1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup explained

1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	2nd
Date:	October 12–13
Host City:	Varese, Lombardy, Italy
Nations Participating:	12
Athletes Participating:	36
Races:	2
Previous:	1961 Lugano
Next:	1965 Pescara

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.

Complete results were published.

Medallists

Men
20 km walk		1:30:10		1:33:18		1:33:38
50 km walk		4:14:25		4:17:15		4:19:11
Men (Team)
Team		93 pts		64 pts		63 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			1:30:10
			1:33:18
			1:33:38
4			1:34:33
5			1:35:16
6			1:35:22
7			1:35:53
8			1:36:23
9			1:36:28
10			1:36:37
11			1:37:29
12			1:40:08
13			1:40:38
14			1:42:02
15			1:42:37
16			1:43:43
17			1:44:24
18			1:45:09

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			4:14:25
			4:17:15
			4:19:11
4			4:23:11
5			4:23:46
6			4:30:16
7			4:32:01
8			4:33:09
9			4:39:03
10			4:41:52
11			4:43:07
12			4:43:22
13			4:43:50
14			4:44:09
15			4:46:51
16			5:00:52
—			DQ
—			DQ

Team

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.^[1]

Place	Country	Points
		93 pts
		64 pts
		63 pts
4		51 pts
5		44 pts
6		26 pts

Participation

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Qualifying rounds

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.

Zone 1

Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, September 22

Rank	Nation	Points
1		32 pts
2		11 pts

Zone 2

Fredrikstad, Norway, August 24/25

Rank	Nation	Points
1		48 pts
2		26 pts
3		17 pts

Zone 3

Sofia, Bulgaria, September 1

Rank	Nation	Points
1		24 pts
2		20 pts
3		DNS

Zone 4

Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7/8

Rank	Nation	Points
1		30 pts
2		14 pts

Zone 5

Challes-les-Eaux, France, September 14/15

Rank	Nation	Points
1		25 pts
2		19 pts

Notes and References

1. Web site: IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES. iaaf.org. Men’s Lugano Trophy(Combining results of 20Km & 50Km). 5 August 2017.