# 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Le Grand-Quevilly, France, on October 11–12, 1975. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. For the first time, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km walk | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) | 1:26:12 | Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) | 1:26:20 | Peter Frenkel (GDR) | 1:26:54 |
| 50 km walk | Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) | 4:03:42 | Gerhard Weidner (FRG) | 4:09:58 | Vladimir Svechnikov (URS) | 4:11:31 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | Soviet Union | 117 pts | East Germany | 105 pts | West Germany | 102 pts |
| Women$^†$ |||||||
| 5 km walk$^†$ | Margareta Simu (SWE) | 23:40 | Siv Gustavsson (SWE) | 24:33 | Britt Holmquist (SWE) | 24:45 |
| Team (Women)$^†$ |||||||
| Team (Women)$^†$ | Sweden | 70 pts | United Kingdom | 46 pts | France | 42 pts |
$^†$: Invitation event.

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller | East Germany (GDR) | 1:26:12 |
| | Bernd Kannenberg | West Germany (FRG) | 1:26:20 |
| | Peter Frenkel | East Germany (GDR) | 1:26:54 |
| 4 | Otto Barch | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:27:35 |
| 5 | Vittorio Visini | Italy (ITA) | 1:27:38 |
| 6 | Brian Adams | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:27:46 |
| 7 | Aleksey Troitskiy | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:27:59 |
| 8 | Olly Flynn | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:28:08 |
| 9 | Yevgeniy Ivchenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:28:39 |
| 10 | Mikhail Alekseyev | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:28:58 |
| 11 | Hans-Georg Reimann | East Germany (GDR) | 1:29:03 |
| 12 | Armando Zambaldo | Italy (ITA) | 1:29:29 |
| 13 | Imre Stankovics | Hungary (HUN) | 1:29:55 |
| 14 | Gérard Lelièvre | France (FRA) | 1:30:18 |
| 15 | Domenico Carpentieri | Italy (ITA) | 1:30:25 |
| 16 | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany (GDR) | 1:30:37 |
| 17 | Amos Seddon | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:30:42 |
| 18 | János Tábori | Hungary (HUN) | 1:30:53 |
| 19 | Bengt Simonsen | Sweden (SWE) | 1:31:13 |
| 20 | Göran Aneheim | Sweden (SWE) | 1:31:57 |
| 21 | Sandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | 1:33:03 |
| 22 | Alain Moulinet | France (FRA) | 1:33:17 |
| 23 | Daniel Björkgren | Sweden (SWE) | 1:33:27 |
| 24 | Heinz Mayr | West Germany (FRG) | 1:33:40 |
| 25 | Owe Hemmingsson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:33:49 |
| 26 | Bob Kitchen | United States (USA) | 1:34:15 |
| 27 | László Sátor | Hungary (HUN) | 1:34:48 |
| 28 | Roger Mills | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:35:23 |
| 29 | Dominique Guebey | France (FRA) | 1:35:42 |
| 30 | Bernhard Schmidt | West Germany (FRG) | 1:37:26 |
| 31 | Wayne Glusker | United States (USA) | 1:38:07 |
| 32 | Helmut Stolte | West Germany (FRG) | 1:39:15 |
| 33 | Michel Leveque | France (FRA) | 1:42:41 |
| — | Sándor Forian | Hungary (HUN) | DQ |
| — | Jerry Brown | United States (USA) | DQ |
| — | John Knifton | United States (USA) | DQ |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Yevgeniy Lyungin | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:03:42 |
| | Gerhard Weidner | West Germany (FRG) | 4:09:58 |
| | Vladimir Svechnikov | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:11:31 |
| 4 | John Warhurst | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:14:35 |
| 5 | Franco Vecchio | Italy (ITA) | 4:15:33 |
| 6 | Ferenc Danovsky | Hungary (HUN) | 4:15:59 |
| 7 | Heinrich Schubert | West Germany (FRG) | 4:16:11 |
| 8 | Werner Galina | East Germany (GDR) | 4:16:30 |
| 9 | Hans Binder | West Germany (FRG) | 4:18:08 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Garcia | France (FRA) | 4:19:35 |
| 11 | Max Sjöholm | Sweden (SWE) | 4:21:10 |
| 12 | János Dalmati | Hungary (HUN) | 4:21:48 |
| 13 | Paolo Grecucci | Italy (ITA) | 4:23:55 |
| 14 | Olaf Pilarski | East Germany (GDR) | 4:24:59 |
| 15 | Roy Thorpe | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:26:48 |
| 16 | Hans Michalski | West Germany (FRG) | 4:27:31 |
| 17 | Stig-Olof Elovsson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:29:03 |
| 18 | Lennart Lundgren | Sweden (SWE) | 4:30:05 |
| 19 | Alec Banyard | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:30:25 |
| 20 | Charley Fogg | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:31:15 |
| 21 | August Hirt | United States (USA) | 4:31:19 |
| 22 | Mirko Scussel | Italy (ITA) | 4:36:11 |
| 23 | Luc Gauthier | France (FRA) | 4:39:48 |
| 24 | Claude Sauriat | France (FRA) | 4:47:05 |
| 25 | Karoly Orban | Hungary (HUN) | 4:55:37 |
| 26 | Tom Knatt | United States (USA) | 5:01:10 |
| 27 | Paul Eddig | United States (USA) | 5:15:08 |
| — | Didier David | France (FRA) | DQ |
| — | Ralf Knütter | East Germany (GDR) | DQ |
| — | Matthias Kroel | East Germany (GDR) | DQ |
| — | Kåre Moen | Sweden (SWE) | DQ |
| — | Veniamin Soldatenko | Soviet Union (URS) | DQ |
| — | Lajos Lanyl | Hungary (HUN) | DNF |
| — | Rosario Valore | Italy (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Ray Somers | United States (USA) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 117 pts |
| | East Germany | 105 pts |
| | West Germany | 102 pts |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 102 pts |
| 5 | Italy | 100 pts |
| 6 | Hungary | 76 pts |
| 7 | Sweden | 69 pts |
| 8 | France | 59 pts |
| 9 | United States | 24 pts |

