1985 IAAF World Cup – Results

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These are the full results of the 1985 IAAF World Cup which was held on 4–6 October 1985 at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra, Australia.

Contents

Results

100 m

Men

4 October
Wind: -0.4 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Ben Johnson (CAN) Americas10.008
2 Chidi Imoh (NGR) Africa10.117
3 Frank Emmelmann East Germany10.176
4 Kirk Baptiste United States10.175
5 Gerrard Keating (AUS) Oceania10.224
6 Nikolay Yushmanov Soviet Union10.263
7 Marian Woronin (POL) Europe10.452
8 Zheng Cheng (CHN) Asia10.481
 

Women

5 October
Wind: -0.6 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Marlies Göhr East Germany11.108
2 Grace Jackson (JAM) Americas11.306.5
2 Marina Zhirova Soviet Union11.306.5
4 Anelia Nuneva (BUL) Europe11.505
5 Rufina Ubah (NGR) Africa11.554
6 Jenny Flaherty (AUS) Oceania11.793
7 Kathrene Wallace United States11.862
8 Lee Young-sook (KOR) Asia11.921

200 m

Men

6 October
Wind: +0.5 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Robson da Silva (BRA) Americas20.448
2 Frank Emmelmann East Germany20.447
3 Darren Clark (AUS) Australia20.786
4 Jang Jae-keun (KOR) Asia20.905
5 Carlo Simionato (ITA) Europe21.094
6 Vladimir Muravyev Soviet Union21.133
7 Simon Kipkemboi (KEN) Africa21.502
Kirk Baptiste United StatesDQ0 [1]
 

Women

4 October
Wind: -0.7 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Marita Koch East Germany21.908
2 Grace Jackson (JAM) Americas22.617
3 Marina Zhirova Soviet Union22.666
4 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) Europe23.055
5 Pam Marshall United States23.154
6 Maree Chapman (AUS) Oceania23.713
7 Rufina Ubah (NGR) Africa24.022
8 Vandana Rao (IND) Asia24.381

400 m

Men

5 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Michael Franks United States44.478
2 Thomas Schönlebe East Germany44.727
3 Innocent Egbunike (NGR) Africa44.996
4 Darren Clark (AUS) Oceania45.125
5 Vladimir Krylov Soviet Union45.734
6 Hector Daley (PAN) Americas46.043
7 Aldo Canti (FRA) Europe46.212
8 Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA) Asia47.181
 

Women

4 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Marita Koch East Germany47.608 WR
2 Olga Vladykina Soviet Union48.277
3 Lillie Leatherwood United States50.436
4 Ana Quirot (CUB) Americas50.865
5 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) Europe50.954
6 Debbie Flintoff (AUS) Oceania51.573
7 Pilavullakandi Usha (IND) Asia51.612
8 Kehinde Vaughan (NGR) Africa53.161

800 m

Men

4 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Sammy Koskei (KEN) Africa1:45.148
2 Viktor Kalinkin Soviet Union1:45.727
3 Agberto Guimarães (BRA) Americas1:45.806
4 Detlef Wagenknecht East Germany1:45.835
5 Rob Druppers (NED) Europe1:46.274
6 John Marshall United States1:47.463
7 Peter Pearless (NZL) Oceania1:54.152
Batumalai Rajakumar (MAS) AsiaDNF0
 

Women

5 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Christine Wachtel East Germany2:01.578
2 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) Europe2:01.997
3 Nadiya Olizarenko Soviet Union2:02.176
4 Ana Quirot (CUB) Americas2:03.575
5 Joetta Clark United States2:03.814
6 Salina Chirchir (KEN) Africa2:04.163
7 Wendy Old (AUS) Oceania2:05.362
8 Shiny Abraham (IND) Asia2:06.391

1500 m

Men

5 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Omer Khalifa (SUD) Africa3:41.168
2 Olaf Beyer East Germany3:41.267
3 Igor Lotaryov Soviet Union3:41.926
4 José Manuel Abascal (ESP) Europe3:42.165
5 Mike Hillardt (AUS) Oceania3:42.654
6 Craig Masback United States3:46.543
7 David Campbell (CAN) Americas3:47.932
8 Bagicha Singh (IND) Asia3:54.881
 

Women

4 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Hildegard Körner East Germany4:10.868
2 Ravilya Agletdinova Soviet Union4:11.217
3 Doina Melinte (ROM) Europe4:19.666
4 Yang Liuxia (CHN) Asia4:20.735
5 Ulla Marquette (CAN) Americas4:21.254
6 Mary Chemweno (KEN) Africa4:24.973
7 Anne McKenzie (NZL) Oceania4:27.332

