1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 1st |
Date | 14–16 July |
Host city | Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland ![]() |
Events | 2 |
Participation | 24 athletes from 4 nations |
The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.
Complete results were published.[1]
Medallists[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men | ||||||
20 km walk | ![]() |
1:30:55 | ![]() |
1:32:12 | ![]() |
1:34:02 |
50 km walk | ![]() |
4:25:38 | ![]() |
4:30:35 | ![]() |
4:36:48 |
Men (Team) | ||||||
Team | ![]() |
53 pts | ![]() |
53 pts | ![]() |
28 pts |
Results[]
Men's 20 km[]
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Ken Matthews | ![]() |
1:30:55 |
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Lennart Back | ![]() |
1:32:12 |
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George Williams | ![]() |
1:34:02 |
4 | John Ljunggren | ![]() |
1:34:22 |
5 | Erik Söderlund | ![]() |
1:35:17 |
6 | Tibor Balajcza | ![]() |
1:36:17 |
7 | ![]() |
1:36:52 | |
8 | Giuseppe Dordoni | ![]() |
1:37:17 |
9 | Antal Kiss | ![]() |
1:37:39 |
10 | István Göri | ![]() |
1:39:06 |
11 | Gianni Corsaro | ![]() |
1:42:46 |
— | Stefano Serchinich | ![]() |
DNF |
Men's 50 km[]
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Abdon Pamich | ![]() |
4:25:38 |
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Don Thompson | ![]() |
4:30:35 |
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Åke Söderlund | ![]() |
4:36:48 |
4 | Ray Middleton | ![]() |
4:39:24 |
5 | ![]() |
4:42:27 | |
6 | ![]() |
4:43:25 | |
7 | István Havasi | ![]() |
4:46:59 |
8 | Luigi De Rosso | ![]() |
4:49:22 |
9 | ![]() |
4:49:22 | |
10 | Antonio De Gaetano | ![]() |
5:05:02 |
11 | ![]() |
5:12:57 | |
12 | Béla Dinesz | ![]() |
5:13:03 |
Team[]
From this edition up to 1997, the team ranking was named Lugano Trophy and combined the results of the 20km and 50km races..[2]
Place | Country | Points |
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53 pts |
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53 pts |
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28 pts |
4 | ![]() |
23 pts |
Participation[]
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Qualifying Rounds[]
From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final.
Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green
Zone 1[]London, United Kingdom, August 12
†: Combined East and West German Team. |
Zone 2[]København, Denmark, August 26/27
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Zone 3[]Spoleto, Italy, September 3
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Zone 4[]Cancelled
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References[]
- ^ IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved July 29, 2013
- ^ "IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
Categories:
- World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
- 1961 in athletics (track and field)
- International athletics competitions hosted by Switzerland
- 1961 in Swiss sport