# 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 2 and 3 May 1987 in the streets of New York City, USA. 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 | Carlos Mercenario Mexico | 1:19:24 | Viktor Mostovik Soviet Union | 1:19:32 | Anatoliy Gorshkov Soviet Union | 1:20:04 |
| Men's 50 km walk | Ronald Weigel East Germany | 3:42:26 | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 3:42:52 | Dietmar Meisch East Germany | 3:43:14 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | Soviet Union | 607 pts | Italy | 569 pts | East Germany | 518 pts |
| Women |||||||
| Women's 10 km walk | Olga Krishtop Soviet Union | 43:22 | Irina Strakhova Soviet Union | 43:35 | Jin Bingjie China | 43:45 |
| Eschborn Cup (Women) |||||||
| Team (Women) | Soviet Union | 203 pts | Spain | 174 pts | Australia | 167 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Carlos Mercenario | Mexico (MEX) | 1:19:24 |
| | Viktor Mostóvik | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:19:32 |
| | Anatoliy Gorshkov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:20:04 |
| 4 | Querubín Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:20:19 |
| 5 | Ernesto Canto | Mexico (MEX) | 1:20:35 |
| 6 | Axel Noack | East Germany (GDR) | 1:21:53 |
| 7 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:20:59 |
| 8 | Viliulfo Andablo | Mexico (MEX) | 1:21:44 |
| 9 | Valdas Kazlauskas | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:21:49 |
| 10 | Héctor Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:21:50 |
| 11 | Simon Baker | Australia (AUS) | 1:21:57 |
| 12 | Erling Andersen | Norway (NOR) | 1:22:15 |
| 13 | Tim Lewis | United States (USA) | 1:22:27 |
| 14 | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:22:34 |
| 15 | Walter Arena | Italy (ITA) | 1:22:49 |
| 16 | Liu Jianli | China (CHN) | 1:22:52 |
| 17 | Francisco Vargas | Colombia (COL) | 1:23:10 |
| 18 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy (ITA) | 1:23:26 |
| 19 | Martial Fesselier | France (FRA) | 1:23:46 |
| 20 | Jiao Shaohong | China (CHN) | 1:23:53 |
| 21 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:23:58 |
| 22 | Daniel Plaza | Spain (ESP) | 1:24:01 |
| 23 | Ian McCombie | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:24:13 |
| 24 | Giorgio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:24:17 |
| 25 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland (POL) | 1:24:23 |
| 26 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:24:48 |
| 27 | Chris Maddocks | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:24:53 |
| 28 | Joel Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | 1:24:57 |
| 29 | Jan Kłos | Poland (POL) | 1:25:02 |
| 30 | José Pinto | Portugal (POR) | 1:25:05 |
| 31 | Ricardo Pueyo | Spain (ESP) | 1:25:27 |
| 32 | Jan Staaf | Sweden (SWE) | 1:25:30 |
| 33 | Igor Kollár | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:25:33 |
| 34 | Alessandro Pezzatini | Italy (ITA) | 1:25:47 |
| 35 | Miguel Angel Prieto | Spain (ESP) | 1:25:52 |
| 36 | Carlos Ramones | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:25:55 |
| 37 | Andrew Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 1:25:58 |
| 38 | José Urbano | Portugal (POR) | 1:26:05 |
| 39 | Zhou Zhaowen | China (CHN) | 1:26:07 |
| 40 | Abdel Wahab Ferguène | Algeria (ALG) | 1:26:17 |
| 41 | Jacek Bednarek | Poland (POL) | 1:26:20 |
| 42 | Wang Lizheng | China (CHN) | 1:26:26 |
