# 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 24 and 25 September 1983 in the streets of Bergen, Norway. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| Men's 20 km walk | Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia | 1:19:30 | Ernesto Canto Mexico | 1:19:41 | Anatoliy Solomin Soviet Union | 1:19:43 |
| Men's 50 km walk | Raúl González Mexico | 3:45:37 | Sergey Yung Soviet Union | 3:48:46 | Viktor Dorovskikh Soviet Union | 3:49:47 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | Soviet Union | 231 pts | Italy | 189 pts | Mexico | 146 pts |
| Women |||||||
| Women's 10 km walk | Xu Yongjiu China | 45:14 | Natalya Sharipova Soviet Union | 45:26 | Susan Cook Australia | 45:27 |
| Eschborn Cup (Women) |||||||
| Team (Women) | China | 132 pts | Soviet Union | 130 pts | Australia | 124 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Jozef Pribilinec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:19:30 |
| | Ernesto Canto | Mexico (MEX) | 1:19:41 |
| | Anatoliy Solomin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:19:43 |
| 4 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:20:10 |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Yevsyukov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:20:30 |
| 6 | Marcelino Colín | Mexico (MEX) | 1:20:40 |
| 7 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy (ITA) | 1:21:11 |
| 8 | Anatoliy Gorshkov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:21:26 |
| 9 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:21:37 |
| 10 | Sergey Protschin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:22:03 |
| 11 | Guillaume LeBlanc | Canada (CAN) | 1:24:17 |
| 12 | Giorgio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:24:27 |
| 13 | Stanisław Rola | Poland (POL) | 1:24:39 |
| 14 | Simon Baker | Australia (AUS) | 1:24:43 |
| 15 | Erling Andersen | Norway (NOR) | 1:24:50 |
| 16 | Jim Heiring | United States (USA) | 1:24:51 |
| 17 | Zhang Fuxin | China (CHN) | 1:25:23 |
| 18 | Andrew Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 1:25:51 |
| 19 | Martial Fesselier | France (FRA) | 1:26:01 |
| 20 | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:26:16 |
| 21 | Philip Vesty | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:26:20 |
| 22 | Alessandro Pezzatini | Italy (ITA) | 1:26:22 |
| 23 | Jiang Shaohong | China (CHN) | 1:27:22 |
| 24 | Todd Scully | United States (USA) | 1:27:29 |
| 25 | Zhang Yanlong | China (CHN) | 1:27:35 |
| 26 | Francisco Botonero | Spain (ESP) | 1:27:48 |
| 27 | Robert Mildenberger | West Germany (FRG) | 1:27:50 |
| 28 | Guang Xinli | China (CHN) | 1:28:09 |
| 29 | Ivo Pták | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:28:12 |
| 30 | Michael Woods | Australia (AUS) | 1:28:18 |
| 31 | José Marín | Spain (ESP) | 1:28:24 |
| 32 | Ian McCombie | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:28:28 |
| 33 | Roger Mills | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:28:33 |
| 34 | Tim Lewis | United States (USA) | 1:28:57 |
| 35 | Wolfgang Wiedemann | West Germany (FRG) | 1:29:23 |
| 36 | Jaroslaw Kazmierski | Poland (POL) | 1:29:33 |
| 37 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland (POL) | 1:29:56 |
| 38 | Felix Gómez | Mexico (MEX) | 1:30:11 |
| 39 | Sam Schick | United States (USA) | 1:30:26 |
| 40 | Allan King | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:30:30 |
| 41 | Andrés Marin | Spain (ESP) | 1:30:45 |
| 42 | Helmut Boeck | Canada (CAN) | 1:31:45 |
| 43 | Jean-Marie Neff | France (FRA) | 1:31:48 |
| 44 | Zbigniew Wiśniowski | Poland (POL) | 1:32:00 |
| 45 | Dominique Guebey | France (FRA) | 1:33:05 |
| 46 | Alfons Schwarz | West Germany (FRG) | 1:33:19 |
| 47 | Jan Rolstad | Norway (NOR) | 1:35:25 |
| 48 | Tor-Ivar Guttulsrød | Norway (NOR) | 1:35:32 |
| 49 | Daniel Levesque | Canada (CAN) | 1:36:17 |
| 50 | Luis Maroto | Spain (ESP) | 1:38:59 |
| — | Dave Smith | Australia (AUS) | DQ |
| — | Franz-Josef Weber | West Germany (FRG) | DQ |
| — | Enrique Vera | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Lars Ove Moen | Norway (NOR) | DQ |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Raúl González | Mexico (MEX) | 3:45:37 |
| | Sergey Yung | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:48:46 |
| | Viktor Dorovskikh | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:49:47 |
| 4 | Jorge Llopart | Spain (ESP) | 3:52:57 |
| 5 | Gérard Lelièvre | France (FRA) | 3:54:55 |
| 6 | Sergey Zimbaljuk | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:56:56 |
| 7 | Paolo Grecucci | Italy (ITA) | 3:57:14 |
| 8 | Ivan Tichonov | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:58:14 |
| 9 | Chris Maddocks | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:02:28 |
| 10 | Manuel Alcalde | Spain (ESP) | 4:04:50 |
| 11 | Jan Klos | Poland (POL) | 4:05:25 |
| 12 | Jean-Claude Corré | France (FRA) | 4:05:32 |
| 13 | Lars Ove Moen | Norway (NOR) | 4:06:02 |
| 14 | Karl Degener | West Germany (FRG) | 4:06:46 |
| 15 | Paolo Ghedina | Italy (ITA) | 4:07:14 |
| 16 | Dennis Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:07:58 |
| 17 | Jürgen Meyer | West Germany (FRG) | 4:09:12 |
| 18 | Daniel O'Connor | United States (USA) | 4:09:50 |
| 19 | Denis Terraz | France (FRA) | 4:09:57 |
| 20 | Heinrich Schubert | West Germany (FRG) | 4:11:20 |
| 21 | Adam Urbanowski | Poland (POL) | 4:11:37 |
| 22 | Barry Graham | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:12:18 |
| 23 | Tom Edwards | United States (USA) | 4:13:30 |
| 24 | Samuel Ginés | Spain (ESP) | 4:14:59 |
| 25 | Tim Erickson | Australia (AUS) | 4:15:13 |
| 26 | Grzegorz Ledzion | Poland (POL) | 4:16:37 |
| 27 | Giacomo Poggi | Italy (ITA) | 4:16:46 |
| 28 | Arturo Bravo | Mexico (MEX) | 4:18:03 |
| 29 | Dai Mingxi | China (CHN) | 4:18:17 |
| 30 | Paul Blagg | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:19:17 |
| 31 | Štefan Rebo | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:23:27 |
| 32 | Luboš Mackanic | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:25:53 |
| 33 | Qian Ku | China (CHN) | 4:26:05 |
| 34 | Jean-Pierre Saint-Martin | France (FRA) | 4:26:20 |
| 35 | Stanisław Korneluk | Poland (POL) | 4:29:55 |
| 36 | Wayne Glusker | United States (USA) | 4:31:41 |
| 37 | Miroslav Svoboda | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:32:37 |
| 38 | Ragner Hofnes | Norway (NOR) | 4:33:40 |
| 39 | Duncan Knox | Australia (AUS) | 4:35:13 |
| — | Bill Dyer | Australia (AUS) | DQ |
| — | Martin Archambault | Canada (CAN) | DQ |
| — | Qiu Shiyong | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Wang Chuntang | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Walter Schwoche | West Germany (FRG) | DQ |
| — | Sandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | DQ |
| — | Pedro Aroche | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Marco Evoniuk | United States (USA) | DQ |
| — | Michael Harvey | Australia (AUS) | DNF |
| — | François Lapointe | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Erling Andersen | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Kåre Sandvik | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Pavel Szikora | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20 km and 50 km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 231 pts |
| | Italy | 189 pts |
| | Mexico | 146 pts |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 138 pts |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 137 pts |
| 6 | Spain | 135 pts |
| 7 | France | 131 pts |
| 8 | Poland | 126 pts |
| 9 | United States | 120 pts |
| 10 | West Germany | 116 pts |
| 11 | Australia | 100 pts |
| 12 | China | 96 pts |
| 13 | Norway | 74 pts |
| 14 | Canada | 41 pts |
| — | East Germany | DNS |

### Women's 10 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Xu Yongjiu | China (CHN) | 45:14 |
| | Natalya Sharipova | Soviet Union (URS) | 45:26 |
| | Susan Cook | Australia (AUS) | 45:27 |
| 4 | Sally Pierson | Australia (AUS) | 45:40 |
| 5 | Siv Gustavsson | Sweden (SWE) | 46:21 |
