1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Varese, Italy, on October 12–13, 1963. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition2nd
DateOctober 12–13
Host cityVarese, Lombardy, Italy
Events2
Participation36 athletes from
12 nations

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Ken Matthews (GBR)1:30:10  Paul Nihill (GBR)1:33:18  Antal Kiss (HUN)1:33:38
50 km walk  István Havasi (HUN)4:14:25  Ray Middleton (GBR)4:17:15  Ingvar Pettersson (SWE)4:19:11
Men (Team)
Team  United Kingdom93 pts  Hungary64 pts  Sweden63 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

PlaceAthleteNationTime
Ken Matthews Great Britain (GBR)1:30:10
Paul Nihill Great Britain (GBR)1:33:18
Antal Kiss Hungary (HUN)1:33:38
4István Göri Hungary (HUN)1:34:33
5Erik Söderlund Sweden (SWE)1:35:16
6John Edgington Great Britain (GBR)1:35:22
7John Ljunggren Sweden (SWE)1:35:53
8Stefano Serchinich Italy (ITA)1:36:23
9Alexander Bílek Czechoslovakia (TCH)1:36:28
10Kurt Schreiber West Germany (FRG)1:36:37
11Vladimír Kánský Czechoslovakia (TCH)1:37:29
12Alberto Carocci Italy (ITA)1:40:08
13Lennart Back Sweden (SWE)1:40:38
14Horst Brüning West Germany (FRG)1:42:02
15Giuseppe Doro Italy (ITA)1:42:37
16Tibor Balajcza Hungary (HUN)1:43:43
17Herbert Staubach West Germany (FRG)1:44:24
18Vilém Švajda Czechoslovakia (TCH)1:45:09

Men's 50 km

PlaceAthleteNationTime
István Havasi Hungary (HUN)4:14:25
Ray Middleton Great Britain (GBR)4:17:15
Ingvar Pettersson Sweden (SWE)4:19:11
4Ladíslav Moc Czechoslovakia (TCH)4:23:11
5Ron Wallwork Great Britain (GBR)4:23:46
6Charley Fogg Great Britain (GBR)4:30:16
7Antonio De Gaetano Italy (ITA)4:32:01
8Roy Syversson Sweden (SWE)4:33:09
9Hannes Koch West Germany (FRG)4:39:03
10Gianni Corsaro Italy (ITA)4:41:52
11Mario Algeri Italy (ITA)4:43:07
12Jan Brandejský Czechoslovakia (TCH)4:43:22
13Ferencz Tesch Hungary (HUN)4:43:50
14Béla Dinesz Hungary (HUN)4:44:09
15Stig Lindberg Sweden (SWE)4:46:51
16Jaroslav Fiala Czechoslovakia (TCH)5:00:52
Julius Müller West Germany (FRG)DQ
Bernhard Nermerich West Germany (FRG)DQ

Team

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

PlaceCountryPoints
 United Kingdom93 pts
 Hungary64 pts
 Sweden63 pts
4 Italy51 pts
5 Czechoslovakia44 pts
6 West Germany26 pts

Participation

Qualifying Rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final. Hungary progressed to final directly due to an epidemic in Hungary at time of qualifying round.

  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. Men’s Lugano Trophy(Combining results of 20Km & 50Km)
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