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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 Italy
Events2
Participation36 athletes from
12 nations

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists edit

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 Kingdom 93 pts   Hungary 64 pts   Sweden 63 pts

Results edit

Men's 20 km edit

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

Men's 50 km edit

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

Team edit

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

Place Country Points
    United Kingdom 93 pts
    Hungary 64 pts
    Sweden 63 pts
4   Italy 51 pts
5   Czechoslovakia 44 pts
6   West Germany 26 pts

Participation edit

Qualifying rounds edit

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 edit

  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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