| 43 | Carlos Montes | Spain (ESP) | 1:26:27 |
| 44 | Wolfgang Wiedemann | West Germany (FRG) | 1:26:36 |
| 45 | Ray Sharp | United States (USA) | 1:27:01 |
| 46 | Zbigniew Sadlej | Poland (POL) | 1:27:04 |
| 47 | John Patin | France (FRA) | 1:27:23 |
| 48 | Helder Oliveira | Portugal (POR) | 1:27:25 |
| 49 | Vesa Puukari | Finland (FIN) | 1:27:28 |
| 50 | Franz Kostyukevich | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:27:33 |
| 51 | Jacques Lemontagner | France (FRA) | 1:27:51 |
| 52 | János Szálas | Hungary (HUN) | 1:27:53 |
| 53 | Mike Stauch | United States (USA) | 1:27:54 |
| 54 | Mohamed Bouhalla | Algeria (ALG) | 1:28:01 |
| 55 | Endre Andrasfai | Hungary (HUN) | 1:28:18 |
| 56 | Paul Turpin | Canada (CAN) | 1:28:19 |
| 57 | Sándor Kanya | Hungary (HUN) | 1:28:42 |
| 58 | Roland Wieser | East Germany (GDR) | 1:28:46 |
| 59 | Paul Schwartzberg | United States (USA) | 1:28:48 |
| 60 | Ján Záhončík | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:28:56 |
| 61 | Philip Vesty | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:29:04 |
| 62 | Philippe Lafleur | France (FRA) | 1:29:34 |
| 63 | Pauli Pirjetä | Finland (FIN) | 1:29:38 |
| 64 | Kari Ahonen | Finland (FIN) | 1:29:41 |
| 65 | Andi Drake | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:29:45 |
| 66 | Dirk Van De Bosch | Belgium (BEL) | 1:29:49 |
| 67 | Francisco Reis | Portugal (POR) | 1:30:03 |
| 68 | René Piller | France (FRA) | 1:30:09 |
| 69 | Torsten Hafemeister | East Germany (GDR) | 1:30:11 |
| 70 | Gilbert DʼAoust | Canada (CAN) | 1:30:28 |
| 71 | Franz-Josef Weber | West Germany (FRG) | 1:30:44 |
| 72 | Thomas Pomozi | Sweden (SWE) | 1:31:01 |
| 73 | Elier Garcés | Cuba (CUB) | 1:31:20 |
| 74 | Paul Copeland | Australia (AUS) | 1:31:50 |
| 75 | Michel Lafortune | Canada (CAN) | 1:31:57 |
| 76 | Edel Oliva | Cuba (CUB) | 1:32:26 |
| 77 | Markus Gerds | West Germany (FRG) | 1:32:34 |
| 78 | Jorge Velázquez | Cuba (CUB) | 1:32:40 |
| 79 | Yazid Lamali | Algeria (ALG) | 1:33:11 |
| 80 | Philippe Burton | Belgium (BEL) | 1:33:13 |
| 81 | Ulf-Peter Sjöholm | Sweden (SWE) | 1:33:22 |
| 82 | Siegmar Neuner | West Germany (FRG) | 1:33:25 |
| 83 | Rene Haarpainter | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:33:41 |
| 84 | Steve Pecinovsky | United States (USA) | 1:33:45 |
| 85 | Jimmy McDonald | Ireland (IRL) | 1:33:46 |
| 86 | Nelson Funes | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:33:47 |
| 87 | Marko Kivimäki | Finland (FIN) | 1:34:08 |
| 88 | Pascal Charrière | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:34:10 |
| 89 | Aldo Bertoldi | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:34:44 |
| 90 | Tor-Ivar Guttulsrød | Norway (NOR) | 1:34:48 |
| 91 | Benoit Gauthier | Canada (CAN) | 1:35:04 |
| 92 | Abderrahmane Djébbar | Algeria (ALG) | 1:35:42 |
| 93 | Javier Coto | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1:36:42 |
| 94 | Daniel Levesque | Canada (CAN) | 1:36:48 |
| 95 | Jorge Torrealba | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:36:55 |
| 96 | Enrique Peña | Colombia (COL) | 1:37:14 |
| 97 | Michael Lane | Ireland (IRL) | 1:37:14 |
| 98 | José Ceballos | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:37:42 |
| 99 | Nicolás Soto | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1:38:11 |
| 100 | Marc Musiaux | Belgium (BEL) | 1:38:40 |
| 101 | Sylvestre Marclay | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:38:54 |
