1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup IAAF 1st 15–16 October Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland Switzerland 4 24 2 1963 Varese The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. Complete results were published. IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/eb5a25b5-f093-4f02-9869-3a5c496df204.pdf IAAF July 29, 2013 Medallists Men20 km walkKen Matthews GBR 1:30:55Lennart Back SWE 1:32:12George Williams GBR 1:34:0250 km walkAbdon Pamich ITA 4:25:38Don Thompson GBR 4:30:35Åke Söderlund SWE 4:36:48 Men (Team)Team 53 pts 53 pts 28 pts Results Men's 20 km Place Athlete Nation Time Ken Matthews GBR 1:30:55 Lennart Back SWE 1:32:12 George Williams GBR 1:34:02 4 John Ljunggren SWE 1:34:22 5 Erik Söderlund SWE 1:35:17 6 Tibor Balajcza HUN 1:36:17 7 Bob Clark GBR 1:36:52 8 Giuseppe Dordoni ITA 1:37:17 9 Antal Kiss HUN 1:37:39 10 István Göri HUN 1:39:06 11 Gianni Corsaro ITA 1:42:46 — Stefano Serchinich ITA DNF Men's 50 km Place Athlete Nation Time Abdon Pamich ITA 4:25:38 Don Thompson GBR 4:30:35 Åke Söderlund SWE 4:36:48 4 Ray Middleton GBR 4:39:24 5 Ingvar Green SWE 4:42:27 6 Evert Leonardsson SWE 4:43:25 7 István Havasi HUN 4:46:59 8 Luigi De Rosso ITA 4:49:22 9 Charley Fogg GBR 4:49:22 10 Antonio De Gaetano ITA 5:05:02 11 Géza Szabó HUN 5:12:57 12 Béla Dinesz HUN 5:13:03 Team From this edition up to 1997, the team ranking was named Lugano Trophy and combined the results of the 20km and 50km races.https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitioninfo/4351adb2-3476-4e4b-8b1c-f8ca4668ac4a.pdf IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES iaaf.org 5 August 2017 Place Country Points 53 pts 53 pts 28 pts 4 23 pts Participation 22em (6) (6) (6) (6) Qualifying rounds From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final. #ccffcc Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green solid 1px #AAAAAA Zone 1 London, United Kingdom, August 12 Rank Nation Points 1 United Kingdom 41 pts 2 Germany† 39 pts 3 Belgium 12 pts †: Combined East and West German Team. Zone 2 København, Denmark, August 26/27 Rank Nation Points 1 Sweden 50 pts 2 Denmark 23 pts 3 Norway 18 pts Zone 3 Spoleto, Italy, September 3 Rank Nation Points 1 Italy 48 pts 2 France 27 pts 3 Switzerland 17 pts Zone 4 Cancelled Rank Nation Points 1 Hungary 2 Turkey DNS References Category:World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships World Race Walking Cup Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Switzerland World Race Walking Cup Category:Sport in Lugano Category:20th century in Lugano Category:1961 in men's international sport Category:October 1961 sports events in Europe Category:Walking in Switzerland