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1973 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers IAAF
Edition6th
DateOctober 12–13
Host city Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland Switzerland
Events2
Participation68 athletes from
9 nations

The 1973 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Switzerland, on October 12–13, 1973. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published. [1]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk   Hans-Georg Reimann ( GDR) 1:29:31   Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller ( GDR) 1:29:36   Ron Laird ( USA) 1:30:45
50 km walk   Bernd Kannenberg ( FRG) 3:56:51   Otto Barch ( URS) 3:57:11   Christoph Höhne ( GDR) 3:57:26
Men (Team)
Team   East Germany 139 pts   Soviet Union 134 pts   Italy 104 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hans-Georg Reimann   East Germany (GDR) 1:29:31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller   East Germany (GDR) 1:29:36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ron Laird   United States (USA) 1:30:45
4 Nikolay Smaga   Soviet Union (URS) 1:30:57
5 Yevgeniy Ivchenko   Soviet Union (URS) 1:31:33
6 Armando Zambaldo   Italy (ITA) 1:31:42
7 Todd Scully   United States (USA) 1:32:24
8 Roger Mills   Great Britain (GBR) 1:32:45
9 Pasquale Busca   Italy (ITA) 1:33:04
10 Peter Frenkel   East Germany (GDR) 1:33:23
11 Siegfried Richter   West Germany (FRG) 1:33:33
12 Vladimir Resayev   Soviet Union (URS) 1:33:47
13 Abdon Pamich   Italy (ITA) 1:33:56
14 Jerry Brown   United States (USA) 1:34:05
15 Siegfried Zschiegner   East Germany (GDR) 1:34:12
16 Roberto Buccione   Italy (ITA) 1:34:38
17 Feliks Sliwinski   Poland (POL) 1:34:45
18 John Warhurst   Great Britain (GBR) 1:34:58
19 Jan Ornoch   Poland (POL) 1:35:13
20 Amos Seddon   Great Britain (GBR) 1:35:17
21 Stefan Ingvarsson   Sweden (SWE) 1:35:52
22 Mieczysław Górski   Poland (POL) 1:36:04
23 Hans Tenggren   Sweden (SWE) 1:36:27
24 Roy Thorpe   Great Britain (GBR) 1:37:40
25 Jan Raszka   Poland (POL) 1:38:25
26 Manfred Kolvenbach   West Germany (FRG) 1:38:44
27 Nicholas John Stabile   United States (USA) 1:39:11
28 Marcel Jobin   Canada (CAN) 1:39:25
29 Helmut Stolte   West Germany (FRG) 1:39:36
30 Pat Farrelly   Canada (CAN) 1:40:52
31 Kåre Moen   Sweden (SWE) 1:41:44
32 Karl-Heinz Merschenz   Canada (CAN) 1:43:38
Heinz Mayr   West Germany (FRG) DQ
Bo Gustafsson   Sweden (SWE) DNF
Anatoliy Solomin   Soviet Union (URS) DNF

Men's 50 km

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernd Kannenberg   West Germany (FRG) 3:56:51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Otto Barch   Soviet Union (URS) 3:57:11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christoph Höhne   East Germany (GDR) 3:57:26
4 Veniamin Soldatenko   Soviet Union (URS) 4:01:34
5 Gerhard Weidner   West Germany (FRG) 4:01:59
6 Peter Selzer   East Germany (GDR) 4:02:11
7 Sergey Bondarenko   Soviet Union (URS) 4:07:52
8 Winfried Skotnicki   East Germany (GDR) 4:08:30
9 Vittorio Visini   Italy (ITA) 4:09:25
10 Vladimir Svechnikov   Soviet Union (URS) 4:11:22
11 Matthias Kroel   East Germany (GDR) 4:12:25
12 Shaun Lightman   Great Britain (GBR) 4:15:14
13 Heinrich Schubert   West Germany (FRG) 4:15:52
14 John Knifton   United States (USA) 4:17:49
15 Rosario Valore   Italy (ITA) 4:18:17
16 Domenico Carpentieri   Italy (ITA) 4:19:59
17 Leo Frey   West Germany (FRG) 4:20:30
18 Örjan Andersson   Sweden (SWE) 4:21:06
19 Ray Middleton   Great Britain (GBR) 4:22:25
20 Floyd Godwin   United States (USA) 4:23:49
21 Henryk Wypich   Poland (POL) 4:25:07
22 Franco Vecchio   Italy (ITA) 4:25:44
23 Bob Dobson   Great Britain (GBR) 4:27:32
24 William Weigle   United States (USA) 4:28:41
25 Bob Kitchen   United States (USA) 4:29:39
26 Stanisław Korneluk   Poland (POL) 4:32:28
27 Alex Oakley   Canada (CAN) 4:34:06
28 Max Sjöholm   Sweden (SWE) 4:34:47
29 Bo Fransson   Sweden (SWE) 4:36:12
30 Mike Holmes   Great Britain (GBR) 4:37:54
31 Stanisław Chwiej   Poland (POL) 4:39:06
32 Pat Farrelly   Canada (CAN) 4:40:55
33 Karl-Heinz Merschenz   Canada (CAN) 4:48:03
Marek Kaspryzk   Poland (POL) DNF
Owe Hemmingsson   Sweden (SWE) DNF

Team

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

Place Country Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)   East Germany 139 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Soviet Union 134 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Italy 104 pts
4   West Germany 95 pts
5   United States 95 pts
6   United Kingdom 81 pts
7   Poland 52 pts
8   Sweden 40 pts
9   Canada 18 pts

Participation

The participation of 68 athletes from 9 countries is reported. [1]

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 Soviet Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States, and Canada proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

References

  1. ^ a b 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)