1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	1st
Date	15–16 October
Host city	Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Events	2
Participation	24 athletes from 4 nations
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The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Ken Matthews (GBR)	1:30:55	Lennart Back (SWE)	1:32:12	George Williams (GBR)	1:34:02
50 km walk	Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:25:38	Don Thompson (GBR)	4:30:35	Åke Söderlund (SWE)	4:36:48
Men (Team)
Team	United Kingdom	53 pts	Sweden	53 pts	Italy	28 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Ken Matthews	Great Britain (GBR)	1:30:55
	Lennart Back	Sweden (SWE)	1:32:12
	George Williams	Great Britain (GBR)	1:34:02
4	John Ljunggren	Sweden (SWE)	1:34:22
5	Erik Söderlund	Sweden (SWE)	1:35:17
6	Tibor Balajcza	Hungary (HUN)	1:36:17
7	Bob Clark	Great Britain (GBR)	1:36:52
8	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy (ITA)	1:37:17
9	Antal Kiss	Hungary (HUN)	1:37:39
10	István Göri	Hungary (HUN)	1:39:06
11	Gianni Corsaro	Italy (ITA)	1:42:46
—	Stefano Serchinich	Italy (ITA)	DNF

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Abdon Pamich	Italy (ITA)	4:25:38
	Don Thompson	Great Britain (GBR)	4:30:35
	Åke Söderlund	Sweden (SWE)	4:36:48
4	Ray Middleton	Great Britain (GBR)	4:39:24
5	Ingvar Green	Sweden (SWE)	4:42:27
6	Evert Leonardsson	Sweden (SWE)	4:43:25
7	István Havasi	Hungary (HUN)	4:46:59
8	Luigi De Rosso	Italy (ITA)	4:49:22
9	Charley Fogg	Great Britain (GBR)	4:49:22
10	Antonio De Gaetano	Italy (ITA)	5:05:02
11	Géza Szabó	Hungary (HUN)	5:12:57
12	Béla Dinesz	Hungary (HUN)	5:13:03

Team

From this edition up to 1997, the team ranking was named Lugano Trophy and combined the results of the 20km and 50km races.

Place	Country	Points
	United Kingdom	53 pts
	Sweden	53 pts
	Italy	28 pts
4	Hungary	23 pts

Participation

• Hungary (6)
• Italy (6)
• Sweden (6)
• United Kingdom (6)

Qualifying rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1

London, United Kingdom, August 12

Rank	Nation	Points
1	United Kingdom	41 pts
2	Germany†	39 pts
3	Belgium	12 pts

^†: Combined East and West German Team.

Zone 2

København, Denmark, August 26/27

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Sweden	50 pts
2	Denmark	23 pts
3	Norway	18 pts

Zone 3

Spoleto, Italy, September 3

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Italy	48 pts
2	France	27 pts
3	Switzerland	17 pts

Zone 4

Cancelled

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Hungary
2	Turkey	DNS