| 102 | Lino Paez | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:40:01 |
| 103 | Vicente Bergesse | Argentina (ARG) | 1:40:19 |
| 104 | Paul Flynn | Ireland (IRL) | 1:40:34 |
| 105 | Jesús Flores | Cuba (CUB) | 1:40:49 |
| 106 | Philip Kipkemboi | Kenya (KEN) | 1:41:04 |
| 107 | Boniface Mutie | Kenya (KEN) | 1:41:17 |
| 108 | José Miranda | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1:41:22 |
| 109 | Jorge Yannone | Argentina (ARG) | 1:41:33 |
| 110 | Pat Murphy | Ireland (IRL) | 1:42:17 |
| 111 | César Martínez | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:42:30 |
| 112 | Tony Morales | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1:44:06 |
| 113 | Benjamín Loréfice | Argentina (ARG) | 1:44:43 |
| 114 | Jorge Loréfice | Argentina (ARG) | 1:44:43 |
| 115 | Megahed El-Sayed | Egypt (EGY) | 1:46:17 |
| 116 | Jagjit Singh | Malaysia (MAS) | 1:50:46 |
| 117 | Cherif Mohamed | Egypt (EGY) | 1:52:14 |
| 118 | Humberto Matheu | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:56:23 |
| 119 | Joaquin McDougall | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 2:08:51 |
| 120 | Antonio Oliva | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 2:18:06 |
| — | Dave Smith | Australia (AUS) | DQ |
| — | Andrej Rubarth | East Germany (GDR) | DQ |
| — | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary (HUN) | DQ |
| — | Héctor González | Dominican Republic (DOM) | DNF |
| — | Oscar Celleri | Ecuador (ECU) | DNF |
| — | Manuel Sánchez | Ecuador (ECU) | DNF |
| — | Medhat Hassan El-Zini | Egypt (EGY) | DNF |
| — | Miguel Carvajal | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Tomaz Alvaraz | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF |
| — | Carlos Díaz | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF |
| — | Patrick Mokomba | Kenya (KEN) | DNF |
| — | Maseran Nyad | Malaysia (MAS) | DNF |
| — | Dag Gaassand | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Iván Hernández | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | Henry Mercado | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | Magnus Morenius | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Ronald Weigel | East Germany (GDR) | 3:42:26 |
| | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany (GDR) | 3:42:52 |
| | Dietmar Meisch | East Germany (GDR) | 3:43:14 |
| 4 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:44:02 |
| 5 | Valeriy Suntsov | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:45:09 |
| 6 | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:45:09 |
| 7 | Aleksandr Potashov | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:46:28 |
| 8 | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico (MEX) | 3:51:49 |
| 9 | Alessandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | 3:52:29 |
| 10 | Raffaello Ducceschi | Italy (ITA) | 3:52:29 |
| 11 | Giacomo Poggi | Italy (ITA) | 3:52:33 |
| 12 | François Lapointe | Canada (CAN) | 3:52:38 |
| 13 | Gregorz Ledzion | Poland (POL) | 3:54:28 |
| 14 | Jorge Llopart | Spain (ESP) | 3:55:35 |
| 15 | Thierry Toutain | France (FRA) | 3:55:58 |
| 16 | Felix Goméz | Mexico (MEX) | 3:56:31 |
| 17 | Alain Lemercier | France (FRA) | 3:56:54 |
| 18 | Antonio González | Spain (ESP) | 3:57:36 |
| 19 | Andrés Marin | Spain (ESP) | 3:58:06 |
| 20 | Jean-Claude Corre | France (FRA) | 3:58:26 |
| 21 | Bernd Gummelt | East Germany (GDR) | 3:59:04 |
