1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany, on September 29–30, 1979. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup. The women's 5 km race was now officially introduced into the competition with the women's teams competing for the Eschborn Cup.

1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition9th
DateSeptember 29–30
Host cityEschborn, Hessen, Federal Republic of Germany Germany
Events3
Participation147 athletes from
18 nations

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk   Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1:18:49   Boris Yakovlev (URS) 1:19:46   Mykola Vinnichenko (URS) 1:20:05
50 km walk   Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 3:43:36   Enrique Vera Ibanez (MEX) 3:43:59   Viktor Dorovskikh (URS) 3:45:51
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)   Mexico 240 pts   Soviet Union 235 pts   East Germany 201 pts
Women
5 km walk   Marion Fawkes (GBR) 22:51   Carol Tyson (GBR) 22:59   Thorill Gylder (NOR) 23:08
Eschborn Cup (Women)
Team (Women)   United Kingdom 85 pts   Sweden 74 pts   Norway 69 pts

Results

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Men's 20 km

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Place Athlete Nation Time
  Daniel Bautista   Mexico (MEX) 1:18:49
  Boris Yakovlev   Soviet Union (URS) 1:19:46
  Nikolay Vinnichenko   Soviet Union (URS) 1:20:05
4 Anatoliy Solomin   Soviet Union (URS) 1:20:13
5 Pyotr Pochinchuk   Soviet Union (URS) 1:20:28
6 Ernesto Canto   Mexico (MEX) 1:21:12
7 Hartwig Gauder   East Germany (GDR) 1:21:50
8 Felix Gómez   Mexico (MEX) 1:22:09
9 Roland Wieser   East Germany (GDR) 1:22:32
10 Jozef Pribilinec   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:22:44
11 Ronald Weigel   East Germany (GDR) 1:22:50
12 Fred Sparmann   East Germany (GDR) 1:22:52
13 Bohdan Bułakowski   Poland (POL) 1:23:01
14 Alessandro Pezzatini   Italy (ITA) 1:23:42
15 Juraj Bencík   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:24:34
16 János Szálas   Hungary (HUN) 1:24:42
17 Antonio Carrera   Mexico (MEX) 1:25:09
18 Pavol Blaûek   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:25:14
19 Jan Ornoch   Poland (POL) 1:25:17
20 Giancarlo Gandossi   Italy (ITA) 1:25:25
21 Dave Smith   Australia (AUS) 1:25:36
22 Štefan Petrík   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1:26:02
23 Imre Stankovics   Hungary (HUN) 1:26:25
24 Jaroslaw Kazmierski   Poland (POL) 1:26:46
25 Jorge Llopart   Spain (ESP) 1:26:55
26 Roger Mills   Great Britain (GBR) 1:27:25
27 Olly Flynn   Great Britain (GBR) 1:27:49
28 Bo Gustafsson   Sweden (SWE) 1:27:59
29 Chris Harvey   Great Britain (GBR) 1:28:26
30 Alf Brandt   Sweden (SWE) 1:28:47
31 Jim Heiring   United States (USA) 1:28:51
32 Amos Seddon   Great Britain (GBR) 1:28:56
33 Zbigniew Gosławski   Poland (POL) 1:29:24
34 Per Möller   Sweden (SWE) 1:29:47
35 Chris Hansen   United States (USA) 1:29:56
36 Miklós Domján   Hungary (HUN) 1:29:57
37 Owe Hemmingsson   Sweden (SWE) 1:30:02
38 Alfons Schwarz   West Germany (FRG) 1:30:24
39 Karl Degener   West Germany (FRG) 1:31:02
40 Wolfgang Wiedemann   West Germany (FRG) 1:32:23
41 Graham Seatter   New Zealand (NZL) 1:33:03
42 Rod Huxley   Australia (AUS) 1:33:45
43 Peter Fullager   Australia (AUS) 1:34:13
44 John Smith   Australia (AUS) 1:36:15
45 Steve Pecinovsky   United States (USA) 1:37:22
46 Andrés Marin   Spain (ESP) 1:39:26
47 Luis Bueno   Spain (ESP) 1:39:39
48 Gumersindo Carné   Spain (ESP) 1:50:46
Hans Michalski   West Germany (FRG) DQ
Maurizio Damilano   Italy (ITA) DQ
Neal Pike   United States (USA) DQ
Roberto Buccione   Italy (ITA) DNF
Neil Blaney   New Zealand (NZL) DNF
Allan Callow   New Zealand (NZL) DNF

