1973 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1973 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Switzerland, on October 12–13, 1973. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

1973 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
DateOctober 12–13
Host cityLugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Events2
Participation68 athletes from
9 nations

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR)1:29:31  Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR)1:29:36  Ron Laird (USA)1:30:45
50 km walk  Bernd Kannenberg (FRG)3:56:51  Otto Barch (URS)3:57:11  Christoph Höhne (GDR)3:57:26
Men (Team)
Team  East Germany139 pts  Soviet Union134 pts  Italy104 pts

Results

Men's 20 km
PlaceAthleteNationTime
Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany (GDR)1:29:31
Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller East Germany (GDR)1:29:36
Ron Laird United States (USA)1:30:45
4Nikolay Smaga Soviet Union (URS)1:30:57
5Yevgeniy Ivchenko Soviet Union (URS)1:31:33
6Armando Zambaldo Italy (ITA)1:31:42
7Todd Scully United States (USA)1:32:24
8Roger Mills Great Britain (GBR)1:32:45
9Pasquale Busca Italy (ITA)1:33:04
10Peter Frenkel East Germany (GDR)1:33:23
11Siegfried Richter West Germany (FRG)1:33:33
12Vladimir Resayev Soviet Union (URS)1:33:47
13Abdon Pamich Italy (ITA)1:33:56
14Jerry Brown United States (USA)1:34:05
15Siegfried Zschiegner East Germany (GDR)1:34:12
16Roberto Buccione Italy (ITA)1:34:38
17Feliks Sliwinski Poland (POL)1:34:45
18John Warhurst Great Britain (GBR)1:34:58
19Jan Ornoch Poland (POL)1:35:13
20Amos Seddon Great Britain (GBR)1:35:17
21Stefan Ingvarsson Sweden (SWE)1:35:52
22Mieczysław Górski Poland (POL)1:36:04
23Hans Tenggren Sweden (SWE)1:36:27
24Roy Thorpe Great Britain (GBR)1:37:40
25Jan Raszka Poland (POL)1:38:25
26Manfred Kolvenbach West Germany (FRG)1:38:44
27Bill Ranney United States (USA)1:39:11
28Marcel Jobin Canada (CAN)1:39:25
29Helmut Stolte West Germany (FRG)1:39:36
30Pat Farrelly Canada (CAN)1:40:52
31Kåre Moen Sweden (SWE)1:41:44
32Karl-Heinz Merschenz Canada (CAN)1:43:38
—Heinz Mayr West Germany (FRG)DQ
—Bo Gustafsson Sweden (SWE)DNF
—Anatoliy Solomin Soviet Union (URS)DNF

Men's 50 km
PlaceAthleteNationTime
Bernd Kannenberg West Germany (FRG)3:56:51
Otto Barch Soviet Union (URS)3:57:11
Christoph Höhne East Germany (GDR)3:57:26
4Veniamin Soldatenko Soviet Union (URS)4:01:34
5Gerhard Weidner West Germany (FRG)4:01:59
6Peter Selzer East Germany (GDR)4:02:11
7Sergey Bondarenko Soviet Union (URS)4:07:52
8Winfried Skotnicki East Germany (GDR)4:08:30
9Vittorio Visini Italy (ITA)4:09:25
10Vladimir Svechnikov Soviet Union (URS)4:11:22
11Matthias Kroel East Germany (GDR)4:12:25
12Shaun Lightman Great Britain (GBR)4:15:14
13Heinrich Schubert West Germany (FRG)4:15:52
14John Knifton United States (USA)4:17:49
15Rosario Valore Italy (ITA)4:18:17
16Domenico Carpentieri Italy (ITA)4:19:59
17Leo Frey West Germany (FRG)4:20:30
18Örjan Andersson Sweden (SWE)4:21:06
19Ray Middleton Great Britain (GBR)4:22:25
20Floyd Godwin United States (USA)4:23:49
21Henryk Wypich Poland (POL)4:25:07
22Franco Vecchio Italy (ITA)4:25:44
23Bob Dobson Great Britain (GBR)4:27:32
24William Weigle United States (USA)4:28:41
25Bob Kitchen United States (USA)4:29:39
26Stanisław Korneluk Poland (POL)4:32:28
27Alex Oakley Canada (CAN)4:34:06
28Max Sjöholm Sweden (SWE)4:34:47
29Bo Fransson Sweden (SWE)4:36:12
30Mike Holmes Great Britain (GBR)4:37:54
31Stanisław Chwiej Poland (POL)4:39:06
32Pat Farrelly Canada (CAN)4:40:55
33Karl-Heinz Merschenz Canada (CAN)4:48:03
—Marek Kaspryzk Poland (POL)DNF
—Owe Hemmingsson Sweden (SWE)DNF

Team

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

PlaceCountryPoints
 East Germany139 pts
 Soviet Union134 pts
 Italy104 pts
4 West Germany95 pts
5 United States95 pts
6 United Kingdom81 pts
7 Poland52 pts
8 Sweden40 pts
9 Canada18 pts

Participation

The participation of 68 athletes from 9 countries is reported.[1]

Qualifying Rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, the German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States, and Canada proceeded directly 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. Men’s Lugano Trophy(Combining results of 20Km & 50Km)
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