1985 World Canoe Sprint Championships

Host City Mechelen
Country BEL
Held 15 – 18 August 1985
Competitors 85
Countries 18

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
C-1 500 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-2 500 m Men — Medal 6 3
C-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 3
C-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-1 500 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-2 500 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-4 500 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-4 1000 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-4 10000 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-1 500 m Women — Medal 3 3
K-2 500 m Women — Medal 6 3
K-4 500 m Women — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 7 2 2 11
2 Hungary HUN 3 3 2 8
3 Sweden SWE 2 1 3 6
4 Soviet Union URS 1 7 1 9
5 Yugoslavia YUG 1 1 0 2
6 France FRA 1 0 1 2
= New Zealand NZL 1 0 1 2
8 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
= United States USA 1 0 0 1
10 Germany GER 0 2 0 2
11 Poland POL 0 1 1 2
12 Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
13 Romania ROU 0 0 2 2
14 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
= Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
C-1 500 m, Men Olaf Heukrodt GDR Anatoly Volkov URS Aurel Macarencu ROU
C-1 1000 m, Men Ivans Klementjevs URS Ulli Eicke GER Aurel Macarencu ROU
C-1 10000 m, Men Jiří Vrdlovec TCH Takhir Kamaletdinov URS Attila Lipták HUN
C-2 500 m, Men János Sarusi Kis / István Vaskuti HUN Marek Łbik / Marek Dopierała POL Ulrich Papke / Uwe Madeja GDR
C-2 1000 m, Men Olaf Heukrodt / Alexander Schuck GDR Matija Ljubek / Mirko Nišović YUG Marek Łbik / Marek Dopierała POL
C-2 10000 m, Men Matija Ljubek / Mirko Nišović YUG Andrew Train / Steve Train GBR Matei Kapalkov / Tosho Kapalkov BUL
K-1 500 m, Men Andreas Stähle GDR Oliver Seack GER Bernard Brégeon FRA
K-1 1000 m, Men Ferenc Csipes HUN Heiko Zinke GDR Karl Sundqvist SWE
K-1 10000 m, Men Greg Barton USA László Nieberl HUN Grant Bramwell NZL
K-2 500 m, Men Ian Ferguson / Paul MacDonald NZL Guido Behling / Hans-Jörg Bliesener GDR Viktor Pusev / Sergey Superata URS
K-2 1000 m, Men Pascal Boucherit / Philippe Boccara FRA Viktor Pusev / Sergey Superata URS Don Brien / Colin Shaw CAN
K-2 10000 m, Men Mikael Berger / Conny Edholm SWE István Szabó / István Tóth HUN Francesco Uberti / Daniele Scarpa ITA
K-4 500 m, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Sweden SWE
K-4 1000 m, Men Sweden SWE Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR
K-4 10000 m, Men Hungary HUN Sweden SWE Denmark DEN
K-1 500 m, Women Birgit Fischer GDR Nelli Yefremova URS Agneta Andersson SWE
K-2 500 m, Women Birgit Fischer / Carsta Kühn GDR Éva Rakusz / Rita Kőbán HUN Annemiek Derckx / Annemarie Cox NED
K-4 500 m, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN