# 1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 27 and 28 May 1989 in the streets of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, suburb of Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| Men's 20 km walk | Frants Kostyukevich Soviet Union | 1:20:21 | Mikhail Shchennikov Soviet Union | 1:20:34 | Yevgeniy Misyulya Soviet Union | 1:20:47 |
| Men's 50 km walk | Simon Baker Australia | 3:43:13 | Andrey Perlov Soviet Union | 3:44:12 | Stanislav Vezhel Soviet Union | 3:44:50 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | Soviet Union | 585 pts | Italy | 534 pts | France | 516 pts |
| Women |||||||
| Women's 10 km walk | Beate Anders East Germany | 43:08 | Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia | 43:12 | Ileana Salvador Italy | 43:24 |
| Eschborn Cup (Women) |||||||
| Team (Women) | Soviet Union | 218 pts | China | 212 pts | Italy | 203 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Frants Kostyukevich | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:20:21 |
| | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:20:34 |
| | Yevgeniy Misyulya | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:20:47 |
| 4 | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:20:56 |
| 5 | Viktor Mostóvik | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:21:02 |
| 6 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:21:20 |
| 7 | Walter Arena | Italy (ITA) | 1:21:45 |
| 8 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:21:53 |
| 9 | Jean-Claude Corre | France (FRA) | 1:22:02 |
| 10 | Thierry Toutain | France (FRA) | 1:22:06 |
| 11 | Daniel Plaza | Spain (ESP) | 1:22:09 |
| 12 | José Urbano | Portugal (POR) | 1:22:19 |
| 13 | Ernesto Canto | Mexico (MEX) | 1:22:24 |
| 14 | Giovanni De Benedictis | Italy (ITA) | 1:22:25 |
| 15 | Chris Maddocks | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:22:35 |
| 16 | Sérgio Galdino | Brazil (BRA) | 1:22:47 |
| 17 | José Marín | Spain (ESP) | 1:22:52 |
| 18 | Ian McCombie | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:22:58 |
| 19 | Volkmar Scholz | West Germany (FRG) | 1:23:15 |
| 20 | Joel Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | 1:23:31 |
| 21 | Jaime Barroso | Spain (ESP) | 1:23:37 |
| 22 | Igor Kollár | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:23:43 |
| 23 | Miguel Angel Prieto | Spain (ESP) | 1:23:50 |
| 24 | Valdas Kazlauskas | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:23:59 |
| 25 | Guillaume LeBlanc | Canada (CAN) | 1:24:19 |
| 26 | Carlos Mercenario | Mexico (MEX) | 1:24:30 |
| 27 | Ronald Weigel | East Germany (GDR) | 1:24:32 |
| 28 | Chen Helin | China (CHN) | 1:24:48 |
| 29 | Jimmy McDonald | Ireland (IRL) | 1:24:50 |
| 30 | Zbigniew Sadlej | Poland (POL) | 1:25:21 |
| 31 | Mao Xinyuan | China (CHN) | 1:25:24 |
| 32 | Ján Záhončík | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:25:34 |
| 33 | Marcelo Palma | Brazil (BRA) | 1:25:39 |
| 34 | Abdel Wahab Ferguène | Algeria (ALG) | 1:26:04 |
| 35 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy (ITA) | 1:26:08 |
| 36 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland (POL) | 1:26:13 |
| 37 | Kari Ahonen | Finland (FIN) | 1:26:19 |
| 38 | Ignacio Zamudio | Mexico (MEX) | 1:26:34 |
| 39 | Sergio Spagnulo | Italy (ITA) | 1:26:43 |
| 40 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland (POL) | 1:26:53 |
| 41 | Ricardo Pueyo | Spain (ESP) | 1:26:54 |
