 06.10.62 GDR
Sabine Busch (48.9) 21.11.62 GER
Dagmar Neubauer (49.4) 03.06.62 GER
Marita Koch (47.70) 18.02.57 GDR
4 3:16.71 United States 1 Stuttgart 22.08.1993
Gwen Torrence (49.03) 12.06.65 USA
Maicel Malone (49.44) 12.06.69 USA
Natasha Kaiser-Brown (49.51) 14.05.67 USA
Jearl Miles-Clark (48.78) 04.09.66 USA
5 3:16.87 German Democratic Republic 1 Stuttgart 31.08.1986
Kirsten Emmelmann (50.9) 19.04.61 GDR
Sabine Busch (48.8) 21.11.62 GER
Petra Schersing (49.0) 18.07.65 GER
Marita Koch (48.21) 18.02.57 GDR
Compare Koch's split of 47.70 in 1984 with Flo-Jo's 48.08 in 1988 and Olga Brzygina's 47.80 to beat Flo Jo in 1988.