1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	12th
Date	September 28–29
Host city	St. John's, Isle of Man
Events	3
Participation	158 athletes from ; 18 nations
	← 1983 Bergen 1987 New York City → ;

The 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 28 and 29 September 1985 in the streets of St John's, Isle of Man. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

Complete results were published.^[1]

Medallists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Men's 20 km walk	José Marín Spain	1:21:42	Maurizio Damilano Italy	1:21:43	Viktor Mostovik Soviet Union	1:22:01
Men's 50 km walk	Hartwig Gauder East Germany	3:47:31	Andrey Perlov Soviet Union	3:49:23	Axel Noack East Germany	3:56:53
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)	East Germany	234 pts	Soviet Union	234 pts	Italy	233 pts
Women
Women's 10 km walk	Yan Hong China	46:22	Guan Ping China	46:23	Olga Krishtop Soviet Union Aleksandra Grigoryeva Soviet Union	46:24
Eschborn Cup (Women)
Team (Women)	China	104 pts	Soviet Union	98 pts	Canada	74 pts

Results[]

Men's 20 km[]

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	José Marín	Spain (ESP)	1:21:42
	Maurizio Damilano	Italy (ITA)	1:21:43
	Viktor Mostovik	Soviet Union (URS)	1:22:01
4	Roland Wieser	East Germany (GDR)	1:23:39
5	Guillaume LeBlanc	Canada (CAN)	1:23:51
6		Soviet Union (URS)	1:23:54
7	Miguel Ángel Prieto	Spain (ESP)	1:24:04
8	Carlo Mattioli	Italy (ITA)	1:24:14
9		Soviet Union (URS)	1:24:37
10	Pavol Blažek	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1:24:51
11	Anatoliy Gorshkov	Soviet Union (URS)	1:25:00
12	Simon Baker	Australia (AUS)	1:25:32
13	Roman Mrázek	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1:25:42
14	Werner Heyer	East Germany (GDR)	1:25:58
15	Alessandro Pezzatini	Italy (ITA)	1:26:17
16		Poland (POL)	1:26:41
17		East Germany (GDR)	1:26:51
18	Héctor Moreno	Colombia (COL)	1:26:54
19		Poland (POL)	1:27:10
20	Ian McCombie	Great Britain (GBR)	1:27:15
21		Spain (ESP)	1:27:26
22	Jacek Bednarek	Poland (POL)	1:28:10
23	Martin Rush	Great Britain (GBR)	1:28:12
24	Zdzisław Szlapkin	Poland (POL)	1:28:45
25		East Germany (GDR)	1:28:51
26		United States (USA)	1:28:54
27	Andrew Jachno	Australia (AUS)	1:29:00
28	Tim Lewis	United States (USA)	1:30:02
30	Stefan Johansson	Sweden (SWE)	1:30:23
31	Todd Scully	United States (USA)	1:30:31
32	Jaroslav Makovec	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1:31:05
33		Colombia (COL)	1:31:14
34	Walter Arena	Italy (ITA)	1:31:24
35		Sweden (SWE)	1:31:27
36	Philip Vesty	Great Britain (GBR)	1:31:38
37	Abdel Wahab Ferguène	Algeria (ALG)	1:32:51
38	Querubín Moreno	Colombia (COL)	1:32:59
39		Canada (CAN)	1:33:15
40		Spain (ESP)	1:33:20
41	Mark Easton	Great Britain (GBR)	1:33:24
44		Canada (CAN)	1:34:57
45	Andy Kaestner	United States (USA)	1:35:11
46		Colombia (COL)	1:35:35
47		Canada (CAN)	1:36:10
49		Sweden (SWE)	1:37:39
50	Benamar Kechkouche	Algeria (ALG)	1:37:57
51	Michael Harvey	Australia (AUS)	1:39:03
52		Algeria (ALG)	1:40:52
53	Pius Munyasia	Kenya (KEN)	1:42:29
54	Mohamed Bouhalla	Algeria (ALG)	1:43:14
55		Kenya (KEN)	1:54:32
—	Dave Smith	Australia (AUS)	DQ
—		Hungary (HUN)	DQ
—	Imre Stankovics	Hungary (HUN)	DQ
—	János Szálas	Hungary (HUN)	DQ
—		Kenya (KEN)	DQ
—	Jan Staaf	Sweden (SWE)	DQ
—	Igor Kollár	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	DQ
—	Jozef Pribilinec	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	DQ
—		China (CHN)	DNF
—		China (CHN)	DNF
—		China (CHN)	DNF
—	Zhang Fuxin	China (CHN)	DNF