| 42 | Darrell Stone | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:26:55 |
| 43 | Edel Oliva | Cuba (CUB) | 1:27:05 |
| 44 | Andreas Hühmer | West Germany (FRG) | 1:27:14 |
| 45 | Tim Lewis | United States (USA) | 1:27:39 |
| 46 | Mark Easton | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:27:50 |
| 47 | Olaf Möldner | East Germany (GDR) | 1:28:01 |
| 48 | Mohamed Bouhalla | Algeria (ALG) | 1:28:12 |
| 49 | Karoly Kirszt | Hungary (HUN) | 1:28:20 |
| 50 | Janusz Goławski | Poland (POL) | 1:28:22 |
| 51 | Fabrice Delaforge | France (FRA) | 1:28:34 |
| 52 | Steve Partington | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:28:54 |
| 53 | Erling Andersen | Norway (NOR) | 1:28:55 |
| 54 | Torsten Hafemeister | East Germany (GDR) | 1:28:59 |
| 55 | Gary Morgan | United States (USA) | 1:29:13 |
| 56 | Carlos Ramones | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:29:22 |
| 57 | Pauli Pirjetä | Finland (FIN) | 1:29:29 |
| 58 | Daniel Vargas | Cuba (CUB) | 1:29:33 |
| 59 | Robert OʼLeary | Ireland (IRL) | 1:29:39 |
| 60 | Stefan Krausch | West Germany (FRG) | 1:29:45 |
| 61 | Nelson Rocha | Brazil (BRA) | 1:29:48 |
| 62 | Fumio Imamura | Japan (JPN) | 1:29:48 |
| 63 | Christophe Cousin | France (FRA) | 1:29:52 |
| 64 | Aldo Bertoldi | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:29:59 |
| 65 | Andrew Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 1:30:01 |
| 66 | Jan Staaf | Sweden (SWE) | 1:30:19 |
| 67 | Helder Oliveira | Portugal (POR) | 1:30:26 |
| 68 | Lennart Mether | Sweden (SWE) | 1:30:39 |
| 69 | Elier Garcés | Cuba (CUB) | 1:30:46 |
| 70 | Mark Manning | United States (USA) | 1:30:46 |
| 71 | Magnus Morenius | Sweden (SWE) | 1:30:52 |
| 72 | Sándor Kanya | Hungary (HUN) | 1:31:11 |
| 73 | Mohamed Hocine | Algeria (ALG) | 1:31:36 |
| 74 | Patrick Mokomba | Kenya (KEN) | 1:31:37 |
| 75 | Paulo Revez | Portugal (POR) | 1:31:41 |
| 76 | Michael Lane | Ireland (IRL) | 1:31:50 |
| 77 | Endre Andrasfai | Hungary (HUN) | 1:31:51 |
| 78 | Mutisya Kilonzo | Kenya (KEN) | 1:31:54 |
| 79 | Pat Murphy | Ireland (IRL) | 1:32:02 |
| 80 | Rene Haarpainter | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:32:33 |
| 81 | Ralf Weise | East Germany (GDR) | 1:32:36 |
| 83 | Benoit Gauthier | Canada (CAN) | 1:33:32 |
| 84 | Jean-Olivier Brosseau | France (FRA) | 1:33:42 |
| 85 | Paul Copeland | Australia (AUS) | 1:33:43 |
| 86 | Abderrahmane Djébbar | Algeria (ALG) | 1:33:48 |
| 87 | Pavel Szikora | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:33:54 |
| 88 | Hans van den Knaap | Netherlands (NED) | 1:33:58 |
| 89 | Miklós Domján | Hungary (HUN) | 1:34:17 |
| 90 | Matti Heikkilä | Finland (FIN) | 1:34:19 |
| 91 | Augusto Cardoso | Portugal (POR) | 1:34:21 |
| 92 | Pascal Charrière | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:34:55 |
| 93 | Baldev Singh | India (IND) | 1:35:39 |
| 94 | Andreas Paspaliaris | Greece (GRE) | 1:35:39 |
| 95 | Gilbert DʼAoust | Canada (CAN) | 1:35:40 |
| 96 | William Sawe | Kenya (KEN) | 1:36:29 |
| 97 | Harold van Beek | Netherlands (NED) | 1:36:45 |
| 98 | Isaac Kiplimo | Kenya (KEN) | 1:37:02 |
| 99 | Kjell Tysse | Norway (NOR) | 1:37:16 |
| 100 | Kåre Sandvik | Norway (NOR) | 1:37:20 |
| 101 | Jos Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 1:37:27 |
| 102 | Sucha Singh | India (IND) | 1:37:41 |
| 103 | Jan Olsson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:37:56 |
| 104 | Ruben López | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:37:59 |
