# 1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Pescara, Italy, on October 9–10, 1965. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km walk | Dieter Lindner (GDR) | 1:28:10 | Antal Kiss (HUN) | 1:29:09 | Gerhard Sperling (GDR) | 1:31:30 |
| 50 km walk | Christoph Höhne (GDR) | 4:03:14 | Burkhard Leuschke (GDR) | 4:06:02 | Abdon Pamich (ITA) | 4:06:40 |
| Men (Team) |||||||
| Team | East Germany | 117 pts | United Kingdom | 87 pts | Hungary | 64 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Dieter Lindner | East Germany (GDR) | 1:28:10 |
| | Antal Kiss | Hungary (HUN) | 1:29:09 |
| | Gerhard Sperling | East Germany (GDR) | 1:31:30 |
| 4 | Peter Fullager | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:31:52 |
| 5 | Hans-Joachim Pathus | East Germany (GDR) | 1:32:13 |
| 6 | Ron Wallwork | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:32:41 |
| 7 | Lennart Back | Sweden (SWE) | 1:33:32 |
| 8 | Karl-Heinz Pape | West Germany (FRG) | 1:34:29 |
| 9 | István Göri | Hungary (HUN) | 1:34:42 |
| 10 | János Dalmati | Hungary (HUN) | 1:35:35 |
| 11 | Vittorio Visini | Italy (ITA) | 1:36:11 |
| 12 | Nicola De Vito | Italy (ITA) | 1:37:09 |
| 13 | Stefan Ingvarsson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:37:19 |
| 14 | Malcolm Tolley | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:37:35 |
| 15 | Jean Bouillon | France (FRA) | 1:37:44 |
| 16 | Hans-Jürgen Paul | West Germany (FRG) | 1:38:00 |
| 17 | Kurt Schreiber | West Germany (FRG) | 1:38:10 |
| 18 | Göte Nygren | Sweden (SWE) | 1:38:46 |
| 19 | Robert Poirier | France (FRA) | 1:39:23 |
| 20 | Guy Bailly | France (FRA) | 1:41:18 |
| 21 | Alfredo Vismara | Italy (ITA) | 1:43:18 |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Christoph Höhne | East Germany (GDR) | 4:03:14 |
| | Burkhard Leuschke | East Germany (GDR) | 4:06:02 |
| | Abdon Pamich | Italy (ITA) | 4:06:40 |
| 4 | Don Thompson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:09:14 |
| 5 | Kurt Sakowski | East Germany (GDR) | 4:12:37 |
| 6 | Ingvar Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 4:16:57 |
| 7 | Ray Middleton | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:19:14 |
| 8 | Gilbert Belin | France (FRA) | 4:20:11 |
| 9 | Stig Lindberg | Sweden (SWE) | 4:22:30 |
| 10 | Charley Fogg | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:23:24 |
| 11 | Jacques Arnoux | France (FRA) | 4:25:09 |
| 12 | István Havasi | Hungary (HUN) | 4:27:10 |
| 13 | Hannes Koch | West Germany (FRG) | 4:30:42 |
| 14 | Gerd Schuth | West Germany (FRG) | 4:32:14 |
| 15 | Luigi De Rosso | Italy (ITA) | 4:37:18 |
| 16 | Antonio De Gaetano | Italy (ITA) | 4:40:01 |
| 17 | Béla Dinesz | Hungary (HUN) | 4:40:07 |
| 18 | Ferencz Tesch | Hungary (HUN) | 4:43:19 |
| 19 | Jean Leroy | France (FRA) | 4:43:44 |
| 20 | Kurt Olander | Sweden (SWE) | 4:44:52 |
| 21 | Gerhard Weidner | West Germany (FRG) | 4:53:02 |

### Team

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | East Germany | 117 pts |
| | United Kingdom | 87 pts |
| | Hungary | 84 pts |
| 4 | Sweden | 59 pts |
| 5 | Italy | 54 pts |
| 6 | West Germany | 43 pts |
| 7 | France | 40 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 42 athletes from 7 countries is reported.
* East Germany (6)
* France (6)
* Hungary (6)
* Italy (6)
* Sweden (6)
* United Kingdom (6)
* West Germany (6)

## Qualifying rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final. This year, United Kingdom, Hungary, and Sweden proceeded directly to the final.