1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	2nd
Date	October 12–13
Host city	Varese, Lombardy, Italy
Nations participating	12
Athletes participating	36
Races	2
← 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	Time
	Ken Matthews  GBR	1:30:10
	Paul Nihill  GBR	1:33:18
	Antal Kiss  HUN	1:33:38
4	István Göri  HUN	1:34:33
5	Erik Söderlund  SWE	1:35:16
6	John Edgington  GBR	1:35:22
7	John Ljunggren  SWE	1:35:53
8	Stefano Serchinich  ITA	1:36:23
9	Alexander Bílek  TCH	1:36:28
10	Kurt Schreiber  FRG	1:36:37
11	Vladimír Kánský  TCH	1:37:29
12	Alberto Carocci  ITA	1:40:08
13	Lennart Back  SWE	1:40:38
14	Horst Brüning  FRG	1:42:02
15	Giuseppe Doro  ITA	1:42:37
16	Tibor Balajcza  HUN	1:43:43
17	Herbert Staubach  FRG	1:44:24
18	Vilém Švajda  TCH	1:45:09

Men's 50 km

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

Team

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

Czechoslovakia (6)  West Germany (6)

Hungary (6)  Italy (6)

Sweden (6)  United Kingdom (6)

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.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

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

See also

• 1963 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

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