1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition9th
DateSeptember 29–30
Host cityEschborn, Hessen, Federal Republic of Germany Germany
Events3
Participation147 athletes from
18 nations

The 1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany, on September 29–30, 1979. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup. The women's 5 km race was now officially introduced into the competition with the women's teams competing for the Eschborn Cup.

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1:18:49  Boris Yakovlev (URS) 1:19:46  Mykola Vinnichenko (URS) 1:20:05
50 km walk  Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 3:43:36  Enrique Vera Ibanez (MEX) 3:43:59  Viktor Dorovskikh (URS) 3:45:51
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)  Mexico 240 pts  Soviet Union 235 pts  East Germany 201 pts
Women
5 km walk  Marion Fawkes (GBR) 22:51  Carol Tyson (GBR) 22:59  Thorill Gylder (NOR) 23:08
Eschborn Cup (Women)
Team (Women)  United Kingdom 85 pts  Sweden 74 pts  Norway 69 pts

Results[]

Men's 20 km[]

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Bautista  Mexico (MEX) 1:18:49
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Boris Yakovlev  Soviet Union (URS) 1:19:46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolay Vinnichenko  Soviet Union (URS) 1:20:05
4 Anatoliy Solomin  Soviet Union (URS) 1:20:13
5 Pyotr Pochinchuk  Soviet Union (URS) 1:20:28
6 Ernesto Canto  Mexico (MEX) 1:21:12
7 Hartwig Gauder  East Germany (GDR) 1:21:50
8  Mexico (MEX) 1:22:09
9 Roland Wieser  East Germany (GDR) 1:22:32
10 Jozef Pribilinec  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:22:44
11 Ronald Weigel  East Germany (GDR) 1:22:50
12  East Germany (GDR) 1:22:52
13 Bohdan Bułakowski  Poland (POL) 1:23:01
14 Alessandro Pezzatini  Italy (ITA) 1:23:42
15  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:24:34
16 János Szálas  Hungary (HUN) 1:24:42
17  Mexico (MEX) 1:25:09
18  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:25:14
19 Jan Ornoch  Poland (POL) 1:25:17
20  Italy (ITA) 1:25:25
21 Dave Smith  Australia (AUS) 1:25:36
22  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:26:02
23 Imre Stankovics  Hungary (HUN) 1:26:25
24  Poland (POL) 1:26:46
25 Jorge Llopart  Spain (ESP) 1:26:55
26 Roger Mills  Great Britain (GBR) 1:27:25
27 Olly Flynn  Great Britain (GBR) 1:27:49
28 Bo Gustafsson  Sweden (SWE) 1:27:59
29  Great Britain (GBR) 1:28:26
30 Alf Brandt  Sweden (SWE) 1:28:47
31 Jim Heiring  United States (USA) 1:28:51
32  Great Britain (GBR) 1:28:56
33  Poland (POL) 1:29:24
34  Sweden (SWE) 1:29:47
35  United States (USA) 1:29:56
36  Hungary (HUN) 1:29:57
37  Sweden (SWE) 1:30:02
38  West Germany (FRG) 1:30:24
39  West Germany (FRG) 1:31:02
40  West Germany (FRG) 1:32:23
41  New Zealand (NZL) 1:33:03
42  Australia (AUS) 1:33:45
43  Australia (AUS) 1:34:13
44  Australia (AUS) 1:36:15
45  United States (USA) 1:37:22
46  Spain (ESP) 1:39:26
47  Spain (ESP) 1:39:39
48  Spain (ESP) 1:50:46
—  West Germany (FRG) DQ
— Maurizio Damilano  Italy (ITA) DQ
—  United States (USA) DQ
— Roberto Buccione  Italy (ITA) DNF
—  New Zealand (NZL) DNF
— Allan Callow  New Zealand (NZL) DNF

Men's 50 km[]

