The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.
Complete results were published.
Medallists Men20 km walk 1:30:55 1:32:12 1:34:0250 km walk 4:25:38 4:30:35 4:36:48 Men (Team)Team 53 pts 53 pts 28 pts
Results
Men's 20 km Place Athlete Nation Time Ken Matthews 1:30:55 Lennart Back 1:32:12 George Williams 1:34:02 4 John Ljunggren 1:34:22 5 Erik Söderlund 1:35:17 6 Tibor Balajcza 1:36:17 7 Bob Clark 1:36:52 8 Giuseppe Dordoni 1:37:17 9 Antal Kiss 1:37:39 10 István Göri 1:39:06 11 Gianni Corsaro 1:42:46 — Stefano Serchinich DNF
Men's 50 km Place Athlete Nation Time Abdon Pamich 4:25:38 Don Thompson 4:30:35 Åke Söderlund 4:36:48 4 Ray Middleton 4:39:24 5 Ingvar Green 4:42:27 6 Evert Leonardsson 4:43:25 7 István Havasi 4:46:59 8 Luigi De Rosso 4:49:22 9 Charley Fogg 4:49:22 10 Antonio De Gaetano 5:05:02 11 Géza Szabó 5:12:57 12 Béla Dinesz 5:13:03
Team From this edition up to 1997, the team ranking was named Lugano Trophy and combined the results of the 20km and 50km races. Place Country Points 53 pts 53 pts 28 pts 4 23 pts
Participation
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Qualifying rounds From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final.
Zone 1 London, United Kingdom, August 12 Rank Nation Points 1 41 pts 2 † 39 pts 3 12 pts †: Combined East and West German Team.
Zone 2 København, Denmark, August 26/27 Rank Nation Points 1 50 pts 2 23 pts 3 18 pts
Zone 3 Spoleto, Italy, September 3 Rank Nation Points 1 48 pts 2 27 pts 3 17 pts
Zone 4 Cancelled Rank Nation Points 1 2 DNS
References