1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	3rd
Date	October 9–10
Host city	Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
Events	2
Participation	42 athletes from 7 nations
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The 1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Pescara, Italy, on October 9–10, 1965. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published.^[1]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Dieter Lindner (GDR)	1:28:10	Antal Kiss (HUN)	1:29:09	Gerhard Sperling (GDR)	1:31:30
50 km walk	Christoph Höhne (GDR)	4:03:14	Burkhard Leuschke (GDR)	4:06:02	Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:06:40
Men (Team)
Team	East Germany	117 pts	United Kingdom	87 pts	Hungary	64 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Dieter Lindner	East Germany (GDR)	1:28:10
	Antal Kiss	Hungary (HUN)	1:29:09
	Gerhard Sperling	East Germany (GDR)	1:31:30
4	Peter Fullager	Great Britain (GBR)	1:31:52
5	Hans-Joachim Pathus	East Germany (GDR)	1:32:13
6	Ron Wallwork	Great Britain (GBR)	1:32:41
7	Lennart Back	Sweden (SWE)	1:33:32
8	Karl-Heinz Pape	West Germany (FRG)	1:34:29
9	István Göri	Hungary (HUN)	1:34:42
10	János Dalmati	Hungary (HUN)	1:35:35
11	Vittorio Visini	Italy (ITA)	1:36:11
12	Nicola De Vito	Italy (ITA)	1:37:09
13	Stefan Ingvarsson	Sweden (SWE)	1:37:19
14	Malcolm Tolley	Great Britain (GBR)	1:37:35
15	Jean Bouillon	France (FRA)	1:37:44
16	Hans-Jürgen Paul	West Germany (FRG)	1:38:00
17	Kurt Schreiber	West Germany (FRG)	1:38:10
18	Göte Nygren	Sweden (SWE)	1:38:46
19	Robert Poirier	France (FRA)	1:39:23
20	Guy Bailly	France (FRA)	1:41:18
21	Alfredo Vismara	Italy (ITA)	1:43:18

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Christoph Höhne	East Germany (GDR)	4:03:14
	Burkhard Leuschke	East Germany (GDR)	4:06:02
	Abdon Pamich	Italy (ITA)	4:06:40
4	Don Thompson	Great Britain (GBR)	4:09:14
5	Kurt Sakowski	East Germany (GDR)	4:12:37
6	Ingvar Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	4:16:57
7	Ray Middleton	Great Britain (GBR)	4:19:14
8	Gilbert Belin	France (FRA)	4:20:11
9	Stig Lindberg	Sweden (SWE)	4:22:30
10	Charley Fogg	Great Britain (GBR)	4:23:24
11	Jacques Arnoux	France (FRA)	4:25:09
12	István Havasi	Hungary (HUN)	4:27:10
13	Hannes Koch	West Germany (FRG)	4:30:42
14	Gerd Schuth	West Germany (FRG)	4:32:14
15	Luigi De Rosso	Italy (ITA)	4:37:18
16	Antonio De Gaetano	Italy (ITA)	4:40:01
17	Béla Dinesz	Hungary (HUN)	4:40:07
18	Ferencz Tesch	Hungary (HUN)	4:43:19
19	Jean Leroy	France (FRA)	4:43:44
20	Kurt Olander	Sweden (SWE)	4:44:52
21	Gerhard Weidner	West Germany (FRG)	4:53:02

Team

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.^[2]

Place	Country	Points
	East Germany	117 pts
	United Kingdom	87 pts
	Hungary	84 pts
4	Sweden	59 pts
5	Italy	54 pts
6	West Germany	43 pts
7	France	40 pts

Participation

The participation of 42 athletes from 7 countries is reported.^[1]

Qualifying rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final. This year, United Kingdom, Hungary, and Sweden proceeded directly to the final.

Zone 1 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, August 22 Rank Nation Points 1  West Germany 28 pts 2  Belgium 15 pts

Zone 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, August 14/15 Rank Nation Points 1  France 28 pts 2   Switzerland 16 pts

Zone 3 San Remo, Italy, September 19 Rank Nation Points 1  Italy 24 pts 2  Czechoslovakia 17 pts

Zone 4 Potsdam, German Democratic Republic, September 19 Rank Nation Points 1  East Germany 30 pts 2  Bulgaria 11 pts

References

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