1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Bad Saarow, German Democratic Republic, on October 15, 1967. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	4th
Date	October 15
Host city	Bad Saarow, Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), German Democratic Republic
Events	2
Participation	48 athletes from 8 nations
← 1965 Pescara 1970 Eschborn →

Complete results were published.^[1]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Nikolay Smaga (URS)	1:28:39	Vladimir Golubnichiy (URS)	1:28:58	Ron Laird (USA)	1:29:13
50 km walk	Christoph Höhne (GDR)	4:09:09	Peter Selzer (GDR)	4:11:40	Aleksandr Shcherbina (URS)	4:13:07
Men (Team)
Team	East Germany	128 pts	Soviet Union	107 pts	United Kingdom	104 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Nikolay Smaga	Soviet Union (URS)	1:28:39
	Vladimir Golubnichiy	Soviet Union (URS)	1:28:58
	Ron Laird	United States (USA)	1:29:13
4	Gerhard Sperling	East Germany (GDR)	1:30:15
5	Peter Frenkel	East Germany (GDR)	1:30:30
6	Peter Fullager	Great Britain (GBR)	1:31:34
7	Hans-Joachim Pathus	East Germany (GDR)	1:33:07
8	John Webb	Great Britain (GBR)	1:33:56
9	Ron Wallwork	Great Britain (GBR)	1:34:54
10	Julius Müller	West Germany (FRG)	1:35:00
11	Bernhard Nermerich	West Germany (FRG)	1:35:37
12	Åke Söderlund	Sweden (SWE)	1:36:02
13	Karl-Heinz Pape	West Germany (FRG)	1:36:06
14	István Göri	Hungary (HUN)	1:36:09
15	Pasquale Busca	Italy (ITA)	1:36:22
16	Tom Dooley	United States (USA)	1:37:21
17	János Dalmati	Hungary (HUN)	1:37:53
18	Andor Antal	Hungary (HUN)	1:38:03
19	Örjan Andersson	Sweden (SWE)	1:38:15
20	Gabriele Nigro	Italy (ITA)	1:40:48
21	Ingvar Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	1:41:39
22	Jack Mortland	United States (USA)	1:42:14
23	Gennadiy Solodov	Soviet Union (URS)	1:48:24
—	Nicola De Vito	Italy (ITA)	DNF

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Christoph Höhne	East Germany (GDR)	4:09:09
	Peter Selzer	East Germany (GDR)	4:11:40
	Aleksandr Shcherbina	Soviet Union (URS)	4:13:07
4	Kurt Sakowski	East Germany (GDR)	4:13:52
5	Sergey Bondarenko	Soviet Union (URS)	4:21:52
6	Don Thompson	Great Britain (GBR)	4:25:21
7	Stig Lindberg	Sweden (SWE)	4:28:53
8	Ray Middleton	Great Britain (GBR)	4:29:23
9	Shaun Lightman	Great Britain (GBR)	4:31:24
10	Igor Della-Rossa	Soviet Union (URS)	4:31:28
11	István Havasi	Hungary (HUN)	4:33:01
12	Gerhard Weidner	West Germany (FRG)	4:35:25
13	Horst-Rüdiger Magnor	West Germany (FRG)	4:36:53
14	Max Sjöholm	Sweden (SWE)	4:40:21
15	Sante Mancini	Italy (ITA)	4:41:26
16	Antonio De Gaetano	Italy (ITA)	4:41:49
17	Goetz Klopfer	United States (USA)	4:46:42
18	Werner Hupfeld	West Germany (FRG)	4:50:46
19	Luigi De Rosso	Italy (ITA)	4:51:50
20	James Clifton	United States (USA)	4:57:07
21	János Szabó	Hungary (HUN)	5:02:53
22	Larry Young	United States (USA)	5:06:08
23	Tibor Balajcza	Hungary (HUN)	5:18:05
—	Stefan Ingvarsson	Sweden (SWE)	DNF

Team

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.^[2]

Place	Country	Points
	East Germany	128 pts
	Soviet Union	107 pts
	United Kingdom	104 pts
4	West Germany	73 pts
5	Sweden	52 pts
6	United States	50 pts
7	Hungary	46 pts
8	Italy	40 pts
9	South Africa	DNS

Participation

The participation of 48 athletes from 8 countries is reported.^[1]

•  East Germany (6)
•  Hungary (6)
•  Italy (6)
•  Soviet Union (6)
•  Sweden (6)
•  United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (6)
•  West Germany (6)

Qualifying rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, the German Democratic Republic, the United Kingdom, Hungary, the United States, and the Republic of South Africa proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1 Dole, France, August 26/27 Rank Nation Points 1  Italy 75 pts 2  West Germany 65 pts 3  France 41 pts 4   Switzerland 37 pts 5  Belgium 22 pts

Zone 2 København, Denmark, September 9/10 Rank Nation Points 1  Soviet Union 86 pts 2  Sweden 60 pts 3  Czechoslovakia 37 pts 4  Bulgaria 34 pts 5  Denmark 23 pts

References

1. IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved July 29, 2013
2. "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)