Men's 50 km[]

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Hartwig Gauder	East Germany (GDR)	3:47:31
	Andrey Perlov	Soviet Union (URS)	3:49:23
	Axel Noack	East Germany (GDR)	3:56:53
4	Alessandro Bellucci	Italy (ITA)	3:58:22
5	Raffaello Ducceschi	Italy (ITA)	3:59:55
6	Dietmar Meisch	East Germany (GDR)	4:00:03
7	Valeriy Suntsov	Soviet Union (URS)	4:01:31
8	Jorge Llopart	Spain (ESP)	4:02:55
9	Manuel Alcalde	Spain (ESP)	4:04:52
10	Massimo Quiriconi	Italy (ITA)	4:05:35
11	Willi Sawall	Australia (AUS)	4:06:38
12		Poland (POL)	4:08:07
13		China (CHN)	4:08:23
14		Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4:09:16
15		Soviet Union (URS)	4:09:37
16	Marco Evoniuk	United States (USA)	4:11:03
17	Les Morton	Great Britain (GBR)	4:11:32
18		Great Britain (GBR)	4:12:11
19	Carl Schueler	United States (USA)	4:13:14
20	Giorgio Damilano	Italy (ITA)	4:14:56
21		Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4:14:43
22	Zhang Fuxin	China (CHN)	4:16:23
23		Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4:16:55
24		Poland (POL)	4:17:43
25		China (CHN)	4:19:46
26		Canada (CAN)	4:21:46
27		Spain (ESP)	4:23:56
28		Sweden (SWE)	4:25:09
29	Paul Blagg	Great Britain (GBR)	4:26:21
30		Sweden (SWE)	4:26:21
31		Colombia (COL)	4:28:19
32		United States (USA)	4:28:34
33		Australia (AUS)	4:29:16
34		United States (USA)	4:31:14
35		Poland (POL)	4:34:52
36		Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4:35:19
37		China (CHN)	4:38:13
38		Spain (ESP)	4:39:46
39		Great Britain (GBR)	4:48:27
40	Enrique Peña	Colombia (COL)	4:51:44
41	Ernesto Alfaro	Colombia (COL)	4:55:27
42		Australia (AUS)	4:56:58
43		Kenya (KEN)	5:00:51
44		Canada (CAN)	5:02:31
—		Australia (AUS)	DQ
—	François Lapointe	Canada (CAN)	DQ
—	William Sawe	Kenya (KEN)	DQ
—	Bo Gustafsson	Sweden (SWE)	DQ
—	Abdel Wahab Ferguène	Algeria (ALG)	DNF
—	Benamar Kechkouche	Algeria (ALG)	DNF
—	Ronald Weigel	East Germany (GDR)	DNF
—	Bohdan Bułakowski	Poland (POL)	DNF
—	Roland Nilsson	Sweden (SWE)	DNF

Team (men)[]

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

Place	Country	Points
	East Germany	234 pts
	Soviet Union	234 pts
	Italy	233 pts
4	Spain	206 pts
5	Czechoslovakia	170 pts
6	Poland	154 pts
7	United Kingdom	141 pts
8	United States	135 pts
9	Australia	124 pts
10	Colombia	101 pts
11	Canada	93 pts
12	Sweden	82 pts
13	China	80 pts
14	Algeria	30 pts
15	Kenya	20 pts
—	Hungary	DQ
—	Mexico	DNS

Women's 10 km[]

