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— 2010 T&FN Men's World Rankings —
— 2010 T&FN Men’s World Rankings — 100 METERS 1500 METERS 110 HURDLES 1. Tyson Gay (US) 1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 1. David Oliver (US) 2. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2. Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 2. Dayron Robles (Cuba) 3. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 3. Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3. Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 4. Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 4. Augustine Choge (Kenya) 4. Ryan Wilson (US) 5. Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 5. Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 5. Ronnie Ash (US) 6. Richard Thompson (Trinidad) 6. Leonel Manzano (US) 6. Joel Brown (US) 7. Daniel Bailey (Antigua) 7. Nicholas Kemboi (Kenya) 7. Andy Turner (Great Britain) 8. Michael Frater (Jamaica) 8. Daniel Komen (Kenya) 8. David Payne (US) 9. Mike Rodgers (US) 9. Andrew Wheating (US) 9. Petr Svoboda (Czech Republic) 10. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 10. Ryan Gregson (Australia) 10. Garfield Darien (France) 200 METERS STEEPLECHASE 400 HURDLES 1. Walter Dix (US) 1. Paul Koech II (Kenya) 1. Bershawn Jackson (US) 2. Wallace Spearmon (US) 2. Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 2. Kerron Clement (US) 3. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 3. Richard Matelong (Kenya) 3. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 4. Tyson Gay (US) 4. Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 4. Dai Greene (Great Britain) 5. Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 5. Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 5. Angelo Taylor (US) 6. Ryan Bailey (US) 6. Mahiedine 6. Johnny Dutch (US) 7. Steve Mullings (Jamaica) Mekhissi-Benabbad (France) 7. Justin Gaymon (US) 8. Xavier Carter (US) 7. Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 8. Félix Sánchez (Dominican Rep) 9. Angelo Taylor (US) 8. Bob Tahri (France) 9. LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 10. Churandy Martina 9. Patrick Langat (Kenya) 10. Isa Phillips (Jamaica) (Netherlands Antilles) 10. -
Nacac Ranking 2019 Pag 1 of 41 Wind Rank Mark
NACAC RANKING - MEN OUTDOOR 2019 FINAL Version - DEC 24 BY: CARLOS CLEMENTE (ESA) NACAC STATISTICS & WEBMASTER Queries, comments and corrections email to : [email protected] BEST 30 ATHLETES PER EVENT - MAXIMUM 4 ATHLETES PER COUNTRY & EVENT 100 METRES (10.35) WR 9.58 (0.9) - Usain Bolt (JAM) - Berlin GER - 16AUG2009 WR U20 9.97 (1.8) - Trayvon Bromell (USA) - Eugene OR USA - 13JUN2014 WB U18 10.19 (0.5) - Yoshihide Kiryu (JPN) - Fukuroi JPN - 03NOV2012 NACAC 9.58 (0.9) - Usain Bolt (JAM) - Berlin GER - 16AUG2009 CADICA 10.02 (1.0) - Alonso Edward (PAN) - Clermont FL USA - 26ABR2014 RANK MARK . NAME DOB AGE CAT NAT . PLACE DATE EVENT 1 9.76 0.6 Christian COLEMAN 6-mar-96 23 S USA Doha, QAT 28-sep-19 WCH 2 9.86 0.9 Noah LYLES 18-jul-97 22 U23 USA Shanghai, CHN 18-may-19 DIAMONDL 3 9.87 -0.1 Justin GATLIN 10-feb-82 37 S USA Stanford, CA, USA 30-jun-19 DIAMONDL 4 9.90 0.6 Andre DE GRASSE 10-nov-94 25 S CAN Doha, QAT 28-sep-19 WCH 5 9.93 0.8 Cravon GILLESPIE 31-jul-96 23 S USA Austin, TX, USA 