1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Le Grand-Quevilly, France, on October 11–12, 1975. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. For the first time, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event.

1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition7th
DateOctober 11–12
Host cityLe Grand-Quevilly, Haute-Normandie, France France
Events2 + 1 invited
Participation71 + 38 guest athletes from
9 + 5 guest nations

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk   Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1:26:12   Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) 1:26:20   Peter Frenkel (GDR) 1:26:54
50 km walk   Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) 4:03:42   Gerhard Weidner (FRG) 4:09:58   Vladimir Svechnikov (URS) 4:11:31
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)   Soviet Union 117 pts   East Germany 105 pts   West Germany 102 pts
Women
5 km walk   Margareta Simu (SWE) 23:40   Siv Gustavsson (SWE) 24:33   Britt Holmquist (SWE) 24:45
Team (Women)
Team (Women)   Sweden 70 pts   United Kingdom 46 pts   France 42 pts

: Invitation event.

Results

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Men's 20 km

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Place Athlete Nation Time
  Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller   East Germany (GDR) 1:26:12
  Bernd Kannenberg   West Germany (FRG) 1:26:20
  Peter Frenkel   East Germany (GDR) 1:26:54
4 Otto Barch   Soviet Union (URS) 1:27:35
5 Vittorio Visini   Italy (ITA) 1:27:38
6 Brian Adams   Great Britain (GBR) 1:27:46
7 Aleksey Troitskiy   Soviet Union (URS) 1:27:59
8 Olly Flynn   Great Britain (GBR) 1:28:08
9 Yevgeniy Ivchenko   Soviet Union (URS) 1:28:39
10 Mikhail Alekseyev   Soviet Union (URS) 1:28:58
11 Hans-Georg Reimann   East Germany (GDR) 1:29:03
12 Armando Zambaldo   Italy (ITA) 1:29:29
13 Imre Stankovics   Hungary (HUN) 1:29:55
14 Gérard Lelièvre   France (FRA) 1:30:18
15 Domenico Carpentieri   Italy (ITA) 1:30:25
16 Hartwig Gauder   East Germany (GDR) 1:30:37
17 Amos Seddon   Great Britain (GBR) 1:30:42
18 János Tábori   Hungary (HUN) 1:30:53
19 Bengt Simonsen   Sweden (SWE) 1:31:13
20 Göran Aneheim   Sweden (SWE) 1:31:57
21 Sandro Bellucci   Italy (ITA) 1:33:03
22 Alain Moulinet   France (FRA) 1:33:17
23 Daniel Björkgren   Sweden (SWE) 1:33:27
24 Heinz Mayr   West Germany (FRG) 1:33:40
25 Owe Hemmingsson   Sweden (SWE) 1:33:49
26 Bob Kitchen   United States (USA) 1:34:15
27 László Sátor   Hungary (HUN) 1:34:48
28 Roger Mills   Great Britain (GBR) 1:35:23
29 Dominique Guebey   France (FRA) 1:35:42
30 Bernhard Schmidt   West Germany (FRG) 1:37:26
31 Wayne Glusker   United States (USA) 1:38:07
32 Helmut Stolte   West Germany (FRG) 1:39:15
33 Michel Leveque   France (FRA) 1:42:41
Sándor Forian   Hungary (HUN) DQ
Jerry Brown   United States (USA) DQ
John Knifton   United States (USA) DQ

