Organisers IAAF Date April 19–20 Nations participating 47 | Edition 18th Location Lázeňský park | |
Host city Poděbrady, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic | ||
The 1997 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 19 and 20 April 1997 in the streets of Poděbrady, Czech Republic. The course followed a loop around Lázeňský park.
Contents
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.
Complete results were published.
Men's 20 km
†: Daniel Plaza from Spain was initially 20th (1:20:40), but disqualified because of doping violations.
Team (20 km Men)
The list below as published in the source might not be corrected in respect to the doping disqualification.
Lugano Trophy (Combined Team Men)
The results list as published in the source contains some obvious errors that were tentatively corrected. Moreover, there are inconsistencies when summing up the points of the 20 km and 50 km team results and the results list as published in the source. It is speculated that the 20 km team results might not be corrected in respect to the doping disqualification.
Participation
The participation of 365 athletes (248 men/117 women) from 47 countries is reported.