The 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships (Italian: Campionati del mondo a squadre di marcia 2016) was the 27th edition of the global team racewalking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held in Rome, Italy from 7 to 8 May 2016. It was the first edition of the tournament under its new name, having previously been known as the IAAF World Race Walking Cup since 1989.[1][2]
| 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 27th |
| Date | 7–8 May |
| Host city | Rome, Italy |
| Events | 5 |
| Participation | 398 athletes from 55 nations |
| Official website | roma2016.org/ |
Overview
editThe programme remained unchanged, with senior men's races over 20 km and 50 km, a 20 km senior women's race, and junior category events for both sexes over 10 km.[3] However, following the approval by the IAAF of the women's 50 km walk as an official event, for the first time women were permitted to enter the 50 km. A separate women's 50 km was not scheduled, but women were allowed to enter the men's event and were treated as equal competitors for team scoring.[4]
The local organising committee was headed by Alfio Giomi, the head of the Italian Athletics Federation, and included Maurizio Damilano, a former Olympic champion in racewalking.[4] The competition was organised at relatively short notice – Cheboksary was originally chosen as the host city but the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation for systemic doping issues by the IAAF meant the host bidding was reopened.[5][6] Rome was the clear winner in the bidding process in January 2016, with nine votes compared to Guayaquil and Kyiv's four and two for Monterrey.[7] It was the fourth time that the competition was held in Italy, with previous editions having visited the country in 1963, 1965 and 2002.[3]
The course was set on the streets of Rome around the Baths of Caracalla. It was a flat looped route, with one loop for the junior races and two for the senior races. The start point was beside the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum and finishing point was the Stadio delle Terme di Caracalla.[4]
Chinese athletes won both the junior races: Ma Zhenxia took the women's title and Zhang Jun the men's.[8][9]
The competition was broadcast on television in the host country by Rai Sport 1 and Rai Sport 2.[10]
In June 2016, the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, reported that gold medalist in the 50 km men's competition Alex Schwazer had again tested positive to a banned substance. He has since announced at a press conference that he had not taken anabolic steroids, despite his sample from January 1, testing positive on May 12.[11] On 11 August 2016, Schwarzer was stripped of his title and banned for 8 years, due to positive doping test.[12][13]
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2016 | ||
| 09:30 | 10 km junior women | |
| 10:35 | 10 km junior men | |
| 16:00 | Opening ceremony | |
| 16:30 | 20 km women | |
| 18:15 | 20 km men | |
| 8 May 2016 | ||
| 09:00 | 50 km men |
All times are local times UTC+2
Medal summary
editMen
edit| Race | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 20 km walk |  Wang Zhen (CHN) |
1:19:22 | Cai Zelin (CHN) |
1:19:34 |  Álvaro Martín (ESP) |
1:19:36 |
| Men's 20 km walk team | China (CHN) Wang Zhen Cai Zelin Wang Kaihua Li Tianlei Chen Ding |
16 |  Canada (CAN)Benjamin Thorne Iñaki Gomez Evan Dunfee Mathieu Bilodeau |
27 |  Ecuador (ECU)Andrés Chocho Mauricio Arteaga Brian Pintado Jordy Jiménez |
41 |
| Junior men's 10 km walk | Zhang Jun (CHN) |
40:23 | Manuel Bermúdez (ESP) |
40:27 |  Noel Alí Chama (MEX) |
40:29 |
| Junior men's 10 km walk team | Mexico (MEX) Noel Alí Chama Andrés Olivas |
8 pts |  Peru (PER)César Rodríguez Lenyn Mamani |
13 pts |  Japan (JPN)Masatora Kawano Ryutaro Yamamoto Masaya Ishikawa |
