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 Men20 km walk 1:28:10 1:29:09 1:31:3050 km walk 4:03:14 4:06:02 4:06:40 Men (Team)Team 117 pts 87 pts 64 pts

Results

Men's 20 km Place Athlete Nation Time Dieter Lindner 1:28:10 Antal Kiss 1:29:09 Gerhard Sperling 1:31:30 4 Peter Fullager 1:31:52 5 Hans-Joachim Pathus 1:32:13 6 Ron Wallwork 1:32:41 7 Lennart Back 1:33:32 8 Karl-Heinz Pape 1:34:29 9 István Göri 1:34:42 10 János Dalmati 1:35:35 11 Vittorio Visini 1:36:11 12 Nicola De Vito 1:37:09 13 Stefan Ingvarsson 1:37:19 14 Malcolm Tolley 1:37:35 15 Jean Bouillon 1:37:44 16 Hans-Jürgen Paul 1:38:00 17 Kurt Schreiber 1:38:10 18 Göte Nygren 1:38:46 19 Robert Poirier 1:39:23 20 Guy Bailly 1:41:18 21 Alfredo Vismara 1:43:18

Men's 50 km Place Athlete Nation Time Christoph Höhne 4:03:14 Burkhard Leuschke 4:06:02 Abdon Pamich 4:06:40 4 Don Thompson 4:09:14 5 Kurt Sakowski 4:12:37 6 Ingvar Pettersson 4:16:57 7 Ray Middleton 4:19:14 8 Gilbert Belin 4:20:11 9 Stig Lindberg 4:22:30 10 Charley Fogg 4:23:24 11 Jacques Arnoux 4:25:09 12 István Havasi 4:27:10 13 Hannes Koch 4:30:42 14 Gerd Schuth 4:32:14 15 Luigi De Rosso 4:37:18 16 Antonio De Gaetano 4:40:01 17 Béla Dinesz 4:40:07 18 Ferencz Tesch 4:43:19 19 Jean Leroy 4:43:44 20 Kurt Olander 4:44:52 21 Gerhard Weidner 4:53:02

Team The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results. Place Country Points 117 pts 87 pts 64 pts 4 59 pts 5 54 pts 6 43 pts 7 40 pts

Participation The participation of 42 athletes from 7 countries is reported.

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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.

Zone 1 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, August 22 Rank Nation Points 1 28 pts 2 15 pts

Zone 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, August 14/15 Rank Nation Points 1 28 pts 2 16 pts

Zone 3 San Remo, Italy, September 19 Rank Nation Points 1 24 pts 2 17 pts

Zone 4 Potsdam, German Democratic Republic, September 19 Rank Nation Points 1 30 pts 2 11 pts

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