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martín Bermúdez  Mexico (MEX) 3:43:36
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Enrique Vera  Mexico (MEX) 3:43:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viktor Dorovskikh  Soviet Union (URS) 3:45:51
4 Raúl González  Mexico (MEX) 3:46:36
5 Vyacheslav Fursov  Soviet Union (URS) 3:46:55
6  Soviet Union (URS) 3:49:31
7 José Marín  Spain (ESP) 3:49:46
8 Dietmar Meisch  East Germany (GDR) 3:50:02
9 Paolo Grecucci  Italy (ITA) 3:50:51
10 Willi Sawall  Australia (AUS) 3:51:08
11 Sandro Bellucci  Italy (ITA) 3:51:08
12  East Germany (GDR) 3:52:10
13  East Germany (GDR) 3:52:10
14 Domenico Carpentieri  Italy (ITA) 3:52:44
15 Otto Barch  Soviet Union (URS) 3:53:32
16  West Germany (FRG) 3:57:31
17  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3:58:01
18  Poland (POL) 3:59:19
19 László Sátor  Hungary (HUN) 3:59:37
20  West Germany (FRG) 3:59:58
21 Gerhard Weidner  West Germany (FRG) 4:01:01
22 Bengt Simonsen  Sweden (SWE) 4:01:43
23 Vittorio Visini  Italy (ITA) 4:02:28
24  Spain (ESP) 4:02:52
25  Australia (AUS) 4:03:17
26 Stanisław Rola  Poland (POL) 4:03:29
27  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4:04:03
28 János Dalmati  Hungary (HUN) 4:08:52
29  New Zealand (NZL) 4:08:56
30  Sweden (SWE) 4:09:44
31  Great Britain (GBR) 4:09:52
32  Sweden (SWE) 4:10:52
33  Sweden (SWE) 4:11:56
34  United States (USA) 4:12:15
35 Marco Evoniuk  United States (USA) 4:12:37
36  Australia (AUS) 4:13:55
37 Ian Richards  Great Britain (GBR) 4:14:47
38  United States (USA) 4:17:34
39  Great Britain (GBR) 4:18:19
40  Spain (ESP) 4:24:02
41  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4:24:56
42  Hungary (HUN) 4:25:56
43 Chris Maddocks  Great Britain (GBR) 4:27:03
44 Carl Schueler  United States (USA) 4:27:24
45  Hungary (HUN) 4:28:52
—  Australia (AUS) DQ
—  West Germany (FRG) DQ
—  East Germany (GDR) DQ
— Pedro Aroche  Mexico (MEX) DQ
— Manuel Alcalde  Spain (ESP) DNF
— Allan Callow  New Zealand (NZL) DNF
—  New Zealand (NZL) DNF
—  New Zealand (NZL) DNF
— Bogusław Duda  Poland (POL) DNF
—  Poland (POL) DNF

Team (men)[]

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

Place Country Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico 240 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 235 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany 201 pts
4  Italy 152 pts
5  Czechoslovakia 142 pts
6  Poland 127 pts
7  Hungary 112 pts
8  West Germany 108 pts
9  Australia 103 pts
10  Sweden 101 pts
11  Spain 94 pts
12  United Kingdom 89 pts
13  United States 67 pts
14  New Zealand 25 pts

Women's 5 km[]

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marion Fawkes  Great Britain (GBR) 22:51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carol Tyson  Great Britain (GBR) 22:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thorill Gylder  Norway (NOR) 23:08
4  Sweden (SWE) 23:10
5 Susan Orr-Cook  Australia (AUS) 23:25
6  Great Britain (GBR) 23:25
7  Sweden (SWE) 23:30
8 Margareta Simu  Sweden (SWE) 23:48
9  Norway (NOR) 23:50
10  United States (USA) 24:02
11  Australia (AUS) 24:08
12  Norway (NOR) 24:14
13  Great Britain (GBR) 24:18
14  Norway (NOR) 24:22
15  Australia (AUS) 24:35
16  France (FRA) 24:36
17 Ann Jansson  Sweden (SWE) 24:45
18 Giuliana Salce  Italy (ITA) 24:46
19  United States (USA) 24:50
20  West Germany (FRG) 24:56
21  West Germany (FRG) 24:57
22  United States (USA) 25:00
23  United States (USA) 25:08
24  Australia (AUS) 25:21
25  West Germany (FRG) 25:24
26  West Germany (FRG) 25:42
27  France (FRA) 25:49
28 Suzanne Griesbach  France (FRA) 25:57
29   Switzerland (SUI) 26:09
30  Italy (ITA) 26:27
31  France (FRA) 26:31
32  Denmark (DEN) 26:32
33   Switzerland (SUI) 26:50
34  Denmark (DEN) 26:52
35  Italy (ITA) 27:17
36  Denmark (DEN) 27:25
37  Italy (ITA) 27:47
38  Denmark (DEN) 28:07
39   Switzerland (SUI) 28:58
40   Switzerland (SUI) 30:37

Team (women)[]

Place Country Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United Kingdom 85 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 74 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway 69 pts
4  Australia 64 pts
5  United States 48 pts
6  West Germany 38 pts
7  France 36 pts
8  Italy 26 pts
9   Switzerland 14 pts
10  Denmark 12 pts

Participation[]

The participation of 147 athletes (107 men/40 women) from countries is reported.[1]

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, México, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, the Soviet Union, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

References[]

  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)
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