7-jun-19 NCAA 6 9.96 1.7 Aaron BROWN 27-may-92 27 S CAN Montreal, CAN 26-jul-19 NATCH 7 9.96 0.4 Yohan BLAKE 26-dic-89 30 S JAM Kingston, JAM 21-jun-19 NATCH 8 9.98 1.3 Mario BURKE 18-mar-97 22 U23 BAR Austin, TX, USA 5-jun-19 NCAA 9 9.98 1.0 NR= Roberto SKYERS PEREZ 12-nov-91 28 S CUB Camaguey, CUB 22-feb-19 MFORTUN 10 10.00 0.4 Tyquendo TRACEY 10-jun-93 26 S JAM Kingston, JAM 21-jun-19 NATCH 11 10.01 1.1 Samson COLEBROOKE 10-may-97 22 U23 BAH Queretaro, MEX 5-jul-19 NACACU23 12 10.01 1.1 Waseem WILLIAMS 8-ene-97 22 U23 JAM Queretaro, MEX 5-jul-19 -
HEEL and TOE ONLINE the Official Organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club 2018/2019 Number 23A Firday 8 March 2019 VRWC Preferre
HEEL AND TOE ONLINE The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club 2018/2019 Number 23A Firday 8 March 2019 VRWC Preferred Supplier of Shoes, clothes and sporting accessories. Address: RUNNERS WORLD, 598 High Street, East Kew, Victoria (Melways 45 G4) Telephone: 03 9817 3503 Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm Saturday: 9:00am to 3:00pm Website: http://www.runnersworld.com.au Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Runners-World/235649459888840 #SAVETHERACEWALKING Next Sunday (2 days time) is our D-Day, when the IAAF Council will decide on our future. All we can do at this stage is hope for the best. The NO campaign has been well run and has gained support from almost the entire world wide racewalking community. Let's not lose sight of what we want. • Keep the current 20km / 50km as the international racewalking distances until after the 2024 Olympics. • Use this extended timeframe to properly test the new shoe insert technology. • Work to enhance the current 20km / 50km events to make them more attractive to the general viewing public. • Visit this issue (if it still exists) again in 2024 once the shoe insert technology has been deemed to work (or not!) A few final bits and pieces from the last few days of the ongoing campaign. First, we have been getting some publicity from a few major news outlets. Here are a few snippets • Athletics Weekly article (https://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/race-walkers-unite-to-save-their-sport-1039921331/) • Article from Greek sports site sportsfeed.gr (http://sportsfeed.gr/2019/03/07/oi-vadistes-ksesikonontai-kai-pali-kata-ton- -
Junior Men's 10 Kilometres Walk
2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships • Biographical Start list Junior Men’s 10 Kilometres Walk 57 Entrants 30 Countries Sat / 10:35 650m from start, 9 laps of 1Km, 350 to finish Age (Days) Born SB PB 103 GARGANIS Adam AUS 18y 231d 1997 42:53 42:53 -16 20K pb: 1:31:08 -15. 1 Australian junior 10,000 2016. Coached in Melbourne by Simon Baker (1 WCP 50K 1989) In 2016: 3 Oceanian junior 10K; 1 Australian junior 10,000 105 JONES Tyler AUS 18y 29d 1998 42:22 42:22 -16 Former Australian Junior Champion // dq WCP junior 10K 2014; dnf World Youth 10,000 2015; 1 Oceanian junior 10K 2016. 1 Australian junior 10,000 2015. Coached in Gosford (NSW) by Frank Overton In 2016: 1 Sydney 10,000; 1 Oceanian junior 10K; 2 Australian 10,000 107 SWAN Kyle AUS 17y 40d 1999 42:48 42:48 -16 33 World Youth 10,000 2015. 