Men's 50 km

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Place Athlete Nation Time
  Yevgeniy Lyungin   Soviet Union (URS) 4:03:42
  Gerhard Weidner   West Germany (FRG) 4:09:58
  Vladimir Svechnikov   Soviet Union (URS) 4:11:31
4 John Warhurst   Great Britain (GBR) 4:14:35
5 Franco Vecchio   Italy (ITA) 4:15:33
6 Ferenc Danovsky   Hungary (HUN) 4:15:59
7 Heinrich Schubert   West Germany (FRG) 4:16:11
8 Werner Galina   East Germany (GDR) 4:16:30
9 Hans Binder   West Germany (FRG) 4:18:08
10 Jean-Pierre Garcia   France (FRA) 4:19:35
11 Max Sjöholm   Sweden (SWE) 4:21:10
12 János Dalmati   Hungary (HUN) 4:21:48
13 Paolo Grecucci   Italy (ITA) 4:23:55
14 Olaf Pilarski   East Germany (GDR) 4:24:59
15 Roy Thorpe   Great Britain (GBR) 4:26:48
16 Hans Michalski   West Germany (FRG) 4:27:31
17 Stig-Olof Elovsson   Sweden (SWE) 4:29:03
18 Lennart Lundgren   Sweden (SWE) 4:30:05
19 Alec Banyard   Great Britain (GBR) 4:30:25
20 Charley Fogg   Great Britain (GBR) 4:31:15
21 August Hirt   United States (USA) 4:31:19
22 Mirko Scussel   Italy (ITA) 4:36:11
23 Luc Gauthier   France (FRA) 4:39:48
24 Claude Sauriat   France (FRA) 4:47:05
25 Karoly Orban   Hungary (HUN) 4:55:37
26 Tom Knatt   United States (USA) 5:01:10
27 Paul Eddig   United States (USA) 5:15:08
Didier David   France (FRA) DQ
Ralf Knütter   East Germany (GDR) DQ
Matthias Kroel   East Germany (GDR) DQ
Kåre Moen   Sweden (SWE) DQ
Veniamin Soldatenko   Soviet Union (URS) DQ
Lajos Lanyl   Hungary (HUN) DNF
Rosario Valore   Italy (ITA) DNF
Ray Somers   United States (USA) DNF

Team (men)

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The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.[2]

Place Country Points
    Soviet Union 117 pts
    East Germany 105 pts
    West Germany 102 pts
4   United Kingdom 102 pts
5   Italy 100 pts
6   Hungary 76 pts
7   Sweden 69 pts
8   France 59 pts
9   United States 24 pts

Women's 5 km

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Place Athlete Nation Time
  Margareta Simu   Sweden (SWE) 23:40
  Siv Gustavsson   Sweden (SWE) 24:33
  Britt Holmquist   Sweden (SWE) 24:45
4 Thorill Gylder   Norway (NOR) 25:05
5 Sue Brodock   United States (USA) 25:07
6 Marion Fawkes   Great Britain (GBR) 25:12
7 Elisabet Olsson   Sweden (SWE) 28:14
8 Monika Karlsson   Sweden (SWE) 28:14
9 Karin Møller   Denmark (DEN) 26:00
10 Ginney Lovell   Great Britain (GBR) 26:05
11 Monika Glöckler   West Germany (FRG) 26:16
12 Nadine Mogis   France (FRA) 26:17
13 Jeanine Piroux   France (FRA) 26:22
14 Dominique Terraz   France (FRA) 26:22
15 Mia Kjølberg   Norway (NOR) 26:34
16 Margot Vetterli    Switzerland (SUI) 26:45
17 Marica Zethof   Netherlands (NED) 26:53
18 Sylvia Saunders/Black   Great Britain (GBR) 27:05
19 Heike Penner   West Germany (FRG) 27:12
20 Laila Nielsen   Denmark (DEN) 27:22
21 Gerd Gylder   Norway (NOR) 27:32
22 Becky Villalvaso   United States (USA) 27:35
23 Tina Thomsen   Denmark (DEN) 27:38
24 Regine Broders   West Germany (FRG) 27:44
25 Eileen Smith   United States (USA) 27:50
26 Ulla Kristiansen   Denmark (DEN) 27:59
27 Sandy Briscoe   United States (USA) 28:14
28 Fröydis Hilsen   Norway (NOR) 28:17
29 Edith Häppt    Switzerland (SUI) 28:35
30 Anne Fröberg   Finland (FIN) 29:12
31 Olivia Lorenz   West Germany (FRG) 29:18
32 Chantal Vallée   France (FRA) 30:09
33 Adri van Dirven   Netherlands (NED) 32:50
Jacqueline Delassaux   France (FRA) DQ
Judy Farr   Great Britain (GBR) DQ
Cynthia Johnson   United States (USA) DQ
Lisa Metheny   United States (USA) DQ
Jacoba Kemna   Netherlands (NED) DNF

: Invitation event.

Team (women)

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Place Country Points
    Sweden 70 pts
    United Kingdom 46 pts
    France 42 pts
4   Norway 40 pts
5   Denmark 31 pts
6   West Germany 29 pts
7   United States 26 pts
8   Netherlands 14 pts

: Invitation event.

Participation

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The participation of 109 athletes (71 men/38 women) from 14 countries is reported.[1]

Qualifying rounds

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From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds for the men's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, the German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, Italy, the United States, and France proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved July 29, 2013
  2. ^ "IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Men's Lugano Trophy(Combining results of 20Km & 50Km)