### Women's 5 km$^†$

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Margareta Simu | Sweden (SWE) | 23:40 |
| | Siv Gustavsson | Sweden (SWE) | 24:33 |
| | Britt Holmquist | Sweden (SWE) | 24:45 |
| 4 | Thorill Gylder | Norway (NOR) | 25:05 |
| 5 | Sue Brodock | United States (USA) | 25:07 |
| 6 | Marion Fawkes | Great Britain (GBR) | 25:12 |
| 7 | Elisabet Olsson | Sweden (SWE) | 28:14 |
| 8 | Monika Karlsson | Sweden (SWE) | 28:14 |
| 9 | Karin Møller | Denmark (DEN) | 26:00 |
| 10 | Ginney Lovell | Great Britain (GBR) | 26:05 |
| 11 | Monika Glöckler | West Germany (FRG) | 26:16 |
| 12 | Nadine Mogis | France (FRA) | 26:17 |
| 13 | Jeanine Piroux | France (FRA) | 26:22 |
| 14 | Dominique Terraz | France (FRA) | 26:22 |
| 15 | Mia Kjølberg | Norway (NOR) | 26:34 |
| 16 | Margot Vetterli | Switzerland (SUI) | 26:45 |
| 17 | Marica Zethof | Netherlands (NED) | 26:53 |
| 18 | Sylvia Saunders/Black | Great Britain (GBR) | 27:05 |
| 19 | Heike Penner | West Germany (FRG) | 27:12 |
| 20 | Laila Nielsen | Denmark (DEN) | 27:22 |
| 21 | Gerd Gylder | Norway (NOR) | 27:32 |
| 22 | Becky Villalvaso | United States (USA) | 27:35 |
| 23 | Tina Thomsen | Denmark (DEN) | 27:38 |
| 24 | Regine Broders | West Germany (FRG) | 27:44 |
| 25 | Eileen Smith | United States (USA) | 27:50 |
| 26 | Ulla Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 27:59 |
| 27 | Sandy Briscoe | United States (USA) | 28:14 |
| 28 | Fröydis Hilsen | Norway (NOR) | 28:17 |
| 29 | Edith Häppt | Switzerland (SUI) | 28:35 |
| 30 | Anne Fröberg | Finland (FIN) | 29:12 |
| 31 | Olivia Lorenz | West Germany (FRG) | 29:18 |
| 32 | Chantal Vallée | France (FRA) | 30:09 |
| 33 | Adri van Dirven | Netherlands (NED) | 32:50 |
| — | Jacqueline Delassaux | France (FRA) | DQ |
| — | Judy Farr | Great Britain (GBR) | DQ |
| — | Cynthia Johnson | United States (USA) | DQ |
| — | Lisa Metheny | United States (USA) | DQ |
| — | Jacoba Kemna | Netherlands (NED) | DNF |
$^†$: Invitation event.

### Team (women)$^†$

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Sweden | 70 pts |
| | United Kingdom | 46 pts |
| | France | 42 pts |
| 4 | Norway | 40 pts |
| 5 | Denmark | 31 pts |
| 6 | West Germany | 29 pts |
| 7 | United States | 26 pts |
| 8 | Netherlands | 14 pts |
$^†$: Invitation event.

## Participation

The participation of 109 athletes (71 men/38 women) from 14 countries is reported.
* Denmark (-/4)
* East Germany (8/-)
* Finland (-/1)
* France (8/5)
* Hungary (8/-)
* Italy (8/-)
* Netherlands (-/3)
* Norway (-/4)
* Soviet Union (7/-)
* Sweden (8/5)
* Switzerland (-/2)
* United Kingdom (8/4)
* United States (8/6)
* 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, the German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, Italy, the United States, and France proceeded directly to the final.