1 Australian youth 10K 2015. Coached in Melbourne by Simon Baker (1 WCP 50K 1989) In 2016: 2 Oceanian junior 10K 111 KALIADA Mikita BLR 15y 318d 2000 42:09 42:09 -16 In 2016: 1 BLR v FRA v LAT v TUR junior indoor 5000; 1 Belarusian Cup youth 10K; 5 Podébrady junior 10K LUKYANCHUK Dmitriy BLR 18y 217d 1997 42:20 42:20 -16 113 31 ECP junior 10K 2015 In 2016: 4 BLR v FRA v LAT v TUR junior indoor 5000; 1 Belarusian Cup junior 10K; 9 Podébrady junior 10K 115 UDODAU Ruslan BLR 16y 226d 1999 42:14 42:14 -16 In 2016: 3 BLR v FRA v LAT v TUR junior indoor 5000; 2 Belarusian Cup youth 10K 119 RODRÍGUEZ Pablo Armando BOL 19y 82d 1997 43:08 43:08 -16 Full name-Pando Pablo Armando Rodriguez // 1 South American youth 10K 2014; 9 Youth Olympic Games 10,000 2014. -
Tom Bosworth
Record Tom Bosworth th Race Walking 6 at Rio Olympics in a new August 2016 British Record Race Walking Record – August 2016 Over the next two kilometres, Bosworth sped up and was within eight minutes for the next 2km split around the Pontal course. But Matsunaga was race walking even faster and had closed the gap to two seconds, while China’s Zelin Cai decided to protectively cover the two men in front of him and had pushed hard to remove himself from the pack. World Race Walking Team Championships silver medallist Cai continued to motor and overtook Matsunaga and then Bosworth but The XXXI Olympic Games, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil the pack also started to increase their pace, consuming Bosworth and Men’s 20km (Fri. 12th Aug.): Despite the presence of Olympic Matsunaga just before the 14km checkpoint and Cai shortly after, champion Chen Ding and world champion Miguel Angel Lopez, the making it a 12-man mass together entering the final quarter of the pre-race favourite on current form was China’s Wang Zhen and the race. winner at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in The pack – which also contained local hope and Brazilian record- Rome back in May didn’t disappoint. holder Caio Bonfim, who was getting rousing cheers every step of the way – was reduced to nine over the next lap with Cai, whose cadence can best be described as a resembling a boxer doing his road workout, pushing the pace at the front. This remained the state of affairs until Wang, a much more fluent and elegant race walker than his teammate, made his decisive bid for glory with three kilometres to go. -
50 Kilometres Race Walk
12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin From Saturday 15 August to Sunday 23 August 2009 50 Kilometres Race Walk MEN ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC AT RESULTS ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLE 21 August 2009 TIME TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY Start 09:09 20° C 68 % End 13:28 22° C 73 % RANK BIB NAME NAT YEAR RESULTWARNINGS Diff 1 995 Sergey KIRDYAPKIN RUS 80 3:38:35 1 WL 2 875 Trond NYMARK NOR 76 3:41:16 1 + 2:41 NR 3 365 Jesús Angel GARCÍA ESP 69 3:41:37 2 + 3:02 SB 4 922 Grzegorz SUDOL POL 78 3:42:34 1 + 3:59 PB 5 553 André HÖHNE GER 78 3:43:19 2 + 4:44 PB 6 120 Luke ADAMS AUS 76 3:43:39 1 + 5:04 PB 7 147 Jared TALLENT AUS 84 3:44:50 + 6:15 SB 8 635 Marco DE LUCA ITA 81 3:46:31 1 + 7:56 PB 9 426 Jarkko KINNUNEN FIN 84 3:47:36 + 9:01 PB 10 1070 Matej TÓTH SVK 83 3:48:35 2 + 10:00 11 274 Faguang XU CHN 87 3:48:52 + 10:17 PB 12 447 Yohan DINIZ FRA 78 3:49:03 2 + 10:28 13 827 Jesús SÁNCHEZ MEX 76 3:50:55 + 12:20 PB 14 791 Donatas ŠKARNULIS LTU 77 3:50:56 + 12:21 SB 15 276 Chengliang ZHAO CHN 84 3:53:06 + 14:31 16 1160 Oleksiy SHELEST UKR 73 3:54:03 + 15:28 PB 17 792 Tadas ŠUŠKEVICIUS LTU 85 3:54:29 + 15:54 PB 18 698 Koichiro MORIOKA JPN 85 3:56:21 + 17:46 19 824 Horacio NAVA MEX 82 3:56:26 -