5000/3000 m

Men

6 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Doug Padilla United States14:04.118
2 Stefano Mei (ITA) Europe14:05.997
3 Wodajo Bulti (ETH) Africa14:07.176
4 Frank Heine East Germany14:07.605
5 Aleksandr Khudyakov Soviet Union14:10.354
6 Dean Crowe (NZL) Oceania14:11.323
7 Mauricio González (MEX) Americas14:11.782
8 Kozu Akutsu (JPN) Asia14:12.721
 

Women

6 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Ulrike Bruns East Germany9:14.658
2 Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union9:15.657
3 Cindy Bremser United States9:21.156
4 Sharon Dalton (AUS) Oceania9:27.345
5 Li Xiuxia (CHN) Asia9:31.804
6 Hellen Kimaiyo (KEN) Africa9:33.413
7 Geri Fitch (CAN) Americas9:46.682
8 Monika Schäfer (FRG) Europe10:03.471

10,000 m

Men

4 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Wodajo Bulti (ETH) Africa29:22.968
2 Pat Porter United States29:23.027
3 Werner Schildhauer East Germany29:25.636
4 Martín Pitayo (MEX) Americas29:35.855
5 Vincent Rousseau (BEL) Europe29:53.234
6 Rex Wilson (NZL) Oceania30:06.233
7 Gennadiy Temnikov Soviet Union30:09.942
8 Zhang Guowei (CHN) Asia30:26.581
 

Women

5 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Aurora Cunha (POR) Europe32:07.508
2 Mary Knisely United States32:19.937
3 Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union32:27.706
4 Ines Bibernell East Germany32:45.585
5 Hassania Darami (MAR) Africa33:46.694
6 Mónica Regonesi (CHI) Americas34:04.423
Yuko Gordon (HKG) AsiaDNF0
Lisa Martin (AUS) OceaniaDNF0

110/100 m hurdles

Men

6 October
Wind: +3.1 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Tonie Campbell United States13.358
2 Sergey Usov Soviet Union13.627
3 Jörg Naumann East Germany13.766
4 Don Wright (AUS) Oceania13.795
5 Yu Zhicheng (CHN) Asia13.833.5
5 György Bakos (HUN) Europe13.833.5
7 René Djédjémel (CIV) Africa14.202
8 Jesús Aguilasocho (MEX) Americas14.641
 

Women

5 October
Wind: -1.8 m/s

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany12.728
2 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) Europe12.727
3 Svetlana Gusarova Soviet Union13.016
4 Liu Huajin (HUN) Asia13.205
5 Glynis Nunn (AUS) Oceania13.254
6 Maria Usifo (NGR) Africa13.343
7 Pam Page United States13.492
8 Cecilia Branch (CAN) Americas13.751

400 m hurdles

Men

4 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Andre Phillips United States48.428
2 Aleksandr Vasilyev Soviet Union48.617
3 Harald Schmid (FRG) Europe48.836
4 Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) Africa48.985
5 Hans-Jürgen Ende East Germany50.224
6 Ahmed Hamada (BHR) Asia50.633
7 Pedro Chiamulera (BRA) Americas51.442
8 Wayne Paul (NZL) Oceania52.151
 

Women

4 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Sabine Busch East Germany54.448
2 Judi Brown King United States55.107
3 Debbie Flintoff (AUS) Oceania55.346
4 Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) Africa56.055
5 P.T. Usha (IND) Asia56.354
6 Margarita Khromova Soviet Union56.903
7 Genowefa Błaszak (POL) Europe57.502
8 Gwen Wall (CAN) Americas58.131

3000 m steeplechase

Men

5 October

RankAthleteTeamTimePointsNotes
1 Julius Kariuki (KEN) Africa8:39.518
2 Henry Marsh United States8:39.557
3 Graeme Fell (CAN) Americas8:40.306
4 Ivan Konovalov Soviet Union8:41.465
5 Hagen Melzer East Germany8:42.924
6 Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) Europe8:50.863
7 Peter Renner (NZL) Oceania8:54.962
8 Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN) Asia8:55.351

4 × 100 m relay

Men

5 October

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1United States Harvey Glance, Kirk Baptiste, Calvin Smith, Dwayne Evans 38.108
2Americas Desai Williams (CAN), Robson da Silva (BRA), Leandro Peñalver (CUB), Ben Johnson (CAN)38.317
3Soviet Union Nikolay Yushmanov, Aleksandr Semyonov, Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Vladimir Muravyov 38.356
4East Germany Heiko Truppel, Steffen Bringmann, Torsten Heimrath, Frank Emmelmann 38.395
5Europe Antonio Ullo (ITA), Stefano Tilli (ITA), Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA), Carlo Simionato (ITA) 38.764
6Oceania Rob Stone (AUS), Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS), Clayton Kearney (AUS), Gerrard Keating (AUS)39.353
7Africa Victor Edet (NGR), Ikpoto Eseme (NGR), Iziaq Adeyanju (NGR), Chidi Imoh (NGR) 39.552
8Asia Li Feng (CHN), Cai Jianming (CHN), Yu Zhuanghui (CHN), Zheng Cheng (CHN)39.741
 

