IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
The IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships is a race walking event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. Women first entered the 1979 edition. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event. In 2004, a Junior division was added, consisting of Men and Women which are 19 or younger.
Host cities
| Year | City | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Lugano | Switzerland |
| 1963 | Varese | Italy |
| 1965 | Pescara | Italy |
| 1967 | Bad Saarow | East Germany |
| 1970 | Eschborn | West Germany |
| 1973 | Lugano | Switzerland |
| 1975 | Grand-Quevilly | France |
| 1977 | Milton Keynes | United Kingdom |
| 1979 | Eschborn | West Germany |
| 1981 | Valencia | Spain |
| 1983 | Bergen | Norway |
| 1985 | St John's, Isle of Man | Isle of Man |
| 1987 | New York City | United States |
| 1989 | L'Hospitalet | Spain |
| 1991 | San Jose | United States |
| 1993 | Monterrey | Mexico |
| 1995 | Beijing | China |
| 1997 | Poděbrady | Czech Republic |
| 1999 | Mézidon-Canon | France |
| 2002 | Turin | Italy |
| 2004 | Naumburg | Germany |
| 2006 | La Coruña | Spain |
| 2008 | Cheboksary | Russia |
| 2010 | Chihuahua | Mexico |
| 2012 | Saransk | Russia |
| 2014 | Taicang | China |
| 2016 | Rome | Italy |
| 2018 | Taicang | China |
The 2016 Cup was due to be held in Cheboksary, Russia. However the IAAF's suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation prohibits Russia from hosting international competitions. This event was relocated.[1]
Medal summary
Men
20 kilometres
50 kilometres
†: In 2008, Vladimir Kanaykin from 
Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.[2]
‡: In 2012, Igor Erokhin from Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:38:10, but disqualified because of doping violations.
Women
5 kilometres
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975† | Margareta Simu Sweden | 23:41 | Siv Gustavsson Sweden | 24:33 | Britt Holmquist Sweden | 24:45 |
| 1977† | Siv Gustavsson Sweden | 23:19 | Carol Tyson Great Britain | 23:46 | Margareta Simu Sweden | 24:12 |
| 1979 | Marion Fawkes United Kingdom | 22:51 | Carol Tyson United Kingdom | 22:59 | Thorill Gylder Norway | 23:08 |
| 1981 | Siv Gustavsson Sweden | 22:57 | Aleksandra Derevinskaya USSR | 23:18 | Lyudmila Khrushcheva USSR | 23:26 |
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WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
† Invitational, non-cup event.
10 kilometres
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Xu Yongjiu China | 45:14 | Natalya Sharipova USSR | 45:26 | Sue Cook Australia | 45:27 |
| 1985 | Yan Hong China | 46:22 | Guan Ping China | 46:23 | Olga Krishtop USSR Aleksandra Grigoryeva USSR | 46:24 |
| 1987 | Olga Krishtop USSR | 43:22 | Irina Strakhova USSR | 43:35 | Jin Bingjie China | 43:45 |
| 1989 | Beate Anders East Germany | 43:08 | Kerry Saxby Australia | 43:12 | Ileana Salvador Italy | 43:12 |
| 1991 | Irina Strakhova USSR | 43:55 | Graciela Mendoza Mexico | 44:09 | Yelena Sayko USSR | 44:11 |
| 1993 | Wang Yan China | 45:10 | Sari Essayah Finland | 45:18 | Yelena Nikolayeva Russia | 45:22 |
| 1995 | Gao Hongmiao China | 42:19 | Yelena Nikolayeva Russia | 42:32 | Liu Hongyu China | 42:49 |
| 1997 | Irina Stankina Russia | 41:52 | Olimpiada Ivanova Russia | 41:59 | Gu Yan China | 42:15 |
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WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
20 kilometres
Records
Men
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | 1:18:15 hrs | Paquillo Fernández |  Spain |
May 10, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia |
[2] |
| 50 km | 3:34:14 hrs | Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia |
May 11, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia |
[2] |
| 10 km (Junior Event) | 39:40 min | Gao Wenkui | China |
May 3, 2014 | 2014 Taicang, China |
Women
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | 1:25:42 hrs | Olga Kaniskina | Russia |
May 11, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia |
[2] |
| 10 km (Junior Event) | 42:44 min | Tatyana Kalmykova | Russia |
May 10, 2008 | 2008 Cheboksary, Russia |
[2] |
Defunct events
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5 km | 22:51 min | Marion Fawkes | United Kingdom |
September 29/30, 1979 | 1979 Eschborn,  West Germany |
[2] |
| Women's 10 km | 41:52 min | Irina Stankina | Russia |
April 19, 1997 | 1997 Poděbrady,  Czech Republic |
[2] |
Doping
The competition conducts doping tests on participating athletes and several have been disqualified from the races as a result. Ukraine's Olga Leonenko became the first doping disqualification, having originally finished seventh in 1995. Daniel Plaza became the first man in 1997 and was again disqualified in 1999. Nine years passed without incident then in 2008 two Russians were excluded Viktor Burayev and Vladimir Kanaykin – the latter was the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the cup.[3]
In 2010 fourth place Erik Tysse was removed. Four athletes were disqualified for doping at the 2012 edition: silver medallist Igor Yerokhin was the most prominent, followed by fifth place Sergey Morozov, then Turkish walkers Recep Çelik and Handan Koçyiğit Cavdar.[3] Yuriy Andronov became the fifth Russian to be caught doping at the event in 2014.[4]
Outside of the event, several medallists have been later disqualified for doping, including women's winners Olga Kaniskina and Elena Lashmanova,[5] and men's runners-up Valeriy Borchin and Alex Schwazer.[6]
See also
- European Race Walking Cup
- Pan American Race Walking Cup
- South American Race Walking Championships
- Asian Race Walking Championships
- Oceania Race Walking Championships
- Central American Race Walking Championships
References
- ↑ "IAAF provisionally suspends Russian Member Federation ARAF". iaaf.org. 13 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved August 23, 2013
- 1 2 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang 2014 Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- ↑ Doping Sanctions: Positive cases in athletics - Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of November 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-12-20.
- ↑ Wilderjune, Charly (2015-06-16). Where Racewalking Is King, the Antidoping Officials Are Busy. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- ↑ Lane, Samantha (2015-01-21). Jared Tallent furious doping Russians get to keep Olympic gold. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
External links
- gbrathletics.com
- Official website
- IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures
- IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES
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