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Yan Hong	China (CHN)	46:22
	Guan Ping	China (CHN)	46:23
	Olga Krishtop	Soviet Union (URS)	46:24
	Aleksandra Grigoryeva	Soviet Union (URS)	46:24
5	Xu Yongjiu	China (CHN)	46:32
6		Soviet Union (URS)	46:41
7	Ann Peel	Canada (CAN)	46:31
8		China (CHN)	46:51
9	Natalya Serbiyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	46:55
10	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia (AUS)	47:11
11	Ann Jansson	Sweden (SWE)	47:16
12	Dana Vavřačová	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	47:41
13	Janice McCaffrey	Canada (CAN)	48:10
14	Susan Orr-Cook	Australia (AUS)	48:17
15	Monica Gunnarsson	Sweden (SWE)	48:20
16	Maria Grazia Cogoli	Italy (ITA)	48:38
17		Italy (ITA)	48:42
18		Finland (FIN)	48:50
19		Denmark (DEN)	49:06
20		United States (USA)	49:08
21	Alison Baker	Canada (CAN)	49:12
22	Mari Cruz Díaz	Spain (ESP)	49:19
23	María Reyes Sobrino	Spain (ESP)	49:31
24	Teresa Vaill	United States (USA)	49:37
25	Lisa Langford	Great Britain (GBR)	49:45
26		Australia (AUS)	50:06
27		Finland (FIN)	50:26
28	Helen Elleker	Great Britain (GBR)	50:28
29	Debbi Lawrence	United States (USA)	50:29
30	Emilia Cano	Spain (ESP)	50:54
31		Australia (AUS)	51:03
32		Czechoslovakia (TCH)	51:16
33		Denmark (DEN)	51:30
34		Canada (CAN)	51:45
35		United States (USA)	51:55
36		Sweden (SWE)	51:56
37		Sweden (SWE)	52:06
38		Finland (FIN)	52:14
39		Great Britain (GBR)	52:16
40		Italy (ITA)	52:38
41	Pier Carola Pagani	Italy (ITA)	53:05
42		Denmark (DEN)	53:36
43		Great Britain (GBR)	53:53
44		Czechoslovakia (TCH)	54:58
45		Czechoslovakia (TCH)	55:05
—		Spain (ESP)	DQ
—		Denmark (DEN)	DNF
—	Sari Essayah	Finland (FIN)	DNF

Team (women)[]

Place	Country	Points
	China	104 pts
	Soviet Union	98 pts
	Canada	74 pts
4	Australia	67 pts
5	Sweden	58 pts
6	Italy	48 pts
7	United States	44 pts
8	Spain	42 pts
9	Finland	38 pts
10	Czechoslovakia	36 pts
11	Denmark	29 pts
12	United Kingdom	29 pts

Participation[]

The participation of 158 athletes (110 men/48 women) from countries is reported.^[1]

Algeria (4/-)
Australia (8/4)
Canada (7/4)
China (4/4)
Colombia (7/-)
Denmark (-/4)

East Germany (8/-)
Finland (-/4)
Hungary (3/-)
Italy (8/4)
Kenya (5/-)
Poland (8/-)

Soviet Union (7/4)
Spain (8/4)
Sweden (8/4)
Czechoslovakia (9/4)
United Kingdom (8/4)
United States (8/4)

Qualifying Rounds[]

In 1985, there were qualifying rounds for both men's and women's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final.

Men[]

This year, the Soviet Union, Italy, México, the United Kingdom, the United States, Algeria, Australia, China, Canada, Colombia, and Kenya proceeded directly to the final. México withdrew due to the Mexico City earthquake.

The countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1[]

Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France, June 22/23

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Spain	85 pts
2	Poland	85 pts
3	France	82 pts
4	Netherlands	37 pts
5	Belgium	37 pts
6	Luxembourg	15 pts

Zone 2[]

Borås, Sweden, June 15

Rank	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	62 pts
2	Sweden	40 pts
3	Finland	29 pts
3	Norway	27 pts

Zone 3[]

Russe, Bulgaria, June 22/23

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	99 pts
2	Hungary	74 pts
3	Bulgaria	45 pts
4	West Germany	44 pts
5	Greece	44 pts
6	Switzerland	28 pts

Women[]

This year, China, the Soviet Union, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada proceeded directly to the final.

The countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1[]

Borås, Sweden, June 15

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Sweden	20 pts
2	Finland	18 pts
3	Norway	8 pts
—	United Kingdom	^*

^*: competed as non-scorers

Zone 2[]

Russe, Bulgaria, June 22

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Denmark	48 pts
2	Czechoslovakia	42 pts
3	West Germany	35 pts
4	Hungary	24 pts
5	Bulgaria	14 pts
6	Switzerland	9 pts

Zone 3[]

Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France, June 2

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Spain	39 pts
2	Italy	34 pts
3	Poland	23 pts
4	France	19 pts
5	Belgium	6 pts

References[]

^ ^a ^b IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved August 9, 2013
^ "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)

External links[]

IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures - IAAF.org

[iaaf_1-1] IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved August 9, 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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