| 22 | Li Baoyin | China (CHN) | 3:59:05 |
| 23 | Manuel Alcalde | Spain (ESP) | 3:59:50 |
| 24 | Carl Schueler | United States (USA) | 4:03:02 |
| 25 | Pavel Szikora | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:03:30 |
| 26 | Pierluigi Fiorella | Italy (ITA) | 4:04:51 |
| 27 | Paul Blagg | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:06:22 |
| 28 | Veijo Savikko | Finland (FIN) | 4:06:30 |
| 29 | Jim Heiring | United States (USA) | 4:08:15 |
| 30 | László Sátor | Hungary (HUN) | 4:08:51 |
| 31 | Martin Archambault | Canada (CAN) | 4:08:56 |
| 32 | Godfried De Jonckheere | Belgium (BEL) | 4:09:14 |
| 33 | Dan OʼConnor | United States (USA) | 4:10:29 |
| 34 | Éric Neisse | France (FRA) | 4:10:37 |
| 35 | Dennis Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:11:05 |
| 36 | Antero Lindman | Finland (FIN) | 4:12:11 |
| 37 | Mauricio Cortés | Colombia (COL) | 4:12:54 |
| 38 | Alfons Schwarz | West Germany (FRG) | 4:13:02 |
| 39 | Luboš Mackanic | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:13:17 |
| 40 | Edel Oliva | Cuba (CUB) | 4:14:19 |
| 41 | Zhang Fuxin | China (CHN) | 4:14:32 |
| 42 | Les Morton | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:14:48 |
| 43 | Zoltán Czukor | Hungary (HUN) | 4:15:17 |
| 44 | Matti Katila | Finland (FIN) | 4:15:42 |
| 45 | Fritz Helms | West Germany (FRG) | 4:16:07 |
| 46 | Clodomiro Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 4:17:02 |
| 47 | Matti Heikkilä | Finland (FIN) | 4:17:04 |
| 48 | Josef Hudak | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:17:28 |
| 49 | Rudolf Veréb | Hungary (HUN) | 4:18:44 |
| 50 | Detlef Heitmann | West Germany (FRG) | 4:18:46 |
| 51 | Roland Nilsson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:19:12 |
| 52 | Craig Brill | Australia (AUS) | 4:19:46 |
| 53 | Steve Hausfield | Australia (AUS) | 4:22:27 |
| 54 | Pavol Jati | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:23:28 |
| 55 | Eric Ledune | Belgium (BEL) | 4:25:01 |
| 56 | Jesús Flores | Cuba (CUB) | 4:25:01 |
| 57 | Christer Forsström | Sweden (SWE) | 4:25:31 |
| 58 | Barry Graham | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:25:37 |
| 59 | Samuel Ginés | Spain (ESP) | 4:26:07 |
| 60 | Miklós Domján | Hungary (HUN) | 4:26:23 |
| 61 | Jorge Velázquez | Cuba (CUB) | 4:26:47 |
| 62 | Robert Mildenberger | West Germany (FRG) | 4:27:17 |
| 63 | Michael Harvey | Australia (AUS) | 4:28:00 |
| 64 | Mark Donahoo | Australia (AUS) | 4:29:49 |
| 65 | Hammimed Rahouli | Algeria (ALG) | 4:30:14 |
| 66 | Wolfgang Varrin | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:30:19 |
| 67 | Carlos Albano | Portugal (POR) | 4:30:35 |
| 68 | Glen Sweazey | Canada (CAN) | 4:31:02 |
| 69 | Zhao Jianping | China (CHN) | 4:32:23 |
| 70 | Nelson Funes | Guatemala (GUA) | 4:34:03 |
| 71 | José Gonçalves | Portugal (POR) | 4:35:50 |
| 72 | Elier Garcés | Cuba (CUB) | 4:36:15 |
| 73 | Niclas Nordenström | Sweden (SWE) | 4:37:13 |
| 74 | Ernesto Alfaro | Colombia (COL) | 4:37:28 |
| 75 | Christian Halloy | Belgium (BEL) | 4:37:51 |
| 76 | Nourreddine Haddadou | Algeria (ALG) | 4:38:20 |
| 77 | Juan Yañez | Venezuela (VEN) | 4:39:25 |
| 78 | Daniel Brot | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:41:31 |
| 79 | Arezki Boumar | Algeria (ALG) | 4:44:32 |
| 80 | Luis Iriza | Venezuela (VEN) | 4:45:15 |
| 81 | Renzo Toscanelli | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:46:03 |
