1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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|Name = 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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|Organisers = IAAF

|Edition = 10th

|Date = October 3–4

|Host city = Valencia, Valencia, Spain {{flagicon|Spain}}

|Location =

|Nations participating = 18

|Athletes participating = 160

|Races = 3

|Website =

|Previous = 1979 Eschborn

|Next = 1983 Bergen

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The 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 3 and 4 October 1981 in the streets of Valencia, Spain. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

Complete results were published.

{{ Citation

| title = IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES

| url = http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/eb5a25b5-f093-4f02-9869-3a5c496df204.pdf

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = August 8, 2013

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Medallists

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colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Men

Men's 20 km walk

|Ernesto Canto
{{flag|Mexico}}

1:23:52

|Roland Wieser
{{flag|East Germany}}

1:24:12

|Alessandro Pezzatini
{{flag|Italy}}

1:24:24

Men's 50 km walk

|Raúl González
{{flag|Mexico}}

3:48:30

|Hartwig Gauder
{{flag|East Germany}}

3:52:18

|Sandro Bellucci
{{flag|Italy}}

3:54:57

colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Lugano Cup (Men)

Team (Men)

|{{ITA}}

227 pts

|{{URS}}

227 pts

|{{MEX}}

221 pts

colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Women

Women's 5 km walk

|Siv Gustavsson
{{flag|Sweden}}

22:56.9

|Aleksandra Deveranskaya
{{flag|Soviet Union}}

23:17.2

|Lyudmila Khrushchova
{{flag|Soviet Union}}

23:25.4

colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Eschborn Cup (Women)

Team (Women)

|{{URS}}

105 pts

|{{SWE}}

104 pts

|{{AUS}}

90 pts

Results

=Men's 20 km=

class=wikitable ! Place !! Athlete !! Nation !! Time
align=center\| {{gold1}}	Ernesto Canto	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	1:23:52
align=center\| {{silver2}}	Roland Wieser	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	1:24:12
align=center\| {{bronze3}}	Alessandro Pezzatini	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	1:24:24
align=center\| 4	Yevgeniy Yevsyukov	{{flagteam\|URS}}	1:24:51
align=center\| 5	José Marín	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	1:25:00
align=center\| 6	Maurizio Damilano	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	1:25:08
align=center\| 7	Anatoliy Solomin	{{flagteam\|URS}}	1:26:39
align=center\| 8	Pyotr Pochenchuk	{{flagteam\|URS}}	1:27:03
align=center\| 9	Bo Gustafsson	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	1:27:28
align=center\| 10	Guillaume LeBlanc	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	1:28:02
align=center\| 11	Pavol Blažek	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	1:28:12
align=center\| 12	Stefan Petrik	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	1:28:20
align=center\| 13	Carlo Mattioli	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	1:28:52
align=center\| 14	Ralf Meisel	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	1:29:24
align=center\| 15	Stanisław Rola	{{flagteam\|POL}}	1:29:37
align=center\| 16	Wang Chuntang	{{flagteam\|CHN}}	1:29:45
align=center\| 17	Steve Barry	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	1:29:56
align=center\| 18	Erling Andersen	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	1:30:03
align=center\| 19	Ian McCombie	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	1:30:03
align=center\| 20	Eduardo Linares	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	1:30:05
align=center\| 21	Todd Scully	{{flagteam\|USA}}	1:30:22
align=center\| 22	Jim Heiring	{{flagteam\|USA}}	1:30:39
align=center\| 23	Mykola Vynnychenko	{{flagteam\|URS}}	1:31:11
align=center\| 24	Jozef Zimka	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	1:31:13
align=center\| 25	Marcelino Colín	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	1:31:23
align=center\| 26	Zdzisław Szlapkin	{{flagteam\|POL}}	1:31:29
align=center\| 27	Bogusław Duda	{{flagteam\|POL}}	1:31:35
align=center\| 28	Ray Sharp	{{flagteam\|USA}}	1:32:30
align=center\| 29	Bill Dyer	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	1:32:52
align=center\| 30	Roger Mills	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	1:33:30
align=center\| 31	Andrés Marin	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	1:33:46
align=center\| 32	François Lapointe	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	1:33:49
align=center\| 33	Amos Seddon	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	1:33:52
align=center\| 34	Philippe Lafleur	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	1:34:08
align=center\| 35	Per Rasmussen	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	1:34:18
align=center\| 36	Jaroslaw Kazmierski	{{flagteam\|POL}}	1:34:18
align=center\| 37	Roland Nilsson	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	1:34:47
align=center\| 38	Martial Fesselier	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	1:35:05
align=center\| 39	Pascal Lenglart	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	1:35:59
align=center\| 40	Jozef Pribilinec	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	1:36:25
align=center\| 41	Duncan Knox	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	1:37:41
align=center\| 42	Denis Terraz	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	1:38:40
align=center\| 43	Horst Matern	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	1:39:21
align=center\| 44	Francisco Botonero	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	1:39:55
align=center\| 45	Tore Strømøy	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	1:40:07
align=center\| 46	Michael Stones	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	1:41:56
align=center\| 47	Gu Fangyuan	{{flagteam\|CHN}}	1:44:47
align=center\| 48	Anders Hjelle	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	1:46:05
align=center\| 49	Michael Harvey	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	1:46:17
align=center\| —	Zhang Fuxin	{{flagteam\|CHN}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Luis Bueno	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Ralf Kowalsky	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Giorgio Damilano	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Felix Gómez	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Owe Hemmingsson	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Steve Pecinovsky	{{flagteam\|USA}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Dave Smith	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Tor-Ivar Guttulsrød	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	DNF

