# World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by World Athletics. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. The first women's edition of the event happened in 1979. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event, then became the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 and then IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018. In 2004, a junior division was added for athletes between 16 and 20. Since 2008 it has been a constituent meeting of the World Athletics Challenge – Race Walking.
From 1975 to 1997 was awarded Lugano Trophy for combined team (20K + 50K). Since 1993 the medals have been awarded for the single events of the 20K and 50K teams, therefore in the 1993, 1995 and 1997 editions three team medals were assigned, from 1999 the combined was abolished and the team medals remained two until the present day.

## Host cities

| Year | City | Country |
| 1961 | Lugano | Switzerland |
| 1963 | Varese | Italy |
| 1965 | Pescara | Italy |
| 1967 | Bad Saarow | East Germany |
| 1970 | Eschborn | West Germany |
| 1973 | Lugano | Switzerland |
| 1975 | Grand-Quevilly | France |
| 1977 | Milton Keynes | United Kingdom |
| 1979 | Eschborn | West Germany |
| 1981 | Valencia | Spain |
| 1983 | Bergen | Norway |
| 1985 | St John's, Isle of Man | Isle of Man |
| 1987 | New York City | United States |
| 1989 | L'Hospitalet | Spain |
| 1991 | San Jose | United States |
| 1993 | Monterrey | Mexico |
| 1995 | Beijing | China |
| 1997 | Poděbrady | Czech Republic |
| 1999 | Mézidon-Canon | France |
| 2002 | Turin | Italy |
| 2004 | Naumburg | Germany |
| 2006 | La Coruña | Spain |
| 2008 | Cheboksary | Russia |
| 2010 | Chihuahua | Mexico |
| 2012 | Saransk | Russia |
| 2014 | Taicang | China |
| 2016 | Rome | Italy |
| 2018 | Taicang | China |
| 2020 | postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic | postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 | Muscat | Oman |
| 2024 | Antalya | Turkey |
The 2016 Cup was due to be held in Cheboksary, Russia. However the IAAF's suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation prohibits Russia from hosting international competitions. This event was relocated.
The 2020 Championships, planned in Minsk, Belarus, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. World Athletics announce Oman to host 2022 Race during 2020 Summer Olympics.

## Events

| Event | Individual | Team | First | Last |
| Men's 20 km individual | 28 | | 1961 | 2018 |
| Men's 20 km team | | 14 | 1993 | 2022 |
| Men's 35 km | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Men's 10 km (junior) | 9 | 9 | 2004 | 2022 |
| Women's 20 km individual | 11 | | 1999 | 2022 |
| Women's 20 km team | | 21 | 1979 | 2022 |
| Women's 35 km | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Women's 10 km (junior) | 9 | 9 | 2004 | 2022 |
| Defunct events |||||
| Men's 50 km individual | 28 | | 1961 | 2018 |
| Men's 50 km team | | 13 | 1993 | 2018 |
| Women's 5 km individual | 4 | | 1975 | 1981 |
| Women's 10 km individual | 8 | | 1983 | 1997 |
| Women's 50 km | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
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## Championships records

Key:  Defunct event

### Men

| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place |
| 20 km | 1:18:15 | Paquillo Fernández | Spain | 10 May 2008 | 2008 | Cheboksary, Russia |
| 35 km | 2:36:14 | Perseus Karlstrom | Sweden | 5 March 2022 | 2022 | Muscat, Oman |
| 50 km | 3:34:14 | Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia | 11 May 2008 | 2008 | Cheboksary, Russia |
| 10 km (Junior event) | 39:40 | Gao Wenkui | China | 3 May 2014 | 2014 | Taicang, China |

### Women

| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place |
| 5 km | 22:51 | Marion Fawkes | Great Britain | 29/30 September 1979 | 1979 | Eschborn, West Germany |
| 10 km | 41:52 | Irina Stankina | Russia | 19 April 1997 | 1997 | Poděbrady, Czech Republic |
| 20 km | 1:25:42 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 11 May 2008 | 2008 | Cheboksary, Russia |
| 35 km | 2:48:33 | Glenda Morejón | Ecuador | 5 March 2022 | 2022 | Muscat, Oman |
| 50 km | 4:04:36 | Liang Rui | China | 5 May 2018 | 2018 | Taicang, China |
| 10 km (Junior event) | 42:44 | Tatyana Kalmykova | Russia | 10 May 2008 | 2008 | Cheboksary, Russia |

## Medal summary

Legend: Where there is the symbol N, the original top three result has been adjusted due to doping disqualifications.

