1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	2nd
Date	October 12–13
Host city	Varese, Lombardy, Italy
Events	2
Participation	36 athletes from 12 nations
← 1961 Lugano 1965 Pescara →

The 1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Varese, Italy, on October 12–13, 1963. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published. ^[1]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Ken Matthews ( GBR)	1:30:10	Paul Nihill ( GBR)	1:33:18	Antal Kiss ( HUN)	1:33:38
50 km walk	István Havasi ( HUN)	4:14:25	Ray Middleton ( GBR)	4:17:15	Ingvar Pettersson ( SWE)	4:19:11
Men (Team)
Team	United Kingdom	93 pts	Hungary	64 pts	Sweden	63 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Ken Matthews	Great Britain (GBR)	1:30:10
	Paul Nihill	Great Britain (GBR)	1:33:18
	Antal Kiss	Hungary (HUN)	1:33:38
4	István Göri	Hungary (HUN)	1:34:33
5	Erik Söderlund	Sweden (SWE)	1:35:16
6	John Edgington	Great Britain (GBR)	1:35:22
7	John Ljunggren	Sweden (SWE)	1:35:53
8	Stefano Serchinich	Italy (ITA)	1:36:23
9	Alexander Bílek	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1:36:28
10	Kurt Schreiber	West Germany (FRG)	1:36:37
11	Vladimír Kánský	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1:37:29
12	Alberto Carocci	Italy (ITA)	1:40:08
13	Lennart Back	Sweden (SWE)	1:40:38
14	Horst Brüning	West Germany (FRG)	1:42:02
15	Giuseppe Doro	Italy (ITA)	1:42:37
16	Tibor Balajcza	Hungary (HUN)	1:43:43
17	Herbert Staubach	West Germany (FRG)	1:44:24
18	Vilém Švajda	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1:45:09

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	István Havasi	Hungary (HUN)	4:14:25
	Ray Middleton	Great Britain (GBR)	4:17:15
	Ingvar Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	4:19:11
4	Ladíslav Moc	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4:23:11
5	Ron Wallwork	Great Britain (GBR)	4:23:46
6	Charley Fogg	Great Britain (GBR)	4:30:16
7	Antonio De Gaetano	Italy (ITA)	4:32:01
8	Roy Syversson	Sweden (SWE)	4:33:09
9	Hannes Koch	West Germany (FRG)	4:39:03
10	Gianni Corsaro	Italy (ITA)	4:41:52
11	Mario Algeri	Italy (ITA)	4:43:07
12	Jan Brandejský	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4:43:22
13	Ferencz Tesch	Hungary (HUN)	4:43:50
14	Béla Dinesz	Hungary (HUN)	4:44:09
15	Stig Lindberg	Sweden (SWE)	4:46:51
16	Jaroslav Fiala	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	5:00:52
—	Julius Müller	West Germany (FRG)	DQ
—	Bernhard Nermerich	West Germany (FRG)	DQ

Team

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

Place	Country	Points
	United Kingdom	93 pts
	Hungary	64 pts
	Sweden	63 pts
4	Italy	51 pts
5	Czechoslovakia	44 pts
6	West Germany	26 pts

Participation

Qualifying rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final. Hungary progressed to final directly due to an epidemic in Hungary at time of qualifying round.

Zone 1 Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, September 22 Rank Nation Points 1   West Germany 32 pts 2   Belgium 11 pts

Zone 2 Fredrikstad, Norway, August 24/25 Rank Nation Points 1   Sweden 48 pts 2   Denmark 26 pts 3   Norway 17 pts

Zone 3 Sofia, Bulgaria, September 1 Rank Nation Points 1   Czechoslovakia 24 pts 2   Bulgaria 20 pts 3   Hungary DNS

Zone 4 Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7/8 Rank Nation Points 1   Italy 30 pts 2    Switzerland 14 pts

Zone 5 Challes-les-Eaux, France, September 14/15 Rank Nation Points 1   United Kingdom 25 pts 2   France 19 pts

References