HEEL and TOE ONLINE the Official Organ of The
Bahrain HEEL AND TOE ONLINE The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club 2020/2021 Number 01 Monday 5 October 2020 VRWC Preferred Supplier of Shoes, clothes and sporting accessories. Address: RUNNERS WORLD, 598 High Street, East Kew, Victoria (Melways 45 G4) Telephone: 03 9817 3503 Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm Saturday: 9:00am to 3:00pm Website: http://www.runnersworld.com.au Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Runners-World/235649459888840 PAUL F DEMEESTER TALKS MATTERS IAAF AND IOC Thanks to US Attorney at Law Paul F. DeMeester for another insightful analysis. That is the 29 th in a row and it’s a beauty. You can see links to all Paul’s articles at the bottom of webpage http://www.vrwc.org.au/save-the-50km.shtml. MALE WALKERS SUPPORTING WOMEN’S 50K: A QUENTIN-SSENTIAL DUTY By Paul F. DeMeester I know. I misspelled the word “quintessential.” On purpose. The “Quentin-ssential” in the headline is a reference to New Zealand 50K specialist Quentin Rew, a veteran of two Olympics (27th at London 2012 in 3:55:03; 12th at Rio 2016 in 3:49:32) and five World Championships (23rd at Daegu 2011 in 4:08:46; 16th at Moscow 2013 in 3:50:27; 10th at Beijing 2015 in 3:48:48; 11th in London 2017 in 3:46:29; and 11th at Doha 2019 in 4:15:54). Rew has already qualified for Tokyo 2020, having bested the time limit of 3:50:00 by 12 seconds at the Japanese National Championship last year in Wajima. -
F the XXXI Olympiad Rio De Janeiro 2016
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARIES Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio de Janeiro 2016 MEN’S EVENT STARTING AUGUST 19 50 Kilometres Walk Games of the XXXI Olympiad • Biographical Entry list Men’s 50 Kilometres Walk 81 Entrants 81 Countries Starts: Friday, August 19th (8:00) Age (Days) Born SB PB 103 ERICKSON Chris AUS 34y 262d 1981 - 3:49:33 -14 2006 Commonwealth 50K bronze // 20K pb: 1:22:08 -15 (1:28:51 -16) . At WCP 20K: 2008-30, 2012-18. 50K: 2004-31, 2006-26, 2010-15. dq OLY 50K 2008; 8 COM 20K 2010; 16 WCH 50K 2013 (2007-24); 13 CH 50K 2015 (32 20K). 1 Australian 50K 2004 & 20K 2010. Father-Tim Erickson was third in the 1978 Commonwealth Games 30K walk. Coach-Brent Vallance. In 2016: 5 Melbourne Challenge 5000; 2 Melbourne 10K (May 28); 1 Melbourne 20K (Jun 26) 104 READING Brendon AUS 27y 206d 1989 - 3:55:03 -15 20K pb: 1:24:51 -11 (1:27:12 -16). 43 WCP junior 10K 2008; 16 WSG 20K 2011; 94 WTCh 20K 2016. 1 Australian 20K 2013. He likes to wear a new pair of socks for each race. Coach-Chris Erickson AUS (also competing in Rio 2016) In 2016: 14 Oceanian 20K; 6 Melbourne Challenge 5000; 94 WTCh 20K 105 TALLENT Jared AUS 31y 306d 1984 - 3:36:53 -11 * DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPION Following the Court of Arbitration for Sport judgements of March 2016, he is the rightful Olympic Champion and World Cup winner at 50K in 2012 (The original winner of those events, Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS, had all his results annulled dating back to August 2009) 20K pb: 1:19:15 -10 (1:21:50 -16). -
