World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Explained

World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
Status:active
Genre:Racewalking competitions
Date:various
Frequency:biannual
Location:various
Organised:World Athletics

The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by World Athletics. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. The first women's edition of the event happened in 1979. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event, then became the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 and then IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018. In 2004, a junior division was added for athletes between 16 and 20. Since 2008 it has been a constituent meeting of the World Athletics Challenge – Race Walking.

From 1975 to 1997 was awarded Lugano Trophy for combined team (20K + 50K). Since 1993 the medals have been awarded for the single events of the 20K and 50K teams, therefore in the 1993, 1995 and 1997 editions three team medals were assigned, from 1999 the combined was abolished and the team medals remained two until the present day.[1]

Host cities

YearCityCountry
1961LuganoSwitzerland
1963VareseItaly
1965IAAF World Race Walking CupPescaraItaly
1967Bad SaarowEast Germany
1970EschbornWest Germany
1973LuganoSwitzerland
1975Grand-QuevillyFrance
1977Milton KeynesUnited Kingdom
1979EschbornWest Germany
1981ValenciaSpain
1983BergenNorway
1985St John's, Isle of ManIsle of Man
1987New York CityUnited States
1989L'HospitaletSpain
1991San JoseUnited States
1993MonterreyMexico
1995BeijingChina
1997PoděbradyCzech Republic
1999Mézidon-CanonFrance
2002TurinItaly
2004NaumburgGermany
2006La CoruñaSpain
2008CheboksaryRussia
2010ChihuahuaMexico
2012SaranskRussia
2014TaicangChina
2016RomeItaly
2018TaicangChina
2020postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022MuscatOman
2024AntalyaTurkey
The 2016 Cup was due to be held in Cheboksary, Russia. However the IAAF's suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation prohibits Russia from hosting international competitions. This event was relocated.[2]

The 2020 Championships, planned in Minsk, Belarus, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] World Athletics announce Oman to host 2022 Race during 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Events

Event Individual Team First Last
Men's 20 km individual 28 1961 2018
Men's 20 km team14 1993 2022
Men's 35 km 1 1 2022 2022
Men's 10 km (junior) 9 9 2004 2022
Women's 20 km individual 11 1999 2022
Women's 20 km team21 1979 2022
Women's 35 km 1 1 2022 2022
Women's 10 km (junior) 9 9 2004 2022
align=center colspan=5 bgcolor=#F7BE81Defunct events
Men's 50 km individual 28 1961 2018
Men's 50 km team13 1993 2018
Women's 5 km individual 4 1975 1981
Women's 10 km individual 8 1983 1997
Women's 50 km 1 1 2018 2018
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Championships records

Key:

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
20 km1:18:1510 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia[5]
35 km2:36:145 March 20222022Muscat, Oman[6]
50 km3:34:1411 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia
10 km (Junior event)39:403 May 20142014Taicang, China

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
5 km22:5129/30 September 19791979Eschborn, West Germany
10 km41:5219 April 19971997Poděbrady, Czech Republic
20 km1:25:4211 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia
35 km2:48:335 March 20222022Muscat, Oman[7]
50 km4:04:365 May 20182018Taicang, China[8]
10 km (Junior event)42:4410 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia

Medal summary

Legend: Where there is the symbol, the original top three result has been adjusted due to doping disqualifications.

