The 1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany, on October 10, 1970. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published.

Medallists Men20 km walk 1:26:55 1:27:22 1:27:3350 km walk 4:04:36 4:09:52 4:11:10 Men (Team)Team 134 pts 125 pts 88 pts

Results

Men's 20 km Place Athlete Nation Time Hans-Georg Reimann 1:26:55 Vladimir Golubnichiy 1:27:22 Peter Frenkel 1:27:33 4 Nikolay Smaga 1:28:09 5 Gennadiy Agapov 1:28:25 6 Gerhard Sperling 1:28:48 7 Wilfried Wesch 1:30:16 8 Dave Romansky 1:30:47 9 Tom Dooley 1:30:50 10 Ron Wallwork 1:31:36 11 Bernhard Nermerich 1:32:14 12 Pasquale Busca 1:32:31 13 Edoardo Quirino 1:32:42 14 Andor Antal 1:32:50 15 Paul Nihill 1:33:10 16 Gabriele Nigro 1:33:53 17 Siegfried Zschiegner 1:34:01 18 Shaun Lightman 1:34:38 19 Heinz Mayr 1:34:55 20 Stefan Ingvarsson 1:35:06 21 Lennart Back 1:35:29 22 Hans Tenggren 1:35:58 23 Ronald Daniel 1:37:02 24 Ronald Kulik 1:37:38 25 Gerd Schuth 1:38:29 26 Kåre Moen 1:40:46 27 János Tábori 1:40:50 28 Robert Hughes 1:41:41 29 Sándor Forian 1:44:09 — Nicola De Vito DNF

Men's 50 km Place Athlete Nation Time Christoph Höhne 4:04:36 Veniamin Soldatenko 4:09:52 Burkhard Leuschke 4:11:10 4 Peter Selzer 4:11:48 5 Winfried Skotnicki 4:13:33 6 Yevgeniy Lyungin 4:14:50 7 Herbert Meier 4:15:52 8 Otto Barch 4:16:47 9 Horst-Rüdiger Magnor 4:18:41 10 Örjan Andersson 4:19:02 11 Ray Middleton 4:19:58 12 Antal Kiss 4:20:31 13 Bernd Kannenberg 4:21:44 14 Walter Sgardello 4:26:25 15 Bob Dobson 4:26:59 16 John Knifton 4:28:42 17 Domenico Carpentieri 4:31:26 18 Gerhard Weidner 4:32:52 19 Goetz Klopfer 4:33:24 20 Stig Lindberg 4:34:03 21 John Warhurst 4:34:31 22 Bob Kitchen 4:37:54 23 Armando Zambaldo 4:40:17 24 Ken Harding 4:42:04 25 Tivadar Schiller 4:48:22 26 Ingvar Pettersson 4:53:49 — István Havasi DNF — Vittorio Visini DNF — Daniel Björkgren DNF — Jim Lopes DNF

Team The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results. Place Country Points 134 pts 125 pts 88 pts 4 65 pts 5 59 pts 6 59 pts 7 40 pts 8 31 pts 9 DNS

Participation The participation of 60 athletes from 8 countries is reported.

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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 United Kingdom, India, the United States, and the Soviet Union proceeded directly to the final.

Zone 1 Odense, Denmark, August 15/16 Rank Nation Points 1 98 pts 2 87 pts 3 69 pts 4 38 pts 5 29 pts 6 22 pts

Zone 2 Dunaújváros, Hungary, August 26/27 Rank Nation Points 1 44 pts 2 40 pts 3 39 pts 4 19 pts 5 DNS DNS

References