Competitors for 1985 World Athletics Indoor Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nunu Abashidze |  URS |
ATH | 15 May 1955 |
| Lázaro Balcindes |  CUB |
ATH | 8 February 1963 |
| Othmane Belfaa |  ALG |
ATH | 18 October 1961 |
| Todd Bennett |  ENG GBR |
ATH | 6 July 1962 |
| Regina Berg |  BEL |
ATH | 5 October 1958 |
| Lázaro Betancourt | CUB |
ATH | 18 March 1963 |
| Udo Beyer |  GDR |
ATH | 9 August 1955 |
| Ikem Billy | GBR |
ATH | 25 January 1964 |
| Jānis Bojārs | URS |
ATH | 12 May 1956 |
| Debbie Brill |  CAN |
ATH | 10 March 1953 |
| Sergey Bubka | URS UKR |
ATH | 4 December 1963 |
| Vasyl Bubka | URS |
ATH | 26 November 1960 |
| Christelle Bulteau |  FRA |
ATH | 23 July 1963 |
| Danuta Bułkowska |  POL |
ATH | 31 January 1959 |
| João Campos |  POR |
ATH | 22 September 1958 |
| Stéphane Caristan | FRA |
ATH | 31 May 1964 |
| Marie-Christine Cazier-Balo | FRA |
ATH | 23 August 1963 |
| Joseph Chesire |  KEN |
ATH | 12 November 1957 |
| Don Clary |  USA |
ATH | 29 July 1957 |
| Cristieana Cojocaru |  ROU |
ATH | 2 January 1962 |
| Katrina Colebrook-Finch | ENG GBR |
ATH | 8 November 1957 |
| Silvia Costa | CUB |
ATH | 4 May 1964 |
| Charmaine Crooks | CAN |
ATH | 8 August 1962 |
| Maurizio Damilano |  ITA |
ATH | 6 April 1957 |
| Ronald Desruelles | BEL |
ATH | 14 February 1955 |
| Diane Dixon | USA |
ATH | 23 September 1964 |
| Laurence Elloy-Machabey | FRA |
ATH | 3 December 1959 |
| Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA |
ATH | 11 September 1961 |
| Benjamín González |  ESP |
ATH | 12 April 1958 |
| José Luis González | ESP |
ATH | 8 December 1957 |
| Sam Graddy | USA |
ATH | 10 February 1964 |
| Mike Hillardt |  AUS |
ATH | 22 January 1961 |
| Elly van Hulst |  NED |
ATH | 9 June 1959 |
| Heather Hunte-Oakes | ENG GBR |
ATH | 14 August 1959 |
| Ben Johnson | CAN |
ATH | 30 December 1961 |
| Marita Koch | GDR |
ATH | 18 February 1957 |
| Stefka Kostadinova |  BUL |
ATH | 25 March 1965 |
| Jan Leitner |  TCH |
ATH | 14 September 1953 |
| Gérard Lelièvre | FRA |
ATH | 13 November 1949 |
| Nataliya Lisovskaya |  CIS URS |
ATH | 16 July 1962 |
| Susanne Lorentzon |  SWE |
ATH | 11 June 1961 |
| Fița Lovin | ROU |
ATH | 14 January 1951 |
| Remigius Machura | TCH |
ATH | 3 July 1960 |
| Ade Mafe | ENG GBR |
ATH | 12 November 1966 |
| Hristo Markov | BUL |
ATH | 27 January 1965 |
| Brit McRoberts | CAN |
ATH | 10 February 1957 |
| Nijolė Medvedeva | URS |
ATH | 21 October 1960 |
| Silke Möller | GDR |
ATH | 20 June 1964 |
| Javier Moracho | ESP |
ATH | 18 August 1957 |
| Gyula Pálóczi |  HUN |
ATH | 13 September 1962 |
| Ann Peel | CAN |
ATH | 27 February 1961 |
| Anne Piquereau | FRA |
ATH | 15 June 1964 |
| PattiSue Plumer | USA |
ATH | 27 April 1962 |
| Agnese Possamai | ITA |
ATH | 17 January 1953 |
| Helga Radtke | GDR GER |
ATH | 16 May 1962 |
| Ines Reichenbach-Müller | GDR |
ATH | 2 January 1959 |
| Jon Ridgeon | GBR |
ATH | 14 February 1967 |
| Kim Robertson |  NZL |
ATH | 10 March 1957 |
| Tatyana Rodionova | URS |
ATH | 13 January 1956 |
| Mark Rowe | USA |
ATH | 28 July 1960 |
| Giuliana Salce | ITA |
ATH | 16 June 1955 |
| Thomas Schönlebe | GDR GER |
ATH | 6 August 1965 |
| Debbie Scott-Bowker | CAN |
ATH | 16 December 1958 |
| João Batista da Silva |  BRA |
ATH | 22 August 1963 |
| Mariana Simeanu | ROU |
ATH | 15 August 1964 |
| Xénia Siska | HUN |
ATH | 3 November 1957 |
| Patrik Sjöberg | SWE |
ATH | 5 January 1965 |
| Dave Smith | AUS |
ATH | 24 July 1955 |
| Javier Sotomayor | CUB |
ATH | 13 October 1967 |
| Colomán Trabado | ESP |
ATH | 2 January 1958 |
| Ivan Uvízl | TCH |
ATH | 16 August 1958 |
| Thierry Vigneron | FRA |
ATH | 9 March 1960 |
| Yan Hong |  CHN |
ATH | 23 October 1966 |
| Aleksandr Yevgenyev | URS |
ATH | 20 July 1961 |