| 105 | Bernard Binggeli | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:38:14 |
| 106 | Hirofumi Sakai | Japan (JPN) | 1:38:19 |
| 107 | Jorge Torrealba | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:38:25 |
| 108 | Marc Musiaux | Belgium (BEL) | 1:38:40 |
| 109 | Rob McFadden | Australia (AUS) | 1:39:00 |
| 110 | Philippe Burton | Belgium (BEL) | 1:39:33 |
| 111 | Charan Singh Rathi | India (IND) | 1:40:15 |
| 112 | Fabian Hume | Belgium (BEL) | 1:40:19 |
| 113 | Douglas Fournier | United States (USA) | 1:41:09 |
| 114 | César Martínez | Venezuela (VEN) | 1:42:00 |
| 115 | Uffe Mathiesen | Denmark (DEN) | 1:42:50 |
| 116 | Paul Flynn | Ireland (IRL) | 1:43:23 |
| 117 | Aksel Bendtsen | Denmark (DEN) | 1:46:21 |
| 118 | Luc Nicque | Belgium (BEL) | 1:47:17 |
| 119 | Mogens Corfitz | Denmark (DEN) | 1:47:48 |
| — | Torsten Zervas | West Germany (FRG) | DQ |
| — | Steve Pecinovsky | United States (USA) | DQ |
| — | Li Baoyin | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Marko Kivimäki | Finland (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Dimítrios Delinikópoulos | Greece (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Dimítrios Orfanopoulos | Greece (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Tomás Álvarez | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF |
| — | Walter Estrada | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF |
| — | Nelson Funes | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF |
| — | Takehiro Sonohara | Japan (JPN) | DNF |
| — | Erling Waldal | Norway (NOR) | DNF |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Simon Baker | Australia (AUS) | 3:43:13 |
| | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:44:12 |
| | Stanislav Vezhel | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:44:50 |
| 4 | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico (MEX) | 3:47:15 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Potashov | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:48:02 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Popovich | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:49:48 |
| 7 | Vitaliy Matsko | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:50:55 |
| 8 | Alessandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | 3:53:43 |
| 9 | Martial Fesselier | France (FRA) | 3:54:29 |
| 10 | Godfried De Jonckheere | Belgium (BEL) | 3:55:23 |
| 11 | Denis Terraz | France (FRA) | 3:56:06 |
| 12 | René Piller | France (FRA) | 3:56:06 |
| 13 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | 3:56:47 |
| 14 | László Sátor | Hungary (HUN) | 3:57:53 |
| 15 | Li Baoyin | China (CHN) | 3:58:01 |
| 16 | Giuseppe de Gaetano | Italy (ITA) | 3:58:22 |
| 17 | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | Mexico (MEX) | 3:58:41 |
| 18 | Andrés Marin | Spain (ESP) | 3:59:34 |
| 19 | Basilio Labrador | Spain (ESP) | 3:59:51 |
| 20 | Manuel Alcalde | Spain (ESP) | 4:00:01 |
| 21 | Jacek Bednarek | Poland (POL) | 4:00:43 |
| 22 | Grzegorz Ledzion | Poland (POL) | 4:02:11 |
| 23 | Valentin Kononen | Finland (FIN) | 4:02:34 |
| 24 | Massimo Quiriconi | Italy (ITA) | 4:03:25 |
| 25 | Les Morton | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:03:30 |
| 26 | Bernd Gummelt | East Germany (GDR) | 4:04:03 |
| 27 | Josef Hudak | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:04:34 |
| 28 | Thierry Nuttin | France (FRA) | 4:04:58 |
| 29 | Jacek Herok | Poland (POL) | 4:05:18 |
