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

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.

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists

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)  Mexico240 pts  Soviet Union235 pts  East Germany201 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 Kingdom85 pts  Sweden74 pts  Norway69 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Daniel Bautista Mexico (MEX)1:18:49
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Boris Yakovlev Soviet Union (URS)1:19:46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Nikolay Vinnichenko Soviet Union (URS)1:20:05
4Anatoliy Solomin Soviet Union (URS)1:20:13
5Pyotr Pochinchuk Soviet Union (URS)1:20:28
6Ernesto Canto Mexico (MEX)1:21:12
7Hartwig Gauder East Germany (GDR)1:21:50
8Felix Gómez Mexico (MEX)1:22:09
9Roland Wieser East Germany (GDR)1:22:32
10Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia (TCH)1:22:44
11Ronald Weigel East Germany (GDR)1:22:50
12Fred Sparmann East Germany (GDR)1:22:52
13Bohdan Bułakowski Poland (POL)1:23:01
14Alessandro Pezzatini Italy (ITA)1:23:42
15Juraj Bencík Czechoslovakia (TCH)1:24:34
16János Szálas Hungary (HUN)1:24:42
17Antonio Carrera Mexico (MEX)1:25:09
18Pavol Blaûek Czechoslovakia (TCH)1:25:14
19Jan Ornoch Poland (POL)1:25:17
20Giancarlo Gandossi Italy (ITA)1:25:25
21Dave Smith Australia (AUS)1:25:36
22Štefan Petrík Czechoslovakia (TCH)1:26:02
23Imre Stankovics Hungary (HUN)1:26:25
24Jaroslaw Kazmierski Poland (POL)1:26:46
25Jorge Llopart Spain (ESP)1:26:55
26Roger Mills Great Britain (GBR)1:27:25
27Olly Flynn Great Britain (GBR)1:27:49
28Bo Gustafsson Sweden (SWE)1:27:59
29Chris Harvey Great Britain (GBR)1:28:26
30Alf Brandt Sweden (SWE)1:28:47
31Jim Heiring United States (USA)1:28:51
32Amos Seddon Great Britain (GBR)1:28:56
33Zbigniew Gosławski Poland (POL)1:29:24
34Per Möller Sweden (SWE)1:29:47
35Chris Hansen United States (USA)1:29:56
36Miklós Domján Hungary (HUN)1:29:57
37Owe Hemmingsson Sweden (SWE)1:30:02
38Alfons Schwarz West Germany (FRG)1:30:24
39Karl Degener West Germany (FRG)1:31:02
40Wolfgang Wiedemann West Germany (FRG)1:32:23
41Graham Seatter New Zealand (NZL)1:33:03
42Rod Huxley Australia (AUS)1:33:45
43Peter Fullager Australia (AUS)1:34:13
44John Smith Australia (AUS)1:36:15
45Steve Pecinovsky United States (USA)1:37:22
46Andrés Marin Spain (ESP)1:39:26
47Luis Bueno Spain (ESP)1:39:39
48Gumersindo 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

