1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup


The 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Le Grand-Quevilly, France, on October 11–12, 1975. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. For the first time, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event.
Complete results were published.

Medallists

†: Invitation event.

Results

Men's 20 km

Men's 50 km

Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.
PlaceCountryPoints
117 pts
105 pts
102 pts
4102 pts
5100 pts
676 pts
769 pts
859 pts
924 pts

Women's 5 km†

†: Invitation event.

Team (women)†

†: Invitation event.

Participation

The participation of 109 athletes from 14 countries is reported.
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 German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, Italy, the United States, and France proceeded directly to the final.

Zone 1

, Denmark, September 20/21
RankNationPoints
1United Kingdom90 pts
2Sweden80 pts
3Poland74 pts
4Belgium53 pts
5Norway23 pts
6Denmark18 pts

Zone 2

, Czechoslovakia, September 20
RankNationPoints
1Hungary65 pts
253 pts
3Czechoslovakia49 pts
4Romania43 pts
5Spain32 pts