1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition1st
Date14–16 July
Host cityLugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Events2
Participation24 athletes from
4 nations

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Ken Matthews (GBR)1:30:55  Lennart Back (SWE)1:32:12  George Williams (GBR)1:34:02
50 km walk  Abdon Pamich (ITA)4:25:38  Don Thompson (GBR)4:30:35  Åke Söderlund (SWE)4:36:48
Men (Team)
Team  United Kingdom53 pts  Sweden53 pts  Italy28 pts

Results

Men's 20 km
PlaceAthleteNationTime
Ken Matthews Great Britain (GBR)1:30:55
Lennart Back Sweden (SWE)1:32:12
George Williams Great Britain (GBR)1:34:02
4John Ljunggren Sweden (SWE)1:34:22
5Erik Söderlund Sweden (SWE)1:35:17
6Tibor Balajcza Hungary (HUN)1:36:17
7Bob Clark Great Britain (GBR)1:36:52
8Giuseppe Dordoni Italy (ITA)1:37:17
9Antal Kiss Hungary (HUN)1:37:39
10István Göri Hungary (HUN)1:39:06
11Gianni Corsaro Italy (ITA)1:42:46
—Stefano Serchinich Italy (ITA)DNF

Men's 50 km
PlaceAthleteNationTime
Abdon Pamich Italy (ITA)4:25:38
Don Thompson Great Britain (GBR)4:30:35
Åke Söderlund Sweden (SWE)4:36:48
4Ray Middleton Great Britain (GBR)4:39:24
5Ingvar Green Sweden (SWE)4:42:27
6Evert Leonardsson Sweden (SWE)4:43:25
7István Havasi Hungary (HUN)4:46:59
8Luigi De Rosso Italy (ITA)4:49:22
9Charley Fogg Great Britain (GBR)4:49:22
10Antonio De Gaetano Italy (ITA)5:05:02
11Géza Szabó Hungary (HUN)5:12:57
12Béla Dinesz Hungary (HUN)5:13:03

Team

From this edition up to 1997, the team ranking was named Lugano Trophy and combined the results of the 20km and 50km races..[2]

PlaceCountryPoints
 United Kingdom53 pts
 Sweden53 pts
 Italy28 pts
4 Hungary23 pts

Participation

Qualifying Rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

References
  1. 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.
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