The 1963 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Varese, Italy, on October 12âÂÂ13, 1963. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.
Complete results were published.
The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.
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.
Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, September 22
Fredrikstad, Norway, August 24/25
Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7/8
Challes-les-Eaux, France, September 14/15