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1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Bad Saarow, German Democratic Republic, on October 15, 1967. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition4th
DateOctober 15
Host cityBad Saarow, Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), German Democratic Republic East Germany
Events2
Participation48 athletes from
8 nations

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk   Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1:28:39   Vladimir Golubnichiy (URS) 1:28:58   Ron Laird (USA) 1:29:13
50 km walk   Christoph Höhne (GDR) 4:09:09   Peter Selzer (GDR) 4:11:40   Aleksandr Shcherbina (URS) 4:13:07
Men (Team)
Team   East Germany 128 pts   Soviet Union 107 pts   United Kingdom 104 pts

Results edit

Men's 20 km edit

Place Athlete Nation Time
  Nikolay Smaga   Soviet Union (URS) 1:28:39
  Vladimir Golubnichiy   Soviet Union (URS) 1:28:58
  Ron Laird   United States (USA) 1:29:13
4 Gerhard Sperling   East Germany (GDR) 1:30:15
5 Peter Frenkel   East Germany (GDR) 1:30:30
6 Peter Fullager   Great Britain (GBR) 1:31:34
7 Hans-Joachim Pathus   East Germany (GDR) 1:33:07
8 John Webb   Great Britain (GBR) 1:33:56
9 Ron Wallwork   Great Britain (GBR) 1:34:54
10 Julius Müller   West Germany (FRG) 1:35:00
11 Bernhard Nermerich   West Germany (FRG) 1:35:37
12 Åke Söderlund   Sweden (SWE) 1:36:02
13 Karl-Heinz Pape   West Germany (FRG) 1:36:06
14 István Göri   Hungary (HUN) 1:36:09
15 Pasquale Busca   Italy (ITA) 1:36:22
16 Tom Dooley   United States (USA) 1:37:21
17 János Dalmati   Hungary (HUN) 1:37:53
18 Andor Antal   Hungary (HUN) 1:38:03
19 Örjan Andersson   Sweden (SWE) 1:38:15
20 Gabriele Nigro   Italy (ITA) 1:40:48
21 Ingvar Pettersson   Sweden (SWE) 1:41:39
22 Jack Mortland   United States (USA) 1:42:14
23 Gennadiy Solodov   Soviet Union (URS) 1:48:24
— Nicola De Vito   Italy (ITA) DNF

Men's 50 km edit

Place Athlete Nation Time
  Christoph Höhne   East Germany (GDR) 4:09:09
  Peter Selzer   East Germany (GDR) 4:11:40
  Aleksandr Shcherbina   Soviet Union (URS) 4:13:07
4 Kurt Sakowski   East Germany (GDR) 4:13:52
5 Sergey Bondarenko   Soviet Union (URS) 4:21:52
6 Don Thompson   Great Britain (GBR) 4:25:21
7 Stig Lindberg   Sweden (SWE) 4:28:53
8 Ray Middleton   Great Britain (GBR) 4:29:23
9 Shaun Lightman   Great Britain (GBR) 4:31:24
10 Igor Della-Rossa   Soviet Union (URS) 4:31:28
11 István Havasi   Hungary (HUN) 4:33:01
12 Gerhard Weidner   West Germany (FRG) 4:35:25
13 Horst-Rüdiger Magnor   West Germany (FRG) 4:36:53
14 Max Sjöholm   Sweden (SWE) 4:40:21
15 Sante Mancini   Italy (ITA) 4:41:26
16 Antonio De Gaetano   Italy (ITA) 4:41:49
17 Goetz Klopfer   United States (USA) 4:46:42
18 Werner Hupfeld   West Germany (FRG) 4:50:46
19 Luigi De Rosso   Italy (ITA) 4:51:50
20 James Clifton   United States (USA) 4:57:07
21 János Szabó   Hungary (HUN) 5:02:53
22 Larry Young   United States (USA) 5:06:08
23 Tibor Balajcza   Hungary (HUN) 5:18:05
— Stefan Ingvarsson   Sweden (SWE) DNF

Team edit

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

Place Country Points
    East Germany 128 pts
    Soviet Union 107 pts
    United Kingdom 104 pts
4   West Germany 73 pts
5   Sweden 52 pts
6   United States 50 pts
7   Hungary 46 pts
8   Italy 40 pts
9   South Africa DNS

Participation edit

The participation of 48 athletes from 8 countries is reported.[1]

Qualifying rounds edit

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, the German Democratic Republic, the United Kingdom, Hungary, the United States, and the Republic of South Africa proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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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