=Men's 50 km=

class=wikitable ! Place !! Athlete !! Nation !! Time
align=center\| {{gold1}}	Raúl González	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	3:48:30
align=center\| {{silver2}}	Hartwig Gauder	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	3:52:18
align=center\| {{bronze3}}	Sandro Bellucci	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	3:54:57
align=center\| 4	Dietmar Meisch	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	3:56:27
align=center\| 5	Arturo Bravo	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	3:58:04
align=center\| 6	Martín Bermúdez	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	3:58:16
align=center\| 7	Valeriy Suntsov	{{flagteam\|URS}}	4:01:30
align=center\| 8	Uwe Dünkel	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	4:02:04
align=center\| 9	Gérard Lelièvre	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	4:03:06
align=center\| 10	Giacomo Poggi	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	4:03:15
align=center\| 11	Viktor Dorovskikh	{{flagteam\|URS}}	4:03:51
align=center\| 12	Viktor Grodenchuk	{{flagteam\|URS}}	4:07:16
align=center\| 13	Marco Evoniuk	{{flagteam\|USA}}	4:07:44
align=center\| 14	Domenico Carpentieri	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	4:13:19
align=center\| 15	Bohdan Bułakowski	{{flagteam\|POL}}	4:15:34
align=center\| 16	Pavol Jati	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	4:17:06
align=center\| 17	Lubos Mackanic	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	4:17:11
align=center\| 18	Bengt Simonsen	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	4:17:57
align=center\| 19	Paolo Grecucci	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	4:18:56
align=center\| 20	Ian Richards	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	4:21:04
align=center\| 21	Dan OʼConnor	{{flagteam\|USA}}	4:22:24
align=center\| 22	Vladimír Podroužek	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	4:23:31
align=center\| 23	Krzysztof Drajski	{{flagteam\|POL}}	4:25:10
align=center\| 24	Jan Pilczuk	{{flagteam\|POL}}	4:26:28
align=center\| 25	Stig-Olof Elovsson	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	4:28:08
align=center\| 26	Vince OʼSullivan	{{flagteam\|USA}}	4:29:49
align=center\| 27	Wayne Glusker	{{flagteam\|USA}}	4:33:01
align=center\| 28	Barry Graham	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	4:34:34
align=center\| 29	Max Sjöholm	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	4:34:58
align=center\| 30	François Lapointe	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	4:35:51
align=center\| 31	Bob Dobson	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	4:36:13
align=center\| 32	Pavel Szikora	{{flagteam\|TCH}}	4:37:31
align=center\| 33	John Sheard	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	4:38:48
align=center\| 34	Dennis Jackson	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	4:39:37
align=center\| 35	Cato Viken	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	4:41:04
align=center\| 36	Alain Moulinet	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	4:42:58
align=center\| 37	Agustin Jorbo	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	4:43:03
align=center\| 38	Harry Summers	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	4:43:43
align=center\| 39	Stanisław Korneluk	{{flagteam\|POL}}	4:47:27
align=center\| 40	Jean-Pierre Saint-Martin	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	4:52:04
align=center\| 41	Maurice Dumont	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	5:03:32
align=center\| —	Rafael Espejo	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Jorge Llopart	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Enrique Vera	{{flagteam\|MEX}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Ragner Hofnes	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	DQ
align=center\| —	Peter Fullager	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Willi Sawall	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Marcel Jobin	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Guillaume LeBlanc	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Michael Stones	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Gu Fangyuan	{{flagteam\|CHN}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Wang Chuntang	{{flagteam\|CHN}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Zhang Fuxin	{{flagteam\|CHN}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Manuel Alcalde	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Ronald Weigel	{{flagteam\|GDR}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Harald Krokli	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Lars Ove Moen	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Torbjørn Janse	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Vyacheslav Fursov	{{flagteam\|URS}}	DNF

