The 1976 Olympic Decathlon that catapulted him to fame was only open to men. The female counterpart event was a pentathlon. If he was truly consistent he should return his gold medal and everyone else moves up a notch. I looked up the results. Silver went to Guido Kratschmer of West Germany.
And then there’s former East German shot putter Heidi (Now Andreas) Krieger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Krieger
And all the sympathetic pentathlon women should award their gold medals to Bruce.