1985 World Athletics Indoor Championships

Host City Paris
Country FRA
Held 18 – 19 January 1985
Competitors 74
Countries 24

World Indoor Games

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
60 m Men 18 January 1985 Medal 3 3
200 m Men 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
400 m Men 18 – 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 18 – 19 January 1985 Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men 18 – 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Men 18 – 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
60 m Hurdles Men 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
5,000 m Walk Men 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
High Jump Men 18 January 1985 Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men 19 January 1985 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men 18 January 1985 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
60 m Women 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
200 m Women 18 January 1985 Medal 3 3
400 m Women 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
800 m Women 19 January 1985 Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women 19 January 1985 Medal 3 3
60 m Hurdles Women 18 January 1985 Medal 3 2
3,000 m Walk Women 18 January 1985 Medal 3 3
High Jump Women 19 January 1985 Medal 5 5
Long Jump Women 19 January 1985 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women 18 January 1985 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 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

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
60 m, Men Ben Johnson CAN Sam Graddy USA Ronald Desruelles BEL
200 m, Men Aleksandr Yevgenyev URS Ade Mafe GBR João Batista da Silva BRA
400 m, Men Thomas Schönlebe GDR Todd Bennett GBR Mark Rowe USA
800 m, Men Colomán Trabado ESP Benjamín González ESP Ikem Billy GBR
1,500 m, Men Mike Hillardt AUS José Luis González ESP Joseph Chesire KEN
3,000 m, Men João Campos POR Don Clary USA Ivan Uvízl TCH
60 m Hurdles, Men Stéphane Caristan FRA Javier Moracho ESP Jon Ridgeon GBR
5,000 m Walk, Men Gérard Lelièvre FRA Maurizio Damilano ITA Dave Smith AUS
High Jump, Men Patrik Sjöberg SWE Javier Sotomayor CUB Othmane Belfaa ALG
Pole Vault, Men Sergey Bubka URS Thierry Vigneron FRA Vasyl Bubka URS
Long Jump, Men Jan Leitner TCH Gyula Pálóczi HUN Giovanni Evangelisti ITA
Triple Jump, Men Hristo Markov BUL Lázaro Betancourt CUB Lázaro Balcindes CUB
Shot Put, Men Remigius Machura TCH Udo Beyer GDR Jānis Bojārs URS
60 m, Women Silke Gladisch GDR Heather Oakes GBR Christelle Bulteau FRA
200 m, Women Marita Koch GDR Marie-Christine Cazier FRA Kim Robertson NZL
400 m, Women Diane Dixon USA Regina Berg BEL Charmaine Crooks CAN
800 m, Women Cristieana Cojocaru ROU Katrina Finch GBR Mariana Simeanu ROU
1,500 m, Women Elly van Hulst NED Fița Lovin ROU Brit McRoberts CAN
3,000 m, Women Debbie Scott-Bowker CAN Agnese Possamai ITA PattiSue Plumer USA
60 m Hurdles, Women Xénia Siska HUN Laurence Elloy-Machabey FRA Anne Piquereau FRA
3,000 m Walk, Women Giuliana Salce ITA Yan Hong CHN Ann Peel CAN
High Jump, Women Stefka Kostadinova BUL Susanne Lorentzon SWE Debbie Brill
Silvia Costa
Danuta Bułkowska 		CAN
CUB
POL
Long Jump, Women Helga Radtke GDR Tatyana Rodionova URS Nijolė Medvedeva URS
Shot Put, Women Nataliya Lisovskaya URS Ines Müller GDR Nunu Abashidze URS