17 pts |
Women
edit| Race | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 20 km walk | Maria Guadalupe González (MEX) |
1:26:17 AR | Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) |
1:26:49 |  Érica de Sena (BRA) |
1:27:18 |
| Women's 20 km walk team | China (CHN) Liu Hong Qieyang Shenjie Lü Xiuzhi Yang Jiayu Nie Jingjing |
10 |  Australia (AUS)Regan Lamble Beki Smith Tanya Holliday Rachel Tallent Stephanie Stigwood |
43 |  Colombia (COL)Sandra Arenas Sandra Galvis Yeseida Carrillo Arabelly Orjuela |
61 |
| Junior women's 10 km walk | Ma Zhenxia (CHN) |
45:25 | Ma Li (CHN) |
45:25 | Valeria Ortuño (MEX) |
45:28 |
| Junior women's 10 km walk team | China (CHN) Ma Zhenxia Ma Li Zhang Lifang |
3 pts | Mexico (MEX) Valeria Ortuño Vivian Castillo Iliana García |
9 pts | Australia (AUS) Clara Smith Tayla Paige Billington Zoe Hunt |
21 pts |
Open
edit| Race | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open 50 km walk[14][a] | Jared Tallent (AUS) |
3:42:36 |  Ihor Hlavan (UKR) |
3:44:02 |  Marco De Luca (ITA) |
3:44:47 |
| Open 50 km walk team | Italy (ITA) Alex Schwazer[b][15] Marco De Luca Teodorico Caporaso Matteo Giupponi Federico Tontodonati |
14 | Ukraine (UKR) Ihor Hlavan Ivan Banzeruk Serhiy Budza Marian Zakalnytstyi Andriy Hrechovskyi |
25 | Spain (ESP) José Ignacio Díaz Francisco Arcilla Mikel Odriozola Pablo Oliva |
30 |
Results
editMen's 20 km
edit
Team (Men 20 km)
edit| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
16 |
| 2 | Canada |
28 |
| 3 | Ecuador |
41 |
| 4 |  Germany |
45 |
| 5 | Ukraine |
55 |
| 6 | Spain |
55 |
| 7 |  India |
80 |
| 8 | Japan |
82 |
| 9 |  Belarus |
108 |
| 10 |  Poland |
124 |
| 11 | Brazil |
137 |
| 12 | Australia |
137 |
| 13 | Colombia |
154 |
| 14 | Italy |
160 |
| 15 |  South Korea |
168 |
| 16 |  Ireland |
186 |
| 17 |  France |
201 |
| 18 |  Turkey |
207 |
| 19 |  Slovakia |
208 |
| 20 |  South Africa |
225 |
| 21 |  United States |
273 |
Men's 10 km (Junior)
edit
Team (Men 10 km junior)
edit| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico |
8 |
| 2 | Peru |
13 |
| 3 | Japan |
17 |
| 4 | China |
17 |
| 5 |  Great Britain |
23 |
| 6 | Spain |
23 |
| 7 | Colombia |
25 |
| 8 | France |
46 |
| 9 | Australia |
46 |
| 10 | Ukraine |
50 |
| 11 | Belarus |
51 |
| 12 | Turkey |
59 |
| 13 | Italy |
66 |
| 14 | Poland |
72 |
| 15 | United States |
90 |
Women's 20 km
editThis section needs to be updated. The reason given is: There must be a disqualification somewhere as results don't match World Athletics profiles for some competitors, e.g., Anel Oosthuizen. (August 2020) |
Team (Women 20 km)
edit| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
14 |
| 2 | Australia |
40 |
| 3 | Colombia |
58 |
| 4 |  Portugal |
64 |
| 5 | Spain |
66 |
| 6 | Italy |
86 |
| 7 | Ukraine |
87 |
| 8 |  Bolivia |
101 |
| 9 |  Lithuania |
110 |
| 10 | Ecuador |
122 |
| 11 | Japan |
128 |
| 12 |  Greece |
151 |
| 13 | Slovakia |
158 |
| 14 | France |
159 |
| 15 | Brazil |
168 |
| 16 |  Ethiopia |
181 |
| 17 |  Romania |
184 |
| 18 |  Kazakhstan |
193 |
| 19 | United States |
208 |
Women's 10 km (Junior)
editTeam (Women 10 km junior)
edit| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
3 |
| 2 | Mexico |
9 |
| 3 | Australia |
21 |
| 4 | Italy |
24 |
| 5 | Peru |
25 |
| 6 | Japan |
31 |
| 7 | Ecuador |
37 |
| 8 |  Finland |
38 |
| 9 | Spain |
40 |
| 10 | Germany |
47 |
| 11 | Poland |
56 |
| 12 | France |
59 |
| 13 | United States |
68 |
| 14 | Ukraine |
84 |
Open 50 km
edit
Team (Open 50 km)
edit| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
14 |
| 2 | Ukraine |
25 |
| 3 | Spain |
30 |
| 4 | Ecuador |
44 |
| 5 | Colombia |
47 |
| 6 | China |
78 |
| 7 | United States |
105 |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
editAccording to an unofficial count, 398 athletes from 55 countries participated.
