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 | |||
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Men | ||||||
20 km walk | ![]() |
1:18:49 | ![]() |
1:19:46 | ![]() |
1:20:05 |
50 km walk | ![]() |
3:43:36 | ![]() |
3:43:59 | ![]() |
3:45:51 |
Lugano Cup (Men) | ||||||
Team (Men) | ![]() |
240 pts | ![]() |
235 pts | ![]() |
201 pts |
Women | ||||||
5 km walk | ![]() |
22:51 | ![]() |
22:59 | ![]() |
23:08 |
Eschborn Cup (Women) | ||||||
Team (Women) | ![]() |
85 pts | ![]() |
74 pts | ![]() |
69 pts |
Results
Men's 20 km
Men's 50 km
Team (men)
The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.[2]
Place | Country | Points |
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240 pts |
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235 pts |
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201 pts |
4 | ![]() |
152 pts |
5 | ![]() |
142 pts |
6 | ![]() |
127 pts |
7 | ![]() |
112 pts |
8 | ![]() |
108 pts |
9 | ![]() |
103 pts |
10 | ![]() |
101 pts |
11 | ![]() |
94 pts |
12 | ![]() |
89 pts |
13 | ![]() |
67 pts |
14 | ![]() |
25 pts |
Women's 5 km
Team (women)
Place | Country | Points |
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85 pts |
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74 pts |
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69 pts |
4 | ![]() |
64 pts |
5 | ![]() |
48 pts |
6 | ![]() |
38 pts |
7 | ![]() |
36 pts |
8 | ![]() |
26 pts |
9 | ![]() |
14 pts |
10 | ![]() |
12 pts |
Participation
The participation of 147 athletes (107 men/40 women) from countries is reported.[1]
Australia (8/4)
Czechoslovakia (7/-)
Denmark (-/4)
East Germany (8/-)
France (-/4)
Hungary (7/-)
Italy (8/4)
Mexico (8/-)
New Zealand (5/-)
Norway (-/4)
Poland (8/-)
Soviet Union (8/-)
Spain (8/-)
Sweden (8/4)
Switzerland (-/4)
United Kingdom (8/4)
United States (8/4)
West Germany (8/4)
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 German Democratic Republic, Italy, the Soviet Union, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand proceeded directly to the final.
Zone 1
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Zone 2Władysławowo, Poland, August 25/26
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Zone 3
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References
- ^ a b IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved July 29, 2013
- ^ "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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