1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup explained

The 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Le Grand-Quevilly, France, on October 11–12, 1975. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. For the first time, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event.

Complete results were published.

Medallists

Men
20 km walk		1:26:12		1:26:20		1:26:54
50 km walk		4:03:42		4:09:58		4:11:31
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)		117 pts		105 pts		102 pts
Women†
5 km walk†		23:40		24:33		24:45
Team (Women)†
Team (Women)†		70 pts		46 pts		42 pts

^†: Invitation event.

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			1:26:12
			1:26:20
			1:26:54
4			1:27:35
5			1:27:38
6			1:27:46
7			1:27:59
8			1:28:08
9			1:28:39
10			1:28:58
11			1:29:03
12			1:29:29
13			1:29:55
14			1:30:18
15			1:30:25
16			1:30:37
17			1:30:42
18			1:30:53
19			1:31:13
20			1:31:57
21			1:33:03
22			1:33:17
23			1:33:27
24			1:33:40
25			1:33:49
26			1:34:15
27			1:34:48
28			1:35:23
29			1:35:42
30			1:37:26
31			1:38:07
32			1:39:15
33			1:42:41
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			4:03:42
			4:09:58
			4:11:31
4			4:14:35
5			4:15:33
6			4:15:59
7			4:16:11
8			4:16:30
9			4:18:08
10			4:19:35
11			4:21:10
12			4:21:48
13			4:23:55
14			4:24:59
15			4:26:48
16			4:27:31
17			4:29:03
18			4:30:05
19			4:30:25
20			4:31:15
21			4:31:19
22			4:36:11
23			4:39:48
24			4:47:05
25			4:55:37
26			5:01:10
27			5:15:08
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF

Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.^[1]

Place	Country	Points
		117 pts
		105 pts
		102 pts
4		102 pts
5		100 pts
6		76 pts
7		69 pts
8		59 pts
9		24 pts

Women's 5 km^†

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			23:40
			24:33
			24:45
4			25:05
5			25:07
6			25:12
7			28:14
8			28:14
9			26:00
10			26:05
11			26:16
12			26:17
13			26:22
14			26:22
15			26:34
16			26:45
17			26:53
18			27:05
19			27:12
20			27:22
21			27:32
22			27:35
23			27:38
24			27:44
25			27:50
26			27:59
27			28:14
28			28:17
29			28:35
30			29:12
31			29:18
32			30:09
33			32:50
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF

^†: Invitation event.

Team (women)^†

Place	Country	Points
		70 pts
		46 pts
		42 pts
4		40 pts
5		31 pts
6		29 pts
7		26 pts
8		14 pts

^†: Invitation event.

Participation

The participation of 109 athletes (71 men/38 women) from 14 countries is reported.

• (-/4)
• (8/-)
• (-/1)
• (8/5)
• (8/-)
• (8/-)
• (-/3)
• (-/4)
• (7/-)
• (8/5)
• (-/2)
• (8/4)
• (8/6)
• (8/4)

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 German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, Italy, the United States, and France proceeded directly to the final.

Zone 1

Odense, Denmark, September 20/21

Rank	Nation	Points
1		90 pts
2		80 pts
3		74 pts
4		53 pts
5		23 pts
6		18 pts

Zone 2

Štětí, Czechoslovakia, September 20

Rank	Nation	Points
1		65 pts
2		53 pts
3		49 pts
4		43 pts
5		32 pts

See also

• 1975 Race Walking Year Ranking

Notes and References

1. Web site: IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES. iaaf.org. Men’s Lugano Trophy(Combining results of 20Km & 50Km). 5 August 2017.