Alberto Juantorena Raphael De Oliviera, Claudinei Da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André Da Silva Michael Mcdonald, Greg
Men's All Comers Records Event Name Performance Wind Date Location Country 100m Maurice Green 9.82 ‐0.2 05.08.01 Edmonton, AB USA 200m Rasheed Dwyer 19.80 2.0 23.07.15 Toronto, ON JAM 400m Alberto Juantorena 44.26 29.07.76 Montreal, PQ CUB 800m Alberto Juantorena 1:43.50 25.07.76 Montreal, PQ CUB 1000m Steve Scott 2:19.23 04.06.91 Victoria, BC USA 1500m Hicham El Gerrouj 3:30.68 12.08.01 Edmonton, AB MAR 1 mile Mike Hillardt 3:52.34 17.07.84 Burnaby, BC AUS 2000m Nathan Brannen 4:59.56 09.07.13 Toronto, ON CAN 3000m Sydney Maree 7:44.36 08.06.88 Victoria, BC USA 5000m Richard Limo 13:00.77 10.08.01 Edmonton, AB KEN 10,000m Lasse Viren 27:40.76 26.07.76 Montreal, PQ FIN 20,000m Thomas Howard 1:01:10.0 16.04.74 Richmond, BC CAN 30,000m Guilllaume Leblanc 2:04:55.7 16.06.90 Sept‐Iles, PQ CAN 1 hour Thomas Howard 19,930m 03.04.75 Richmond, BC CAN 110mH Allen Johnson 13.04 ‐0.3 09.08.01 Edmonton, AB USA 400mH Félix Sánchez 47.49 10.08.01 Edmonton, AB DOM 3000m SC Anders Gärderud 8:08.02 28.07.76 Montreal, PQ SWE HJ Derek Drouin 2.37m 25.07.15 Toronto, ON CAN PV Dmitri Markov) 6.05m 09.08.01 Edmonton, AB AUS LJ Jeffrey Henderson 8.52m 1.8 22.07.15 Toronto, ON USA TJ Jonathan Edwards 17.92m 06.08.01 Edmonton, AB GBR SP Dylan Armstrong 22.21m 25.06.11 Calgary, AB CAN DT Lars Riedel 69.72m 08.08.01 Edmonton, AB GER HT Szymon Szíołkowski 83.38m 05.08.01 Edmonton, AB POL JT Jan Źelezny 92.80m 12.08.01) Edmonton, AB CZE Decathlon Tomáš Dvorák 8902 1.5, 0.9, ‐0.4 06‐07.08.01 Edmonton, AB CZE 10,000m Race Walk Evan Dunfee 39:21.30 11.06.16 Coquitlam, -
LIST 50 Kilometres Race Walk MEN OSANOTTAJALUETTELO 50 Km
10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki From Saturday 6 August to Sunday 14 August 2005 50 Kilometres Race Walk MEN 50 km kävely MIEHET ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHL START LIST OSANOTTAJALUETTELO ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ATHLETI 1 2 12 August 2005 11:35 BIB COMPETITOR NAT YEAR Personal Best 2005 Best 230 Jesús Angel GARCÍA ESP 69 3:39:54 3:48:19 484 Alex SCHWAZER ITA 84 3:49:42 3:49:42 154 Shucai XING CHN 84 3:37:58 3:37:58 77 Andrey STEPANCHUK BLR 79 3:51:40 3:51:40 144 Yucheng HAN CHN 78 3:36:20 3:36:20 294 Jani LEHTINEN FIN 74 3:53:36 877 Peter KORCOK SVK 74 3:51:09 3:51:30 889 Fredrik SVENSSON SWE 73 3:53:46 3:57:16 643 Horacio NAVA MEX 82 3:56:26 3:56:26 328 Denis LANGLOIS FRA 68 3:47:31 3:47:31 460 Diego CAFAGNA ITA 75 3:55:18 3:55:18 598 Modris LIEPINŠ LAT 66 3:47:48 4:06:26 701 Craig BARRETT NZL 71 3:48:05 3:58:39 466 Marco DE LUCA ITA 81 3:55:30 3:55:30 742 Grzegorz SUDOL POL 78 3:49:09 650 Omar ZEPEDA MEX 77 3:50:17 3:50:17 695 Trond NYMARK NOR 76 3:44:55 3:46:05 596 Aigars FADEJEVS LAT 75 3:43:18 311 Yohan DINIZ FRA 78 3:45:17 3:45:17 241 Mikel ODRIOZOLA ESP 73 3:41:47 3:41:47 842 Aleksandar RAKOVIC SCG 68 3:48:01 3:57:30 424 Luis Fernando GARCÍA GUA 74 3:53:31 -
Heel and Toe 2011/2012 Number 23
