The final of the 7th Lugano Cup - World Race Walking Cup was held on October 11-12, 1975 in Le Grand Quevilly , France . Men's teams fought for the Lugano Cup, which was awarded to the best team based on the results of calls at 20 and 50 km. For the first time during the tournament, women who competed out of the competition at a distance of 5 km were admitted to it.
| 1975 Race Walking World Cup | |
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| Host city |  Le Gran Quivilli , France |
| Member countries | 9 (final) |
| Of the participants | 109 |
| Medals | 3 (+2 out of competition) |
| Opening | October 11, 1975 |
| Closing | October 12, 1975 |
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Most of the strongest teams received direct admission to the finals. The remaining four places were played in the preliminary round of the Lugano Cup, which was held in various cities in September 1975.
109 walkers from 9 countries of the world (71 men and 38 women) took to the start.
Each team could put up to four athletes in each of the calls. In the offset of the Lugano Cup, each team had the best two results at distances of 20 and 50 km for men (points were awarded to athletes depending on the place taken).
The USSR team won their first victory in the Lugano Cup. The success was preceded by a series of three consecutive second places.
Evgeny Lyungin won the run at 50 km. In the future, not a single Soviet walker could repeat his success at the longest distance of the World Cup.
Content
- 1 preliminary round
- 1.1 Men
- 2 Schedule
- 3 Medalists
- 3.1 Men
- 3.2 Women (out of competition)
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Preliminary Round
The preliminary round competitions were held in September 1975 in two cities: Danish Odense and Czechoslovak Steti . In the finals were two of the best teams from each tournament.
Men
The GDR, the USSR, Italy, France and the USA were exempted from participation in the preliminary round. All these countries received direct tickets to the finals.
| A place | Team | Glasses |
|---|---|---|
| one | United Kingdom | 90 |
| 2 | Sweden | 80 |
| 3 | Poland | 74 |
| four | Belgium | 53 |
| 5 | Norway | 23 |
| 6 | Denmark | eighteen |
| A place | Team | Glasses |
|---|---|---|
| one | Hungary | 65 |
| 2 | Germany | 53 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 49 |
| four | Romania | 43 |
| 5 | Spain | 32 |
Schedule
| date of | Sunset |
|---|---|
| October 11, 1975 | 5 km women |
| October 11, 1975 | 20 km men |
| October 12, 1975 | 50 km men |
Medalists
Abbreviations: WR - world record | AR - record of the continent | NR - national record | CR - competition record
Participants whose result did not count towards the team are shown in italics.
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 20 km | Karl-Heinz StadtmΓΌller GDR | 1: 26.12 CR | Bernd Cannenberg Germany | 1: 26.20 | Peter Frenkel GDR | 1: 26.54 |
| 50 km | Evgeny Lyungin the USSR | 4: 03.42 | Gerhard Weidner Germany | 4: 09.58 | Vladimir Svechnikov the USSR | 4: 11.31 |
| Lugano Cup (20 + 50 km) | the USSR Otto Barch Alexey Troitsky Evgeny Lyungin Vladimir Svechnikov Evgeny Ivchenko Mikhail Alekseev Veniamin Soldatenko | 117 points | GDR Karl-Heinz StadtmΓΌller Peter Frenkel Werner Galina Olaf Pilarski Hans Georg Rayman Hartwig Gauder Ralph Knutter Matthias Crel | 105 points | Germany Bernd Cannenberg Heinz Mayr Gerhard Weidner Heinrich Schubert Bernhard Schmidt Helmut Stolte Hans Binder Hans Michalski | 102 points |
Women (out of competition)
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 5 km | Margareta Simu Sweden | 23.41 | Siv Gustafsson Sweden | 24.33 | Britt Holmquist Sweden | 24.45 |
| 5 km (teams) | Sweden Margareta Simu Siv Gustafsson Britt Holmquist Elizabeth Ulsson Monica Karlsson | 70 points | United Kingdom Marion Fawkes Ginny Lovell Birch Sylvia Saunders Judy Farr | 46 points | France Nadine Mogi Jeanine Piroux Dominic Terra Chantal Valle Jacqueline Delasso | 42 points |
Literature
- Athletics. Reference / Compiled by R. V. Orlov . - M .: "Physical Culture and Sports", 1983. - 392 p.
Links
- Mark Butler. IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 - Facts & Figures (English) (PDF). IAAF . - IAAF Handbook with History and Statistics of the World Cups in Race Walking (1961β2014). Date of treatment February 18, 2018. Archived February 18, 2018.
- Dominique Guebey. RΓ©sultats MONDE / WORLD 1975 (Fr.) . www.dg77.net (22 juin 2015). - Results of the race walking competition in 1975. Date of treatment March 3, 2018. Archived March 3, 2018.