| 30 | David Castro | Cuba (CUB) | 4:06:16 |
| 31 | Robert Mildenberger | West Germany (FRG) | 4:06:28 |
| 32 | Jaroslav Makovec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:07:27 |
| 33 | Adam Urbanowski | Poland (POL) | 4:07:28 |
| 34 | Ulf-Peter Sjöholm | Sweden (SWE) | 4:08:40 |
| 35 | Raffaello Ducceschi | Italy (ITA) | 4:09:06 |
| 36 | Peter Scholle | East Germany (GDR) | 4:09:52 |
| 37 | Axel Noack | East Germany (GDR) | 4:10:51 |
| 38 | Mike Smith | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:11:04 |
| 39 | Nikólaos Rasidakis | Greece (GRE) | 4:11:52 |
| 40 | Karl Degener | West Germany (FRG) | 4:12:19 |
| 41 | Herman Nelson | United States (USA) | 4:12:24 |
| 42 | Francisco Reyes | Mexico (MEX) | 4:13:27 |
| 43 | Detlef Heitmann | West Germany (FRG) | 4:14:11 |
| 44 | Veijo Savikko | Finland (FIN) | 4:16:45 |
| 45 | Hubert Sonnek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:16:57 |
| 46 | Zoltán Czukor | Hungary (HUN) | 4:17:37 |
| 47 | Paulo Vivaldes | Mexico (MEX) | 4:17:56 |
| 48 | Jan Cortenbach | Netherlands (NED) | 4:18:57 |
| 49 | Takehiro Sonohara | Japan (JPN) | 4:18:59 |
| 50 | Renzo Toscanelli | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:19:17 |
| 51 | Paul Wick | United States (USA) | 4:19:42 |
| 52 | Dan OʼConnor | United States (USA) | 4:20:53 |
| 53 | Ton van Andel | Netherlands (NED) | 4:21:59 |
| 54 | Mike Dewitt | United States (USA) | 4:22:23 |
| 55 | Hammimed Rahouli | Algeria (ALG) | 4:23:46 |
| 56 | Gyula Dudás | Hungary (HUN) | 4:24:59 |
| 57 | Andrés Arencibia | Cuba (CUB) | 4:25:13 |
| 58 | Antero Lindman | Finland (FIN) | 4:26:41 |
| 59 | Erling Andersen | Norway (NOR) | 4:27:07 |
| 60 | Jorge Esteves | Portugal (POR) | 4:28:11 |
| 61 | Darren Thorn | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:28:45 |
| 62 | Wolfgang Varrin | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:28:56 |
| 63 | Lino Paez | Venezuela (VEN) | 4:29:51 |
| 64 | Nelson Funes | Guatemala (GUA) | 4:31:50 |
| 65 | Hans van den Knaap | Netherlands (NED) | 4:31:55 |
| 66 | Theo Koenis | Netherlands (NED) | 4:32:28 |
| 67 | Michael Harvey | Australia (AUS) | 4:33:07 |
| 68 | Marco Antonio Rodríguez | Canada (CAN) | 4:33:47 |
| 69 | José Magalhães | Portugal (POR) | 4:34:55 |
| 70 | Chris Berwick | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:35:23 |
| 71 | Arezki Boumar | Algeria (ALG) | 4:36:38 |
| 72 | Gerard Goujon | Belgium (BEL) | 4:36:59 |
| 73 | Mark Donahoo | Australia (AUS) | 4:37:19 |
| 74 | Daniele Carrobio | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:37:29 |
| 75 | Mark Dossetor | Australia (AUS) | 4:37:55 |
| 76 | Juan Yañez | Venezuela (VEN) | 4:38:30 |
| 77 | Dirceu Cassimiro | Brazil (BRA) | 4:39:15 |
| 78 | Martin Archambault | Canada (CAN) | 4:39:36 |
| 79 | Tomás Álvarez | Guatemala (GUA) | 4:40:41 |
| 80 | Thierry Giroud | Switzerland (SUI) | 4:43:28 |
| 81 | Cicero de Moura | Brazil (BRA) | 4:45:57 |
| 82 | Kai Thomsen | Denmark (DEN) | 4:46:46 |
| 83 | Ricardo Risquet | Cuba (CUB) | 4:47:13 |
| 84 | Nourreddine Haddadou | Algeria (ALG) | 4:47:13 |
| 85 | Antônio Nogueira | Brazil (BRA) | 4:50:00 |
| 86 | Marc Dhooms | Belgium (BEL) | 4:51:38 |
| 87 | Juan Carlos Ribera | Venezuela (VEN) | 4:53:44 |
| 88 | Roger Gjelsvik | Norway (NOR) | 4:54:28 |
| 89 | Peer Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 4:57:24 |
| 90 | Boualen Boussaid | Algeria (ALG) | 4:58:24 |
| 91 | Trond Møretrø | Norway (NOR) | 5:03:17 |
