1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	9th
Date	September 29-30
Host city	Eschborn, Hessen, Federal Republic of Germany
Nations participating	18
Athletes participating	147
Races	3
← 1977 Milton Keynes 1981 Valencia →

The 1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany, on September 29-30, 1979. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup. The women's 5 km race was now officially introduced into the competition with the women's teams competing for the Eschborn Cup.

Complete results were published.^[1]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Daniel Bautista (MEX)	1:18:49	Boris Yakovlev (URS)	1:19:46	Mykola Vinnichenko (URS)	1:20:05
50 km walk	Martín Bermúdez (MEX)	3:43:36	Enrique Vera Ibanez (MEX)	3:43:59	Viktor Dorovskikh (URS)	3:45:51
Lugano Cup (Men)
Team (Men)	Mexico	240 pts	Soviet Union	235 pts	East Germany	201 pts
Women
5 km walk	Marion Fawkes (GBR)	22:51	Carol Tyson (GBR)	22:59	Thorill Gylder (NOR)	23:08
Eschborn Cup (Women)
Team (Women)	United Kingdom	85 pts	Sweden	74 pts	Norway	69 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Time
01 !	Daniel Bautista MEX	1:18:49
02 !	Boris Yakovlev URS	1:19:46
03 !	Nikolay Vinnichenko URS	1:20:05
4	Anatoliy Solomin URS	1:20:13
5	Pyotr Pochinchuk URS	1:20:28
6	Ernesto Canto MEX	1:21:12
7	Hartwig Gauder GDR	1:21:50
8	Felix Gómez MEX	1:22:09
9	Roland Wieser GDR	1:22:32
10	Jozef Pribilinec TCH	1:22:44
11	Ronald Weigel GDR	1:22:50
12	Fred Sparmann GDR	1:22:52
13	Bohdan Bułakowski POL	1:23:01
14	Alessandro Pezzatini ITA	1:23:42
15	Juraj Bencík TCH	1:24:34
16	János Szálas HUN	1:24:42
17	Antonio Carrera MEX	1:25:09
18	Pavol Blaûek TCH	1:25:14
19	Jan Ornoch POL	1:25:17
20	Giancarlo Gandossi ITA	1:25:25
21	Dave Smith AUS	1:25:36
22	Štefan Petrík TCH	1:26:02
23	Imre Stankovics HUN	1:26:25
24	Jaroslaw Kazmierski POL	1:26:46
25	Jorge Llopart ESP	1:26:55
26	Roger Mills GBR	1:27:25
27	Olly Flynn GBR	1:27:49
28	Bo Gustafsson SWE	1:27:59
29	Chris Harvey GBR	1:28:26
30	Alf Brandt SWE	1:28:47
31	Jim Heiring USA	1:28:51
32	Amos Seddon GBR	1:28:56
33	Zbigniew Gosławski POL	1:29:24
34	Per Möller SWE	1:29:47
35	Chris Hansen USA	1:29:56
36	Miklós Domján HUN	1:29:57
37	Owe Hemmingsson SWE	1:30:02
38	Alfons Schwarz FRG	1:30:24
39	Karl Degener FRG	1:31:02
40	Wolfgang Wiedemann FRG	1:32:23
41	Graham Seatter NZL	1:33:03
42	Rod Huxley AUS	1:33:45
43	Peter Fullager AUS	1:34:13
44	John Smith AUS	1:36:15
45	Steve Pecinovsky USA	1:37:22
46	Andrés Marin ESP	1:39:26
47	Luis Bueno ESP	1:39:39
48	Gumersindo Carné ESP	1:50:46
—	Hans Michalski FRG	DQ
—	Maurizio Damilano ITA	DQ
—	Neal Pike USA	DQ
—	Roberto Buccione ITA	DNF
—	Neil Blaney NZL	DNF
—	Allan Callow NZL	DNF

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Time
01 !	Martín Bermúdez MEX	3:43:36
02 !	Enrique Vera MEX	3:43:59
03 !	Viktor Dorovskikh URS	3:45:51
4	Raúl González MEX	3:46:36
5	Vyacheslav Fursov URS	3:46:55
6	Pyotr Melnik URS	3:49:31
7	José Marín ESP	3:49:46
8	Dietmar Meisch GDR	3:50:02
9	Paolo Grecucci ITA	3:50:51
10	Willi Sawall AUS	3:51:08
11	Sandro Bellucci ITA	3:51:08
12	Matthias Kroel GDR	3:52:10
13	Horst Matern GDR	3:52:10
14	Domenico Carpentieri ITA	3:52:44
15	Otto Barch URS	3:53:32
16	Hans Binder FRG	3:57:31
17	Jaromír Vanous TCH	3:58:01
18	Feliks Sliwinski POL	3:59:19
19	László Sátor HUN	3:59:37
20	Heinrich Schubert FRG	3:59:58
21	Gerhard Weidner FRG	4:01:01
22	Bengt Simonsen SWE	4:01:43
23	Vittorio Visini ITA	4:02:28
24	Agustin Jorbo ESP	4:02:52
25	Tim Erickson AUS	4:03:17
26	Stanisław Rola POL	4:03:29
27	Jan Dzurnák TCH	4:04:03
28	János Dalmati HUN	4:08:52
29	Michael Parker NZL	4:08:56
30	Stig-Olof Elovsson SWE	4:09:44
31	Adrian James GBR	4:09:52
32	Max Sjöholm SWE	4:10:52
33	Per Rasmussen SWE	4:11:56
34	Vince OʼSullivan USA	4:12:15
35	Marco Evoniuk USA	4:12:37
36	John Sheard AUS	4:13:55
37	Ian Richards GBR	4:14:47
38	Dan OʼConnor USA	4:17:34
39	George Nibre GBR	4:18:19
40	Rafael Espejo ESP	4:24:02
41	Vladislav Dostál TCH	4:24:56
42	Zoltán Rutkai HUN	4:25:56
43	Chris Maddocks GBR	4:27:03
44	Carl Schueler USA	4:27:24
45	Attila Márton HUN	4:28:52
—	Greg Sockhill AUS	DQ
—	Jürgen Meyer FRG	DQ
—	Steffen Müller GDR	DQ
—	Pedro Aroche MEX	DQ
—	Manuel Alcalde ESP	DNF
—	Allan Callow NZL	DNF
—	Ross Pilkington NZL	DNF
—	Graham Seatter NZL	DNF
—	Bogusław Duda POL	DNF
—	Stanisław Korneluk POL	DNF