| 82 | Bernard Binggeli | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:46:46 |
| 83 | Omar Castillo | Venezuela (VEN) | 4:52:08 |
| 84 | Tomaz Alvaraz | Guatemala (GUA) | 4:59:53 |
| 85 | Juan Limpio | Venezuela (VEN) | 5:04:45 |
| 86 | Luis Alem | Argentina (ARG) | 5:32:05 |
| — | Sun Xiaoguang | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Enrique Peña | Colombia (COL) | DQ |
| — | Zbigniew Wiśniowski | Poland (POL) | DQ |
| — | José Pinto | Portugal (POR) | DQ |
| — | Vicente Bergesse | Argentina (ARG) | DNF |
| — | Alberto Hidalgo | Argentina (ARG) | DNF |
| — | Jorge Yannone | Argentina (ARG) | DNF |
| — | Donald Debel | Belgium (BEL) | DNF |
| — | Héctor González | Dominican Republic (DOM) | DNF |
| — | Joaquin McDougall | Dominican Republic (DOM) | DNF |
| — | Tony Morales | Dominican Republic (DOM) | DNF |
| — | Oscar Celleri | Ecuador (ECU) | DNF |
| — | Humberto Matheu | Ecuador (ECU) | DNF |
| — | Manuel Sánchez | Ecuador (ECU) | DNF |
| — | Megahed El-Sayed | Egypt (EGY) | DNF |
| — | Medhat Hassan El-Zini | Egypt (EGY) | DNF |
| — | Cherif Mohamed | Egypt (EGY) | DNF |
| — | Dominique Guebey | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Carlos Díaz | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF |
| — | Paul Flynn | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Michael Lane | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Jimmy McDonald | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Pat Murphy | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Philip Kipkemboi | Kenya (KEN) | DNF |
| — | Patrick Mokomba | Kenya (KEN) | DNF |
| — | Boniface Mutie | Kenya (KEN) | DNF |
| — | Maseran Nyad | Malaysia (MAS) | DNF |
| — | Jagjit Singh | Malaysia (MAS) | DNF |
| — | Hernán Andrade | Mexico (MEX) | DNF |
| — | Arturo Bravo | Mexico (MEX) | DNF |
| — | Erling Andersen | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Jan-Erik Andreassen | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Dag Gaassand | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Bohdan Bułakowski | Poland (POL) | DNF |
| — | Jerzy Wróblewicz | Poland (POL) | DNF |
| — | Jorge Esteves | Portugal (POR) | DNF |
| — | Javier Coto | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | Ivan Hernández | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | Henry Mercado | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | José Miranda | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | Nicolás Soto | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF |
| — | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Lennart Mether | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Marco Evoniuk | United States (USA) | DNF |
| — | Randy Mimm | United States (USA) | DNF |
| — | Rafael Marin | Venezuela (VEN) | DNF |
| — | Jamal Ali Al-Hakim | North Yemen (YAR) | DNF |
| — | Faisal Al-Kasimi | North Yemen (YAR) | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Al-Saidi | North Yemen (YAR) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20 km and 50 km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 607 pts |
| | Italy | 569 pts |
| | East Germany | 518 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 505 pts |
| 5 | Mexico | 495 pts |
| 6 | France | 483 pts |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 472 pts |
| 8 | Colombia | 472 pts |
| 9 | United States | 462 pts |
