1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup explained

1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	12th
Date:	September 28–29
Nations Participating:	18
Athletes Participating:	158
Races:	3
Previous:	1983 Bergen
Next:	1987 New York City

The 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 28 and 29 September 1985 in the streets of St John's, Isle of Man. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

Complete results were published.

Medallists

Men
Men's 20 km walk		1:21:42		1:21:43	Viktor Mostovik	1:22:01
Men's 50 km walk	Hartwig Gauder	3:47:31	Andrey Perlov	3:49:23	Axel Noack	3:56:53
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)		234 pts		234 pts		233 pts
Women
Women's 10 km walk		46:22		46:23	Olga Krishtop Aleksandra Grigoryeva	46:24
Eschborn Cup (Women)
Team (Women)		104 pts		98 pts		74 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			1:21:42
			1:21:43
			1:22:01
4			1:23:39
5			1:23:51
6			1:23:54
7			1:24:04
8			1:24:14
9			1:24:37
10			1:24:51
11			1:25:00
12			1:25:32
13			1:25:42
14			1:25:58
15			1:26:17
16			1:26:41
17			1:26:51
18			1:26:54
19			1:27:10
20			1:27:15
21			1:27:26
22			1:28:10
23			1:28:12
24			1:28:45
25			1:28:51
26			1:28:54
27			1:29:00
28			1:30:02
30			1:30:23
31			1:30:31
32			1:31:05
33			1:31:14
34			1:31:24
35			1:31:27
36			1:31:38
37			1:32:51
38			1:32:59
39			1:33:15
40			1:33:20
41			1:33:24
44			1:34:57
45			1:35:11
46			1:35:35
47			1:36:10
49			1:37:39
50			1:37:57
51			1:39:03
52			1:40:52
53			1:42:29
54			1:43:14
55			1:54:32
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			3:47:31
			3:49:23
			3:56:53
4			3:58:22
5			3:59:55
6			4:00:03
7			4:01:31
8			4:02:55
9			4:04:52
10			4:05:35
11			4:06:38
12			4:08:07
13			4:08:23
14			4:09:16
15			4:09:37
16			4:11:03
17			4:11:32
18			4:12:11
19			4:13:14
20			4:14:56
21			4:14:43
22			4:16:23
23			4:16:55
24			4:17:43
25			4:19:46
26			4:21:46
27			4:23:56
28			4:25:09
29			4:26:21
30			4:26:21
31			4:28:19
32			4:28:34
33			4:29:16
34			4:31:14
35			4:34:52
36			4:35:19
37			4:38:13
38			4:39:46
39			4:48:27
40			4:51:44
41			4:55:27
42			4:56:58
43			5:00:51
44			5:02:31
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DQ
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF

Team (men)

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

Place	Country	Points
		234 pts
		234 pts
		233 pts
4		206 pts
5		170 pts
6		154 pts
7		141 pts
8		135 pts
9		124 pts
10		101 pts
11		93 pts
12		82 pts
13		80 pts
14		30 pts
15		20 pts
—		DQ
—		DNS

Women's 10 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
			46:22
			46:23
			46:24
		46:24
5			46:32
6			46:41
7			46:31
8			46:51
9			46:55
10			47:11
11			47:16
12			47:41
13			48:10
14			48:17
15			48:20
16			48:38
17			48:42
18			48:50
19			49:06
20			49:08
21			49:12
22			49:19
23			49:31
24			49:37
25			49:45
26			50:06
27			50:26
28			50:28
29			50:29
30			50:54
31			51:03
32			51:16
33			51:30
34			51:45
35			51:55
36			51:56
37			52:06
38			52:14
39			52:16
40			52:38
41			53:05
42			53:36
43			53:53
44			54:58
45			55:05
—			DQ
—			DNF
—			DNF

Team (women)

Place	Country	Points
		104 pts
		98 pts
		74 pts
4		67 pts
5		58 pts
6		48 pts
7		44 pts
8		42 pts
9		38 pts
10		36 pts
11		29 pts
12		29 pts

Participation

The participation of 158 athletes (110 men/48 women) from countries is reported.

• (4/-)
• (8/4)
• (7/4)
• (4/4)
• (7/-)
• (-/4)
• (8/-)
• (-/4)
• (3/-)
• (8/4)
• (5/-)
• (8/-)
• (7/4)
• (8/4)
• (8/4)
• (9/4)
• (8/4)
• (8/4)

Qualifying rounds

In 1985, there were qualifying rounds for both men's and women's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final.

Men

This year, the Soviet Union, Italy, México, the United Kingdom, the United States, Algeria, Australia, China, Canada, Colombia, and Kenya proceeded directly to the final. México withdrew due to the Mexico City earthquake.

Zone 1

Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France, June 22/23

Rank	Nation	Points
1		85 pts
2		85 pts
3		82 pts
4		37 pts
5		37 pts
6		15 pts

Zone 2

Borås, Sweden, June 15

Rank	Nation	Points
1		62 pts
2		40 pts
3		29 pts
3		27 pts

Zone 3

Russe, Bulgaria, June 22/23

Rank	Nation	Points
1		99 pts
2		74 pts
3		45 pts
4		44 pts
5		44 pts
6		28 pts

Women

This year, China, the Soviet Union, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada proceeded directly to the final.

Zone 1

Borås, Sweden, June 15

Rank	Nation	Points
1		20 pts
2		18 pts
3		8 pts
—

competed as non-scorers

Zone 2

Russe, Bulgaria, June 22

Rank	Nation	Points
1		48 pts
2		42 pts
3		35 pts
4		24 pts
5		14 pts
6		9 pts

Zone 3

Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France, June 2

Rank	Nation	Points
1		39 pts
2		34 pts
3		23 pts
4		19 pts
5		6 pts

External links

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

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.