Men

20 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
1961 United Kingdom1:30:55--> Sweden1:32:12--> United Kingdom1:34:02-->
1963 United Kingdom1:30:11--> United Kingdom1:33:19--> Hungary1:33:38-->
19651:28:10--> Hungary1:29:09-->1:31:30-->
19671:28:39-->1:28:58--> United States1:29:13-->
19701:26:55-->1:27:22-->1:27:33-->
19731:29:31-->1:29:36--> United States1:30:45-->
19751:26:12-->1:26:20-->1:26:54-->
1977 Mexico1:24:02--> Mexico1:24:31-->1:24:51-->
1979 Mexico1:18:49-->1:19:46-->1:20:05-->
1981 Mexico1:23:52-->1:24:12--> Italy1:24:24-->
19831:19:30--> Mexico1:19:41-->1:19:43-->
1985 Spain1:21:42--> Italy1:21:43-->1:22:01-->
1987 Mexico1:19:24-->1:19:32-->1:20:04-->
19891:20:21-->1:20:34-->1:20:47-->
19911:20:43--> Mexico1:20:46--> France1:20:56-->
1993 Mexico1:24:26--> Spain1:24:32--> Mexico1:24:37-->
1995 China1:19:44-->1:19:58--> Mexico1:20:32-->
1997 Ecuador1:18:24--> Mexico1:18:27-->1:18:30-->
1999 Mexico1:20:20--> China1:20:21-->1:20:29-->
2002 Ecuador1:21:26-->1:21:50--> Mexico1:22:01-->
2004 Ecuador1:18:42--> Poland1:19:02--> Australia1:19:11-->
2006 Spain1:18:31 --> Ecuador1:19:08--> China1:19:10-->
2008 Spain1:18:15 CR-->1:18:21--> Mexico1:18:34-->
2010 China1:22:35--> China1:22:46-->1:22:54-->
China1:19:13-->1:19:27-->1:19:43-->
2014 Ukraine1:18:37 NR--> China1:18:52-->1:18:59-->
20161:19:22--> China1:19:34-->1:19:36-->
20181:21:13--> China1:21:22-->1:21:33-->
2022 Japan1:22:52--> Japan1:23:29--> Kenya1:23:52-->
-->

35 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
2022 Sweden2:36:14 --> Spain2:36:54 --> Spain2:37:27 -->

50 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
1961 Italy4:25:38--> United Kingdom4:30:35--> Sweden4:36:48-->
1963 Hungary4:14:25--> United Kingdom4:17:16--> Sweden4:19:11-->
19654:03:14-->4:06:02--> Italy4:06:41-->
19674:09:09-->4:11:40-->4:13:07-->
19704:04:36-->4:09:52-->4:11:10-->
19733:56:51-->3:57:11-->3:57:26-->
19754:03:42-->4:09:58-->4:11:31-->
1977 Mexico4:04:16--> Mexico4:04:55--> Italy4:06:27-->
1979 Mexico3:43:36--> Mexico3:43:59-->3:45:51-->
1981 Mexico3:48:30-->3:52:18--> Italy3:54:57-->
1983 Mexico3:45:37-->3:48:26-->3:49:47-->
19853:47:31-->3:49:23-->3:56:53-->
19873:42:26-->3:42:52-->3:43:14-->
1989 Australia3:43:13-->3:44:12-->3:44:50-->
1991 Mexico3:42:03--> Australia3:46:36--> Germany3:47:50-->
1993 Mexico3:50:28--> Spain3:52:44--> Mexico3:54:15-->
1995 China3:41:20--> Spain3:41:54--> Finland3:42:50-->
1997 Spain3:39:54-->3:40:12--> Finland3:41:09-->
1999 Kazakhstan3:39:22--> Poland3:40:08-->3:40:13-->
20023:40:59-->3:42:08--> Poland3:45:37-->
20043:42:44--> China3:43:47-->3:46:49-->
20063:38:02--> Norway3:41:30-->3:42:38-->
3:34:14 CR--> Italy3:37:04-->3:44:59-->
2010 Slovakia3:53:30--> Mexico3:54:16--> Australia3:54:55-->
Australia3:40:32--> China3:43:05--> Germany3:47:33-->
20143:39:05-->3:39:38--> Australia3:42:48-->
3:42:36-->3:44:02-->3:44:47-->
20183:44:25-->3:44:31 -->3:44:52-->
-->
In 2008, Vladimir Kanaykin from was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.[5]
In 2012, original gold medallist Sergey Kirdyapkin, Igor Erokhin original silver medallist and fourth-placer Sergey Bakulin all from Russia, had their times and placings annulled due to doping violations. In 2016, Alex Schwazer from was initially 1st and gold medallist, but disqualified because of doping violations.

