IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships is a race walking event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. Women first entered the 1979 edition. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event. In 2004, a Junior division was added, consisting of Men and Women which are 19 or younger.
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Host cities
Year | City | Country |
---|---|---|
1961 | Lugano | Switzerland |
1963 | Varese | Italy |
1965 | Pescara | Italy |
1967 | Bad Saarow | East Germany |
1970 | Eschborn | West Germany |
1973 | Lugano | Switzerland |
1975 | Grand-Quevilly | France |
1977 | Milton Keynes | United Kingdom |
1979 | Eschborn | West Germany |
1981 | Valencia | Spain |
1983 | Bergen | Norway |
1985 | St John's, Isle of Man | Isle of Man |
1987 | New York City | United States |
1989 | L'Hospitalet | Spain |
1991 | San Jose | United States |
1993 | Monterrey | Mexico |
1995 | Beijing | China |
1997 | Poděbrady | Czech Republic |
1999 | Mézidon-Canon | France |
2002 | Turin | Italy |
2004 | Naumburg | Germany |
2006 | La Coruña | Spain |
2008 | Cheboksary | Russia |
2010 | Chihuahua | Mexico |
2012 | Saransk | Russia |
2014 | Taicang | China |
2016 | Rome | Italy |
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.[1]
Results
Men
20 kilometres
50 kilometres
†: In 2008, Vladimir Kanaykin from Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.[2]
‡: In 2012, Igor Erokhin from Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:38:10, but disqualified because of doping violations.
Women
5 kilometres
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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1979 | Marion Fawkes United Kingdom |
22:51 | Carol Tyson United Kingdom |
22:59 | Thorill Gylder Norway |
23:08 |
1981 | Siv Gustavsson Sweden |
22:57 | Aleksandra Derevinskaya USSR |
23:18 | Lyudmila Khrushcheva USSR |
23:26 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
10 kilometres
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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1983 | Xu Yongjiu China |
45:14 | Natalya Sharipova USSR |
45:26 | Sue Cook Australia |
45:27 |
1985 | Yan Hong China |
46:22 | Guan Ping China |
46:23 | Olga Krishtop USSR |
46:24 |
1987 | Olga Krishtop USSR |
43:22 | Irina Strakhova USSR |
43:35 | Jin Bingjie China |
43:45 |
1989 | Beate Anders East Germany |
43:08 | Kerry Saxby Australia |
43:12 | Ileana Salvador Italy |
43:12 |
1991 | Irina Strakhova USSR |
43:55 | Graciela Mendoza Mexico |
44:09 | Yelena Sayko USSR |
44:11 |
1993 | Wang Yan China |
45:10 | Sari Essayah Finland |
45:18 | Yelena Nikolayeva Russia |
45:22 |
1995 | Gao Hongmiao China |
42:19 | Yelena Nikolayeva Russia |
42:32 | Liu Hongyu China |
42:49 |
1997 | Irina Stankina Russia |
41:52 | Olimpiada Ivanova Russia |
41:59 | Gu Yan China |
42:15 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
20 kilometres
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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1999 | Liu Hongyu China |
1:27:32 | Natalya Fedoskina Russia |
1:27:35 | Norica Cîmpean Romania |
1:27:48 |
2002 | Erica Alfridi Italy |
1:28:55 | Olimpiada Ivanova Russia |
1:28:57 | Natalya Fedoskina Russia |
1:28:59 |
2004 | Yelena Nikolayeva Russia |
1:27:24 | Jiang Jing China |
1:27:34 | María Vasco Spain |
1:27:36 |
2006 | Ryta Turava Belarus |
1:26:27 | Olimpiada Ivanova Russia |
1:27:26 | Irina Petrova Russia |
1:27:46 |
2008 | Olga Kaniskina Russia |
1:25:42 CR | Tatyana Sibileva Russia |
1:26:29 | Vera Santos Portugal |
1:28:17 |
2010 | María Vasco Spain |
1:31:55 | Vera Santos Portugal |
1:32:06 | Ines Henriques Portugal |
1:33:28 |
2012 | Elena Lashmanova Russia |
1:27:38 | Olga Kaniskina Russia |
1:28:33 | María José Poves Spain |
1:29:10 |
2014 | Anisya Kirdyapkina Russia |
1:26:31 | Liu Hong China |
1:26:58 | Elmira Alembekova Russia |
1:27:02 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
List of Records of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Men
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
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20 km | 1:18:15 hrs | Paquillo Fernández | Spain | May 10, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia | [2] |
50 km | 3:34:14 hrs | Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia | May 11, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia | [2] |
10 km (Junior Event) | 39:40 min | Gao Wenkui | China | May 3, 2014 | 2014 Taicang, China |
Women
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 km | 1:25:42 hrs | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | May 11, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia | [2] |
10 km (Junior Event) | 42:44 min | Tatyana Kalmykova | Russia | May 10, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia | [2] |
Records in defunct events
Women's events
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
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5 km | 22:51 min | Marion Fawkes | United Kingdom | September 29/30, 1979 | 1979 Eschborn, West Germany | [2] |
10 km | 41:52 min | Irina Stankina | Russia | April 19, 1997 | 1997 Poděbrady, Czech Republic | [2] |
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