| 92 | Slobodan Radovic | Denmark (DEN) | 5:04:14 |
| 93 | Walter Estrada | Guatemala (GUA) | 5:16:37 |
| — | Christian Halloy | Belgium (BEL) | DQ |
| — | José Pinto | Portugal (POR) | DQ |
| — | Paulo Pires | Portugal (POR) | DQ |
| — | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden (SWE) | DQ |
| — | Craig Brill | Australia (AUS) | DNF |
| — | François Lapointe | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Daniel Levesque | Canada (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Chen Helin | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Mao Xinyuan | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Daniel Vargas | Cuba (CUB) | DNF |
| — | Mogens Corfitz | Denmark (DEN) | DNF |
| — | Antonio González | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Jorge Llopart | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Matti Katila | Finland (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Alain Lemercier | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Alfons Schwarz | West Germany (FRG) | DNF |
| — | Franz-Josef Weber | West Germany (FRG) | DNF |
| — | Hrístos Karayeóryios | Greece (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Spyridon Kastánis | Greece (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Miklós Domján | Hungary (HUN) | DNF |
| — | Charan Singh Rathi | India (IND) | DNF |
| — | Baldev Singh | India (IND) | DNF |
| — | Sucha Singh IND | DNF |
| — | Paul Flynn | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Michael Lane | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Jimmy McDonald | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Pat Murphy | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Giovanni Perricelli | Italy (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Fumio Imamura | Japan (JPN) | DNF |
| — | Hirofumi Sakai | Japan (JPN) | DNF |
| — | Mutisya Kilonzo | Kenya (KEN) | DNF |
| — | Isaac Kiplimo | Kenya (KEN) | DNF |
| — | Kåre Sandvik | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Kjell Tysse | Norway (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Janusz Goławski | Poland (POL) | DNF |
| — | Axel Thiele | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Roman Parolek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | DNF |
| — | Eugene Kitts | United States (USA) | DNF |
| — | Henry Goitia | Venezuela (VEN) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20 km and 50 km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 585 pts |
| | Italy | 534 pts |
| | France | 516 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 503 pts |
| 5 | Mexico | 490 pts |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 474 pts |
| 7 | Poland | 444 pts |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 425 pts |
| 9 | East Germany | 408 pts |
| 10 | West Germany | 396 pts |
| 11 | Finland | 340 pts |
| 12 | United States | 334 pts |
| 13 | Hungary | 333 pts |
| 14 | Cuba | 312 pts |
| 15 | Brazil | 295 pts |
| 16 | Sweden | 290 pts |
| 17 | Algeria | 287 pts |
| 18 | Australia | 269 pts |
| 19 | Portugal | 257 pts |
| 20 | Switzerland | 245 pts |
| 21 | China | 234 pts |
| 22 | Netherlands | 226 pts |
| 23 | Canada | 207 pts |
| 24 | Denmark | 198 pts |
| 25 | Belgium | 193 pts |
| 26 | Norway | 193 pts |
| 27 | Venezuela | 191 pts |
| 28 | Ireland | 162 pts |
| 29 | Japan | 123 pts |
| 30 | Kenya | 96 pts |
| 31 | Guatemala | 93 pts |
| 32 | Greece | 92 pts |
