1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	7th
Date	October 11–12
Host city	Le Grand-Quevilly, Haute-Normandie, France
Nations participating	9 + 5 guest
Athletes participating	71 + 38 guest
Races	2 + 1 invited
← 1973 Lugano 1977 Milton Keynes →

The 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Le Grand-Quevilly, France, on October 11–12, 1975. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. For the first time, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event.

Complete results were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR)	1:26:12	Bernd Kannenberg (FRG)	1:26:20	Peter Frenkel (GDR)	1:26:54
50 km walk	Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS)	4:03:42	Gerhard Weidner (FRG)	4:09:58	Vladimir Svechnikov (URS)	4:11:31
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)	Soviet Union	117 pts	East Germany	105 pts	West Germany	102 pts
Women†
5 km walk†	Margareta Simu (SWE)	23:40	Siv Gustavsson (SWE)	24:33	Britt Holmquist (SWE)	24:45
Team (Women)†
Team (Women)†	Sweden	70 pts	United Kingdom	46 pts	France	42 pts

^†: Invitation event.

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller GDR	1:26:12
	Bernd Kannenberg FRG	1:26:20
	Peter Frenkel GDR	1:26:54
4	Otto Barch URS	1:27:35
5	Vittorio Visini ITA	1:27:38
6	Brian Adams GBR	1:27:46
7	Aleksey Troitskiy URS	1:27:59
8	Olly Flynn GBR	1:28:08
9	Yevgeniy Ivchenko URS	1:28:39
10	Mikhail Alekseyev URS	1:28:58
11	Hans-Georg Reimann GDR	1:29:03
12	Armando Zambaldo ITA	1:29:29
13	Imre Stankovics HUN	1:29:55
14	Gérard Lelièvre FRA	1:30:18
15	Domenico Carpentieri ITA	1:30:25
16	Hartwig Gauder GDR	1:30:37
17	Amos Seddon GBR	1:30:42
18	János Tábori HUN	1:30:53
19	Bengt Simonsen SWE	1:31:13
20	Göran Aneheim SWE	1:31:57
21	Sandro Bellucci ITA	1:33:03
22	Alain Moulinet FRA	1:33:17
23	Daniel Björkgren SWE	1:33:27
24	Heinz Mayr FRG	1:33:40
25	Owe Hemmingsson SWE	1:33:49
26	Bob Kitchen USA	1:34:15
27	László Sátor HUN	1:34:48
28	Roger Mills GBR	1:35:23
29	Dominique Guebey FRA	1:35:42
30	Bernhard Schmidt FRG	1:37:26
31	Wayne Glusker USA	1:38:07
32	Helmut Stolte FRG	1:39:15
33	Michel Leveque FRA	1:42:41
—	Sándor Forian HUN	DQ
—	Jerry Brown USA	DQ
—	John Knifton USA	DQ

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Yevgeniy Lyungin URS	4:03:42
	Gerhard Weidner FRG	4:09:58
	Vladimir Svechnikov URS	4:11:31
4	John Warhurst GBR	4:14:35
5	Franco Vecchio ITA	4:15:33
6	Ferenc Danovsky HUN	4:15:59
7	Heinrich Schubert FRG	4:16:11
8	Werner Galina GDR	4:16:30
9	Hans Binder FRG	4:18:08
10	Jean-Pierre Garcia FRA	4:19:35
11	Max Sjöholm SWE	4:21:10
12	János Dalmati HUN	4:21:48
13	Paolo Grecucci ITA	4:23:55
14	Olaf Pilarski GDR	4:24:59
15	Roy Thorpe GBR	4:26:48
16	Hans Michalski FRG	4:27:31
17	Stig-Olof Elovsson SWE	4:29:03
18	Lennart Lundgren SWE	4:30:05
19	Alec Banyard GBR	4:30:25
20	Charley Fogg GBR	4:31:15
21	August Hirt USA	4:31:19
22	Mirko Scussel ITA	4:36:11
23	Luc Gauthier FRA	4:39:48
24	Claude Sauriat FRA	4:47:05
25	Karoly Orban HUN	4:55:37
26	Tom Knatt USA	5:01:10
27	Paul Eddig USA	5:15:08
—	Didier David FRA	DQ
—	Ralf Knütter GDR	DQ
—	Matthias Kroel GDR	DQ
—	Kåre Moen SWE	DQ
—	Veniamin Soldatenko URS	DQ
—	Lajos Lanyl HUN	DNF
—	Rosario Valore ITA	DNF
—	Ray Somers USA	DNF

