1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup explained

1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	8th
Date:	24–25 September
Host City:	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Nations Participating:	12 + 3 guest
Athletes Participating:	96 + 23 guest
Races:	2 + 1 invitation
Previous:	1975 Le Grand-Quevilly
Next:	1979 Eschborn

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.

Medallists

Men
20 km walk	1:24:02	1:24:31	1:24:51
50 km walk	4:04:16	4:04:55	4:06:27
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)	185 pts	180 pts	160 pts
Women^†
5 km walk^†	23:19	23:46	24:12

^†: Invitation event.

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			1:24:02
			1:24:31
			1:24:51
4			1:25:33
5			1:26:48
6			1:27:03
7			1:27:09
8			1:27:41
9			1:27:53
10			1:28:28
11			1:28:36
12			1:28:58
13			1:29:51
14			1:30:33
15			1:30:38
16			1:30:39
17			1:30:43
18			1:31:05
19			1:31:09
20			1:31:25
21			1:31:30
22			1:31:31
23			1:31:33
24			1:32:02
25			1:32:09
26			1:32:18
27			1:32:28
28			1:32:49
29			1:32:58
30			1:33:06
31			1:33:09
32			1:33:13
33			1:33:22
34			1:33:26
35			1:33:38
36			1:33:40
37			1:33:46
38			1:34:11
39			1:34:31
40			1:35:04
41			1:35:20
42			1:35:52
43			1:36:11
44			1:36:38
45			1:39:48
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			4:04:16
			4:04:55
			4:06:27
4			4:08:20
5			4:10:13
6			4:14:34
7			4:14:50
8			4:15:15
9			4:15:50
10			4:17:23
11			4:18:05
12			4:19:07
13			4:19:56
14			4:20:06
15			4:21:16
16			4:21:55
17			4:23:54
18			4:24:05
19			4:24:11
20			4:24:34
21			4:24:45
22			4:25:07
23			4:25:27
24			4:25:38
25			4:25:45
26			4:26:06
27			4:26:09
28			4:26:47
29			4:27:03
30			4:27:48
31			4:28:37
32			4:29:15
33			4:29:27
34			4:30:03
35			4:36:39
36			4:37:47
37			4:38:00
38			4:42:16
39			4:46:46
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF

Team (men)

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

Place	Country	Points
		185 pts
		180 pts
		160 pts
4		128 pts
5		112 pts
6		99 pts
7		99 pts
8		94 pts
9		82 pts
10		69 pts
11		69 pts
12		56 pts

Women's 5 km^†

Place	Nation	Time
		23:19
		23:46
		24:12
4		24:23
5		24:27
6		24:51
7		25:41
8		25:58
9		26:01
10		26:14
11		26:24
12		27:39
13		27:51
14		27:58
15		28:09
16		28:51
17		29:03
18		29:27
19		29:39
20		30:29
21		31:49
22	35:52
—		DNF

^†: Invitation event.

Participation

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

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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.