# 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 3 and 4 October 1981 in the streets of Valencia, Spain. 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 | Ernesto Canto Mexico | 1:23:52 | Roland Wieser East Germany | 1:24:12 | Alessandro Pezzatini Italy | 1:24:24 |
| Men's 50 km walk | Raúl González Mexico | 3:48:30 | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 3:52:18 | Sandro Bellucci Italy | 3:54:57 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | Italy | 227 pts | Soviet Union | 227 pts | Mexico | 221 pts |
| Women |||||||
| Women's 5 km walk | Siv Gustavsson Sweden | 22:56.9 | Aleksandra Deveranskaya Soviet Union | 23:17.2 | Lyudmila Khrushchova Soviet Union | 23:25.4 |
| Eschborn Cup (Women) |||||||
| Team (Women) | Soviet Union | 105 pts | Sweden | 104 pts | Australia | 90 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Ernesto Canto | Mexico (MEX) | 1:23:52 |
| | Roland Wieser | East Germany (GDR) | 1:24:12 |
| | Alessandro Pezzatini | Italy (ITA) | 1:24:24 |
| 4 | Yevgeniy Yevsyukov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:24:51 |
| 5 | José Marín | Spain (ESP) | 1:25:00 |
| 6 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:25:08 |
| 7 | Anatoliy Solomin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:26:39 |
| 8 | Pyotr Pochenchuk | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:27:03 |
| 9 | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:27:28 |
| 10 | Guillaume LeBlanc | Canada (CAN) | 1:28:02 |
| 11 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:28:12 |
| 12 | Stefan Petrik | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:28:20 |
| 13 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy (ITA) | 1:28:52 |
| 14 | Ralf Meisel | East Germany (GDR) | 1:29:24 |
| 15 | Stanisław Rola | Poland (POL) | 1:29:37 |
| 16 | Wang Chuntang | China (CHN) | 1:29:45 |
| 17 | Steve Barry | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:29:56 |
| 18 | Erling Andersen | Norway (NOR) | 1:30:03 |
| 19 | Ian McCombie | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:30:03 |
| 20 | Eduardo Linares | Mexico (MEX) | 1:30:05 |
| 21 | Todd Scully | United States (USA) | 1:30:22 |
| 22 | Jim Heiring | United States (USA) | 1:30:39 |
| 23 | Mykola Vynnychenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:31:11 |
| 24 | Jozef Zimka | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:31:13 |
| 25 | Marcelino Colín | Mexico (MEX) | 1:31:23 |
| 26 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland (POL) | 1:31:29 |
| 27 | Bogusław Duda | Poland (POL) | 1:31:35 |
| 28 | Ray Sharp | United States (USA) | 1:32:30 |
| 29 | Bill Dyer | Australia (AUS) | 1:32:52 |
| 30 | Roger Mills | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:33:30 |
| 31 | Andrés Marin | Spain (ESP) | 1:33:46 |
| 32 | François Lapointe | Canada (CAN) | 1:33:49 |
| 33 | Amos Seddon | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:33:52 |
| 34 | Philippe Lafleur | France (FRA) | 1:34:08 |
| 35 | Per Rasmussen | Sweden (SWE) | 1:34:18 |
| 36 | Jaroslaw Kazmierski | Poland (POL) | 1:34:18 |
| 37 | Roland Nilsson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:34:47 |
| 38 | Martial Fesselier | France (FRA) | 1:35:05 |
| 39 | Pascal Lenglart | France (FRA) | 1:35:59 |
| 40 | Jozef Pribilinec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:36:25 |
| 41 | Duncan Knox | Australia (AUS) | 1:37:41 |
| 42 | Denis Terraz | France (FRA) | 1:38:40 |
| 43 | Horst Matern | East Germany (GDR) | 1:39:21 |
| 44 | Francisco Botonero | Spain (ESP) | 1:39:55 |
| 45 | Tore Strømøy | Norway (NOR) | 1:40:07 |
| 46 | Michael Stones | Canada (CAN) | 1:41:56 |
| 47 | Gu Fangyuan | China (CHN) | 1:44:47 |
| 48 | Anders Hjelle | Norway (NOR) | 1:46:05 |
| 49 | Michael Harvey | Australia (AUS) | 1:46:17 |
| — | Zhang Fuxin | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Luis Bueno | Spain (ESP) | DQ |
| — | Ralf Kowalsky | East Germany (GDR) | DQ |
| — | Giorgio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | DQ |
