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. ^[1]

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.. ^[2]

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

Participation

Qualifying rounds

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

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

References