1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition8th
Date24–25 September
Host cityMilton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom United Kingdom
Events2 + 1 invitation
Participation96 + 23 guest athletes from
12 + 3 guest nations

The 1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, on 24–25 September 1977. For the first time, a new competition name IAAF Race Walking World Cup was introduced replacing the former Lugano Trophy. As in 1975, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event. Mexico was dominant in the men's events, taking the team title and the top two spots in the 20 km and 50 km events through Daniel Bautista, Domingo Colín, Raúl González and Pedro Aroche. Sweden's Siv Gustavsson won the invitational women's event.[1]

Complete results were published.[2]

Medallists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1:24:02  Domingo Colín (MEX) 1:24:31  Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1:24:51
50 km walk  Raúl González (MEX) 4:04:16  Pedro Aroche (MEX) 4:04:55  Paolo Grecucci (ITA) 4:06:27
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)  Mexico 185 pts  East Germany 180 pts  Italy 160 pts
Women†
5 km walk†  Siv Gustavsson (SWE) 23:19  Carol Tyson (GBR) 23:46  Margareta Simu (SWE) 24:12

†: Invitation event.

Results[]

Men's 20 km[]

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Bautista  Mexico (MEX) 1:24:02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Domingo Colín  Mexico (MEX) 1:24:31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller  East Germany (GDR) 1:24:51
4 Maurizio Damilano  Italy (ITA) 1:25:33
5 Gérard Lelièvre  France (FRA) 1:26:48
6 Yevgeniy Yevsyukov  Soviet Union (URS) 1:27:03
7 Roland Wieser  East Germany (GDR) 1:27:09
8 Anatoliy Solomin  Soviet Union (URS) 1:27:41
9 Armando Zambaldo  Italy (ITA) 1:27:53
10 Roberto Buccione  Italy (ITA) 1:28:28
11 Sandro Bellucci  Italy (ITA) 1:28:36
12  Soviet Union (URS) 1:28:58
13 Hartwig Gauder  East Germany (GDR) 1:29:51
14 Vladimir Golubnichiy  Soviet Union (URS) 1:30:33
15  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:30:38
16  Poland (POL) 1:30:39
17 Bo Gustafsson  Sweden (SWE) 1:30:43
18  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:31:05
19 Jan Ornoch  Poland (POL) 1:31:09
20 Jean-Claude Decosse  France (FRA) 1:31:25
21  Poland (POL) 1:31:30
22 Dominique Guebey  France (FRA) 1:31:31
23  Poland (POL) 1:31:33
24 Werner Heyer  East Germany (GDR) 1:32:02
25  Mexico (MEX) 1:32:09
26 János Szálas  Hungary (HUN) 1:32:18
27  West Germany (FRG) 1:32:28
28  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:32:49
29  Sweden (SWE) 1:32:58
30  Great Britain (GBR) 1:33:06
31 Bengt Simonsen  Sweden (SWE) 1:33:09
32  Great Britain (GBR) 1:33:13
33 Roger Mills  Great Britain (GBR) 1:33:22
34  West Germany (FRG) 1:33:26
35  Sweden (SWE) 1:33:38
36 Jim Heiring  United States (USA) 1:33:40
37 Imre Stankovics  Hungary (HUN) 1:33:46
38  West Germany (FRG) 1:34:11
39  Great Britain (GBR) 1:34:31
40  Hungary (HUN) 1:35:04
41  United States (USA) 1:35:20
42  France (FRA) 1:35:52
43  West Germany (FRG) 1:36:11
44  Hungary (HUN) 1:36:38
45  United States (USA) 1:39:48
—  Mexico (MEX) DQ
— Todd Scully  United States (USA) DQ
—  Czechoslovakia (TCH) DNF

Men's 50 km[]