HEEL AND TOE ONLINE The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club 2011/2012 Number 23 6 March 2012 VRWC Preferred Supplier of Shoes, clothes and sporting accessories. Address: RUNNERS WORLD, 598 High Street, East Kew, Victoria (Melways 45 G4) Telephone: 03 9817 3503 Hours : Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm Saturday: 9:00am to 3:00pm Website: http://www.runnersworld.com.au/ TIM'S WALKER OF THE WEEK Last week's Walker of the Week was Claire Tallent who took all before her in winning the Women's 20km championship in Hobart in an Olympic A qualifying time of 1:32:58. This was the only A qualifier done on the day in the horrendous conditions and it was her third win in a row in this annual championship. This confirmed her Olympic spot and was a dominant display. This week, I am going to balance the equation and announce my walker of the week as Jared Tallent. Jared and Claire flew out on the Sunday morning after their heroics in Hobart and both contested 20km races a week later in what was a big weekend carnival of walking in Chihuahua in Mexico – and both were successful, earning silvers in their respective events. Jared fought it out with Eder Sanchez of Mexico, taking silver in 1:21:50 while Claire fought it out with Portuguese walker Ines Henriques, also taking silver in 1:33:21. You can read about both their performances later in the newsletter. Jared and Claire with their second prize cheques in Chihuahua, along with Satoshi Yanagisawa (photo from Satoshi) MORE WALKERS ADDED TO THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM With the Australian T&F Olympic Trials completed last weekend in Melbourne, Athletics Australia has now released the names of the next group of Olympic selections and the walkers are to the fore. -
Ohi.O Racewalker
OHI.O RACEWALKER VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 4 COLUMBUS, OHIO JUNE 1991 Drama at World Cup as Soviet women, Italian men prevail; Mexicans shine individually San Jose, Cat, June 1-2 (Your editor reports from the scene)-After two days of exciting competition, the 1991 World Cup of Racewalking ended dramatically when Andrei Perlov, on his way to a gold medal at SO Km and an apparent team title for the Soviets, was swept from the course by Chief Judge Gary Westerfield just 10 Meters from the finish. As a result, the brilliant 24-year-old Carlos Mercenario of Mexico, who won at 20 Km in New York 4 years ago, took the gold, becoming the first man to win World Cup titles at both distances. (This was the fifteenth for men and seventh for women.) The Italians, coming through strongly over the second half of the 50, as they normally do, captured their second team title, after taking a commanding, and surprising, lead in the 20 Km. The Italians last won in 1981; but were second in three of the intervening Cups and third in the fourth. The Soviet women won their third straight Cup in the 10 Km, and made it four of the last five. Here, they left little doubt, taking first, third, and fourth in the race. Winner Irina Strakhova had been second in New York 4 years ago and won the World Championships that year, but had done little since. The surprising runnerup was Mexico's Graciela Mendoza, who had the race of her life, moving through the field the second 5 Km.