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Martín Bermúdez Mexico (MEX)3:43:36
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Enrique Vera Mexico (MEX)3:43:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Viktor Dorovskikh Soviet Union (URS)3:45:51
4Raúl González Mexico (MEX)3:46:36
5Vyacheslav Fursov Soviet Union (URS)3:46:55
6Pyotr Melnik Soviet Union (URS)3:49:31
7José Marín Spain (ESP)3:49:46
8Dietmar Meisch East Germany (GDR)3:50:02
9Paolo Grecucci Italy (ITA)3:50:51
10Willi Sawall Australia (AUS)3:51:08
11Sandro Bellucci Italy (ITA)3:51:08
12Matthias Kroel East Germany (GDR)3:52:10
13Horst Matern East Germany (GDR)3:52:10
14Domenico Carpentieri Italy (ITA)3:52:44
15Otto Barch Soviet Union (URS)3:53:32
16Hans Binder West Germany (FRG)3:57:31
17Jaromír Vanous Czechoslovakia (TCH)3:58:01
18Feliks Sliwinski Poland (POL)3:59:19
19László Sátor Hungary (HUN)3:59:37
20Heinrich Schubert West Germany (FRG)3:59:58
21Gerhard Weidner West Germany (FRG)4:01:01
22Bengt Simonsen Sweden (SWE)4:01:43
23Vittorio Visini Italy (ITA)4:02:28
24Agustin Jorbo Spain (ESP)4:02:52
25Tim Erickson Australia (AUS)4:03:17
26Stanisław Rola Poland (POL)4:03:29
27Jan Dzurnák Czechoslovakia (TCH)4:04:03
28János Dalmati Hungary (HUN)4:08:52
29Michael Parker New Zealand (NZL)4:08:56
30Stig-Olof Elovsson Sweden (SWE)4:09:44
31Adrian James Great Britain (GBR)4:09:52
32Max Sjöholm Sweden (SWE)4:10:52
33Per Rasmussen Sweden (SWE)4:11:56
34Vince OʼSullivan United States (USA)4:12:15
35Marco Evoniuk United States (USA)4:12:37
36John Sheard Australia (AUS)4:13:55
37Ian Richards Great Britain (GBR)4:14:47
38Dan OʼConnor United States (USA)4:17:34
39George Nibre Great Britain (GBR)4:18:19
40Rafael Espejo Spain (ESP)4:24:02
41Vladislav Dostál Czechoslovakia (TCH)4:24:56
42Zoltán Rutkai Hungary (HUN)4:25:56
43Chris Maddocks Great Britain (GBR)4:27:03
44Carl Schueler United States (USA)4:27:24
45Attila 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)

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

PlaceCountryPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mexico240 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Soviet Union235 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) East Germany201 pts
4 Italy152 pts
5 Czechoslovakia142 pts
6 Poland127 pts
7 Hungary112 pts
8 West Germany108 pts
9 Australia103 pts
10 Sweden101 pts
11 Spain94 pts
12 United Kingdom89 pts
13 United States67 pts
14 New Zealand25 pts

Women's 5 km

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Marion Fawkes Great Britain (GBR)22:51
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Carol Tyson Great Britain (GBR)22:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Thorill Gylder Norway (NOR)23:08
4Elisabet Olsson Sweden (SWE)23:10
5Susan Orr-Cook Australia (AUS)23:25
6Irene Bateman Great Britain (GBR)23:25
7Britt-Marie Carlsson Sweden (SWE)23:30
8Margareta Simu Sweden (SWE)23:48
9Mia Kjølberg Norway (NOR)23:50
10Susan Liers-Westerfield United States (USA)24:02
11Sally Pierson Australia (AUS)24:08
12Fröydis Hilsen Norway (NOR)24:14
13Elaine Cox Great Britain (GBR)24:18
14Gerd Gylder Norway (NOR)24:22
15Lorraine Young-Jachno Australia (AUS)24:35
16Jeanine Piroux/Vignat France (FRA)24:36
17Ann Jansson Sweden (SWE)24:45
18Giuliana Salce Italy (ITA)24:46
19Chris Sakelarios United States (USA)24:50
20Ingrid Adam West Germany (FRG)24:56
21Regine Broders West Germany (FRG)24:57
22Sue Brodock United States (USA)25:00
23Paula Kash United States (USA)25:08
24Karen Iselin Australia (AUS)25:21
25Monika Glöckler West Germany (FRG)25:24
26Kristina Schenk West Germany (FRG)25:42
27Viviane Guilmain France (FRA)25:49
28Suzanne Griesbach France (FRA)25:57
29Margot Vetterli  Switzerland (SUI)26:09
30Sonia Ripanti Italy (ITA)26:27
31Claudine Gerald/Richard France (FRA)26:31
32Charlotte Hansen Denmark (DEN)26:32
33Edith Sappl  Switzerland (SUI)26:50
34Tina Thomsen Denmark (DEN)26:52
35Valeria Carpanese Italy (ITA)27:17
36Jeanette Hansen Denmark (DEN)27:25
37Paula Gobbi Italy (ITA)27:47
38Ulla Kristiansen Denmark (DEN)28:07
39Christiane Udriot  Switzerland (SUI)28:58
40Nicol Caloz  Switzerland (SUI)30:37

Team (women)

PlaceCountryPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom85 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sweden74 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Norway69 pts
4 Australia64 pts
5 United States48 pts
6 West Germany38 pts
7 France36 pts
8 Italy26 pts
9  Switzerland14 pts
10 Denmark12 pts

Participation

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

Qualifying rounds

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

  1. 1 2 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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