| — | Felix Gómez | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Owe Hemmingsson | Sweden (SWE) | DQ |
| — | Steve Pecinovsky | United States (USA) | DQ |
| — | Dave Smith | Australia (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Tor-Ivar Guttulsrød | Norway (NOR) | DNF |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Raúl González | Mexico (MEX) | 3:48:30 |
| | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany (GDR) | 3:52:18 |
| | Sandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | 3:54:57 |
| 4 | Dietmar Meisch | East Germany (GDR) | 3:56:27 |
| 5 | Arturo Bravo | Mexico (MEX) | 3:58:04 |
| 6 | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico (MEX) | 3:58:16 |
| 7 | Valeriy Suntsov | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:01:30 |
| 8 | Uwe Dünkel | East Germany (GDR) | 4:02:04 |
| 9 | Gérard Lelièvre | France (FRA) | 4:03:06 |
| 10 | Giacomo Poggi | Italy (ITA) | 4:03:15 |
| 11 | Viktor Dorovskikh | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:03:51 |
| 12 | Viktor Grodenchuk | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:07:16 |
| 13 | Marco Evoniuk | United States (USA) | 4:07:44 |
| 14 | Domenico Carpentieri | Italy (ITA) | 4:13:19 |
| 15 | Bohdan Bułakowski | Poland (POL) | 4:15:34 |
| 16 | Pavol Jati | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:17:06 |
| 17 | Lubos Mackanic | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:17:11 |
| 18 | Bengt Simonsen | Sweden (SWE) | 4:17:57 |
| 19 | Paolo Grecucci | Italy (ITA) | 4:18:56 |
| 20 | Ian Richards | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:21:04 |
| 21 | Dan OʼConnor | United States (USA) | 4:22:24 |
| 22 | Vladimír Podroužek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:23:31 |
| 23 | Krzysztof Drajski | Poland (POL) | 4:25:10 |
| 24 | Jan Pilczuk | Poland (POL) | 4:26:28 |
| 25 | Stig-Olof Elovsson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:28:08 |
| 26 | Vince OʼSullivan | United States (USA) | 4:29:49 |
| 27 | Wayne Glusker | United States (USA) | 4:33:01 |
| 28 | Barry Graham | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:34:34 |
| 29 | Max Sjöholm | Sweden (SWE) | 4:34:58 |
| 30 | François Lapointe | Canada (CAN) | 4:35:51 |
| 31 | Bob Dobson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:36:13 |
| 32 | Pavel Szikora | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:37:31 |
| 33 | John Sheard | Australia (AUS) | 4:38:48 |
| 34 | Dennis Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:39:37 |
| 35 | Cato Viken | Norway (NOR) | 4:41:04 |
| 36 | Alain Moulinet | France (FRA) | 4:42:58 |
| 37 | Agustin Jorbo | Spain (ESP) | 4:43:03 |
| 38 | Harry Summers | Australia (AUS) | 4:43:43 |
| 39 | Stanisław Korneluk | Poland (POL) | 4:47:27 |
| 40 | Jean-Pierre Saint-Martin | France (FRA) | 4:52:04 |
| 41 | Maurice Dumont | France (FRA) | 5:03:32 |
| — | Rafael Espejo | Spain (ESP) | DQ |
| — | Jorge Llopart | Spain (ESP) | DQ |
| — | Enrique Vera | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Ragner Hofnes | Norway (NOR) | DQ |
| — | Peter Fullager | Australia (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Willi Sawall | Australia (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Marcel Jobin | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Guillaume LeBlanc | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Michael Stones | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Gu Fangyuan | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Wang Chuntang | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Zhang Fuxin | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Manuel Alcalde | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Ronald Weigel | East Germany (GDR) | DNF |
| — | Harald Krokli | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Lars Ove Moen | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Torbjørn Janse | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Vyacheslav Fursov | Soviet Union (URS) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Italy | 227 pts |
| | Soviet Union | 227 pts |
| | Mexico | 221 pts |
| 4 | East Germany | 208 pts |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 176 pts |
| 6 | Poland | 150 pts |
| 7 | United States | 148 pts |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 137 pts |
| 9 | Sweden | 131 pts |
| 10 | France | 97 pts |
| 11 | Spain | 77 pts |
| 12 | Canada | 74 pts |
| 13 | Australia | 57 pts |
| 14 | Norway | 52 pts |
| 15 | China | 34 pts |

### Women's 5 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Siv Gustavsson | Sweden (SWE) | 22:56.9 |
| | Aleksandra Derevinskaya | Soviet Union (URS) | 23:17.2 |
| | Lyudmila Khrushchova | Soviet Union (URS) | 23:25.4 |
| 4 | Fröydis Hilsen | Norway (NOR) | 23:34.4 |
| 5 | Ann Jansson | Sweden (SWE) | 23:42.2 |
| 6 | Sally Pierson | Australia (AUS) | 23:51.3 |
| 7 | Sue Cook | Australia (AUS) | 24:04.9 |
| 8 | Ann Peel | Canada (CAN) | 24:05.9 |
| 9 | Susan Liers-Westerfield | United States (USA) | 24:15.8 |
| 10 | Natalya Sharipova | Soviet Union (URS) | 24:20.7 |
| 11 | Ann-Marie Larsson | Sweden (SWE) | 24:31.0 |
| 12 | Suzanne Griesbach | France (FRA) | 24:35.6 |
| 13 | Irene Bateman | Great Britain (GBR) | 24:40.0 |
| 14 | Margot Vetterli | Switzerland (SUI) | 24:43.9 |
| 15 | Lillian Millen | Great Britain (GBR) | 24:47.4 |
| 16 | Olga Tshgunova | Soviet Union (URS) | 24:53.2 |
| 17 | Britt Holmqvist | Sweden (SWE) | 25:03.5 |
| 18 | Jill Barrett | Great Britain (GBR) | 25:05.1 |
| 19 | Carol Tyson | Great Britain (GBR) | 25:10.9 |
| 20 | Ann Ryan | Australia (AUS) | 25:14.2 |
| 21 | Gillian Grant | Canada (CAN) | 25:26 |
| 22 | Teresa Palacios | Spain (ESP) | 25:31 |
| 23 | Ingrid Adam | West Germany (FRG) | 25:34 |
| 24 | Line Viken | Norway (NOR) | 25:34 |
| 25 | Bonnie Dillon | United States (USA) | 25:39 |
| 26 | Vicki Jones | United States (USA) | 25:51 |
| 27 | Mia Kjølberg | Norway (NOR) | 26:08 |
| 28 | Paula Kash | United States (USA) | 26:21 |
| 29 | Claudine Gerald/Richard | France (FRA) | 26:35 |
| 30 | Mandy Holland | Canada (CAN) | 26:44 |
| 31 | Regine Broders | West Germany (FRG) | 26:53 |
| 32 | Isabelle Dumont | France (FRA) | 26:56 |
| 33 | Jeanine Gosselin | France (FRA) | 27:02 |
| 34 | Joni Bender | Canada (CAN) | 27:04 |
| 35 | Valeria Carpanese | Italy (ITA) | 27:07 |
| 36 | Lene Cassidy | Denmark (DEN) | 27:16 |
| 37 | Karin Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 27:17 |
| 38 | Helga Henrich | West Germany (FRG) | 27:23 |
| 39 | Belén Asensio | Spain (ESP) | 27:27 |
| 40 | Gunhild Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 28:00 |
| 41 | Begoña Miranda | Spain (ESP) | 28:04 |
| 42 | Paola Pastorini | Italy (ITA) | 28:12 |
| 43 | Nuria Lloret | Spain (ESP) | 28:20 |
| 44 | Renate Bauch | West Germany (FRG) | 28:30 |
| 45 | Laurence Perrin | Switzerland (SUI) | 29:32 |
| 46 | Helle Bütow Jørgensen | Denmark (DEN) | 30:30 |
| 47 | Astrid Mignot | Switzerland (SUI) | 32:02 |
| — | Lorraine Young-Jachno | Australia (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Thorill Gylder | Norway (NOR) | DNF |

### Team (women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 105 pts |
| | Sweden | 104 pts |
| | Australia | 90 pts |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 76 pts |
| 5 | Norway | 71 pts |
| 6 | Canada | 68 pts |
| 7 | United States | 66 pts |
| 8 | France | 55 pts |
| 9 | West Germany | 41 pts |
| 10 | Spain | 33 pts |
| 11 | Switzerland | 31 pts |
| 12 | Denmark | 25 pts |
| 13 | Italy | 15 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 160 athletes (111 men/49 women) from 18 countries is reported.
* Australia (8/4)
* Canada (4/4)
* China (3/-)
* Czechoslovakia (8/-)
* Denmark (-/4)
* East Germany (8/-)
* France (8/4)
* Italy (8/2)
* Mexico (8/-)
* Norway (8/4)
* Poland (8/-)
* Soviet Union (8/4)
* Spain (8/4)
* Sweden (8/4)
* Switzerland (-/3)
* United Kingdom (8/4)
* United States (8/4)
* West Germany (-/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 Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, Spain, the United States, Australia, Canada, and China proceeded directly to the final.