### Men
#### 20 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 1961 | Ken Matthews | United Kingdom | Lennart Back | Sweden | George Williams | United Kingdom |
| 1963 | Ken Matthews | United Kingdom | Paul Nihill | United Kingdom | Antal Kiss | Hungary |
| 1965 | Dieter Lindner | East Germany | Antal Kiss | Hungary | Gerhard Sperling | East Germany |
| 1967 | Nikolay Smaga | Soviet Union | Vladimir Golubnichiy | Soviet Union | Ron Laird | United States |
| 1970 | Hans-Georg Reimann | East Germany | Vladimir Golubnichiy | Soviet Union | Peter Frenkel | East Germany |
| 1973 | Hans-Georg Reimann | East Germany | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller | East Germany | Ron Laird | United States |
| 1975 | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller | East Germany | Bernd Kannenberg | West Germany | Peter Frenkel | East Germany |
| 1977 | Daniel Bautista | Mexico | Domingo Colín | Mexico | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller | East Germany |
| 1979 | Daniel Bautista | Mexico | Boris Yakovlev | Soviet Union | Nikolay Vinnichenko | Soviet Union |
| 1981 | Ernesto Canto | Mexico | Roland Wieser | East Germany | Alessandro Pezzatini | Italy |
| 1983 | Jozef Pribilinec | Czechoslovakia | Ernesto Canto | Mexico | Anatoliy Solomin | Soviet Union |
| 1985 | José Marín | Spain | Maurizio Damilano | Italy | Victor Mostovic | Soviet Union |
| 1987 | Carlos Mercenario | Mexico | Viktor Mostovik | Soviet Union | Anatoliy Gorshkov | Soviet Union |
| 1989 | Frants Kostyukevich | Soviet Union | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union | Yevgeniy Misyulya | Soviet Union |
| 1991 | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union | Ernesto Canto | Mexico | Thierry Toutain | France |
| 1993 | Daniel García | Mexico | Valentí Massana | Spain | Alberto Cruz | Mexico |
| 1995 | Li Zewen | China | Mikhail Shchennikov | Russia | Bernardo Segura | Mexico |
| 1997 | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | Daniel García | Mexico | Ilya Markov | Russia |
| 1999 | Bernardo Segura | Mexico | Yu Guohui | China | Vladimir Andreyev | Russia |
| 2002 | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | Vladimir Andreyev | Russia | Alejandro López | Mexico |
| 2004 | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | Nathan Deakes | Australia |
| 2006 | Paquillo Fernández | Spain | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | Han Yucheng | China |
| 2008 | Paquillo Fernández | Spain | Valeriy Borchin | Russia | Eder Sánchez | Mexico |
| 2010 | Wang Hao | China | Zhu Yafei | China | Andrey Krivov | Russia |
| 2012 N | Wang Zhen | China | Andrey Krivov | Russia | Vladimir Kanaykin | Russia |
| 2014 | Ruslan Dmytrenko | Ukraine | Cai Zelin | China | Andrey Ruzavin | Russia |
| 2016 | Wang Zhen | China | Cai Zelin | China | Álvaro Martín | Spain |
| 2018 | Kōki Ikeda | Japan | Wang Kaihua | China | Massimo Stano | Italy |
| 2022 | Toshikazu Yamanishi | Japan | Koki Ikeda | Japan | Samuel Gathimba | Kenya |

#### 35 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 2022 | Perseus Karlstrom | Sweden | Alvaro Martin | Spain | Miguel Angel Lopez | Spain |

