1985 European Cup (athletics)

1985 European Cup
Dates	17–18 August ("A" Finals) 10–11 August ("B" & "C" Finals)
Host city	Moscow, Soviet Union
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	36
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The 1985 European Cup was the 10th edition of the European Cup of athletics. ^[1]

The "A" Finals were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. The first two teams qualified for the 1985 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Main article: 1985 European Cup "A" Final

Held on 17 and 18 August in Moscow, Soviet Union ^[2]

Teams standings

Men Pos. Nation Points 1   Soviet Union 125 2   East Germany 114 3   West Germany 92 4   Great Britain 90 5   Poland 85 6   Italy 72 7   Czechoslovakia 72 8   France 70

Women Pos. Nation Points 1   Soviet Union 118 2   East Germany 111 3   Great Britain 67 4 Bulgaria 65 5   Czechoslovakia 62 6   Poland 60 7   West Germany 57 8   Italy 35

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.6 m/s)	Marian Woronin   Poland	10.14	Vladimir Muravyov   Russia	10.22	Frank Emmelmann   East Germany	10.33
200 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Frank Emmelmann   East Germany	20.23 CR	Aleksandr Yevgenyev   Soviet Union	20.42	Ralf Lübke   West Germany	20.43
400 m	Thomas Schönlebe   East Germany	44.96 CR	Vladimir Krylov   Soviet Union	45.22	Derek Redmond   Great Britain	45.35
800 m	Tom McKean   Great Britain	1:49.11	Piotr Piekarski   Poland	1:49.73	Peter Braun   West Germany	1:49.79
1500 m	Steve Cram   Great Britain	3:43.71	Olaf Beyer   East Germany	3:44.96	Stefano Mei   Italy	3:45.14
5000 m	Alberto Cova   Italy	14:05.45	Thomas Wessinghage   West Germany	14:05.72	Steve Harris   Great Britain	14:06.25
10,000 m	Alberto Cova   Italy	28:51.46	Werner Schildhauer   East Germany	28:56.57	Christoph Herle   West Germany	29:02.92
3000 m steeplechase	Patriz Ilg   West Germany	8:16.14	Bogusław Mamiński   Poland	8:17.40	Joseph Mahmoud   France	8:17.85
110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.6 m/s)	Sergey Usov   Soviet Union	13.56	Daniele Fontecchio   Italy	13.66	Stéphane Caristan   France	13.67
400 m hurdles	Harald Schmid   West Germany	47.85 =CR	Aleksandr Vasilyev   Soviet Union	47.92	Mark Holtom   Great Britain	50.47
4 × 100 m	Soviet Union Andrey Shlyapnikov Aleksandr Semyonov Aleksandr Yevgenyev Vladimir Muravyov	38.28	East Germany Heiko Truppel Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann	38.53	Italy Antonio Ullo Carlo Simionato Domenico Gorla Stefano Tilli	38.88
4 × 400 m	West Germany Erwin Skamrahl Klaus Just Harald Schmid Ralf Lübke	3:00.36 CR	East Germany Guido Lieske Jens Carlowitz Mathias Schersing Thomas Schönlebe	3:00.48	Great Britain Alan Slack Kriss Akabusi Derek Redmond Todd Bennett	3:03.31
High jump	Ján Zvara   Czechoslovakia	2.29	Gerd Wessig   East Germany	2.29	Igor Paklin   Soviet Union	2.26
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka   Soviet Union	5.80 CR	Philippe Collet   France	5.70	Marian Kolasa   Poland	5.60
Long jump	Sergey Layevskiy   Soviet Union	8.19	Jan Leitner   Czechoslovakia	8.00	Uwe Lange   East Germany	7.96
Triple jump	John Herbert   Great Britain	17.39	Volker Mai   East Germany	17.26	Oleg Protsenko   Soviet Union	16.99
Shot put	Sergey Smirnov   Soviet Union	22.05 CR	Alessandro Andrei   Italy	20.26	Udo Beyer   East Germany	20.51
Discus throw	Imrich Bugár   Czechoslovakia	66.80	Georgiy Kolnootchenko   Soviet Union	65.60	Dariusz Juzyszyn   Poland	65.12
Hammer throw	Jüri Tamm   Soviet Union	82.90 CR	František Vrbka   Czechoslovakia	80.38	Matthias Moder   East Germany	77.88
Javelin throw	Uwe Hohn   East Germany	92.88 CR	Viktor Yevsyukov   Soviet Union	88.26	Zdeněk Adamec   Czechoslovakia	86.08
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.1 m/s)	Marlies Göhr   East Germany	10.95 CR	Marina Zhirova   Soviet Union	10.98	Anelia Nuneva   Bulgaria	11.14
200 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Marita Koch   East Germany	22.02 CR	Elvira Barbashina   Soviet Union	22.70	Ewa Kasprzyk   Poland	22.72
400 m	Olga Vladykina   Soviet Union	48.60 =CR	Kirsten Emmelmann   East Germany	50.20	Rositsa Stamenova   Bulgaria	51.75
800 m	Jarmila Kratochvílová   Czechoslovakia	1:55.91 CR	Nadiya Olizarenko   Soviet Union	1:56.63	Christine Wachtel   East Germany	1:56.71
1500 m	Ravilya Agletdinova   Soviet Union	3:58.40 CR	Christina Boxer   Great Britain	4:02.58	Hildegard Körner   East Germany	4:03.55
3000 m	Zola Budd   Great Britain	8:35.32 CR	Zamira Zaytseva   Soviet Union	8:35.74	Ulrike Bruns   East Germany	8:36.51
10,000 m	Olga Bondarenko   Soviet Union	31:47.38 CR	Ines Bibernell   East Germany	32:47.42	Angela Tooby   Great Britain	33:04.66
100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.6 m/s)	Ginka Zagorcheva   Bulgaria	12.77	Vera Akimova   Soviet Union	12.80	Cornelia Oschkenat   East Germany	12.83
400 m hurdles	Sabine Busch   East Germany	54.13 CR	Marina Stepanova   Soviet Union	54.73	Genowefa Błaszak   Poland	55.90
4 × 100 m	East Germany Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald-Lange Marlies Göhr	41.65 CR	Soviet Union Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Pomoshchnikova Marina Zhirova Elvira Barbashina	42.00	Poland Elżbieta Tomczak Iwona Pakuła Ewa Pisiewicz Ewa Kasprzyk	42.71
4 × 400 m	Soviet Union Olga Nazarova Nadiya Olizarenko Mariya Pinigina Olga Vladykina	3:18.58 CR	East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Petra Müller	3:20.10	Czechoslovakia Alena Bulirová Zuzana Moravčíková Milena Strnadová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:26.59
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova   Bulgaria	2.06 CR	Tamara Bykova   Soviet Union	2.02	Susanne Helm   East Germany	1.96
Long jump	Galina Chistyakova   Soviet Union	7.28 CR	Heike Drechsler   East Germany	7.23	Sabine Braun   West Germany	6.71
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya   Soviet Union	21.10	Helena Fibingerová   Czechoslovakia	19.86	Ines Müller   East Germany	19.76
Discus throw	Galina Savinkova   Soviet Union	70.24	Martina Opitz   East Germany	68.20	Tsvetanka Khristova   Bulgaria	62.92
Javelin throw	Petra Felke   East Germany	73.20 CR	Fatima Whitbread   Great Britain	71.90	Natalya Kolenchukova   Soviet Union	65.92
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

