# 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 1 and 2 June 1991 in the streets of San Jose, California, USA. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup. The course followed a loop along Park Avenue and Almaden Boulevard, north and east of the intersection.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| Men's 20 km walk | Mikhail Shchennikov Soviet Union | 1:20:43 | Ernesto Canto Mexico | 1:20:46 | Thierry Toutain France | 1:20:56 |
| Men's 50 km walk | Carlos Mercenario Mexico | 3:42:03 | Simon Baker Australia | 3:46:36 | Ronald Weigel Germany | 3:47:50 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | Italy | 517 pts | Germany | 491 pts | Mexico | 487 pts |
| Women |||||||
| Women's 10 km walk | Irina Strakhova Soviet Union | 43:55 | Graciela Mendoza Mexico | 44:09 | Yelena Sayko Soviet Union | 44:11 |
| Eschborn Cup (Women) |||||||
| Team (Women) | Soviet Union | 203 pts | Italy | 180 pts | Mexico | 162 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:20:43 | |
| | Ernesto Canto | Mexico (MEX) | 1:20:46 | |
| | Thierry Toutain | France (FRA) | 1:20:56 | |
| 4 | Daniel Plaza | Spain (ESP) | 1:21:00 | |
| 5 | Giovanni De Benedictis | Italy (ITA) | 1:21:13 | PB |
| 6 | Walter Arena | Italy (ITA) | 1:21:13 | |
| 7 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland (POL) | 1:21:19 | |
| 8 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:21:31 | |
| 9 | Axel Noack | Germany (GER) | 1:21:35 | |
| 10 | Valentí Massana | Spain (ESP) | 1:21:38 | |
| 11 | Li Mingcai | China (CHN) | 1:21:56 | |
| 12 | Joel Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | 1:22:03 | |
| 13 | José Urbano | Portugal (POR) | 1:22:04 | |
| 14 | Miguel Ángel Prieto | Spain (ESP) | 1:22:19 | |
| 15 | Nicholas A'Hern | Australia (AUS) | 1:22:21 | |
| 16 | Andrey Plotnikov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:22:29 | |
| 17 | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary (HUN) | 1:22:38 | |
| 18 | Héctor Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:22:40 | |
| 19 | Robert Ihly | Germany (GER) | 1:22:52 | |
| 20 | Martial Fesselier | France (FRA) | 1:22:59 | |
| 21 | Bo Lingtang | China (CHN) | 1:23:00 | |
| 22 | Tim Berrett | Canada (CAN) | 1:23:10 | |
| 23 | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:23:30 | |
| 24 | Aleksey Pershin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:23:32 | |
| 25 | Ján Záhončík | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:23:49 | |
| 26 | Sergio Galdino | Brazil (BRA) | 1:23:58 | |
| 27 | Vladimir Andreyev | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:23:59 | |
| 28 | Jimmy McDonald | Ireland (IRL) | 1:24:07 | |
| 29 | Orlando Díaz | Colombia (COL) | 1:24:08 | |
| 30 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:24:27 | |
| 31 | Olegario Regidor | Spain (ESP) | 1:24:29 | |
| 32 | Zbigniew Sadlej | Poland (POL) | 1:24:55 | |
| 33 | Sławomir Cielica | Poland (POL) | 1:24:57 | |
| 34 | Ralf Weise | Germany (GER) | 1:25:08 | |
| 35 | Hubert Sonnek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:25:10 | |
| 36 | Querubín Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:25:11 | |
| 37 | Valentin Kononen | Finland (FIN) | 1:25:17 | |
| 38 | Ian McCombie | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:25:10 | |
| 39 | Sergio Spagnulo | Italy (ITA) | 1:25:30 | |
| 40 | Sun Xiaoguang | China (CHN) | 1:25:33 | |
| 41 | Jean-Claude Corre | France (FRA) | 1:25:35 | |
| 42 | Martin Rush | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:25:42 | |
| 43 | Arturo Di Mezza | Italy (ITA) | 1:25:45 | |
| 44 | Igor Kollár | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:25:57 | |
| 45 | Krzysztof Richter | Poland (POL) | 1:26:13 | |
| 46 | Dave Smith | Australia (AUS) | 1:26:14 | |
| 47 | Gyula Dudás | Hungary (HUN) | 1:26:54 | |
| 48 | Helder Oliveira | Portugal (POR) | 1:26:58 | |
| 49 | Augusto Cardoso | Portugal (POR) | 1:27:08 | |
| 50 | Michael Lane | Ireland (IRL) | 1:27:34 | |
| 51 | Julio César Urías | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:27:45 | |
| 52 | Bernardo Segura | Mexico (MEX) | 1:27:55 | |
| 53 | Mark Easton | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:27:57 | |
| 54 | Tim Lewis | United States (USA) | 1:28:04 | |
| 55 | Christophe Cousin | France (FRA) | 1:28:14 | |
| 56 | Curtis Fisher | United States (USA) | 1:28:15 | |
| 57 | Andrew Penn | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:28:28 | |
| 58 | Tadahiro Kosaka | Japan (JPN) | 1:28:42 | |
| 59 | Andrew Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 1:29:22 | |
| 60 | Karoly Kirszt | Hungary (HUN) | 1:29:24 | |
| 61 | Pat Murphy | Ireland (IRL) | 1:27:34 | |
| 62 | Abdel Wahab Ferguène | Algeria (ALG) | 1:29:51 | |
| 63 | Michael Harvey | Australia (AUS) | 1:29:59 | |
| 64 | Yoshimi Hara | Japan (JPN) | 1:30:06 | |
| 65 | Mario Contreiras | Portugal (POR) | 1:30:07 | |
| 66 | Clodomiro Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:30:16 | |
| 67 | Allen James | United States (USA) | 1:30:25 | |
| 68 | Fabrice Delaforge | France (FRA) | 1:30:36 | |
| 69 | Pauli Pirjetä | Finland (FIN) | 1:30:49 | |
| 70 | Olaf Möldner | Germany (GER) | 1:31:09 | |
| 71 | João Sendenski | Brazil (BRA) | 1:31:44 | |
| 72 | Hammimed Rahouli | Algeria (ALG) | 1:32:01 | |
| 73 | Cláudio Bertolino | Brazil (BRA) | 1:32:06 | |
| 74 | Martin St. Pierre | Canada (CAN) | 1:32:07 | |
| 75 | Douglas Fournier | United States (USA) | 1:32:09 | |
| 76 | Pascal Charrière | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:32:11 | |
| 77 | Risto Nurmi | Finland (FIN) | 1:32:29 | |
| 78 | Derek Beaven | New Zealand (NZL) | 1:32:38 | |
| 79 | Arezki Boumar | Algeria (ALG) | 1:32:47 | |
| 80 | Scott Nelson | New Zealand (NZL) | 1:33:10 | |
| 81 | Zsolt Szilagyi | Hungary (HUN) | 1:33:39 | |
| 82 | Rene Haarpainter | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:34:02 | |
| 83 | Abderrazak Gharfaa | Algeria (ALG) | 1:34:22 | |
| 84 | Leighton Poidevin | Canada (CAN) | 1:34:50 | |
| 85 | Dan Bauer | Germany (GER) | 1:34:59 | |
| 86 | Craig Barrett | New Zealand (NZL) | 1:35:34 | |
| 87 | Daniel Levesque | Canada (CAN) | 1:36:07 | |
| 88 | Peter Ferrari | Sweden (SWE) | 1:36:18 | |
| 89 | Göran Lindé | Sweden (SWE) | 1:36:20 | |
| 90 | Ademar Kammler | Brazil (BRA) | 1:37:44 | |
| 91 | Julio René Martínez | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:37:58 | |
| 92 | Axel Thiele | Sweden (SWE) | 1:38:22 | |
| 93 | Henrik Kjellgren | Sweden (SWE) | 1:38:46 | |
| 94 | Bernard Binggeli | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:38:46 | |
| 95 | Ivan Hernández | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1:39:08 | |
| 96 | José Torres | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1:39:08 | |
| 97 | Ron Enns | Canada (CAN) | 1:40:25 | |
| 98 | Nelson Funes | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:40:36 | |
| 99 | Daniele Carrobio | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:41:17 | |
| 100 | Sean Sullivan | New Zealand (NZL) | 1:41:54 | |
| 101 | Roberto Oscal | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:42:37 | |
| 102 | José Mencos | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:47:39 | |
| 103 | Sucha Singh IND | 1:48:04 | |
| 104 | Harmesh Lal | India (IND) | 1:48:11 | |
| 105 | Harmana Ram | India (IND) | 1:59:53 | |
| 106 | Feston Bwalya | Zambia (ZAM) | 2:06:11 | |
| 107 | Patrick Nkhata | Zambia (ZAM) | 2:12:45 | |
| — | Paul Copeland | Australia (AUS) | DQ | |
| — | Marcelo Palma | Brazil (BRA) | DQ | |
| — | Víctor Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | DQ | |
| — | Ignacio Zamudio | Mexico (MEX) | DQ | |
| — | Jonathan Kinga | Zambia (ZAM) | DQ | |
| — | Godfried De Jonckheere | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |
| — | Gerard Goujon | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |
| — | Luc Nicque | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |
| — | German Nieto | Spain (ESP) | DNF | |
| — | Hirofumi Sakai | Japan (JPN) | DNF | |
| — | Theo Koenis | Netherlands (NED) | DNF | |
| — | Ton van Andel | Netherlands (NED) | DNF | |
| — | Harold van Beek | Netherlands (NED) | DNF | |
| — | Hans van den Knaap | Netherlands (NED) | DNF | |
| — | José Ramírez | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF | |
| — | Darryl Guy-Williams | Sierra Leone (SLE) | DNF | |
| — | Kelly Keita Lansana | Sierra Leone (SLE) | DNF | |
| — | Franz Kostyukevich | Soviet Union (URS) | DNF | |
| — | Don Lawrence | United States (USA) | DNF | |
| — | Jeresani Bwalya | Zambia (ZAM) | DNF | |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Carlos Mercenario | Mexico (MEX) | 3:42:03 |
| | Simon Baker | Australia (AUS) | 3:46:36 |
| | Ronald Weigel | Germany (GER) | 3:47:50 |
| 4 | Bernd Gummelt | Germany (GER) | 3:51:12 |
| 5 | Giovanni Perricelli | Italy (ITA) | 3:52:51 |
| 6 | Hartwig Gauder | Germany (GER) | 3:53:14 |
| 7 | Miguel Rodríguez | Mexico (MEX) | 3:54:36 |
| 8 | Valeriy Spitsyn | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:55:13 |
| 9 | Giuseppe de Gaetano | Italy (ITA) | 3:55:45 |
| 10 | René Piller | France (FRA) | 3:55:48 |
| 11 | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico (MEX) | 3:58:33 |
| 12 | Fumio Imamura | Japan (JPN) | 3:59:18 |
| 13 | Godfried De Jonckheere | Belgium (BEL) | 3:59:26 |
| 14 | Alessandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | 3:59:43 |
| 15 | Anatoliy Grigoryev | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:00:35 |
| 16 | Pavol Szikora | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:00:39 |
| 17 | José Marín | Spain (ESP) | 4:01:02 |
| 18 | Massimo Quiriconi | Italy (ITA) | 4:01:21 |
| 19 | Veijo Savikko | Finland (FIN) | 4:01:28 |
| 20 | Les Morton | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:02:11 |