Lugano Trophy

See main article: Lugano Trophy (World Race Walking Cup). Team ranking that combining results of 20 km and 50 km.[9]

1961 53 53 Italy 28
1963 93 64 63
1965 117 87 64
1967 128 107 104
1970 134 125 88
1973 139 134 Italy 104
1975 117 105 102
1977 185 180 Italy 160
1979 240 235 201
1981 Italy 227 227 221
1983 231 Italy 189 146
1985 234 234 Italy 233
1987 607 Italy 569 518
1989 585 Italy 534 516
1991 Italy 517 491 487
1993 540 491 Italy 487
1995 846 Italy 815 805
1997 865 802 801

Teams 20 km

1993 265 Italy 244 240
1995 436 Italy 422 420
1997 431 413 403
1999 19 28 29
2002 24 28 Italy 34
2004 18 35 Italy 35
2006 33 37 37
2008 11 22 47
2010 9 25 41
2012 14 15 56
2014 18 23 35
2016 16 27 41
2018 12 29 42
2022 25 26 45

Teams 35 km

2022 16 29 48

Teams 50 km

1993 275 251 245
1995 426 419 413
1997 434 415 407
1999 14 26 55
2002 7 59 78
2004 8 14 23
2006 20 38 39
2008 Italy 28 29 30
2010 21 22 38
2012 28 31 43
19 34 70
Italy 14 25 30
10 29 37

Women

5 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
1975† Sweden23:41--> Sweden24:33--> Sweden24:45-->
1977† Sweden23:19--> United Kingdom23:46--> Sweden24:12-->
1979 United Kingdom22:51--> United Kingdom22:59--> Norway23:08-->
1981 Sweden22:57-->23:18-->23:26-->
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† Invitational, non-cup event.

10 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
1983 China45:14-->45:26--> Australia45:27-->
1985 China46:22--> China46:23-->
46:24-->
198743:22-->43:35--> China43:45-->
198943:08--> Australia43:12--> Italy43:12-->
199143:55--> Mexico44:09-->44:11-->
1993 China45:10--> Finland45:18-->45:22-->
1995 China42:19-->42:32--> China42:49-->
199741:52-->41:59--> China42:15-->
-->

20 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
1999 China1:27:32-->1:27:35--> Romania1:27:48-->
2002 Italy1:28:55-->1:28:57-->1:28:59-->
20041:27:24--> China1:27:34--> Spain1:27:36-->
2006 Belarus1:26:27-->1:27:26-->1:27:46-->
20081:25:42 CR-->1:26:29--> Portugal1:28:17-->
2010 Spain1:31:55--> Portugal1:32:06--> Portugal1:33:28-->
1:27:38--> Spain1:29:10--> China1:29:55-->
20141:26:31--> China1:26:58-->1:27:02-->
2016 Mexico1:26:17 AR--> China1:26:49--> Brazil1:27:18-->
2018 Mexico1:26:38--> China1:27:06--> China1:27:22-->
2022 China1:30:22--> China1:31:54--> Peru1:32:27-->
-->

35 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
2022 Ecuador2:48:33 --> China2:50:26 --> Poland2:51:48 -->

50 km

Year align=center bgcolor=gold colspan=2Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver colspan=2Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2Bronze
Athlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country
2018 China4:04:36 --> China4:09:09--> Australia4:09:33 -->

Teams 20 km

* Invitation event

1975* Sweden 70 46 France 42
1977 No team contest
1979 85 Sweden 74 Norway 69
1981 105 Sweden 104 Australia 90
1983 132 130 Australia 126
1985

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TAICANG 2018 - FACTS & FIGURES. iaaf.org. 13 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180905042243/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/c1267c8d-1008-4c7d-a946-da2a2547ca49.pdf. 5 September 2018. live.
  2. Web site: IAAF provisionally suspends Russian Member Federation ARAF. 13 November 2015. iaaf.org.
  3. Web site: World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Minsk postponed . World Athletics . 13 March 2020 . 19 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200325030151/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-release/world-athletics-corona-measures-2020 . 25 March 2020 . live.
  4. News: Oman to host 2020 World Race Walking Team Championships. Oman Daily Observer. 28 July 2021. 29 July 2021.
  5. Book: IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES. IAAF. August 23, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130903053650/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/eb5a25b5-f093-4f02-9869-3a5c496df204.pdf. September 3, 2013. live.
  6. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 5 March 2022. 11 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Women's 35km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 5 March 2022. 11 March 2022.
  8. Web site: Women's 50km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 5 May 2018. 25 March 2022.
  9. Web site: IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES. iaaf.org. 4 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20140503195133/https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitioninfo/4351adb2-3476-4e4b-8b1c-f8ca4668ac4a.pdf. 3 May 2014. live.

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