Team (Men)

Place	Country	Points
01 !	Mexico	240 pts
02 !	Soviet Union	235 pts
03 !	East Germany	201 pts
4	Italy	152 pts
5	Czechoslovakia	142 pts
6	Poland	127 pts
7	Hungary	112 pts
8	West Germany	108 pts
9	Australia	103 pts
10	Sweden	101 pts
11	Spain	94 pts
12	United Kingdom	89 pts
13	United States	67 pts
14	New Zealand	25 pts

Women's 5 km

Place	Athlete	Time
01 !	Marion Fawkes GBR	22:51
02 !	Carol Tyson GBR	22:59
03 !	Thorill Gylder NOR	23:08
4	Elisabet Olsson SWE	23:10
5	Susan Orr-Cook AUS	23:25
6	Irene Bateman GBR	23:25
7	Britt-Marie Carlsson SWE	23:30
8	Margareta Simu SWE	23:48
9	Mia Kjølberg NOR	23:50
10	Susan Liers-Westerfield USA	24:02
11	Sally Pierson AUS	24:08
12	Fröydis Hilsen NOR	24:14
13	Elaine Cox GBR	24:18
14	Gerd Gylder NOR	24:22
15	Lorraine Young-Jachno AUS	24:35
16	Jeanine Piroux/Vignat FRA	24:36
17	Ann Jansson SWE	24:45
18	Giuliana Salce ITA	24:46
19	Chris Sakelarios USA	24:50
20	Ingrid Adam FRG	24:56
21	Regine Broders FRG	24:57
22	Sue Brodock USA	25:00
23	Paula Kash USA	25:08
24	Karen Iselin AUS	25:21
25	Monika Glöckler FRG	25:24
26	Kristina Schenk FRG	25:42
27	Viviane Guilmain FRA	25:49
28	Suzanne Griesbach FRA	25:57
29	Margot Vetterli SUI	26:09
30	Sonia Ripanti ITA	26:27
31	Claudine Gerald/Richard FRA	26:31
32	Charlotte Hansen DEN	26:32
33	Edith Sappl SUI	26:50
34	Tina Thomsen DEN	26:52
35	Valeria Carpanese ITA	27:17
36	Jeanette Hansen DEN	27:25
37	Paula Gobbi ITA	27:47
38	Ulla Kristiansen DEN	28:07
39	Christiane Udriot SUI	28:58
40	Nicol Caloz SUI	30:37

Team (Women)

Place	Country	Points
01 !	United Kingdom	85 pts
02 !	Sweden	74 pts
03 !	Norway	69 pts
4	Australia	64 pts
5	United States	48 pts
6	West Germany	38 pts
7	France	36 pts
8	Italy	26 pts
9	Switzerland	14 pts
10	Denmark	12 pts

Participation

The participation of 147 athletes (107 men/40 women) from countries is reported.^[1]

Australia (8/4)
Czechoslovakia (7/-)
Denmark (-/4)
East Germany (8/-)
France (-/4)
Hungary (7/-)

Italy (8/4)
Mexico (8/-)
New Zealand (5/-)
Norway (-/4)
Poland (8/-)
Soviet Union (8/-)

Spain (8/-)
Sweden (8/4)
Switzerland (-/4)
United Kingdom (8/4)
United States (8/4)
West Germany (8/4)

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 German Democratic Republic, Italy, the Soviet Union, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand proceeded directly to the final.

Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1

Reus, Spain, August 25/26

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Spain	61 pts
2	Hungary	60 pts
3	France	54 pts
4	Norway	36 pts
5	Switzerland	28 pts

Zone 2

Władysławowo, Poland, August 25/26

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Poland	60 pts
2	Czechoslovakia	44 pts
3	Romania	30 pts
4	Finland	22 pts
—	Bulgaria	DNS
—	Denmark	DNS

Zone 3

Hove, Belgium, September 3

Rank	Nation	Points
1	West Germany	68 pts
2	Sweden	66 pts
3	United Kingdom	65 pts
4	Belgium	29 pts
5	Netherlands	14 pts

References

1 2 IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved July 29, 2013

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