1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	5th
Date	October 10
Host city	Eschborn, Hessen, Federal Republic of Germany
Events	2
Participation	60 athletes from 8 nations
← 1967 Bad Saarow 1973 Lugano →

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR)	1:26:55	Vladimir Golubnichiy (URS)	1:27:22	Peter Frenkel (GDR)	1:27:33
50 km walk	Christoph Höhne (GDR)	4:04:36	Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)	4:09:52	Burkhard Leuschke (GDR)	4:11:10
Men (Team)
Team	East Germany	134 pts	Soviet Union	125 pts	West Germany	88 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

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

Men's 50 km

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

Team

Place	Country	Points
	East Germany	134 pts
	Soviet Union	125 pts
	West Germany	88 pts
4	United Kingdom	65 pts
5	Italy	59 pts
6	United States	59 pts
7	Sweden	40 pts
8	Hungary	31 pts
9	India	DNS

Participation

The participation of 60 athletes from 8 countries is reported.

• East Germany (8)
• Hungary (6)
• Italy (8)

• Soviet Union (6)
• Sweden (8)
• United Kingdom (8)

• United States (8)
• West Germany (8)

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.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1

Odense, Denmark, August 15/16

Rank	Nation	Points
1	West Germany	98 pts
2	Sweden	87 pts
3	France	69 pts
4	Norway	38 pts
5	Denmark	29 pts
6	Belgium	22 pts

Zone 2

Dunaújváros, Hungary, August 26/27

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Italy	44 pts
2	Hungary	40 pts
3	Czechoslovakia	39 pts
4	Switzerland	19 pts
5	Poland	DNS
	Spain	DNS

See also

• 1970 Race Walking Year Ranking