The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by World Athletics. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. The first women's edition of the event happened in 1979. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event, then became the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 and then IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018. In 2004, a junior division was added for athletes between 16 and 20. Since 2008 it has been a constituent meeting of the World Athletics Challenge – Race Walking.
From 1975 to 1997 was awarded Lugano Trophy for combined team (20K + 50K). Since 1993 the medals have been awarded for the single events of the 20K and 50K teams, therefore in the 1993, 1995 and 1997 editions three team medals were assigned, from 1999 the combined was abolished and the team medals remained two until the present day.
Host cities Year City Country1961Lugano1963Varese1965Pescara1967Bad Saarow1970Eschborn1973Lugano1975Grand-Quevilly1977Milton Keynes1979Eschborn1981Valencia1983Bergen1985St John's, Isle of Man1987New York City1989L'Hospitalet1991San Jose1993Monterrey1995Beijing1997Poděbrady1999Mézidon-Canon2002Turin2004Naumburg2006La Coruña2008Cheboksary2010Chihuahua2012Saransk2014Taicang2016Rome2018Taicang2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2022Muscat2024Antalya2026Brasília The 2016 Cup was due to be held in Cheboksary, Russia. However the IAAF's suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation prohibits Russia from hosting international competitions. This event was relocated.
The 2020 Championships, planned in Minsk, Belarus, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. World Athletics announce Oman to host 2022 Race during 2020 Summer Olympics.
Events Event Individual Team First LastMen's 20 km individual 28 1961 2018Men's 20 km team 14 1993 2022Men's 35 km 1 1 2022 2022Men's 10 km (junior) 9 9 2004 2022Women's 20 km individual 11 1999 2022Women's 20 km team 21 1979 2022Women's 35 km 1 1 2022 2022Women's 10 km (junior) 9 9 2004 2022Defunct eventsMen's 50 km individual 28 1961 2018Men's 50 km team 13 1993 2018Women's 5 km individual 4 1975 1981Women's 10 km individual 8 1983 1997Women's 50 km 1 1 2018 2018 95
Championships records Key:
Men EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace20 km1:18:15Paquillo Fernández 10 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia35 km2:36:14Perseus Karlstrom 5 March 20222022Muscat, Oman50 km3:34:14Denis Nizhegorodov 11 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia10 km (Junior event)39:40Gao Wenkui 3 May 20142014Taicang, China
Women EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace5 km22:51Marion Fawkes 29/30 September 19791979Eschborn, West Germany10 km41:52Irina Stankina 19 April 19971997Poděbrady, Czech Republic20 km1:25:42Olga Kaniskina 11 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia35 km2:48:33Glenda Morejón 5 March 20222022Muscat, Oman50 km4:04:36Liang Rui 5 May 20182018Taicang, China10 km (Junior event)42:44Tatyana Kalmykova 10 May 20082008Cheboksary, Russia
Medal summary Legend: Where there is the symbol , the original top three result has been adjusted due to doping disqualifications.
Men
20 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 1961Ken Matthews Lennart Back George Williams 1963Ken Matthews Paul Nihill Antal Kiss 1965Dieter Lindner Antal Kiss Gerhard Sperling 1967Nikolay Smaga Vladimir Golubnichiy Ron Laird 1970Hans-Georg Reimann Vladimir Golubnichiy Peter Frenkel 1973Hans-Georg Reimann Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller Ron Laird 1975Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller Bernd Kannenberg Peter Frenkel 1977Daniel Bautista Domingo Colín Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller 1979Daniel Bautista Boris Yakovlev Nikolay Vinnichenko 1981Ernesto Canto Roland Wieser Alessandro Pezzatini 1983Jozef Pribilinec Ernesto Canto Anatoliy Solomin 1985José Marín Maurizio Damilano Victor Mostovic 1987Carlos Mercenario Viktor Mostovik