Women

6 October

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr 41.378 WR
2Soviet Union Antonina Nastoburko, Natalya Bochina, Marina Zhirova, Elvira Barbashina 42.547
3Europe Iwona Pakuła (POL), Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL), Ewa Pisiewicz (POL), Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)43.386
4Americas Angela Phipps (CAN), Grace Jackson (JAM), Esmie Lawrence (CAN), Molly Killingbeck (CAN) 43.395
5United States Pam Page, Susan Shurr, Ella Smith, Pam Marshall 44.034
6Africa Grace Armah (GHA), Doris Wiredu (GHA), Cynthia Quartey (GHA), Martha Appiah (GHA) 44.763
7Asia Zhang Jianmei (CHN), Pan Weixin (CHN), Tian Yumei (CHN), Liu Huajin (CHN) 45.162
Oceania Kerry Johnson (AUS), Maree Chapman (AUS), Jenny Flaherty (AUS), Andrea Wade (NZL)DQ0

4 × 400 m relay

Men

6 October

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1United States Walter McCoy, Andre Phillips, Ray Armstead, Mike Franks 3:00.718
2East Germany Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing, Guido Lieske, Thomas Schönlebe 3:00.827
3Oceania Bruce Frayne (AUS), Gary Minihan (AUS), Alan Ozolins (AUS), Darren Clark (AUS) 3:01.356
4Europe Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA), Klaus Just (FRG), Jörg Vaihinger (FRG), Ángel Heras (ESP)3:01.465
5Soviet Union Aleksandr Troshchilo, Aleksandr Vasilyev, Vladimir Prosin, Vladimir Krylov 3:03.174
6Americas Leandro Peñalver (CUB), Ian Morris (TRI), Héctor Daley (PAN), Roberto Hernández (CUB) 3:03.523
7Asia Takeo Suzuki (JPN), Abdul Yussouf (IRQ), Hiromi Kawasumi (JPN), Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA) 3:10.202
Africa Sunday Uti (NGR), David Kitur (KEN), Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV), Innocent Egbunike (NGR) DQ0 [2]
 

Women

4 October

RankTeamAthletesTimePointsNotes
1East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Neubauer, Marita Koch 3:19.498
2Soviet Union Tatyana Alekseyeva, Irina Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Vladykina 3:20.607
3Europe Rositsa Stamenova (BUL), Erica Rossi (ITA), Alena Bulirová (TCH), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 3:28.476
4Americas Norfalia Carabalí (COL), Jocelyn Joseph (ATG), Molly Killingbeck (CAN), Ana Quirot (CUB) 3:29.345
5United States Susan Shurr, Judi Brown King, Roberta Belle, Lillie Leatherwood 3:30.994
6Oceania Sharon Stewart (AUS), Andrea Wade (NZL), Maree Chapman (AUS), Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)3:35.933
7Africa Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR), Airat Bakare (NGR), Kehinde Vaughan (NGR), Doris Wiredu (GHA) 3:36.862
8Asia Vandana Rao (IND), Emma Tahapary (IND), Shiny Abraham (IND), P.T. Usha (IND) 3:37.591

High jump

Men

6 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Europe2.318
2 James Howard United States2.287
3 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Americas2.286
4 Igor Paklin Soviet Union2.255
5 Andreas Sam East Germany2.204
6 Shuji Ujino (JPN) Asia2.153
7 Moussa Sagna Fall (SEN) Senegal2.102
8 John Atkinson (AUS) Oceania2.101
 

Women

4 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Europe2.008
2 Tamara Bykova Soviet Union1.977
3 Susanne Helm East Germany1.976
4 Silvia Costa (CUB) Americas1.975
5 Christine Stanton (AUS) Oceania1.884
6 Yang Wenqin (CHN) Asia1.853
7 Coleen Sommer United States1.802
8 Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (SEN) Africa1.701

Pole vault

Men

5 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Sergey Bubka Soviet Union5.858
2 Philippe Collet (FRA) Europe5.607
3 Tim Bright United States5.406
4 Ji Zebiao (CHN) Asia5.205
5 Christoph Pietz East Germany5.204
6 Neil Honey (AUS) Oceania4.703
7 Choukri Abahnini (TUN) Africa4.502
Rubén Camino (CUB) AmericasNM0