| 33 | India | 58 pts |

### Women's 10 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Beate Anders | East Germany (GDR) | 43:08 |
| | Kerry Saxby-Junna | Australia (AUS) | 43:12 |
| | Ileana Salvador | Italy (ITA) | 43:24 |
| 4 | Natalya Serbiyenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 43:46 |
| 5 | Chen Yueling | China (CHN) | 44:24 |
| 6 | Tamara Kovalenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 44:28 |
| 7 | Xiong Yan | China (CHN) | 44:29 |
| 8 | Annarita Sidoti | Italy (ITA) | 44:59 |
| 9 | Tamara Torshina | Soviet Union (URS) | 45:00 |
| 10 | Mária Urbanik | Hungary (HUN) | 45:20 |
| 11 | Janice McCaffrey | Canada (CAN) | 45:37 |
| 12 | Valentina Shmer | Soviet Union (URS) | 45:59 |
| 13 | Monica Gunnarsson | Sweden (SWE) | 45:59 |
| 14 | Li Chunxiu | China (CHN) | 46:00 |
| 15 | Lisa Langford | Great Britain (GBR) | 46:02 |
| 16 | Mari Cruz Díaz | Spain (ESP) | 46:12 |
| 17 | Ann Peel | Canada (CAN) | 46:24 |
| 18 | Olga Sánchez | Spain (ESP) | 46:27 |
| 19 | Maria Colin | Mexico (MEX) | 46:32 |
| 20 | Yan Hong | China (CHN) | 46:33 |
| 21 | Lynn Weik | United States (USA) | 46:38 |
| 22 | Andrea Alföldi | Hungary (HUN) | 46:43 |
| 23 | Teresa Vaill | United States (USA) | 46:45 |
| 24 | Ildikó Ilyés | Hungary (HUN) | 46:46 |
| 25 | Maria Grazia Orsani | Italy (ITA) | 46:59 |
| 26 | Kathrin Born | East Germany (GDR) | 47:00 |
| 27 | Pascale Grand | Canada (CAN) | 47:02 |
| 28 | Yu Heping | China (CHN) | 47:04 |
| 29 | Fusako Masuda | Japan (JPN) | 47:12 |
| 30 | Anikó Szebenszky | Hungary (HUN) | 47:14 |
| 31 | Lorraine Young-Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 47:18 |
| 32 | Simone Thust | East Germany (GDR) | 47:22 |
| 33 | Antonella Marangoni | Italy (ITA) | 47:23 |
| 34 | Andrea Brückmann | West Germany (FRG) | 47:30 |
| 35 | Hideko Hirayama | Japan (JPN) | 47:33 |
| 36 | Eva Cruz | Spain (ESP) | 47:41 |
| 37 | Sari Essayah | Finland (FIN) | 47:54 |
| 38 | Nathalie Marchand-Fortain | France (FRA) | 47:58 |
| 39 | Anita Blomberg | Norway (NOR) | 47:59 |
| 40 | María Reyes Sobrino | Spain (ESP) | 48:07 |
| 41 | Debbi Lawrence | United States (USA) | 48:10 |
| 42 | Kalliopi Gavalaki | Greece (GRE) | 48:15 |
| 43 | Ann Jansson | Sweden (SWE) | 48:15 |
| 44 | Wendy Sharp | United States (USA) | 48:18 |
| 45 | Kazimiera Mróz-Mosio | Poland (POL) | 48:19 |
| 46 | Ines Estedt | East Germany (GDR) | 48:31 |
| 47 | Jolanta Frysztak | Poland (POL) | 48:32 |
| 48 | Yuko Sato | Japan (JPN) | 48:43 |
| 49 | Betty Sworowski | Great Britain (GBR) | 48:50 |
| 50 | Alison Baker | Canada (CAN) | 48:53 |
| 51 | Helen Elleker | Great Britain (GBR) | 48:56 |
| 52 | Kristin Andreassen | Norway (NOR) | 48:57 |
| 53 | Barbara Kollorz | West Germany (FRG) | 49:11 |
| 54 | Teresa Palacios | Spain (ESP) | 49:15 |
| 55 | Beverley Hayman | Australia (AUS) | 49:31 |
| 56 | Suzanne Griesbach | France (FRA) | 49:40 |
| 57 | Holly Gerke | Canada (CAN) | 49:49 |
| 58 | Brigitte Buck | West Germany (FRG) | 49:57 |
| 59 | Ewa Musur | Poland (POL) | 50:06 |
| 60 | Anne-Catherine Berthonnaud | France (FRA) | 50:15 |
| 61 | Renate Warz | West Germany (FRG) | 50:17 |
| 62 | Gunhild Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 50:45 |
| 63 | Julie Drake | Great Britain (GBR) | 50:57 |
| 64 | Laurence Vion | France (FRA) | 51:05 |
| 65 | Madelein Svensson | Sweden (SWE) | 51:06 |
| 66 | Nicky Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | 51:07 |
| 67 | Heli Nevanpää | Finland (FIN) | 51:10 |