Men's 50 km

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Place Athlete Nation Time
  Martín Bermúdez   Mexico (MEX) 3:43:36
  Enrique Vera   Mexico (MEX) 3:43:59
  Viktor Dorovskikh   Soviet Union (URS) 3:45:51
4 Raúl González   Mexico (MEX) 3:46:36
5 Vyacheslav Fursov   Soviet Union (URS) 3:46:55
6 Pyotr Melnik   Soviet Union (URS) 3:49:31
7 José Marín   Spain (ESP) 3:49:46
8 Dietmar Meisch   East Germany (GDR) 3:50:02
9 Paolo Grecucci   Italy (ITA) 3:50:51
10 Willi Sawall   Australia (AUS) 3:51:08
11 Sandro Bellucci   Italy (ITA) 3:51:08
12 Matthias Kroel   East Germany (GDR) 3:52:10
13 Horst Matern   East Germany (GDR) 3:52:10
14 Domenico Carpentieri   Italy (ITA) 3:52:44
15 Otto Barch   Soviet Union (URS) 3:53:32
16 Hans Binder   West Germany (FRG) 3:57:31
17 Jaromír Vanous   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3:58:01
18 Feliks Sliwinski   Poland (POL) 3:59:19
19 László Sátor   Hungary (HUN) 3:59:37
20 Heinrich Schubert   West Germany (FRG) 3:59:58
21 Gerhard Weidner   West Germany (FRG) 4:01:01
22 Bengt Simonsen   Sweden (SWE) 4:01:43
23 Vittorio Visini   Italy (ITA) 4:02:28
24 Agustin Jorbo   Spain (ESP) 4:02:52
25 Tim Erickson   Australia (AUS) 4:03:17
26 Stanisław Rola   Poland (POL) 4:03:29
27 Jan Dzurnák   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4:04:03
28 János Dalmati   Hungary (HUN) 4:08:52
29 Michael Parker   New Zealand (NZL) 4:08:56
30 Stig-Olof Elovsson   Sweden (SWE) 4:09:44
31 Adrian James   Great Britain (GBR) 4:09:52
32 Max Sjöholm   Sweden (SWE) 4:10:52
33 Per Rasmussen   Sweden (SWE) 4:11:56
34 Vince OʼSullivan   United States (USA) 4:12:15
35 Marco Evoniuk   United States (USA) 4:12:37
36 John Sheard   Australia (AUS) 4:13:55
37 Ian Richards   Great Britain (GBR) 4:14:47
38 Dan OʼConnor   United States (USA) 4:17:34
39 George Nibre   Great Britain (GBR) 4:18:19
40 Rafael Espejo   Spain (ESP) 4:24:02
41 Vladislav Dostál   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4:24:56
42 Zoltán Rutkai   Hungary (HUN) 4:25:56
43 Chris Maddocks   Great Britain (GBR) 4:27:03
44 Carl Schueler   United States (USA) 4:27:24
45 Attila Márton   Hungary (HUN) 4:28:52
Greg Sockhill   Australia (AUS) DQ
Jürgen Meyer   West Germany (FRG) DQ
Steffen Müller   East Germany (GDR) DQ
Pedro Aroche   Mexico (MEX) DQ
Manuel Alcalde   Spain (ESP) DNF
Allan Callow   New Zealand (NZL) DNF
Ross Pilkington   New Zealand (NZL) DNF
Graham Seatter   New Zealand (NZL) DNF
Bogusław Duda   Poland (POL) DNF
Stanisław Korneluk   Poland (POL) DNF

Team (men)

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

Place Country Points
    Mexico 240 pts
    Soviet Union 235 pts
    East Germany 201 pts
4   Italy 152 pts
5   Czechoslovakia 142 pts
6   Poland 127 pts
7   Hungary 112 pts
8   West Germany 108 pts
9   Australia 103 pts
10   Sweden 101 pts
11   Spain 94 pts
12   United Kingdom 89 pts
13   United States 67 pts
14   New Zealand 25 pts

Women's 5 km

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Place Athlete Nation Time
  Marion Fawkes   Great Britain (GBR) 22:51
  Carol Tyson   Great Britain (GBR) 22:59
  Thorill Gylder   Norway (NOR) 23:08
4 Elisabet Olsson   Sweden (SWE) 23:10
5 Susan Orr-Cook   Australia (AUS) 23:25
6 Irene Bateman   Great Britain (GBR) 23:25
7 Britt-Marie Carlsson   Sweden (SWE) 23:30
8 Margareta Simu   Sweden (SWE) 23:48
9 Mia Kjølberg   Norway (NOR) 23:50
10 Susan Liers-Westerfield   United States (USA) 24:02
11 Sally Pierson   Australia (AUS) 24:08
12 Fröydis Hilsen   Norway (NOR) 24:14
13 Elaine Cox   Great Britain (GBR) 24:18
14 Gerd Gylder   Norway (NOR) 24:22
15 Lorraine Young-Jachno   Australia (AUS) 24:35
16 Jeanine Piroux/Vignat   France (FRA) 24:36
17 Ann Jansson   Sweden (SWE) 24:45
18 Giuliana Salce   Italy (ITA) 24:46
19 Chris Sakelarios   United States (USA) 24:50
20 Ingrid Adam   West Germany (FRG) 24:56
21 Regine Broders   West Germany (FRG) 24:57
22 Sue Brodock   United States (USA) 25:00
23 Paula Kash   United States (USA) 25:08
24 Karen Iselin   Australia (AUS) 25:21
25 Monika Glöckler   West Germany (FRG) 25:24
26 Kristina Schenk   West Germany (FRG) 25:42
27 Viviane Guilmain   France (FRA) 25:49
28 Suzanne Griesbach   France (FRA) 25:57
29 Margot Vetterli    Switzerland (SUI) 26:09
30 Sonia Ripanti   Italy (ITA) 26:27
31 Claudine Gerald/Richard   France (FRA) 26:31
32 Charlotte Hansen   Denmark (DEN) 26:32
33 Edith Sappl    Switzerland (SUI) 26:50
34 Tina Thomsen   Denmark (DEN) 26:52
35 Valeria Carpanese   Italy (ITA) 27:17
36 Jeanette Hansen   Denmark (DEN) 27:25
37 Paula Gobbi   Italy (ITA) 27:47
38 Ulla Kristiansen   Denmark (DEN) 28:07
39 Christiane Udriot    Switzerland (SUI) 28:58
40 Nicol Caloz    Switzerland (SUI) 30:37

Team (women)

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Place Country Points
    United Kingdom 85 pts
    Sweden 74 pts
    Norway 69 pts
4   Australia 64 pts
5   United States 48 pts
6   West Germany 38 pts
7   France 36 pts
8   Italy 26 pts
9   Switzerland 14 pts
10   Denmark 12 pts

Participation

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The participation of 147 athletes (107 men/40 women) from countries is reported.[1]

Qualifying rounds

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From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds for the men's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, México, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, the Soviet Union, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

References

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  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)