Long jump

Men

5 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Mike Conley United States8.208
2 Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union8.097
3 László Szalma (HUN) Europe8.096
4 Gary Honey (AUS) Oceania7.985
5 Liu Yuhuang (CHN) Asia7.984
6 Ubaldo Duany (CUB) Americas7.873
7 Uwe Lange East Germany7.762
8 Paul Emordi (NGR) Africa7.631
 

Women

6 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Heike Drechsler East Germany7.278
2 Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union7.007
3 Carol Lewis United States6.886
4 Robyn Lorraway (AUS) Oceania6.805
5 Sabine Braun (FRG) Europe6.624
6 Shonel Ferguson (BAH) Americas6.53w3
7 Huang Donghuo (CHN) Asia6.292
8 Marianne Mendoza (SEN) Africa5.401

Triple jump

Men

4 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Willie Banks United States17.588
2 Oleg Protsenko Soviet Union17.477
3 Khristo Markov (BUL) Europe17.136
4 Volker Mai East Germany17.075
5 Paul Emordi (NGR) Africa16.894
6 Lázaro Balcindes (CUB) Americas16.74w3
7 Tian Hongxin (CHN) Asia16.492
8 Peter Beames (AUS) Oceania16.121

Shot put

Men

5 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Ulf Timmermann East Germany22.008
2 Sergey Smirnov Soviet Union21.727
3 Alessandro Andrei (ITA) Europe21.146
4 Dave Laut United States20.515
5 Gert Weil (CHI) Americas19.504
6 Mohammed Achouche (EGY) Africa18.413
7 Balwinder Singh (IND) Asia17.112
8 Wayne Barber (AUS) Oceania16.151
 

Women

4 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union20.698
2 Heike Hartwig East Germany19.987
3 Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe19.176
4 Gael Martin (AUS) Oceania18.045
5 Cong Yuzhen (CHN) Asia17.834
6 Ramona Pagel United States17.313
7 Rosa Fernández (CUB) Americas16.652
8 Souad Maloussi (MAR) Africa15.801

Discus throw

Men

4 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Georgiy Kolnootchenko Soviet Union69.088CR
2 Jürgen Schult East Germany68.307
3 Luis Delís (CUB) Americas67.606
4 Imrich Bugár (TCH) Europe62.965
5 John Powell United States62.824
6 Paul Nandapi (AUS) Oceania58.843
7 Ahmed Kamel Shata (EGY) Africa35.742
Li Weinan (CHN) AsiaDNS0
 

Women

6 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Martina Opitz East Germany69.788
2 Galina Savinkova Soviet Union67.307
3 Maritza Martén (CUB) Americas66.546
4 Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) Europe61.905
5 Li Xiaohui (CHN) Asia57.744
6 Carol Cady United States56.523
7 Sue Reinwald (AUS) Oceania53.922
8 Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) Africa49.681

Hammer throw

Men

5 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Jüri Tamm Soviet Union82.128
2 Günther Rodehau East Germany78.447
3 Jud Logan United States76.686
4 František Vrbka (TCH) Europe71.625
5 Hakim Toumi (ALG) Africa69.844
6 Hans-Martin Lotz (AUS) Oceania67.303
7 Francisco Soria (CUB) Americas62.382
8 Raghubir Singh Bal (IND) Asia60.921

Javelin throw

Men

6 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Uwe Hohn East Germany96.968
2 Heino Puuste Soviet Union87.407
3 Tom Petranoff United States87.346
4 David Ottley (GBR) Europe87.005
5 John Stapylton-Smith (NZL) Oceania76.944
6 Michael Mahovlich (CAN) Americas76.143
7 Pubu Ciren (CHN) Asia75.462
8 Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG) Africa72.721
 

Women

4 October

RankAthleteTeamResultPointsNotes
1 Olga Gavrilova Soviet Union66.808
2 Petra Felke East Germany66.227
3 Fatima Whitbread (GBR) Europe65.126
4 Sue Howland (AUS) Oceania63.585
5 Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) Africa57.864
6 Zhu Hongyang (CHN) Asia55.903
7 María Caridad Colón (CUB) Americas54.002
8 Cathy Sulinski United States53.781

References

  1. Note: Kirk Baptiste had originally won the race from lane one in the time of 20.38, but was later disqualified for taking a couple of steps outside his lane at the beginning of the straight.
  2. The African team was disqualified as their anchor leg runner dropped the baton in the last metres of the race while fighting with the US team for the first place
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