| 68 | Karin Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 51:13 |
| 69 | Nina Johannessen | Norway (NOR) | 51:19 |
| 70 | Nadine Mazuir-Vavre | France (FRA) | 51:36 |
| 71 | Ivana Henn | Brazil (BRA) | 51:51 |
| 72 | Heidi Rebellato | Switzerland (SUI) | 51:59 |
| 73 | Wibecke Rathe-Larsen | Norway (NOR) | 52:02 |
| 74 | Muriel Eberhard | West Germany (FRG) | 52:05 |
| 75 | Marie Walsh | Ireland (IRL) | 52:13 |
| 76 | Angelikí Sórra | Greece (GRE) | 52:27 |
| 77 | Veronica Öqvist | Sweden (SWE) | 52:27 |
| 79 | Maryanne Torrellas | United States (USA) | 53:07 |
| 80 | Mirva Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | 53:27 |
| 81 | Anja Kondrup | Denmark (DEN) | 53:32 |
| 82 | Anneli Kuukkanen | Finland (FIN) | 53:59 |
| 83 | Frieda Dewolf | Belgium (BEL) | 54:00 |
| 84 | Rosemar Piazza | Brazil (BRA) | 54:16 |
| 85 | Christa Ceulemans | Belgium (BEL) | 54:45 |
| 86 | Denise Volker | Brazil (BRA) | 54:52 |
| 87 | Josephine Quinlan | Ireland (IRL) | 55:06 |
| 88 | Ragni Jensen | Norway (NOR) | 55:14 |
| 89 | Véronique Gérard | Belgium (BEL) | 55:35 |
| 90 | Maritza Aragon | Venezuela (VEN) | 55:45 |
| 91 | Edith Sappl | Switzerland (SUI) | 56:07 |
| 92 | Trudy Freany | Ireland (IRL) | 56:27 |
| 93 | Karen Klarskov | Denmark (DEN) | 57:02 |
| 94 | Francis Botello | Venezuela (VEN) | 57:02 |
| 95 | Sabine Deblanck | Belgium (BEL) | 57:45 |
| 96 | Sylvie Zaugg | Switzerland (SUI) | 58:47 |
| 97 | Carolina Rosales | Venezuela (VEN) | 61:21 |
| 98 | Everline Chepngetich | Kenya (KEN) | 63:46 |
| 99 | Jane Tangus | Kenya (KEN) | 64:06 |
| — | Erica Alfridi | Italy (ITA) | DQ |
| — | Valeria Ndaliro | Kenya (KEN) | DQ |
| — | Maricela Chávez | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Graciela Mendoza | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Dímitra Panoutsopoúlou | Greece (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Laurence Perrin | Switzerland (SUI) | DNF |
| — | Nadezhda Ryashkina | Soviet Union (URS) | DNF |

### Team (women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Soviet Union | 218 pts |
| | China | 212 pts |
| | Italy | 203 pts |
| 4 | East Germany | 185 pts |
| 5 | Hungary | 185 pts |
| 6 | Canada | 185 pts |
| 7 | Spain | 174 pts |
| 8 | Australia | 163 pts |
| 9 | United States | 162 pts |
| 10 | Japan | 141 pts |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 140 pts |
| 12 | Sweden | 137 pts |
| 13 | West Germany | 117 pts |
| 14 | Poland | 112 pts |
| 15 | France | 109 pts |
| 16 | Norway | 106 pts |
| 17 | Finland | 93 pts |
| 18 | Denmark | 73 pts |
| 19 | Greece | 64 pts |
| 20 | Mexico | 61 pts |
| 21 | Ireland | 55 pts |
| 22 | Brazil | 54 pts |
| 23 | Belgium | 44 pts |
| 24 | Switzerland | 41 pts |
| 25 | Venezuela | 27 pts |
| 26 | Kenya | 11 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 341 athletes (235 men/106 women) from 33 countries is reported.
* Algeria (8/-)
* Australia (8/3)
* Belgium (8/4)
* Brazil (6/3)
* Canada (7/5)
* China (3/5)
* Cuba (6/-)
* Czechoslovakia (9/-)
* Denmark (6/4)
* East Germany (7/4)
* Finland (8/4)
* France (10/5)
* Greece (6/3)
* Guatemala (3/-)
* Hungary (7/4)
* India (3/-)
* Ireland (5/4)
* Italy (10/5)
* Japan (3/3)
* Kenya (4/3)
* Mexico (8/3)
* Netherlands (6/-)
* Norway (6/5)
* Poland (8/3)
* Portugal (8/-)
* Soviet Union (10/5)
* Spain (10/5)
* Sweden (8/4)
* Switzerland (8/4)
* United Kingdom (9/5)
* United States (10/5)
* Venezuela (8/3)
* West Germany (8/5)