Australia (16)
Belarus (9)
Belgium (1)
Bolivia (7)
Brazil (9)
Canada (4)
Chile (2)
China (21)
Colombia (18)
Costa Rica (2)
Czech Republic (6)
Ecuador (14)
Estonia (2)
Ethiopia (4)
Finland (7)
France (16)
Georgia (1)
Germany (8)
Great Britain (7)
Greece (7)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (3)
India (10)
Iran (2)
Ireland (4)
Italy (21)
Japan (14)
Kazakhstan (7)
Lithuania (6)
Mexico (7)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (4)
Norway (2)
Panama (1)
Peru (9)
Poland (16)
Portugal (10)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (9)
El Salvador (2)
Serbia (4)
Singapore (1)
Slovakia (8)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (4)
South Korea (6)
Spain (21)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (4)
Tunisia (4)
Turkey (7)
Ukraine (21)
United States (20)
Venezuela (2)
Notes
edit- ^ Gold medalist in men's 50 km walk Alex Schwazer (ITA) (3:39:00) was disqualified due to the failed doping test.[12]
- ^ Alex Schwazer, who had won the individual race, was later disqualified for doping, but Italy was not taken out of the gold medal team.
References
edit- ^ IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 Facts & Figures. IAAF (2016). Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women – 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ a b Competition details – IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ a b c IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 Team Manual. IAAF (2016). Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2016-05-06). Rome dedicating switched IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships to dead gold medallist. Inside The Games. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ The Shape of Things to Come. SPIKES magazine (2014-11-20). Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ Rome and Bydgoszcz to host reallocated 2016 IAAF World Athletics Series events. IAAF (2016-01-07). Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ Results 10 Kilometres Race Walk Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ Results 10 Kilometres Race Walk Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ Mondiali di marcia: Roma 2016 in TV Archived 2016-06-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). Roma2016 (2015-05-03). Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Italian walker Alex Schwazer determined to clear name after testing positive to steroids".
- ^ a b Rio 2016 Olympics: 50km walker Alex Schwazer banned for eight years
- ^ "CAS 2016/A/4707Alex Schwazer v. IAAF, NADO Italia, FIDAL & WADA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ "Doping walker Alex Schwazer handed eight-year ban for second offence". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
Schwazer returned to competition this year, winning the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome in May where he won the 50km event ahead of Australia's 2012 Olympic champion Jared Tallent, who will now be awarded gold with Ukrainian Ihor Hlavan being upgraded to silver and fellow Italian Marco de Luca handed bronze.
- ^ "ALEX SCHWAZER – ATHLETE HONOURS". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships – f – DQ – Roma – 08 MAY 2016
- ^ Men's 20 km results
- ^ a b Beyond time limit
- ^ Men's 20 km team results
- ^ Men's 10 km junior results
- ^ Men's 10 km junior team results
- ^ Women's 20 km results
- ^ Tested positive for higenamine and was disqualified
- ^ Women's 20 km team results
- ^ Women's 10 km junior results
- ^ Women's 10 km junior team results
- ^ Open 50 km results
- ^ Open 50 km team results