# 1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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.

## Medallists

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

### Men's 50 km

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

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Mexico | 240 pts |
| | Soviet Union | 235 pts |
| | 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 | Nation | Time |
| | Marion Fawkes | Great Britain (GBR) | 22:51 |
| | Carol Tyson | Great Britain (GBR) | 22:59 |
| | Thorill Gylder | Norway (NOR) | 23:08 |
| 4 | Elisabet Olsson | Sweden (SWE) | 23:10 |
| 5 | Susan Orr-Cook | Australia (AUS) | 23:25 |
| 6 | Irene Bateman | Great Britain (GBR) | 23:25 |
| 7 | Britt-Marie Carlsson | Sweden (SWE) | 23:30 |
| 8 | Margareta Simu | Sweden (SWE) | 23:48 |
| 9 | Mia Kjølberg | Norway (NOR) | 23:50 |
| 10 | Susan Liers-Westerfield | United States (USA) | 24:02 |
| 11 | Sally Pierson | Australia (AUS) | 24:08 |
| 12 | Fröydis Hilsen | Norway (NOR) | 24:14 |
| 13 | Elaine Cox | Great Britain (GBR) | 24:18 |
| 14 | Gerd Gylder | Norway (NOR) | 24:22 |
| 15 | Lorraine Young-Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 24:35 |
| 16 | Jeanine Piroux/Vignat | France (FRA) | 24:36 |
| 17 | Ann Jansson | Sweden (SWE) | 24:45 |
| 18 | Giuliana Salce | Italy (ITA) | 24:46 |
| 19 | Chris Sakelarios | United States (USA) | 24:50 |
| 20 | Ingrid Adam | West Germany (FRG) | 24:56 |
| 21 | Regine Broders | West Germany (FRG) | 24:57 |
| 22 | Sue Brodock | United States (USA) | 25:00 |
| 23 | Paula Kash | United States (USA) | 25:08 |
| 24 | Karen Iselin | Australia (AUS) | 25:21 |
| 25 | Monika Glöckler | West Germany (FRG) | 25:24 |
| 26 | Kristina Schenk | West Germany (FRG) | 25:42 |
| 27 | Viviane Guilmain | France (FRA) | 25:49 |
| 28 | Suzanne Griesbach | France (FRA) | 25:57 |
| 29 | Margot Vetterli | Switzerland (SUI) | 26:09 |
| 30 | Sonia Ripanti | Italy (ITA) | 26:27 |
| 31 | Claudine Gerald/Richard | France (FRA) | 26:31 |
| 32 | Charlotte Hansen | Denmark (DEN) | 26:32 |
| 33 | Edith Sappl | Switzerland (SUI) | 26:50 |
| 34 | Tina Thomsen | Denmark (DEN) | 26:52 |
| 35 | Valeria Carpanese | Italy (ITA) | 27:17 |
| 36 | Jeanette Hansen | Denmark (DEN) | 27:25 |
| 37 | Paula Gobbi | Italy (ITA) | 27:47 |
| 38 | Ulla Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 28:07 |
| 39 | Christiane Udriot | Switzerland (SUI) | 28:58 |
| 40 | Nicol Caloz | Switzerland (SUI) | 30:37 |

### Team (women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | United Kingdom | 85 pts |
| | Sweden | 74 pts |
| | 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.
* 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.