Anatoliy Gorshkov 1989Frants Kostyukevich Mikhail Shchennikov Yevgeniy Misyulya 1991Mikhail Shchennikov Ernesto Canto Thierry Toutain 1993Daniel García Valentí Massana Alberto Cruz 1995Li Zewen Mikhail Shchennikov Bernardo Segura 1997Jefferson Pérez Daniel García Ilya Markov 1999Bernardo Segura Yu Guohui Vladimir Andreyev 2002Jefferson Pérez Vladimir Andreyev Alejandro López 2004Jefferson Pérez Robert Korzeniowski Nathan Deakes 2006Paquillo Fernández Jefferson Pérez Han Yucheng 2008Paquillo Fernández Valeriy Borchin Eder Sánchez 2010Wang Hao Zhu Yafei Andrey Krivov 2012 Wang Zhen Andrey Krivov Vladimir Kanaykin 2014Ruslan Dmytrenko Cai Zelin Andrey Ruzavin 2016Wang Zhen Cai Zelin Álvaro Martín 2018Kōki Ikeda Wang Kaihua Massimo Stano 2022Toshikazu Yamanishi Koki Ikeda Samuel Gathimba 2024Perseus Karlström Paul McGrath Diego García
35 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 2022Perseus Karlström Alvaro Martin Miguel Angel Lopez
50 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 1961Abdon Pamich Don Thompson Åke Söderlund 1963István Havasi Ray Middleton Ingvar Pettersson 1965Christoph Höhne Burkhard Leuschke Abdon Pamich 1967Christoph Höhne Peter Selzer Aleksandr Shcherbina 1970Christoph Höhne Veniamin Soldatenko Burkhard Leuschke 1973Bernd Kannenberg Otto Barch Christoph Höhne 1975Yevgeniy Lyungin Gerhard Weidner Vladimir Svechnikov 1977Raúl González Pedro Aroche Paolo Grecucci 1979Martín Bermúdez Enrique Vera Viktor Dorovskikh 1981Raúl González Hartwig Gauder Sandro Bellucci 1983Raúl González Sergey Yung Viktor Dorovskikh 1985Hartwig Gauder Andrey Perlov Axel Noack 1987Ronald Weigel Hartwig Gauder Dietmar Meisch 1989Simon Baker Andrey Perlov Stanislav Vezhel 1991Carlos Mercenario Simon Baker Ronald Weigel 1993Carlos Mercenario Jesús Ángel García Germán Sánchez 1995Zhao Yongsheng Jesús Ángel García Valentin Kononen 1997Jesús Ángel García Oleg Ishutkin Valentin Kononen 1999Sergey Korepanov Tomasz Lipiec Nikolay Matyukhin 2002Aleksey Voyevodin German Skurygin Tomasz Lipiec 2004Aleksey Voyevodin Yu Chaohong Yuriy Andronov 2006Denis Nizhegorodov Trond Nymark Yuriy Andronov 2008 Denis Nizhegorodov Alex Schwazer Trond Nymark 2010Matej Tóth Horacio Nava Jared Tallent 2012 Jared Tallent Si Tianfeng Christopher Linke 2014Mikhail Ryzhov Ivan Noskov Jared Tallent 2016 Jared Tallent Ihor Hlavan Marco De Luca 2018Hirooki Arai Hayato Katsuki Satoshi Maruo In 2008, Vladimir Kanaykin from was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations. In 2012, original gold medallist Sergey Kirdyapkin, Igor Erokhin original silver medallist and fourth-placer Sergey Bakulin all from Russia, had their times and placings annulled due to doping violations. In 2016, Alex Schwazer from was initially 1st and gold medallist, but disqualified because of doping violations.
Lugano Trophy
Team ranking that combining results of 20 km and 50 km. 1961 53 53 Italy 28 1963 93 64 63 1965 117 87 64 1967 128 107 1041970 134 125 88 1973 139 134 Italy 104 1975 117 105 102 1977 185 180 Italy 160 1979 240 235 201 1981 Italy 227 227 221 1983 231 Italy 189 146 1985 234 234 Italy 233 1987 607 Italy 569 518 1989 585 Italy 534 516 1991 Italy 517 491 487 1993 540 491 Italy 487 1995 846 Italy 815 805 1997 865 802 801
Teams 20 km 1993 265 Italy 244 240 1995 436 Italy 422 420 1997 431 413 403 1999 19 28 29 2002 24 28 Italy 34 2004 18 35 Italy 35 2006 33 37 37 2008 11 22 47 2010 9 25 41 2012 14 15 562014 18 23 35 2016 16 27 412018 12 29 422022 25 26 452024 13 26 33
Teams 35 km 2022 16 29 48
Teams 50 km 1993 275 251 245 1995 426 419 413 1997 434 415 407 1999 14 26 55 2002 7 59 78 2004 8 14 23 2006 20 38 39 2008 Italy 28 29 30 2010 21 22 38 2012 28 31 43 2014 19 34 702016 Italy 14 25 302018 10 29 37
Women
5 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 1975†Margareta Simu Siv Gustavsson Britt Holmquist 1977†Siv Gustavsson Carol Tyson Margareta Simu 1979Marion Fawkes Carol Tyson Thorill Gylder 1981Siv Gustavsson Aleksandra Derevinskaya Lyudmila Khrushcheva † Invitational, non-cup event.