| 6 | Guan Ping | China (CHN) | 46:29 |
| 7 | Lyudmila Khrustyeva | Soviet Union (URS) | 46:39 |
| 8 | Vera Osipova | Soviet Union (URS) | 46:49 |
| 9 | Yu Heping | China (CHN) | 46:59 |
| 10 | Ann Peel | Canada (CAN) | 47:02 |
| 11 | Eva Karlsson | Sweden (SWE) | 47:10 |
| 12 | Rosa Underova | Soviet Union (URS) | 47:16 |
| 13 | Frøydis Hilsen | Norway (NOR) | 47:37 |
| 14 | Ann Jansson | Sweden (SWE) | 47:42 |
| 15 | Rachel Thompson | Australia (AUS) | 47:51 |
| 16 | Maryanne Torellas | United States (USA) | 47:53 |
| 17 | Suzanne Griesbach | France (FRA) | 47:57 |
| 18 | Giuliana Salce | Italy (ITA) | 48:58 |
| 19 | Irene Bateman | Great Britain (GBR) | 49:00 |
| 20 | Ann Ryan | Australia (AUS) | 49:05 |
| 21 | Sam Miller | United States (USA) | 49:20 |
| 22 | Maria Grazia Cogoli | Italy (ITA) | 49:25 |
| 23 | Mia Kjølberg | Norway (NOR) | 49:32 |
| 24 | Antonella Marangoni | Italy (ITA) | 49:43 |
| 25 | Jill Barrett | Great Britain (GBR) | 49:47 |
| 26 | Ginney Lovell-Birch | Great Britain (GBR) | 49:52 |
| 27 | Teresa Palacios | Spain (ESP) | 50:02 |
| 28 | Gunhild Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 50:18 |
| 29 | Mari Cruz Díaz | Spain (ESP) | 50:19 |
| 30 | Line Viken | Norway (NOR) | 50:24 |
| 31 | Jeanine Gosselin | France (FRA) | 50:24 |
| 32 | Monica Gunnarsson | Sweden (SWE) | 50:32 |
| 33 | Torunn Syvertsen | Norway (NOR) | 50:42 |
| 34 | Monique Boueroux | France (FRA) | 51:09 |
| 35 | Kazimiera Mróz-Mosio | Poland (POL) | 51:10 |
| 36 | Vivianne Humbert | France (FRA) | 51:15 |
| 37 | Ingrid Adam | West Germany (FRG) | 51:45 |
| 38 | Margot Vetterli | Switzerland (SUI) | 51:47 |
| 39 | Micheline Daneau | Canada (CAN) | 51:52 |
| 40 | Beata Bączyk | Poland (POL) | 51:52 |
| 41 | Susan Liers-Westerfield | United States (USA) | 51:54 |
| 42 | Brenda Lupton | Great Britain (GBR) | 51:54 |
| 43 | Kataryzna Figurowska | Poland (POL) | 52:05 |
| 44 | Yolanda Fernández | Spain (ESP) | 52:06 |
| 45 | Karin Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 52:18 |
| 46 | Pier Carola Pagani | Italy (ITA) | 52:20 |
| 47 | Lucyna Rokitowska | Poland (POL) | 52:36 |
| 48 | Helena Åström | Finland (FIN) | 52:41 |
| 49 | Brigitte Buck | West Germany (FRG) | 52:48 |
| 50 | Renate Bauch | West Germany (FRG) | 53:25 |
| 51 | Debbi Lawrence | United States (USA) | 53:49 |
| 52 | Sari Essayah | Finland (FIN) | 53:54 |
| 53 | Nancy Sweazey | Canada (CAN) | 53:56 |
| 54 | Edith Sappl | Switzerland (SUI) | 54:27 |
| 55 | Lene Cassidy | Denmark (DEN) | 54:32 |
| 56 | Ulla Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 54:40 |
| 57 | Begoña Miranda | Spain (ESP) | 54:56 |
| 58 | Monica Robertson | Finland (FIN) | 55:44 |
| 59 | Sirpa Kniivilä | Finland (FIN) | 56:09 |
| 60 | Corinne Aviolat | Switzerland (SUI) | 58:04 |
| 61 | Jutta Schwoche | West Germany (FRG) | 58:32 |
| 62 | Suzi Darballey | Switzerland (SUI) | 61:51 |
| — | Joni Bender | Canada (CAN) | DQ |
| — | Yan Hong | China (CHN) | DQ |

### Team (women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | China | 132 pts |
| | Soviet Union | 130 pts |
| | Australia | 126 pts |
| 4 | Sweden | 118 pts |
| 5 | Italy | 88 pts |
| 6 | Norway | 86 pts |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 82 pts |
| 8 | United States | 77 pts |
| 9 | France | 72 pts |
| 10 | Canada | 59 pts |
| 11 | Spain | 57 pts |
| 12 | Poland | 44 pts |
| 13 | Denmark | 36 pts |
| 14 | West Germany | 32 pts |
| 15 | Switzerland | 21 pts |
| 16 | Finland | 17 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 169 athletes (105 men/64 women) from 18 countries is reported.
* Australia (8/4)
* Canada (5/4)
* China (8/4)
* Czechoslovakia (8/-)
* Denmark (-/4)
* Finland (-/4)
* France (7/4)
* Italy (8/4)
* Mexico (8/-)
* Norway (6/4)
* Poland (8/4)
* Soviet Union (8/4)
* Spain (7/4)
* Sweden (-/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, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, the Soviet Union, México, Norway, the United States, Australia, China, and Canada proceeded directly to the final.