| 10 | China | 451 pts |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 445 pts |
| 12 | Finland | 392 pts |
| 13 | Hungary | 386 pts |
| 14 | Australia | 385 pts |
| 15 | Canada | 374 pts |
| 16 | Sweden | 367 pts |
| 17 | West Germany | 358 pts |
| 18 | Poland | 323 pts |
| 19 | Cuba | 313 pts |
| 20 | Portugal | 311 pts |
| 21 | Algeria | 304 pts |
| 22 | Belgium | 297 pts |
| 23 | Venezuela | 251 pts |
| 24 | Switzerland | 238 pts |
| 25 | Norway | 127 pts |
| 26 | Guatemala | 120 pts |
| 27 | Argentina | 101 pts |
| 28 | Ireland | 92 pts |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 82 pts |
| 30 | Kenya | 47 pts |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 47 pts |
| 32 | Egypt | 34 pts |
| 33 | Malaysia | 17 pts |
| 34 | Ecuador | 15 pts |
| 35 | North Yemen | DNF |

### Women's 10 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Olga Krishtop | Soviet Union (URS) | 43:22 |
| | Irina Strakhova | Soviet Union (URS) | 43:35 |
| | Jin Bingjie | China (CHN) | 43:45 |
| 4 | Kerry Saxby-Junna | Australia (AUS) | 43:45 |
| 5 | Yelena Nikolayeva | Soviet Union (URS) | 43:57 |
| 6 | Graciela Mendoza | Mexico (MEX) | 45:02 |
| 7 | Ann Peel | Canada (CAN) | 45:06 |
| 8 | Natalya Serbiyenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 45:05 |
| 9 | Ann Jansson | Sweden (SWE) | 45:24 |
| 10 | Mari Cruz Díaz | Spain (ESP) | 45:39 |
| 11 | Lisa Langford | Great Britain (GBR) | 45:42 |
| 12 | Li Sujie | China (CHN) | 45:51 |
| 13 | Sue Orr | Australia (AUS) | 46:03 |
| 14 | Teresa Palacio | Spain (ESP) | 46:13 |
| 15 | María Reyes Sobrino | Spain (ESP) | 46:22 |
| 16 | Maryanne Torellas | United States (USA) | 46:28 |
| 17 | Kjersti Plätzer | Norway (NOR) | 46:28 |
| 18 | Monica Gunnarsson | Sweden (SWE) | 46:38 |
| 19 | Emilia Cano | Spain (ESP) | 46:50 |
| 20 | Teresa Vaill | United States (USA) | 46:50 |
| 21 | Maria Colin | Mexico (MEX) | 47:03 |
| 22 | Janice McCaffrey | Canada (CAN) | 47:11 |
| 23 | Maricela Chávez | Mexico (MEX) | 47:15 |
| 24 | Sirkka Oikarinen | Finland (FIN) | 47:20 |
| 25 | Deborah Powell | Canada (CAN) | 47:36 |
| 26 | Maria Hidalgo | Mexico (MEX) | 47:30 |
| 27 | Lisa Vaill | United States (USA) | 47:32 |
| 28 | Lora Rigutto | Canada (CAN) | 48:01 |
| 29 | Mária Urbanik | Hungary (HUN) | 48:05 |
| 30 | Suzanne Griesbach | France (FRA) | 48:11 |
| 31 | Debbi Lawrence | United States (USA) | 48:16 |
| 32 | Lorraine Young-Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 48:21 |
| 33 | Alison Baker | Canada (CAN) | 48:31 |
| 34 | Lynn Weik | United States (USA) | 48:37 |
| 35 | Barbara Kollorz | West Germany (FRG) | 48:37 |
| 36 | Mirva Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | 48:38 |
| 37 | Beverley Allen | Great Britain (GBR) | 48:45 |
| 38 | Ildikó Ilyés | Hungary (HUN) | 48:51 |
| 39 | Rudolfne Hudi | Hungary (HUN) | 48:52 |
| 40 | Helena Åström | Finland (FIN) | 48:55 |
| 41 | Solvi Furnes | Norway (NOR) | 49:05 |
| 42 | Helen Elleker | Great Britain (GBR) | 49:11 |
| 43 | Nina Arnesen | Norway (NOR) | 49:14 |
| 44 | Antonella Marangoni | Italy (ITA) | 49:32 |
| 45 | Ileana Salvador | Italy (ITA) | 49:35 |
| 46 | Margareta Olsson | Sweden (SWE) | 49:44 |
| 47 | Anikó Szebenszky | Hungary (HUN) | 49:45 |
| 48 | Sabine Desmet | Belgium (BEL) | 49:55 |
| 49 | Rosa Sierra | Spain (ESP) | 49:44 |
| 50 | Jeanine Gosselin | France (FRA) | 50:18 |
| 51 | Gunhild Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 50:20 |