Team (Men)

Place	Country	Points
	Soviet Union	117 pts
	East Germany	105 pts
	West Germany	102 pts
4	United Kingdom	102 pts
5	Italy	100 pts
6	Hungary	76 pts
7	Sweden	69 pts
8	France	59 pts
9	United States	24 pts

Women's 5 km^†

Place	Athlete	Time
	Margareta Simu SWE	23:40
	Siv Gustavsson SWE	24:33
	Britt Holmquist SWE	24:45
4	Thorill Gylder NOR	25:05
5	Sue Brodock USA	25:07
6	Marion Fawkes GBR	25:12
7	Elisabet Olsson SWE	28:14
8	Monika Karlsson SWE	28:14
9	Karin Møller DEN	26:00
10	Ginney Lovell GBR	26:05
11	Monika Glöckler FRG	26:16
12	Nadine Mogis FRA	26:17
13	Jeanine Piroux FRA	26:22
14	Dominique Terraz FRA	26:22
15	Mia Kjølberg NOR	26:34
16	Margot Vetterli SUI	26:45
17	Marica Zethof NED	26:53
18	Sylvia Saunders/Black GBR	27:05
19	Heike Penner FRG	27:12
20	Laila Nielsen DEN	27:22
21	Gerd Gylder NOR	27:32
22	Becky Villalvaso USA	27:35
23	Tina Thomsen DEN	27:38
24	Regine Broders FRG	27:44
25	Eileen Smith USA	27:50
26	Ulla Kristiansen DEN	27:59
27	Sandy Briscoe USA	28:14
28	Fröydis Hilsen NOR	28:17
29	Edith Häppt SUI	28:35
30	Anne Fröberg FIN	29:12
31	Olivia Lorenz FRG	29:18
32	Chantal Vallée FRA	30:09
33	Adri van Dirven NED	32:50
—	Jacqueline Delassaux FRA	DQ
—	Judy Farr GBR	DQ
—	Cynthia Johnson USA	DQ
—	Lisa Metheny USA	DQ
—	Jacoba Kemna NED	DNF

^†: Invitation event.

Team (Women)^†

Place	Country	Points
	Sweden	70 pts
	United Kingdom	46 pts
	France	42 pts
4	Norway	40 pts
5	Denmark	31 pts
6	West Germany	29 pts
7	United States	26 pts
8	Netherlands	14 pts

^†: Invitation event.

Participation

The participation of 109 athletes (71 men/38 women) from 14 countries is reported.

• Denmark (-/4)
• East Germany (8/-)
• Finland (-/1)
• France (8/5)
• Hungary (8/-)

• Italy (8/-)
• Netherlands (-/3)
• Norway (-/4)
• Soviet Union (7/-)
• Sweden (8/5)

• Switzerland (-/2)
• United Kingdom (8/4)
• United States (8/6)
• 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, the German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, Italy, the United States, and France proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1

Odense, Denmark, September 20/21

Rank	Nation	Points
1	United Kingdom	90 pts
2	Sweden	80 pts
3	Poland	74 pts
4	Belgium	53 pts
5	Norway	23 pts
6	Denmark	18 pts

Zone 2

Štětí, Czechoslovakia, September 20

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Hungary	65 pts
2	West Germany	53 pts
3	Czechoslovakia	49 pts
4	Romania	43 pts
5	Spain	32 pts

See also

• 1975 Race Walking Year Ranking