| 21 | Takehiro Sonohara | Japan (JPN) | 4:02:17 |
| 22 | Jacek Bednarek | Poland (POL) | 4:03:31 |
| 23 | Basilio Labrador | Spain (ESP) | 4:03:42 |
| 24 | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:04:04 |
| 25 | Paul Blagg | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:04:09 |
| 26 | Jorge Llopart | Spain (ESP) | 4:06:07 |
| 27 | Zoltán Czukor | Hungary (HUN) | 4:06:21 |
| 28 | Denis Terraz | France (FRA) | 4:06:48 |
| 29 | Germán Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | 4:07:37 |
| 30 | Torsten Trampeli | Germany (GER) | 4:07:48 |
| 31 | Carl Schueler | United States (USA) | 4:08:51 |
| 32 | Jean-Olivier Brosseau | France (FRA) | 4:08:59 |
| 33 | Jaroslav Makovec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:09:57 |
| 34 | Ulf-Peter Sjöholm | Sweden (SWE) | 4:11:07 |
| 35 | Grzegorz Ledzion | Poland (POL) | 4:11:43 |
| 36 | László Sátor | Hungary (HUN) | 4:11:46 |
| 37 | Štefan Malík | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:12:07 |
| 38 | Antero Lindman | Finland (FIN) | 4:12:33 |
| 39 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy (ITA) | 4:12:48 |
| 40 | Hubert Sonnek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:14:03 |
| 41 | Alexander Preusche | Germany (GER) | 4:14:53 |
| 42 | Zhang Shiquan | China (CHN) | 4:18:10 |
| 43 | Gyula Dudás | Hungary (HUN) | 4:19:50 |
| 44 | Ton van Andel | Netherlands (NED) | 4:19:58 |
| 45 | Chris Maddocks | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:20:05 |
| 46 | Aldo Bertoldi | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:21:24 |
| 47 | José Magalhães | Portugal (POR) | 4:21:30 |
| 48 | Faustino Ruíz | Spain (ESP) | 4:23:13 |
| 49 | Arto Hokkanen | Finland (FIN) | 4:23:42 |
| 50 | Paul McElwee | New Zealand (NZL) | 4:24:10 |
| 51 | Wolfgang Varrin | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:24:46 |
| 52 | Janusz Goławski | Poland (POL) | 4:25:25 |
| 53 | Harold van Beek | Netherlands (NED) | 4:25:37 |
| 54 | Thierry Nuttin | France (FRA) | 4:25:59 |
| 55 | Dennis Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:26:08 |
| 56 | Matti Heikkilä | Finland (FIN) | 4:26:24 |
| 57 | António Kohler | Brazil (BRA) | 4:27:01 |
| 58 | Ricky Cooke | Australia (AUS) | 4:28:15 |
| 59 | Dan OʼConnor | United States (USA) | 4:30:22 |
| 60 | Theo Koenis | Netherlands (NED) | 4:30:52 |
| 61 | Renzo Toscanelli | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:33:32 |
| 62 | Gerard Goujon | Belgium (BEL) | 4:38:16 |
| 63 | Gary Little | New Zealand (NZL) | 4:39:27 |
| 64 | Hans van den Knaap | Netherlands (NED) | 4:44:46 |
| 65 | Jean Claude Zaugg | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:45:00 |
| 66 | Miroslav Bosko | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:46:20 |
| 67 | Carlos Graça | Portugal (POR) | 4:53:47 |
| 68 | Luc Nicque | Belgium (BEL) | 4:55:12 |
| 69 | Ottoniel Ardila | Guatemala (GUA) | 4:58:07 |
| 70 | Paulo Ávila | Brazil (BRA) | 4:59:33 |
| 71 | Wayne Marriott | New Zealand (NZL) | 5:10:06 |
| 72 | José Santos | Guatemala (GUA) | 5:13:31 |
| 73 | Mark Gray | New Zealand (NZL) | 5:28:23 |
| — | Craig Brill | Australia (AUS) | DQ |
| — | Bill Dyer | Australia (AUS) | DQ |
| — | Zhao Wanbo | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union (URS) | DQ |
| — | Vitaliy Popovich | Soviet Union (URS) | DQ |
| — | Aleksandr Potashov | Soviet Union (URS) | DQ |
| — | Arezki Boumar | Algeria (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Abdel Wahab Ferguène | Algeria (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Hammimed Rahouli | Algeria (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Kevin Lowden | Australia (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Cicero de Moura | Brazil (BRA) | DNF |
| — | Tim Berrett | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Ron Enns | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Daniel Levesque | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Leighton Poidevin | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Martin St. Pierre | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Zhou Yongsheng | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Orlando Díaz | Colombia (COL) | DNF |
| — | Héctor Moreno | Colombia (COL) | DNF |
| — | Querubín Moreno | Colombia (COL) | DNF |
| — | Jaime Barroso | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Alain Lemercier | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Hugo López | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF |
| — | Endre Andrasfai | Hungary (HUN) | DNF |
| — | Harmesh Lal | India (IND) | DNF |
| — | Rewat Singh | India (IND) | DNF |
| — | Michael Lane | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Jimmy McDonald | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Pat Murphy | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Tadahiro Kosaka | Japan (JPN) | DNF |
| — | Hernán Andrade | Mexico (MEX) | DNF |
| — | Jan Holender | Poland (POL) | DNF |
| — | José Pinto | Portugal (POR) | DNF |
| — | Ivan Hernández | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | José Ramírez | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | José Torres | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | Robert Dauphine | Sierra Leone (SLE) | DNF |
| — | Baba Suma-Keita | Sierra Leone (SLE) | DNF |
| — | James Toussaint | Sierra Leone (SLE) | DNF |
| — | Stefan Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Jan Olsson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Marco Evoniuk | United States (USA) | DNF |
| — | Eugene Kitts | United States (USA) | DNF |
| — | Paul Wick | United States (USA) | DNF |
| — | Feston Bwalya | Zambia (ZAM) | DNF |
| — | Jonathan Kinga | Zambia (ZAM) | DNF |
| — | Patrick Nkhata | Zambia (ZAM) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20 km and 50 km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Italy | 517 pts |
| | Germany | 491 pts |
| | Mexico | 487 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 472 pts |
| 5 | France | 438 pts |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 407 pts |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 407 pts |
| 8 | Poland | 398 pts |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 363 pts |
| 10 | Hungary | 360 pts |
| 11 | Finland | 317 pts |
| 12 | Australia | 316 pts |
| 13 | Portugal | 279 pts |
| 14 | China | 272 pts |
| 15 | United States | 243 pts |
| 16 | Japan | 241 pts |
| 17 | Switzerland | 229 pts |
| 18 | Brazil | 224 pts |
| 19 | New Zealand | 214 pts |
| 20 | Sweden | 205 pts |
| 21 | Colombia | 203 pts |
| 22 | Guatemala | 164 pts |
| 23 | Belgium | 162 pts |
| 24 | Ireland | 160 pts |
| 25 | Netherlands | 148 pts |
| 26 | Canada | 133 pts |
| 27 | Algeria | 107 pts |
| 28 | India | 48 pts |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 39 pts |
| 30 | Zambia | 27 pts |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | DNF |

### Women's 10 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Irina Strakhova | Soviet Union (URS) | 43:55 |
| | Graciela Mendoza | Mexico (MEX) | 44:09 |
| | Yelena Sayko | Soviet Union (URS) | 44:11 |
| 4 | Olga Kardopoltseva | Soviet Union (URS) | 44:36 |
| 5 | Kerry Saxby-Junna | Australia (AUS) | 44:49 |
| 6 | Ileana Salvador | Italy (ITA) | 44:52 |
| 7 | Beate Gummelt | Germany (GER) | 45:03 |
| 8 | Nadezhda Ryashkina | Soviet Union (URS) | 45:19 |
| 9 | Annarita Sidoti | Italy (ITA) | 45:28 |
| 10 | Mari Cruz Díaz | Spain (ESP) | 46:38 |
| 11 | Andrea Alföldi | Hungary (HUN) | 45:42 |
| 12 | Fan Xiaoling | China (CHN) | 45:53 |
| 13 | Madelein Svensson | Sweden (SWE) | 45:57 |
| 14 | Monica Gunnarsson | Sweden (SWE) | 46:08 |
| 15 | Debbi Lawrence | United States (USA) | 46:13 |
| 16 | Sari Essayah | Finland (FIN) | 46:20 |
| 17 | Pier Carola Pagani | Italy (ITA) | 46:33 |
| 18 | Maricela Chávez | Mexico (MEX) | 46:34 |
| 19 | Emilia Cano | Spain (ESP) | 46:35 |
| 20 | Cui Yingzi | China (CHN) | 46:36 |
| 21 | Betty Sworowski | Great Britain (GBR) | 46:38 |
| 22 | Tina Poitras | Canada (CAN) | 46:47 |
| 23 | Ildikó Ilyés | Hungary (HUN) | 46:50 |
| 24 | Pascale Grand | Canada (CAN) | 47:08 |
| 25 | Mária Rosza-Urbanik | Hungary (HUN) | 47:25 |
| 26 | Yuko Sato | Japan (JPN) | 47:26 |
| 27 | Victoria Herazo | United States (USA) | 47:33 |
| 28 | Lynn Weik | United States (USA) | 47:44 |
| 29 | Nathalie Marchand-Fortain | France (FRA) | 47:46 |
| 30 | María Colín | Mexico (MEX) | 47:50 |
| 31 | Olga Sánchez | Spain (ESP) | 47:57 |
| 32 | Zuzana Zemková | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 47:58 |
| 33 | Lorraine Young-Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 48:01 |
| 34 | Hideko Hirayama | Japan (JPN) | 48:09 |
| 35 | Kathrin Born-Boyde | Germany (GER) | 48:12 |
| 36 | Francisca Martínez | Mexico (MEX) | 48:33 |
| 37 | Fusako Masuda | Japan (JPN) | 48:25 |
| 38 | Maria Grazia Cogoli | Italy (ITA) | 48:28 |
| 39 | Vicky Lupton | Great Britain (GBR) | 48:57 |
| 40 | Valérie Lévèque-Nadaud | France (FRA) | 48:58 |
| 41 | Holly Gerke | Canada (CAN) | 49:05 |
| 42 | Wendy Sharpe | United States (USA) | 49:08 |
| 43 | Helen Elleker | Great Britain (GBR) | 49:12 |
| 44 | Ann Peel | Canada (CAN) | 49:18 |
| 45 | Miriam Ramón | Ecuador (ECU) | 49:27 |
| 46 | Natalie Camplin | Australia (AUS) | 49:32 |
| 47 | Eva Machuca | Mexico (MEX) | 49:47 |
| 48 | Ivana Brozmánová | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 48:49 |
| 49 | Kamila Holpuchová | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 50:06 |
| 50 | Elisabetta Perrone | Italy (ITA) | 50:08 |
| 51 | Veronica Öqvist | Sweden (SWE) | 50:09 |
| 52 | María Reyes Sobrino | Spain (ESP) | 50:10 |
| 53 | Anikó Szebenszky | Hungary (HUN) | 50:17 |
| 54 | Ibolya Varadi | Hungary (HUN) | 50:23 |
| 55 | Takako Taura | Japan (JPN) | 50:26 |
| 56 | Janice McCaffrey | Canada (CAN) | 50:30 |
| 57 | Teresa Palacios | Spain (ESP) | 50:36 |
| 58 | Mira Saastamoinen | Finland (FIN) | 50:55 |
| 59 | Susan Orr-Cook | Australia (AUS) | 51:29 |
| 60 | Julie Drake | Great Britain (GBR) | 52:05 |
| 61 | Sandy Leddin | Germany (GER) | 52:20 |
| 62 | Karianne Larsen | Norway (NOR) | 52:28 |
| 64 | Ivana Henn | Brazil (BRA) | 52:41 |
| 65 | Åslaug Mostad | Norway (NOR) | 52:56 |
| 66 | Rosemar Piazza | Brazil (BRA) | 53:20 |
| 67 | Bertha Vera | Ecuador (ECU) | 53:50 |
| 68 | Renate Warz | Germany (GER) | 54:15 |
| 69 | Helena Åström | Finland (FIN) | 54:17 |
| 70 | Jane Jackson | New Zealand (NZL) | 54:23 |
| 71 | Lynley Mathieson | New Zealand (NZL) | 54:30 |
| 72 | Sharon Schnyder | Australia (AUS) | 54:58 |
| 73 | Maria Vele | Ecuador (ECU) | 55:03 |
| 74 | Ana Cortés | Ecuador (ECU) | 55:24 |
| 75 | Sharon De Groot | New Zealand (NZL) | 55:37 |
| 76 | Denise Volker | Brazil (BRA) | 57:29 |
| 77 | Kavita Garari | India (IND) | 58:14 |
| 78 | Anneli Kuukkanen | Finland (FIN) | 58:49 |
| 79 | Maria Ambrocio | Guatemala (GUA) | 59:49 |
| 80 | Chitra Choudhry | India (IND) | 60:01 |
| 81 | Polly Nandi | India (IND) | 62:17 |
| 82 | Olga Martínez | Guatemala (GUA) | 63:03 |
| 83 | Reyna Gómez | Guatemala (GUA) | 63:16 |
| — | Chen Yueling | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Jin Bingyie | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Alina Ivanova | Soviet Union (URS) | DQ |
| — | Nadine Mazuir-Vavre | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Andrea Mone | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Marie Walsh | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Kristin Andreassen | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Teresa Vaill | United States (USA) | DNF |

### Team (women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 203 pts |
| | Italy | 180 pts |
| | Mexico | 162 pts |
| 4 | Hungary | 154 pts |
| 5 | Spain | 153 pts |
| 6 | United States | 143 pts |
| 7 | Sweden | 141 pts |
| 8 | Australia | 132 pts |
| 9 | Canada | 128 pts |
| 10 | Germany | 123 pts |
| 11 | Japan | 117 pts |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 115 pts |
| 13 | China | 110 pts |
| 14 | Finland | 97 pts |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia | 94 pts |
| 16 | France | 75 pts |
| 17 | Ecuador | 62 pts |
| 18 | Brazil | 52 pts |
| 19 | New Zealand | 44 pts |
| 20 | Norway | 43 pts |
| 21 | India | 28 pts |
| 22 | Guatemala | 23 pts |
| 23 | Ireland | 22 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 309 athletes (218 men/91 women) from 33 countries is reported.
* Algeria (4/-)
* Australia (10/5)
* Belgium (3/-)
* Brazil (8/3)
* Canada (5/5)
* China (6/4)
* Colombia (4/-)
* Czechoslovakia (9/3)
* Ecuador (-/4)
* Finland (7/4)
* France (10/3)
* Germany (10/4)
* Guatemala (8/3)
* Hungary (7/5)
* India (4/3)
* Ireland (3/3)
* Italy (10/5)
* Japan (5/4)
* Mexico (10/5)
* Netherlands (4/-)
* New Zealand (8/3)
* Norway (-/3)
* Poland (8/-)
* Portugal (7/-)
* Puerto Rico (3/-)
* Sierra Leone (5/-)
* Soviet Union (10/5)
* Spain (10/5)
* Sweden (8/3)
* Switzerland (8/-)
* United Kingdom (8/4)
* United States (10/5)
* Zambia (4/-)