1985 IAAF World Indoor Games

IAAF World Indoor Games
Dates	18–19 January
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy
Events	24
Participation	319 athletes from 69 nations
1987 Indianapolis →

The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships and gained official status. There were a total number of 319 participating athletes from 69 countries.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Ben Johnson Canada	6.62	Sam Graddy United States	6.63	Ronald Desruelles Belgium	6.68
200 metres	Aleksandr Yevgenyev Soviet Union	20.95	Ade Mafe Great Britain	20.96	João Batista da Silva Brazil	21.19
400 metres	Thomas Schönlebe East Germany	45.60	Todd Bennett Great Britain	45.97	Mark Rowe United States	46.31
800 metres	Colomán Trabado Spain	1:47.42	Benjamín González Spain	1:47.94	Ikem Billy Great Britain	1:48.28
1500 metres	Michael Hillardt Australia	3:40.27	José Luis González Spain	3:41.36	Joseph Chesire Kenya	3:41.38
3000 metres	João Campos Portugal	7:57.63	Don Clary United States	7:57.78	Ivan Uvizl Czechoslovakia	7:57.92
60 metres hurdles	Stéphane Caristan France	7.67	Javier Moracho Spain	7.69	Jon Ridgeon Great Britain	7.70
5000 metres walk	Gérard Lelièvre France	19:06.22	Maurizio Damilano Italy	19:11.41	Dave Smith Australia	19:16.04
High jump	Patrik Sjöberg Sweden	2.32	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.30	Othmane Belfaa Algeria	2.27 NR
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union	5.75	Thierry Vigneron France	5.70	Vasiliy Bubka Soviet Union	5.60
Long jump	Jan Leitner Czechoslovakia	7.96	Gyula Pálóczi Hungary	7.94	Giovanni Evangelisti Italy	7.88
Triple jump	Khristo Markov Bulgaria	17.22	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	17.15	Lázaro Balcindes Cuba	16.83
Shot put	Remigius Machura Czechoslovakia	21.22	Udo Beyer East Germany	21.10	Jānis Bojārs Soviet Union	19.94

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Silke Gladisch East Germany	7.20	Heather Oakes Great Britain	7.21	Christelle Bulteau France	7.34
200 metres	Marita Koch East Germany	23.09	Marie-Christine Cazier France	23.33	Kim Robertson New Zealand	23.69 (NR)
400 metres	Diane Dixon United States	53.35	Regine Berg Belgium	53.81	Charmaine Crooks Canada	54.08
800 metres	Cristieana Cojocaru Romania	2:04.22	Jane Finch Great Britain	2:04.71	Mariana Simeanu Romania	2:05.51
1500 metres	Elly van Hulst Netherlands	4:11.41	Fiţa Lovin Romania	4:11.42	Brit McRoberts Canada	4:11.83
3000 metres	Debbie Scott Canada	9:04.99	Agnese Possamai Italy	9:09.66	PattiSue Plumer United States	9:12.12
60 metres hurdles	Xénia Siska Hungary	8.03	Laurence Elloy France	8.08	Anne Piquereau France	8.10
3000 metres walk	Giuliana Salce Italy	12:53.42	Yan Hong China	13:06.66	Ann Peel Canada	13:06.97
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria	1.97	Susanne Lorentzon Sweden	1.94	Debbie Brill Canada	1.90
					Danuta Bułkowska Poland
					Silvia Costa Cuba
Long jump	Helga Radtke East Germany	6.88	Tatyana Rodionova Soviet Union	6.72	Nijolė Medvedeva Soviet Union	6.44
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union	20.07	Ines Müller East Germany	19.68	Nunu Abashidze Soviet Union	18.82

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	4	2	0	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	1	4	8
3	France (FRA)	2	3	2	7
4	Canada (CAN)	2	0	4	6
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	0	1	3
6	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	0	0	2
7	Spain (ESP)	1	3	0	4
8	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
9	Italy (ITA)	1	2	1	4
10	Romania (ROU)	1	1	1	3
11	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	0	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
13	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	2
14	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
16	Great Britain (GBR)	0	4	2	6
17	Cuba (CUB)	0	2	2	4
18	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
19	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
20	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		24	24	26	74

Participating nations

• Algeria (1)
• Argentina (2)
• Australia (6)
• Austria (2)
• Bahamas (2)
• Bahrain (2)
• Barbados (1)
• Belgium (7)
• Brazil (5)
• Bulgaria (6)
• Canada (10)
• Chile (2)
• China (9)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Colombia (2)
• Cuba (8)
• Czechoslovakia (10)
• Denmark (3)
• Dominican Republic (2)
• East Germany (6)
• Egypt (2)
• Finland (3)
• France (25)
• Great Britain (16)
• Greece (3)
• Hong Kong (2)
• Hungary (4)
• Iceland (2)
• India (2)
• Indonesia (2)
• Ireland (2)
• Israel (1)
• Italy (19)
• Ivory Coast (2)
• Jamaica (1)
• Japan (5)
• Jordan (1)
• Kenya (1)
• Kuwait (5)
• Lebanon (2)
• Morocco (5)
• Mexico (4)
• Netherlands (4)
• New Zealand (5)
• Norway (7)
• Palestine (1)
• Peru (2)
• Philippines (2)
• Poland (8)
• Portugal (2)
• Puerto Rico (2)
• Qatar (2)
• Romania (7)
• Senegal (3)
• South Korea (2)
• South Yemen (2)
• Soviet Union (16)
• Spain (9)
• Sudan (2)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (7)
• Syria (2)
• Tanzania (2)
• Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Turkey (1)
• Uganda (1)
• United States (22)
• West Germany (5)
• Yugoslavia (1)

See also

• 1985 in athletics (track and field)

References

• Results (archived)