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Raúl González  Mexico (MEX) 4:04:16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pedro Aroche  Mexico (MEX) 4:04:55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paolo Grecucci  Italy (ITA) 4:06:27
4 Veniamin Soldatenko  Soviet Union (URS) 4:08:20
5  East Germany (GDR) 4:10:13
6  East Germany (GDR) 4:14:34
7 László Sátor  Hungary (HUN) 4:14:50
8  West Germany (FRG) 4:15:15
9  East Germany (GDR) 4:15:50
10  West Germany (FRG) 4:17:23
11 Bohdan Bułakowski  Poland (POL) 4:18:05
12 Martín Bermúdez  Mexico (MEX) 4:19:07
13 Larry Young  United States (USA) 4:19:56
14  United States (USA) 4:20:06
15  Italy (ITA) 4:21:16
16  Sweden (SWE) 4:21:55
17 Brian Adams  Great Britain (GBR) 4:23:54
18  Poland (POL) 4:24:05
19  West Germany (FRG) 4:24:11
20  France (FRA) 4:24:34
21  Italy (ITA) 4:24:45
22  Sweden (SWE) 4:25:07
23  East Germany (GDR) 4:25:27
24  Sweden (SWE) 4:25:38
25  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4:25:45
26  Hungary (HUN) 4:26:06
27 Bob Dobson  Great Britain (GBR) 4:26:09
28 John Warhurst  Great Britain (GBR) 4:26:47
29  France (FRA) 4:27:03
30  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4:27:48
31  Soviet Union (URS) 4:28:37
32  Poland (POL) 4:29:15
33  Great Britain (GBR) 4:29:27
34  France (FRA) 4:30:03
35  Poland (POL) 4:36:39
36  Hungary (HUN) 4:37:47
37  France (FRA) 4:38:00
38  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4:42:16
39  Soviet Union (URS) 4:46:46
— Enrique Vera Ibanez  Mexico (MEX) DQ
—  Soviet Union (URS) DQ
— Gerhard Weidner  West Germany (FRG) DNF
—  Hungary (HUN) DNF
—  Italy (ITA) DNF
—  Sweden (SWE) DNF
—  Czechoslovakia (TCH) DNF
— Tom Dooley  United States (USA) DNF
—  United States (USA) DNF

Team (men)[]

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.[3]

Place Country Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico 185 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany 180 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 160 pts
4  Soviet Union 128 pts
5  Poland 112 pts
6  West Germany 99 pts
7  France 99 pts
8  Sweden 94 pts
9  Czechoslovakia 82 pts
10  Hungary 69 pts
11  United Kingdom 69 pts
12  United States 56 pts

Women's 5 km†[]

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Siv Gustavsson  Sweden (SWE) 23:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carol Tyson  Great Britain (GBR) 23:46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Margareta Simu  Sweden (SWE) 24:12
4  Great Britain (GBR) 24:23
5 Britt Holmquist  Sweden (SWE) 24:27
6  Sweden (SWE) 24:51
7  Great Britain (GBR) 25:41
8  Great Britain (GBR) 25:58
9  Great Britain (GBR) 26:01
10  Great Britain (GBR) 26:14
11  Great Britain (GBR) 26:24
12  Great Britain (GBR) 27:39
13  Australia (AUS) 27:51
14  Ireland (IRL) 27:58
15  Great Britain (GBR) 28:09
16  Great Britain (GBR) 28:51
17  Great Britain (GBR) 29:03
18  Great Britain (GBR) 29:27
19  Great Britain (GBR) 29:39
20  Great Britain (GBR) 30:29
21 Linda Nicholls  Great Britain (GBR) 31:49
22 M. Servais  BEL 35:52
— Marion Fawkes  Great Britain (GBR) DNF

†: Invitation event.

Participation[]

The participation of 119 athletes (96 men/23 women) from countries is reported.[2]

Qualifying Rounds[]

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 Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and México proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

References[]

  1. ^ IAAF World Race Walking Cup. GBRAthletics. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  2. ^ a b IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 29 July 2013
  3. ^ "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)
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