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.

Complete results were published.

Medallists Men20 km walk 1:30:10 1:33:18 1:33:3850 km walk 4:14:25 4:17:15 4:19:11 Men (Team)Team 93 pts 64 pts 63 pts

Results

Men's 20 km Place Athlete Nation Time Ken Matthews 1:30:10 Paul Nihill 1:33:18 Antal Kiss 1:33:38 4 István Göri 1:34:33 5 Erik Söderlund 1:35:16 6 John Edgington 1:35:22 7 John Ljunggren 1:35:53 8 Stefano Serchinich 1:36:23 9 Alexander Bílek 1:36:28 10 Kurt Schreiber 1:36:37 11 Vladimír Kánský 1:37:29 12 Alberto Carocci 1:40:08 13 Lennart Back 1:40:38 14 Horst Brüning 1:42:02 15 Giuseppe Doro 1:42:37 16 Tibor Balajcza 1:43:43 17 Herbert Staubach 1:44:24 18 Vilém Švajda 1:45:09

Men's 50 km Place Athlete Nation Time István Havasi 4:14:25 Ray Middleton 4:17:15 Ingvar Pettersson 4:19:11 4 Ladíslav Moc 4:23:11 5 Ron Wallwork 4:23:46 6 Charley Fogg 4:30:16 7 Antonio De Gaetano 4:32:01 8 Roy Syversson 4:33:09 9 Hannes Koch 4:39:03 10 Gianni Corsaro 4:41:52 11 Mario Algeri 4:43:07 12 Jan Brandejský 4:43:22 13 Ferencz Tesch 4:43:50 14 Béla Dinesz 4:44:09 15 Stig Lindberg 4:46:51 16 Jaroslav Fiala 5:00:52 — Julius Müller DQ — Bernhard Nermerich DQ

Team The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results. Place Country Points 93 pts 64 pts 63 pts 4 51 pts 5 44 pts 6 26 pts

Participation

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Qualifying rounds From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final. Hungary progressed to final directly due to an epidemic in Hungary at time of qualifying round.

Zone 1 Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, September 22 Rank Nation Points 1 32 pts 2 11 pts

Zone 2 Fredrikstad, Norway, August 24/25 Rank Nation Points 1 48 pts 2 26 pts 3 17 pts

Zone 3 Sofia, Bulgaria, September 1 Rank Nation Points 1 24 pts 2 20 pts 3 DNS

Zone 4 Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7/8 Rank Nation Points 1 30 pts 2 14 pts

Zone 5 Challes-les-Eaux, France, September 14/15 Rank Nation Points 1 25 pts 2 19 pts

References