# 1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, on 24–25 September 1977. For the first time, a new competition name IAAF Race Walking World Cup was introduced replacing the former Lugano Trophy. As in 1975, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event. Mexico was dominant in the men's events, taking the team title and the top two spots in the 20 km and 50 km events through Daniel Bautista, Domingo Colín, Raúl González and Pedro Aroche. Sweden's Siv Gustavsson won the invitational women's event.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km walk | Daniel Bautista (MEX) | 1:24:02 | Domingo Colín (MEX) | 1:24:31 | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) | 1:24:51 |
| 50 km walk | Raúl González (MEX) | 4:04:16 | Pedro Aroche (MEX) | 4:04:55 | Paolo Grecucci (ITA) | 4:06:27 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | Mexico | 185 pts | East Germany | 180 pts | Italy | 160 pts |
| Women$^†$ |||||||
| 5 km walk$^†$ | Siv Gustavsson (SWE) | 23:19 | Carol Tyson (GBR) | 23:46 | Margareta Simu (SWE) | 24:12 |
$^†$: Invitation event.

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Daniel Bautista | Mexico (MEX) | 1:24:02 |
| | Domingo Colín | Mexico (MEX) | 1:24:31 |
| | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller | East Germany (GDR) | 1:24:51 |
| 4 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:25:33 |
| 5 | Gérard Lelièvre | France (FRA) | 1:26:48 |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Yevsyukov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:27:03 |
| 7 | Roland Wieser | East Germany (GDR) | 1:27:09 |
| 8 | Anatoliy Solomin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:27:41 |
| 9 | Armando Zambaldo | Italy (ITA) | 1:27:53 |
| 10 | Roberto Buccione | Italy (ITA) | 1:28:28 |
| 11 | Sandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | 1:28:36 |
| 12 | Nikolay Polozov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:28:58 |
| 13 | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany (GDR) | 1:29:51 |
| 14 | Vladimir Golubnichiy | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:30:33 |
| 15 | Juraj Bencík | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:30:38 |
| 16 | Jaroslaw Kazmierski | Poland (POL) | 1:30:39 |
| 17 | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:30:43 |
| 18 | Jan Dzurnák | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:31:05 |
| 19 | Jan Ornoch | Poland (POL) | 1:31:09 |
| 20 | Jean-Claude Decosse | France (FRA) | 1:31:25 |
| 21 | Zbigniew Gosławski | Poland (POL) | 1:31:30 |
| 22 | Dominique Guebey | France (FRA) | 1:31:31 |
| 23 | Mieczysław Górski | Poland (POL) | 1:31:33 |
| 24 | Werner Heyer | East Germany (GDR) | 1:32:02 |
| 25 | Marcos Castro | Mexico (MEX) | 1:32:09 |
| 26 | János Szálas | Hungary (HUN) | 1:32:18 |
| 27 | Alfons Schwarz | West Germany (FRG) | 1:32:28 |
| 28 | Štefan Petrík | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:32:49 |
| 29 | Lennart Lundgren | Sweden (SWE) | 1:32:58 |
| 30 | Mike Holmes | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:33:06 |
| 31 | Bengt Simonsen | Sweden (SWE) | 1:33:09 |
| 32 | Mick Greasley | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:33:13 |
| 33 | Roger Mills | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:33:22 |
| 34 | Jürgen Meyer | West Germany (FRG) | 1:33:26 |
| 35 | Göran Aneheim | Sweden (SWE) | 1:33:38 |
| 36 | Jim Heiring | United States (USA) | 1:33:40 |
| 37 | Imre Stankovics | Hungary (HUN) | 1:33:46 |
| 38 | Hans Michalski | West Germany (FRG) | 1:34:11 |
| 39 | Amos Seddon | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:34:31 |
| 40 | Szaba Grandpierre | Hungary (HUN) | 1:35:04 |
| 41 | Neal Pike | United States (USA) | 1:35:20 |
| 42 | Jean-Pierre Garnung | France (FRA) | 1:35:52 |
| 43 | Wolfgang Werner | West Germany (FRG) | 1:36:11 |
| 44 | Tivadar Szilagyi | Hungary (HUN) | 1:36:38 |
| 45 | Sam Dibernando | United States (USA) | 1:39:48 |
| — | Ángel Flores | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Todd Scully | United States (USA) | DQ |
| — | Evûen Zedník | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | DNF |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Raúl González | Mexico (MEX) | 4:04:16 |
| | Pedro Aroche | Mexico (MEX) | 4:04:55 |
| | Paolo Grecucci | Italy (ITA) | 4:06:27 |
| 4 | Veniamin Soldatenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:08:20 |
| 5 | Ralf Knütter | East Germany (GDR) | 4:10:13 |
| 6 | Steffen Müller | East Germany (GDR) | 4:14:34 |
| 7 | László Sátor | Hungary (HUN) | 4:14:50 |
| 8 | Heinrich Schubert | West Germany (FRG) | 4:15:15 |
| 9 | Horst Matern | East Germany (GDR) | 4:15:50 |
| 10 | Hans Binder | West Germany (FRG) | 4:17:23 |
| 11 | Bohdan Bułakowski | Poland (POL) | 4:18:05 |
| 12 | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico (MEX) | 4:19:07 |
| 13 | Larry Young | United States (USA) | 4:19:56 |
| 14 | August Hirt | United States (USA) | 4:20:06 |
| 15 | Franco Vecchio | Italy (ITA) | 4:21:16 |
| 16 | Leif Karlsson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:21:55 |
| 17 | Brian Adams | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:23:54 |
| 18 | Feliks Sliwinski | Poland (POL) | 4:24:05 |
| 19 | Karl Degener | West Germany (FRG) | 4:24:11 |
| 20 | Alain Moulinet | France (FRA) | 4:24:34 |
| 21 | Rosario Valore | Italy (ITA) | 4:24:45 |
| 22 | Owe Hemmingsson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:25:07 |
| 23 | Mario Kerber | East Germany (GDR) | 4:25:27 |
| 24 | Stig-Olof Elovsson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:25:38 |
| 25 | Ladíslav Vitez | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:25:45 |
| 26 | Ferenc Danovsky | Hungary (HUN) | 4:26:06 |
| 27 | Bob Dobson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:26:09 |
| 28 | John Warhurst | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:26:47 |
| 29 | Luc Gauthier | France (FRA) | 4:27:03 |
| 30 | František Biro | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:27:48 |
| 31 | Yuriy Andryushchenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:28:37 |
| 32 | Bogusław Kmiecik | Poland (POL) | 4:29:15 |
| 33 | Peter Hodkinson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:29:27 |
| 34 | Jean-Pierre Garcia | France (FRA) | 4:30:03 |
| 35 | Franciszek Ustarbowski | Poland (POL) | 4:36:39 |
| 36 | Karoly Orban | Hungary (HUN) | 4:37:47 |
| 37 | Jean-Louis Hauth | France (FRA) | 4:38:00 |
| 38 | Jaroslav Pták | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:42:16 |
| 39 | Vytautas Papas | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:46:46 |
| — | Enrique Vera Ibanez | Mexico (MEX) | DQ |
| — | Algis Sakalis | Soviet Union (URS) | DQ |
| — | Gerhard Weidner | West Germany (FRG) | DNF |
| — | Zoltán Rutkai | Hungary (HUN) | DNF |
| — | Giancarlo Lisi | Italy (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Stefan Sjunnesson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Josef Macek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | DNF |
| — | Tom Dooley | United States (USA) | DNF |
| — | Dan OʼConnor | United States (USA) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | Mexico | 185 pts |
| | East Germany | 180 pts |
| | Italy | 160 pts |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 128 pts |
| 5 | Poland | 112 pts |
| 6 | West Germany | 99 pts |
| 7 | France | 99 pts |
| 8 | Sweden | 94 pts |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 82 pts |
| 10 | Hungary | 69 pts |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 69 pts |
| 12 | United States | 56 pts |

### Women's 5 km$^†$

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Siv Gustavsson | Sweden (SWE) | 23:19 |
| | Carol Tyson | Great Britain (GBR) | 23:46 |
| | Margareta Simu | Sweden (SWE) | 24:12 |
| 4 | Judy Farr | Great Britain (GBR) | 24:23 |
| 5 | Britt Holmquist | Sweden (SWE) | 24:27 |
| 6 | Elisabet Olsson | Sweden (SWE) | 24:51 |
| 7 | Beverley Francis | Great Britain (GBR) | 25:41 |
| 8 | Ginney Lovell | Great Britain (GBR) | 25:58 |
| 9 | Christine Coleman | Great Britain (GBR) | 26:01 |
| 10 | Elaine Cox | Great Britain (GBR) | 26:14 |
| 11 | Irene Bateman | Great Britain (GBR) | 26:24 |
| 12 | Siobhan MacAuley | Great Britain (GBR) | 27:39 |
| 13 | Sheila Miller | Australia (AUS) | 27:51 |
| 14 | Pamela Reynolds | Ireland (IRL) | 27:58 |
| 15 | Susan Till | Great Britain (GBR) | 28:09 |
| 16 | Carolyn Gee | Great Britain (GBR) | 28:51 |
| 17 | Shirley Rook | Great Britain (GBR) | 29:03 |
| 18 | Mary Brown | Great Britain (GBR) | 29:27 |
| 19 | Karen Bingham | Great Britain (GBR) | 29:39 |
| 20 | Julie Robery | Great Britain (GBR) | 30:29 |
| 21 | Linda Nicholls | Great Britain (GBR) | 31:49 |
| 22 | M. Servais BEL | 35:52 |
| — | Marion Fawkes | Great Britain (GBR) | DNF |
$^†$: Invitation event.

## Participation

The participation of 119 athletes (96 men/23 women) from countries is reported.
* Australia (-/1)
* Belgium (-/1)
* East Germany (8/-)
* France (8/-)
* Hungary (8/-)
* Ireland (-/1)
* Italy (8/-)
* Mexico (8/-)
* Poland (8/-)
* Soviet Union (8/)
* Sweden (8/4)
* Czechoslovakia (8/-)
* United Kingdom (8/16)
* United States (8/-)
* West Germany (8/-)

## 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, the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and México proceeded directly to the final.