"B" Final

Both "B" finals held on 10 and 11 August in Budapest, Hungary ^[2]

Men Pos. Nation Points 1   Spain 116 2 Bulgaria 113 3   Hungary 106.5 4   Finland 82.5 5   Switzerland 82 6   Yugoslavia 81 7   Greece 81 8   Norway 57

Women Pos. Nation Points 1   France 102 2 Romania 101 3   Hungary 82 4   Finland 69 5   Netherlands 68 6   Sweden 61 7   Yugoslavia 57 8   Denmark 35

"C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 10 and 11 August ^[2]

Men

"C1" Final Held in Schwechat, Austria Pos. Nation Points 1   Austria 75 2   Portugal 72 3   Netherlands 68 4   Cyprus 48 5   Turkey 37

"C2" Final Held in Reykjavík, Iceland Pos. Nation Points 1   Sweden 79 2   Belgium 68 3   Denmark 54 4   Ireland 53 5   Iceland 45

Women

"C1" Final Held in Schwechat, Austria Pos. Nation Points 1   Switzerland 82 2   Spain 68 3   Austria 65 4   Portugal 52 5   Cyprus 36 6   Greece 32

"C2" Final Held in Reykjavík, Iceland Pos. Nation Points 1   Norway 49 2   Belgium 48 3   Ireland 32 4   Iceland 30

References

1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
2. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p468)

External links

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics