Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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Marco De Luca won bronze medal in 50 km at Rome 2016 (won also gold medal with the team). MarcodeLuca 01.JPG
Marco De Luca won bronze medal in 50 km at Rome 2016 (won also gold medal with the team).

Italy at the World Race Walking Cup (from 2016 known as IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships) at senior level participated at all editions form Lugano 1961. [1]

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Medals

Update to 2018 Taicang

1st editionlast editionMenWomenTotal
Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTot.Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTot.Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTot.
Individual Lugano 1961 2018 Taicang 1269101222711
Team Monterrey 1993 (men)
Grand-Quevilly 1975 (women)
2018 Taicang 611122914287151436

Medals details

Men

Individual

EditionEventGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg 1961 Lugano 50 km Abdon Pamich
Flag of Italy.svg 1965 Pescara 50 km Abdon Pamich
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1977 Milton Keynes 50 km Paolo Grecucci
Flag of Spain.svg 1981 Valencia 20 km Alessandro Pezzatini
50 km Sandro Bellucci
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1985 St John's 20 km Maurizio Damilano
Flag of Russia.svg 2008 Cheboksary 50 km Alex Schwazer
Flag of Italy.svg 2016 Rome 50 km Marco De Luca
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2018 Taicang 20 km Massimo Stano
Total126

Team

Until 1985, the first 4 classifieds of each nation were ranked for team ranking since 1987. In any case, the medals were awarded to the participants, although they did not finish the race.

EditionEventGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg 1961 Lugano Lugano Trophy Giuseppe Dordoni
Gianni Corsaro
Stefano Serchinich
(20 km)
Abdon Pamich
Luigi De Rosso
Antonio De Gaetano
(50 km)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg 1973 Lugano Lugano Trophy Armando Zambaldo
Pasquale Busca
Abdon Pamich
(20 km)
Vittorio Visini
Rosario Valore
Domenico Carpentieri
(50 km)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1977 Mylton Keynes Lugano Trophy Maurizio Damilano
Armando Zambaldo
Roberto Buccione
Sandro Bellucci
(20 km)
Paolo Grecucci
Franco Vecchio
Rosario Valore
(50 km)
Flag of Spain.svg 1981 Valencia Lugano Trophy Alessandro Pezzatini
Maurizio Damilano
Carlo Mattioli
Paolo Grecucci
(20 km)
Sandro Bellucci
Giacomo Poggi
Domenico Carpentieri
(50 km)
Flag of Norway.svg 1983 Bergen Lugano Trophy Maurizio Damilano
Carlo Mattioli
Giorgio Damilano
Alessandro Pezzatini
(20 km)
Paolo Grecucci
Paolo Ghedina
Giacomo Poggi
Sandro Bellucci
(50 km)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1985 St John's Lugano Trophy Maurizio Damilano
Carlo Mattioli
Alessandro Pezzatini
Walter Arena
(20 km)
Sandro Bellucci
Raffaello Ducceschi
Massimo Quiriconi
Giorgio Damilano
(50 km)
Flag of the United States.svg 1987 New York City Lugano Trophy Maurizio Damilano
Walter Arena
Carlo Mattioli
Giorgio Damilano
(20 km)
Sandro Bellucci
Raffaello Ducceschi
Giacomo Poggi
Pierluigi Fiorella
(50 km)
Flag of Spain.svg 1989 L'Hospitalet Lugano Trophy Maurizio Damilano
Giovanni De Benedictis
Carlo Mattioli
(20 km)
Sandro Bellucci
Massimo Quiriconi
Giuseppe De Gaetano
Raffaello Ducceschi
(50 km)
Flag of the United States.svg 1991 San Josè Lugano Trophy Giovanni De Benedictis
Walter Arena
Maurizio Damilano
Giovanni Perricelli
(20 km)
Giuseppe De Gaetano
Sandro Bellucci
Massimo Quiriconi
Carlo Mattioli
(50 km)
Flag of Mexico.svg 1993 Monterrey 20 km Giovanni De Benedictis
Giovanni Perricelli
Walter Arena
Arturo Di Mezza
Sergio Spagnulo
Lugano Trophy Giovanni De Benedictis
Giovanni Perricelli
Walter Arena
Arturo Di Mezza
Sergio Spagnulo
(20 km)
Giuseppe De Gaetano
Massimo Quiriconi
Paolo Bianchi
Giacomo Cimarrusti
Bruno Penocchio
(50 km)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1995 Beijing Lugano Trophy Michele Didoni
Walter Arena
Enrico Lang
Giovanni Perricelli
(20 km)
Giovanni De Benedictis
Paolo Bianchi
Giuseppe De Gaetano
Patrizio Parchesepe
(50 km)
20 km Michele Didoni
Walter Arena
Enrico Lang
Giovanni Perricelli
Flag of Italy.svg 2002 Turin 20 km Alessandro Gandellini
Lorenzo Civallero
Marco Giungi
Enrico Lang
Alfio Corsaro
Flag of Germany.svg 2004 Maumburg 20 km Ivano Brugnetti
Alessandro Gandellini
Marco Giungi
Lorenzo Civallero
Flag of Russia.svg 2008 Cheboksary 50 km Alex Schwazer
Marco De Luca
Diego Cafagna
Dario Privitera
Matteo Giupponi
Flag of Italy.svg 2016 Rome 50 km Marco De Luca
Teodorico Caporaso
Matteo Giupponi
Federico Tontodonati
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2018 Taicang 20 km Massimo Stano
Francesco Fortunato
Giorgio Rubino
(Marco De Luca) DNF
(Federico Tontodonati) DNF
Total61112

Women

Individual

EditionEventGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Flag of Spain.svg 1989 L'Hospitalet 10 km Ileana Salvador
Flag of Italy.svg 2002 Turin 20 km Erika Alfridi
Total101

Team

EditionGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgRank
Flag of Germany.svg 1979 Eschborn 8th
Flag of Spain.svg 1981 Valencia 13th
Flag of Norway.svg 1983 Bergen 5th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1985 St John's 6th
Flag of the United States.svg 1987 New York City 15th
Flag of Spain.svg 1989 L'Hospitalet Ileana Salvador
Annarita Sidoti
Maria Grazia Orsani
Antonella Marangoni
Erica Alfridi
Flag of the United States.svg 1991 San Josè Ileana Salvador
Annarita Sidoti
Pier Carola Pagani
Maria Grazia Cogoli
Elisabetta Perrone
Flag of Mexico.svg 1993 Monterrey Ileana Salvador
Annarita Sidoti
Elisabetta Perrone
Christiana Pellino
Erica Alfridi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1995 Beijing Elisabetta Perrone
Rossella Giordano
Annarita Sidoti
Christiana Pellino
Ileana Salvador
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1997 Poděbrady Erica Alfridi
Rossella Giordano
Annarita Sidoti
Elisabetta Perrone
Christiana Pellino
Flag of France.svg 1999 Mézidon-Canon 8th
Flag of Italy.svg 2002 Turin Erica Alfridi
Rossella Giordano
Elisa Rigaudo
Gisella Orsini
Elisabetta Perrone DNF
Flag of Germany.svg 2004 Maumburg 6th
Flag of Spain.svg 2006 La Coruña 8th
Flag of Russia.svg 2008 Cheboksary 7th
Flag of Mexico.svg 2010 Chihuahua DNP
Flag of Russia.svg 2012 Saransk 5th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2014 Taicang 5th
Flag of Italy.svg 2016 Rome 6th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2018 Taicang 20 km
Eleonora Giorgi
Valentina Trapletti
Antonella Palmisano
Eleonora Dominici
Nicole Colombi
Total142

See also

Related Research Articles

The IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. Women first entered the 1979 edition. 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. In 2004, a junior division was added, consisting of men and women aged under 20. Since 2008 it has been a constituent meeting of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge.

The 1995 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 29 and 30 April 1995 in the streets of Beijing, China. The event was also known as IAAF/Reebok World Race Walking Cup.

The 1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 24 and 25 April 1993 in the streets of Monterrey, Mexico. The event was also known as IAAF/Reebok World Race Walking Cup. For the first time, event specific team standings were introduced for the men's 20 km and 50 km competitions.

The 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 1 and 2 June 1991 in the streets of San Jose, California, USA. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup. The course followed a loop along Park Avenue and Almaden Boulevard, north and east of the intersection.

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.

The 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 2 and 3 May 1987 in the streets of New York City, USA. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

The 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 28 and 29 September 1985 in the streets of St John's, Isle of Man. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

The 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 24 and 25 September 1983 in the streets of Bergen, Norway. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

The 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 3 and 4 October 1981 in the streets of Valencia, Spain. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.

The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

The 1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Varese, Italy, on October 12–13, 1963. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

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.

The 1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Bad Saarow, German Democratic Republic, on October 15, 1967. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

The 1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany, on October 10, 1970. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

The 1973 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Switzerland, on October 12–13, 1973. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

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.

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.

The 1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany, on September 29–30, 1979. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup. The women's 5 km race was now officially introduced into the competition with the women's teams competing for the Eschborn Cup.

2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Taicang, China, on 3–4 May 2014. The course was a 2 km loop along Shanghai Road between Banjing Road and Loujiang Road in the centre of the city. It has already been used for the annual IAAF World Race Walking Challenge event. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.

Lugano Trophy, set up in 1961 at the occasion of the first edition of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, so in the Lugano 1961 edition, represented the team rankings that combined the 20 km race walk and 50 km race walk events. It was held until 1997 and since 1993 two different team rankings were drawn for 20 km and for 50 km, so for three editions, three titles were assigned for team race.

References

  1. "IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 August 2017.