#### 50 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 1961 | Abdon Pamich | Italy | Don Thompson | United Kingdom | Åke Söderlund | Sweden |
| 1963 | István Havasi | Hungary | Ray Middleton | United Kingdom | Ingvar Pettersson | Sweden |
| 1965 | Christoph Höhne | East Germany | Burkhard Leuschke | East Germany | Abdon Pamich | Italy |
| 1967 | Christoph Höhne | East Germany | Peter Selzer | East Germany | Aleksandr Shcherbina | Soviet Union |
| 1970 | Christoph Höhne | East Germany | Veniamin Soldatenko | Soviet Union | Burkhard Leuschke | East Germany |
| 1973 | Bernd Kannenberg | West Germany | Otto Barch | Soviet Union | Christoph Höhne | East Germany |
| 1975 | Yevgeniy Lyungin | Soviet Union | Gerhard Weidner | West Germany | Vladimir Svechnikov | Soviet Union |
| 1977 | Raúl González | Mexico | Pedro Aroche | Mexico | Paolo Grecucci | Italy |
| 1979 | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico | Enrique Vera | Mexico | Viktor Dorovskikh | Soviet Union |
| 1981 | Raúl González | Mexico | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany | Sandro Bellucci | Italy |
| 1983 | Raúl González | Mexico | Sergey Yung | Soviet Union | Viktor Dorovskikh | Soviet Union |
| 1985 | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union | Axel Noack | East Germany |
| 1987 | Ronald Weigel | East Germany | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany | Dietmar Meisch | East Germany |
| 1989 | Simon Baker | Australia | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union | Stanislav Vezhel | Soviet Union |
| 1991 | Carlos Mercenario | Mexico | Simon Baker | Australia | Ronald Weigel | Germany |
| 1993 | Carlos Mercenario | Mexico | Jesús Ángel García | Spain | Germán Sánchez | Mexico |
| 1995 | Zhao Yongsheng | China | Jesús Ángel García | Spain | Valentin Kononen | Finland |
| 1997 | Jesús Ángel García | Spain | Oleg Ishutkin | Russia | Valentin Kononen | Finland |
| 1999 | Sergey Korepanov | Kazakhstan | Tomasz Lipiec | Poland | Nikolay Matyukhin | Russia |
| 2002 | Aleksey Voyevodin | Russia | German Skurygin | Russia | Tomasz Lipiec | Poland |
| 2004 | Aleksey Voyevodin | Russia | Yu Chaohong | China | Yuriy Andronov | Russia |
| 2006 | Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia | Trond Nymark | Norway | Yuriy Andronov | Russia |
| 2008 N | Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia | Alex Schwazer | Italy | Trond Nymark | Norway |
| 2010 | Matej Tóth | Slovakia | Horacio Nava | Mexico | Jared Tallent | Australia |
| 2012 N | Jared Tallent | Australia | Si Tianfeng | China | Christopher Linke | Germany |
| 2014 | Mikhail Ryzhov | Russia | Ivan Noskov | Russia | Jared Tallent | Australia |
| 2016 N | Jared Tallent | Australia | Ihor Hlavan | Ukraine | Marco De Luca | Italy |
| 2018 | Hirooki Arai | Japan | Hayato Katsuki | Japan | Satoshi Maruo | Japan |
N In 2008, Vladimir Kanaykin from Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations. In 2012, original gold medallist Sergey Kirdyapkin, Igor Erokhin original silver medallist and fourth-placer Sergey Bakulin all from Russia, had their times and placings annulled due to doping violations. In 2016, Alex Schwazer from Italy was initially 1st and gold medallist, but disqualified because of doping violations.

#### Lugano Trophy

Team ranking that combining results of 20 km and 50 km.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1961 | United Kingdom 53 | Sweden 53 | Italy 28 |
| 1963 | United Kingdom 93 | Hungary 64 | Sweden 63 |
| 1965 | East Germany 117 | United Kingdom 87 | Hungary 64 |
| 1967 | East Germany 128 | Soviet Union 107 | United Kingdom 104 |
| 1970 | East Germany 134 | Soviet Union 125 | West Germany 88 |
| 1973 | East Germany 139 | Soviet Union 134 | Italy 104 |
| 1975 | Soviet Union 117 | East Germany 105 | West Germany 102 |
| 1977 | Mexico 185 | East Germany 180 | Italy 160 |
| 1979 | Mexico 240 | Soviet Union 235 | East Germany 201 |
| 1981 | Italy 227 | Soviet Union 227 | Mexico 221 |
| 1983 | Soviet Union 231 | Italy 189 | Mexico 146 |
| 1985 | East Germany 234 | Soviet Union 234 | Italy 233 |
| 1987 | Soviet Union 607 | Italy 569 | East Germany 518 |
| 1989 | Soviet Union 585 | Italy 534 | France 516 |
| 1991 | Italy 517 | Germany 491 | Mexico 487 |
| 1993 | Mexico 540 | Spain 491 | Italy 487 |
| 1995 | Mexico 846 | Italy 815 | China 805 |
| 1997 | Russia 865 | Mexico 802 | Belarus 801 |

#### Teams 20 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1993 | Mexico 265 | Italy 244 | Spain 240 |
| 1995 | China 436 | Italy 422 | Mexico 420 |
| 1997 N | Russia 431 | Belarus 413 | Mexico 403 |
| 1999 | Russia 19 | Mexico 28 | China 29 |
| 2002 | Russia 24 | Belarus 28 | Italy 34 |
| 2004 | China 18 | Ecuador 35 | Italy 35 |
| 2006 | Spain 33 | Australia 37 | Russia 37 |
| 2008 N | Russia 11 | Spain 22 | Australia 47 |
| 2010 N | China 9 | Russia 25 | Mexico 41 |
| 2012 N | China 14 | Ukraine 15 | Australia 56 |
| 2014 | Ukraine 18 | China 23 | Japan 35 |
| 2016 | China 16 | Canada 27 | Ecuador 41 |
| 2018 | Japan 12 | Italy 29 | China 42 |
| 2022 | Ecuador 25 | Japan 26 | China 45 |

#### Teams 35 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2022 | Spain 16 | China 29 | Germany 48 |

#### Teams 50 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1993 | Mexico 275 | Spain 251 | France 245 |
| 1995 | Mexico 426 | Russia 419 | Spain 413 |
| 1997 | Russia 434 | Slovakia 415 | Spain 407 |
| 1999 | Russia 14 | Spain 26 | Germany 55 |
| 2002 | Russia 7 | France 59 | China 78 |
| 2004 | Russia 8 | China 14 | Spain 23 |
| 2006 | Spain 20 | Poland 38 | China 39 |
| 2008 N | Italy 28 | Mexico 29 | Spain 30 |
| 2010 | China 21 | Mexico 22 | Russia 38 |
| 2012 N | China 28 | Ukraine 31 | Mexico 43 |
| 2014 N | Ukraine 19 | China 34 | Spain 70 |
| 2016 N | Italy 14 | Ukraine 25 | Spain 30 |
| 2018 | Japan 10 | Ukraine 29 | Poland 37 |

### Women
#### 5 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 1975$^†$ | Margareta Simu | Sweden | Siv Gustavsson | Sweden | Britt Holmquist | Sweden |
| 1977$^†$ | Siv Gustavsson | Sweden | Carol Tyson | United Kingdom | Margareta Simu | Sweden |
| 1979 | Marion Fawkes | United Kingdom | Carol Tyson | United Kingdom | Thorill Gylder | Norway |
| 1981 | Siv Gustavsson | Sweden | Aleksandra Derevinskaya | Soviet Union | Lyudmila Khrushcheva | Soviet Union |
$^†$ Invitational, non-cup event.

#### 10 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 1983 | Xu Yongjiu | China | Natalya Sharipova | Soviet Union | Sue Cook | Australia |
| 1985 | Yan Hong | China | Guan Ping | China | Olga Krishtop Aleksandra Grigoryeva | Soviet Union Soviet Union |
| 1987 | Olga Krishtop | Soviet Union | Irina Strakhova | Soviet Union | Jin Bingjie | China |
| 1989 | Beate Anders | East Germany | Kerry Saxby | Australia | Ileana Salvador | Italy |
| 1991 | Irina Strakhova | Soviet Union | Graciela Mendoza | Mexico | Yelena Sayko | Soviet Union |
| 1993 | Wang Yan | China | Sari Essayah | Finland | Yelena Nikolayeva | Russia |
| 1995 | Gao Hongmiao | China | Yelena Nikolayeva | Russia | Liu Hongyu | China |
| 1997 | Irina Stankina | Russia | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | Gu Yan | China |

#### 20 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 1999 | Liu Hongyu | China | Natalya Fedoskina | Russia | Norica Cîmpean | Romania |
| 2002 | Erica Alfridi | Italy | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | Natalya Fedoskina | Russia |
| 2004 | Yelena Nikolayeva | Russia | Jiang Jing | China | María Vasco | Spain |
| 2006 | Ryta Turava | Belarus | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | Irina Petrova | Russia |
| 2008 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | Tatyana Sibileva | Russia | Vera Santos | Portugal |
| 2010 | María Vasco | Spain | Vera Santos | Portugal | Ines Henriques | Portugal |
| 2012 N | Elena Lashmanova | Russia | María José Poves | Spain | Xiuzhi Lu | China |
| 2014 | Anisya Kirdyapkina | Russia | Liu Hong | China | Elmira Alembekova | Russia |
| 2016 | Maria Guadalupe González | Mexico | Qieyang Shenjie | China | Érica de Sena | Brazil |
| 2018 | Maria Guadalupe González | Mexico | Qieyang Shenjie | China | Yang Jiayu | China |
| 2022 | Ma Zhenxia | China | Yang Jiayu | China | Kimberly García | Peru |

#### 35 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 2022 | Glenda Morejón | Ecuador | Li Maocuo | China | Katarzyna Zdziebło | Poland |

#### 50 km

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Year | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country |
| 2018 | Liang Rui | China | Yin Hang | China | Claire Tallent | Australia |

#### Teams 20 km

* Invitation event
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1975* | Sweden 70 | Great Britain & NI 46 | France 42 |
| 1977 | No team contest | No team contest | No team contest |
| 1979 | Great Britain & NI 85 | Sweden 74 | Norway 69 |
| 1981 | Soviet Union 105 | Sweden 104 | Australia 90 |
| 1983 | PR of China 132 | Soviet Union 130 | Australia 126 |
| 1985 | PR of China 104 | Soviet Union 98 | Canada 74 |
| 1987 | Soviet Union 203 | Spain 174 | Australia 167 |
| 1989 | Soviet Union 218 | PR of China 212 | Italy 203 |
| 1991 | Soviet Union 203 | Italy 180 | Mexico 162 |
| 1993 | Italy 196 | PR of China 193 | Russia 193 |
| 1995 N | PR of China 443 | Italy 427 | Russia 424 |
| 1997 | Russia 440 | Italy 435 | PR of China 425 |
| 1999 | PR of China 13 | Russia 16 | Mexico 54 |
| 2002 | Russia 9 | Italy 26 | Romania 42 |
| 2004 | PR of China 18 | Russia 28 | Romania 41 |
| 2006 | Russia 10 | PR of China 19 | Belarus 25 |
| 2008 | Russia 7 | Portugal 24 | Spain 38 |
| 2010 | Portugal 13 | Spain 22 | PR of China 32 |
| 2012 N | Spain 16 | Russia 27 | PR of China 32 |
| 2014 N | Russia 8 PR of | China 22 | Portugal 36 |
| 2016 N | PR of China 14 | Australia 40 | Colombia 58 |
| 2018 | PR of China 17 | Italy 38 | Spain 40 |
| 2022 | PR of China 10 | Greece 30 | India 61 |

#### Teams 35 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2022 | Ecuador 12 | Spain 28 | China 29 |

#### Teams 50 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | China 8 | Ecuador 21 | Ukraine 40 |

## Medal table
### Individual overall

Men and women senior and junior only individual events update to 2022 edition.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 20 | 22 | 9 | 51 |
| 2 | Russia | 15 | 16 | 19 | 50 |
| 3 | Mexico | 15 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 4 | Germany | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 6 | 13 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Spain | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | Totals (31 entries) | 101 | 101 | 101 | 303 |

### Individual senior

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Mexico | 14 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | China | 12 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 3 | Germany | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Russia | 10 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 6 | 13 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (28 entries) | Totals (28 entries) | 83 | 83 | 83 | 249 |

### Individual junior

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Mexico | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

## Doping

The competition conducts doping tests on participating athletes and several have been disqualified from the races as a result. Ukraine's Olga Leonenko became the first doping disqualification, having originally finished seventh in 1995. Daniel Plaza became the first man in 1997 and was again disqualified in 1999. Nine years passed without incident then in 2008 two Russians were excluded Viktor Burayev and Vladimir Kanaykin – the latter was the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the cup.
In 2010 fourth place Erik Tysse was removed. Four athletes were disqualified for doping at the 2012 edition: silver medallist Igor Yerokhin was the most prominent, followed by fifth place Sergey Morozov, then Turkish walkers Recep Çelik and Handan Koçyiğit Cavdar. Yuriy Andronov became the fifth Russian to be caught doping at the event in 2014.
Outside of the event, several medallists have been later disqualified for doping, including women's winners Olga Kaniskina and Elena Lashmanova, and men's runners-up Valeriy Borchin and Alex Schwazer.