1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup explained

1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	10th
Date:	October 3–4
Host City:	Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Nations Participating:	18
Athletes Participating:	160
Races:	3
Previous:	1979 Eschborn
Next:	1983 Bergen

The 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 3 and 4 October 1981 in the streets of Valencia, Spain. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

Complete results were published.

Medallists

Men
Men's 20 km walk	1:23:52	Roland Wieser	1:24:12		1:24:24
Men's 50 km walk	3:48:30	Hartwig Gauder	3:52:18		3:54:57
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)	227 pts		227 pts		221 pts
Women
Women's 5 km walk	22:56.9	Aleksandra Deveranskaya	23:17.2	Lyudmila Khrushchova	23:25.4
Eschborn Cup (Women)
Team (Women)	105 pts		104 pts		90 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			1:23:52
			1:24:12
			1:24:24
4			1:24:51
5			1:25:00
6			1:25:08
7			1:26:39
8			1:27:03
9			1:27:28
10			1:28:02
11			1:28:12
12			1:28:20
13			1:28:52
14			1:29:24
15			1:29:37
16			1:29:45
17			1:29:56
18			1:30:03
19			1:30:03
20			1:30:05
21			1:30:22
22			1:30:39
23			1:31:11
24			1:31:13
25			1:31:23
26			1:31:29
27			1:31:35
28			1:32:30
29			1:32:52
30			1:33:30
31			1:33:46
32			1:33:49
33			1:33:52
34			1:34:08
35			1:34:18
36			1:34:18
37			1:34:47
38			1:35:05
39			1:35:59
40			1:36:25
41			1:37:41
42			1:38:40
43			1:39:21
44			1:39:55
45			1:40:07
46			1:41:56
47			1:44:47
48			1:46:05
49			1:46:17
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF
—			DNF

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			3:48:30
			3:52:18
			3:54:57
4			3:56:27
5			3:58:04
6			3:58:16
7			4:01:30
8			4:02:04
9			4:03:06
10			4:03:15
11			4:03:51
12			4:07:16
13			4:07:44
14			4:13:19
15			4:15:34
16			4:17:06
17			4:17:11
18			4:17:57
19			4:18:56
20			4:21:04
21			4:22:24
22			4:23:31
23			4:25:10
24			4:26:28
25			4:28:08
26			4:29:49
27			4:33:01
28			4:34:34
29			4:34:58
30			4:35:51
31			4:36:13
32			4:37:31
33			4:38:48
34			4:39:37
35			4:41:04
36			4:42:58
37			4:43:03
38			4:43:43
39			4:47:27
40			4:52:04
41			5:03:32
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF

Team (men)

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

Place	Country	Points
		227 pts
		227 pts
		221 pts
4		208 pts
5		176 pts
6		150 pts
7		148 pts
8		137 pts
9		131 pts
10		97 pts
11		77 pts
12		74 pts
13		57 pts
14		52 pts
15		34 pts

Women's 5 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			22:56.9
			23:17.2
			23:25.4
4			23:34.4
5			23:42.2
6			23:51.3
7			24:04.9
8			24:05.9
9			24:15.8
10			24:20.7
11			24:31.0
12			24:35.6
13			24:40.0
14			24:43.9
15			24:47.4
16			24:53.2
17			25:03.5
18			25:05.1
19			25:10.9
20			25:14.2
21			25:26
22			25:31
23			25:34
24			25:34
25			25:39
26			25:51
27			26:08
28			26:21
29			26:35
30			26:44
31			26:53
32			26:56
33			27:02
34			27:04
35			27:07
36			27:16
37			27:17
38			27:23
39			27:27
40			28:00
41			28:04
42			28:12
43			28:20
44			28:30
45			29:32
46			30:30
47			32:02
—			DNF
—			DNF

Team (women)

Place	Country	Points
		105 pts
		104 pts
		90 pts
4		76 pts
5		71 pts
6		68 pts
7		66 pts
8		55 pts
9		41 pts
10		33 pts
11		31 pts
12		25 pts
13		15 pts

Participation

The participation of 160 athletes (111 men/49 women) from 18 countries is reported.

(8/4)
(4/4)
(3/-)
(8/-)
(-/4)
(8/-)
(8/4)
(8/2)
(8/-)
(8/4)
(8/-)
(8/4)
(8/4)
(8/4)
(-/3)
(8/4)
(8/4)
(-/4)

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 Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, Spain, the United States, Australia, Canada, and China proceeded directly to the final.

Zone 1

Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France, September 5/6

Rank	Nation	Points
1		77 pts
2		75 pts
3		39 pts
4		27 pts
5		24 pts

Zone 2

Helsinki, Finland, August 29/30

Rank	Nation	Points
1		49 pts
2		44 pts
3		37 pts
4		28 pts

Zone 3

Szolnok, Hungary, August 29

Rank	Nation	Points
1		73 pts
2		64 pts
3		58 pts
4		23 pts
5		14 pts

External links

IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures - IAAF.org

Notes and References

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.