| 52 | Renate Warz | West Germany (FRG) | 50:20 |
| 53 | Anita Blomberg | Norway (NOR) | 50:40 |
| 54 | Elsa Abril | Colombia (COL) | 50:40 |
| 55 | Cathrin Rudolph | West Germany (FRG) | 50:58 |
| 56 | Brigitte Buck | West Germany (FRG) | 50:59 |
| 57 | Jeanine Vignat | France (FRA) | 51:11 |
| 58 | Emma Uhlin | Sweden (SWE) | 51:14 |
| 59 | Mylène Dumesnil | France (FRA) | 51:34 |
| 60 | Karin Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 51:59 |
| 61 | Anne-Catherine Berthonnaud | France (FRA) | 52:05 |
| 62 | Margot Vetterli | Switzerland (SUI) | 52:10 |
| 63 | Rosanna Feroldi | Italy (ITA) | 52:14 |
| 64 | Kristin Andreassen | Norway (NOR) | 52:22 |
| 65 | Christel Schenk | Belgium (BEL) | 52:25 |
| 66 | Heidi Rebellato | Switzerland (SUI) | 52:27 |
| 67 | Nadia Forestan | Italy (ITA) | 52:44 |
| 68 | Magdalena Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 52:46 |
| 69 | Carla Peuntes | Colombia (COL) | 52:59 |
| 70 | Morelba Useche | Venezuela (VEN) | 53:00 |
| 71 | Edith Sappl | Switzerland (SUI) | 53:11 |
| 72 | Sabine Deblanck | Belgium (BEL) | 53:30 |
| 73 | Christa Ceulemans | Belgium (BEL) | 54:19 |
| 75 | Josephine Quinlan | Ireland (IRL) | 55:41 |
| 76 | Marie Walsh | Ireland (IRL) | 56:29 |
| 77 | Ofelia Puyol | Argentina (ARG) | 57:14 |
| 78 | Francis Botello | Venezuela (VEN) | 57:21 |
| 79 | Maritza Aragon | Venezuela (VEN) | 59:56 |
| 80 | Susana Córdoba | Argentina (ARG) | 60:25 |
| 81 | Amani Mohamed | Egypt (EGY) | 61:09 |
| 82 | Monica Costa | Argentina (ARG) | 61:14 |
| 83 | Zeinab Idriss | Egypt (EGY) | 64:09 |
| 84 | Karima Farag Said | Egypt (EGY) | 65:31 |
| 85 | Amparo Zanorano | Colombia (COL) | 1:13:16 |
| — | Guan Ping | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Xu Yongjiu | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Yan Hong | China (CHN) | DQ |
| — | Nicky Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | DQ |
| — | Giuliana Salce | Italy (ITA) | DNF |

### Team (women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 203 pts |
| | Spain | 174 pts |
| | Australia | 167 pts |
| 4 | Mexico | 164 pts |
| 5 | Canada | 160 pts |
| 6 | United States | 153 pts |
| 7 | Sweden | 146 pts |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 135 pts |
| 9 | China | 126 pts |
| 10 | Finland | 126 pts |
| 11 | Norway | 124 pts |
| 12 | Hungary | 122 pts |
| 13 | France | 97 pts |
| 14 | West Germany | 94 pts |
| 15 | Italy | 86 pts |
| 16 | Belgium | 65 pts |
| 17 | Switzerland | 57 pts |
| 18 | Denmark | 51 pts |
| 19 | Colombia | 47 pts |
| 20 | Ireland | 39 pts |
| 21 | Venezuela | 36 pts |
| 22 | Argentina | 25 pts |
| 23 | Egypt | 16 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 326 athletes (236 men/90 women) from 36 countries is reported.
* Algeria (7/-)
* Argentina (6/3)
* Australia (8/3)
* Belgium (7/4)
* Canada (8/5)
* China (8/5)
* Colombia (7/3)
* Cuba (4/-)
* Czechoslovakia (8/-)
* Denmark (-/2)
* Dominican Republic (4/-)
* East Germany (8/-)
* Ecuador (3/-)
* Egypt (3/3)
* Finland (8/3)
* France (10/5)
* Guatemala (3/-)
* Hungary (8/4)
* Ireland (4/2)
* Italy (9/5)
* Kenya (3/-)
* Malaysia (2/-)
* Mexico (8/4)
* North Yemen (3/-)
* Norway (4/5)
* Poland (8/-)
* Portugal (7/-)
* Puerto Rico (5/-)
* Soviet Union (8/4)
* Spain (10/5)
* Sweden (10/5)
* Switzerland (8/3)
* United Kingdom (8/4)
* United States (10/5)
* Venezuela (10/3)
* West Germany (8/4)