IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The IAAF World Race Walking Cup 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.
Host cities
Results
Men
20 kilometres
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50 kilometres
†: In 2008, Vladimir Kanaykin from 
Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.[1]
‡: 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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10 kilometres
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Lilyia Grigoyeva 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 |
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20 kilometres
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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List of Records of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Men
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | 1:18:15 hrs | Paquillo Fernández | Spain |
May 10, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia |
[1] |
| 50 km | 3:34:14 hrs | Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia |
May 11, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia |
[1] |
| 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 |
[1] |
| 10 km (Junior Event) | 42:44 min | Tatyana Kalmykova | Russia |
May 10, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia |
[1] |
Records in defunct events
Women's events
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | 22:51 min | Marion Fawkes | United Kingdom |
September 29/30, 1979 | 1979 Eschborn,  West Germany |
[1] |
| 10 km | 41:52 min | Irina Stankina | Russia |
April 19, 1997 | 1997 Poděbrady,  Czech Republic |
[1] |
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
- gbrathletics.com
- iaaf.org/WRW08
- IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures
- IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES
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