10 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 1983Xu Yongjiu Natalya Sharipova Sue Cook 1985Yan Hong Guan Ping Olga KrishtopAleksandra Grigoryeva 1987Olga Krishtop Irina Strakhova Jin Bingjie 1989Beate Anders Kerry Saxby Ileana Salvador 1991Irina Strakhova Graciela Mendoza Yelena Sayko 1993Wang Yan Sari Essayah Yelena Nikolayeva 1995Gao Hongmiao Yelena Nikolayeva Liu Hongyu 1997Irina Stankina Olimpiada Ivanova Gu Yan
20 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 1999Liu Hongyu Natalya Fedoskina Norica Cîmpean 2002Erica Alfridi Olimpiada Ivanova Natalya Fedoskina 2004Yelena Nikolayeva Jiang Jing María Vasco 2006Ryta Turava Olimpiada Ivanova Irina Petrova 2008Olga Kaniskina Tatyana Sibileva Vera Santos 2010María Vasco Vera Santos Ines Henriques 2012 Elena Lashmanova María José Poves Xiuzhi Lu 2014Anisya Kirdyapkina Liu Hong Elmira Alembekova 2016Maria Guadalupe González Qieyang Shenjie Érica de Sena 2018Maria Guadalupe González Qieyang Shenjie Yang Jiayu 2022Ma Zhenxia Yang Jiayu Kimberly García 2024Kimberly García Ma Zhenxia Érica de Sena
35 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 2022Glenda Morejón Li Maocuo Katarzyna Zdziebło
50 km YearGoldSilverBronzeAthlete CountryAthlete Country Athlete Country 2018Liang Rui Yin Hang Claire Tallent
Teams 20 km * Invitation event 1975* 70 46 421977 No team contest1979 85 74 691981 105 104 901983 132 130 1261985 104 98 741987 203 174 1671989 218 212 2031991 203 180 1621993 196 193 1931995 443 427 4241997 440 435 4251999 13 16 542002 9 26 422004 18 28 412006 10 19 252008 7 24 382010 13 22 322012 16 27 322014 8 PR of 22 362016 14 40 582018 17 38 402022 10 30 612024 15 15 31
Teams 35 km 2022 12 28 29
Teams 50 km 2018 8 21 40
Mixed Mixed relay 2024 2:56:45 2:57:04 2:57:47
Medal table Individual overall Men and women senior and junior only individual events update to 2024 edition.
Individual senior
Individual junior
Doping The competition conducts doping tests on participating athletes and several have been disqualified from the races as a result. Ukraine's Olga Leonenko became the first doping disqualification, having originally finished seventh in 1995. Daniel Plaza became the first man in 1997 and was again disqualified in 1999. Nine years passed without incident then in 2008 two Russians were excluded Viktor Burayev and Vladimir Kanaykin – the latter was the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the cup.IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang 2014 Facts & Figures. . IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
In 2010 fourth place Erik Tysse was removed. Four athletes were disqualified for doping at the 2012 edition: silver medallist Igor Yerokhin was the most prominent, followed by fifth place Sergey Morozov, then Turkish walkers Recep Çelik and Handan Koçyiğit Cavdar. Yuriy Andronov became the fifth Russian to be caught doping at the event in 2014.Doping Sanctions: Positive cases in athletics - Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of November 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-12-20.
Outside of the event, several medallists have been later disqualified for doping, including women's winners Olga Kaniskina and Elena Lashmanova,Wilderjune, Charly (2015-06-16). Where Racewalking Is King, the Antidoping Officials Are Busy. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2016-04-16. and men's runners-up Valeriy Borchin and Alex Schwazer.Lane, Samantha (2015-01-21). Jared Tallent furious doping Russians get to keep Olympic gold. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
See also European Race Walking Cup Pan American Race Walking Cup South American Race Walking Championships Asian Race Walking Championships Oceania Race Walking Championships Central American Race Walking Championships
References
External links Official competition webpage gbrathletics.com
IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - FACTS & FIGURES