=Team (men)=

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.{{cite web|url=https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitioninfo/4351adb2-3476-4e4b-8b1c-f8ca4668ac4a.pdf|title=IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES|publisher=iaaf.org|quote=Men’s Lugano Trophy(Combining results of 20Km & 50Km)|access-date=5 August 2017}}

class=wikitable ! Place	Country	Points
align=center\|{{gold1}}	{{ITA}}	227 pts
align=center\|{{silver2}}	{{URS}}	227 pts
align=center\|{{Bronze3}}	{{MEX}}	221 pts
align=center\| 4	{{GDR}}	208 pts
align=center\| 5	{{TCH}}	176 pts
align=center\| 6	{{POL}}	150 pts
align=center\| 7	{{USA}}	148 pts
align=center\| 8	{{GBR}}	137 pts
align=center\| 9	{{SWE}}	131 pts
align=center\| 10	{{FRA}}	97 pts
align=center\| 11	{{ESP}}	77 pts
align=center\| 12	{{CAN}}	74 pts
align=center\| 13	{{AUS}}	57 pts
align=center\| 14	{{NOR}}	52 pts
align=center\| 15	{{CHN}}	34 pts

=Women's 5 km=

class=wikitable ! Place !! Athlete !! Nation !! Time
align=center\| {{gold1}}	Siv Gustavsson	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	22:56.9
align=center\| {{silver2}}	Aleksandra Derevinskaya	{{flagteam\|URS}}	23:17.2
align=center\| {{bronze3}}	Lyudmila Khrushchova	{{flagteam\|URS}}	23:25.4
align=center\| 4	Fröydis Hilsen	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	23:34.4
align=center\| 5	Ann Jansson	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	23:42.2
align=center\| 6	Sally Pierson	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	23:51.3
align=center\| 7	Sue Cook	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	24:04.9
align=center\| 8	Ann Peel	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	24:05.9
align=center\| 9	Susan Liers-Westerfield	{{flagteam\|USA}}	24:15.8
align=center\| 10	Natalya Sharipova	{{flagteam\|URS}}	24:20.7
align=center\| 11	Ann-Marie Larsson	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	24:31.0
align=center\| 12	Suzanne Griesbach	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	24:35.6
align=center\| 13	Irene Bateman	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	24:40.0
align=center\| 14	Margot Vetterli	{{flagteam\|SUI}}	24:43.9
align=center\| 15	Lillian Millen	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	24:47.4
align=center\| 16	Olga Tshgunova	{{flagteam\|URS}}	24:53.2
align=center\| 17	Britt Holmqvist	{{flagteam\|SWE}}	25:03.5
align=center\| 18	Jill Barrett	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	25:05.1
align=center\| 19	Carol Tyson	{{flagteam\|GBR}}	25:10.9
align=center\| 20	Ann Ryan	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	25:14.2
align=center\| 21	Gillian Grant	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	25:26
align=center\| 22	Teresa Palacios	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	25:31
align=center\| 23	Ingrid Adam	{{flagteam\|FRG}}	25:34
align=center\| 24	Line Viken	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	25:34
align=center\| 25	Bonnie Dillon	{{flagteam\|USA}}	25:39
align=center\| 26	Vicki Jones	{{flagteam\|USA}}	25:51
align=center\| 27	Mia Kjølberg	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	26:08
align=center\| 28	Paula Kash	{{flagteam\|USA}}	26:21
align=center\| 29	Claudine Gerald/Richard	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	26:35
align=center\| 30	Mandy Holland	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	26:44
align=center\| 31	Regine Broders	{{flagteam\|FRG}}	26:53
align=center\| 32	Isabelle Dumont	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	26:56
align=center\| 33	Jeanine Gosselin	{{flagteam\|FRA}}	27:02
align=center\| 34	Joni Bender	{{flagteam\|CAN}}	27:04
align=center\| 35	Valeria Carpanese	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	27:07
align=center\| 36	Lene Cassidy	{{flagteam\|DEN}}	27:16
align=center\| 37	Karin Jensen	{{flagteam\|DEN}}	27:17
align=center\| 38	Helga Henrich	{{flagteam\|FRG}}	27:23
align=center\| 39	Belén Asensio	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	27:27
align=center\| 40	Gunhild Kristiansen	{{flagteam\|DEN}}	28:00
align=center\| 41	Begoña Miranda	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	28:04
align=center\| 42	Paola Pastorini	{{flagteam\|ITA}}	28:12
align=center\| 43	Nuria Lloret	{{flagteam\|ESP}}	28:20
align=center\| 44	Renate Bauch	{{flagteam\|FRG}}	28:30
align=center\| 45	Laurence Perrin	{{flagteam\|SUI}}	29:32
align=center\| 46	Helle Bütow Jørgensen	{{flagteam\|DEN}}	30:30
align=center\| 47	Astrid Mignot	{{flagteam\|SUI}}	32:02
align=center\| —	Lorraine Young-Jachno	{{flagteam\|AUS}}	DNF
align=center\| —	Thorill Gylder	{{flagteam\|NOR}}	DNF

=Team (women)=

class=wikitable ! Place	Country	Points
align=center\|{{gold1}}	{{URS}}	105 pts
align=center\|{{silver2}}	{{SWE}}	104 pts
align=center\|{{Bronze3}}	{{AUS}}	90 pts
align=center\| 4	{{GBR}}	76 pts
align=center\| 5	{{NOR}}	71 pts
align=center\| 6	{{CAN}}	68 pts
align=center\| 7	{{USA}}	66 pts
align=center\| 8	{{FRA}}	55 pts
align=center\| 9	{{FRG}}	41 pts
align=center\| 10	{{ESP}}	33 pts
align=center\| 11	{{SUI}}	31 pts
align=center\| 12	{{DEN}}	25 pts
align=center\| 13	{{ITA}}	15 pts

Participation

The participation of 160 athletes (111 men/49 women) from 18 countries is reported.

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{{AUS}} (8/4)
{{CAN}} (4/4)
{{CHN}} (3/-)
{{TCH}} (8/-)
{{DEN}} (-/4)
{{GDR}} (8/-)
{{FRA}} (8/4)
{{ITA}} (8/2)
{{MEX}} (8/-)
{{NOR}} (8/4)
{{POL}} (8/-)
{{URS}} (8/4)
{{ESP}} (8/4)
{{SWE}} (8/4)
{{SUI}} (-/3)
{{GBR}} (8/4)
{{USA}} (8/4)
{{FRG}} (-/4)

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Qualifying rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds for the men's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, México, the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, Spain, the United States, Australia, Canada, and China proceeded directly to the final.

{{legend|#ccffcc|Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

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=Zone 1=

Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France, September 5/6

Rank	Nation	Points
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color:#ccffcc" \| 1	align=left\| {{FRA}}	77 pts
style="background-color:#ccffcc" \| 2	align=left\| {{SWE}}	75 pts
3	align=left\| {{SUI}}	39 pts
4	align=left\| {{NED}}	27 pts
5	align=left\| {{BEL}}	24 pts

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=Zone 2=

Helsinki, Finland, August 29/30

Rank	Nation	Points
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color:#ccffcc" \| 1	align=left\| {{GBR}}	49 pts
style="background-color:#ccffcc" \| 2	align=left\| {{NOR}}	44 pts
3	align=left\| {{FRG}}	37 pts
4	align=left\| {{FIN}}	28 pts

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=Zone 3=

Szolnok, Hungary, August 29

Rank	Nation	Points
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color:#ccffcc" \| 1	align=left\| {{TCH}}	73 pts
style="background-color:#ccffcc" \| 2	align=left\| {{POL}}	64 pts
3	align=left\| {{HUN}}	58 pts
4	align=left\| {{GRE}}	23 pts
5	align=left\| {{AUT}}	14 pts

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140327221601/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/document/competitions/competition/cheboksary2008factsfigures_2481.pdf IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures]}} - IAAF.org

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