Competitors for 1985 World Weightlifting Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoltán Balázsfi |  HUN |
WLT | 7 July 1962 |
| Miloš Čiernik |  TCH |
WLT | 19 January 1963 |
| Veselin Galabarov |  BUL |
WLT | 11 June 1963 |
| Tadeusz Golik |  POL |
WLT | 31 August 1952 |
| Jouni Grönman |  FIN |
WLT | 17 May 1962 |
| Aleksandr Gunyashev |  URS |
WLT | 22 December 1959 |
| He Yingqiang |  CHN |
WLT | 25 May 1965 |
| Anatoly Khrapaty |  KAZ URS |
WLT | 20 October 1963 |
| László Király | HUN |
WLT | 17 October 1960 |
| Antonio Krastev | BUL |
WLT | 10 October 1961 |
| Piotr Krukowski | POL |
WLT | 2 April 1948 |
| Pavel Kuznetsov | URS |
WLT | 10 July 1961 |
| Andreas Letz |  GDR |
WLT | 5 June 1962 |
| Lyu Jun-Sik |  PRK |
WLT | 1966 |
| Sevdalin Marinov |  AUS BUL |
WLT | 11 June 1968 |
| Oksen Mirzoyan | URS |
WLT | 11 June 1961 |
| Manfred Nerlinger |  GER |
WLT | 27 September 1960 |
| Norberto Oberburger |  ITA |
WLT | 1 December 1960 |
| Mincho Pashov | BUL |
WLT | 7 November 1961 |
| Mikhail Petrov | BUL |
WLT | 6 January 1965 |
| Bernard Piekorz | POL |
WLT | 5 January 1964 |
| Senno Salzwedel | GDR |
WLT | 24 August 1959 |
| Yurik Sarkisyan |  ARM AUS URS |
WLT | 14 August 1961 |
| Andrei Socaci |  ROU |
WLT | 19 June 1966 |
| Viktor Solodov | URS |
WLT | 15 June 1962 |
| Naim Süleymanoğlu | BUL TUR |
WLT | 23 January 1967 |
| Andor Szanyi | HUN |
WLT | 1 August 1964 |
| Leonid Taranenko |  BLR URS |
WLT | 13 June 1956 |
| Neno Terziyski | BUL |
WLT | 23 March 1964 |
| Aleksandar Varbanov | BUL |
WLT | 9 May 1964 |
| Yuri Vardanyan | URS |
WLT | 13 June 1956 |
| Nicu Vlad | AUS ROU |
WLT | 1 November 1963 |
| Wang Huanbing | CHN |
WLT | 1956 |
| René Wyßuwa | GDR |
WLT | 23 August 1959 |
| Yao Jingyuan | CHN |
WLT | 14 June 1958 |
| Yury Zakharevich | URS |
WLT | 18 January 1963 |
| Zeng Guoqiang | CHN |
WLT | 18 March 1965 |
| Asen Zlatev | BUL |
WLT | 23 May 1960 |