1985 IAAF World Indoor Games

IAAF World Indoor Games
Dates	18–19 January
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy
Events	24
Participation	319 athletes from 69 nations
1987 Indianapolis →

The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships and gained official status. There were a total number of 319 participating athletes from 69 countries. ^[1]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details	Ben Johnson   Canada	6.62	Sam Graddy   United States	6.63	Ronald Desruelles   Belgium	6.68
200 metres details	Aleksandr Yevgenyev   Soviet Union	20.95	Ade Mafe   Great Britain	20.96	João Batista da Silva   Brazil	21.19
400 metres details	Thomas Schönlebe   East Germany	45.60	Todd Bennett   Great Britain	45.97	Mark Rowe   United States	46.31
800 metres details	Colomán Trabado   Spain	1:47.42	Benjamín González   Spain	1:47.94	Ikem Billy   Great Britain	1:48.28
1500 metres details	Michael Hillardt   Australia	3:40.27	José Luis González   Spain	3:41.36	Joseph Chesire   Kenya	3:41.38
3000 metres details	João Campos   Portugal	7:57.63	Don Clary   United States	7:57.78	Ivan Uvizl   Czechoslovakia	7:57.92
60 metres hurdles details	Stéphane Caristan   France	7.67	Javier Moracho   Spain	7.69	Jon Ridgeon   Great Britain	7.70
5000 metres walk details	Gérard Lelièvre   France	19:06.22	Maurizio Damilano   Italy	19:11.41	Dave Smith   Australia	19:16.04
High jump details	Patrik Sjöberg   Sweden	2.32	Javier Sotomayor   Cuba	2.30	Othmane Belfaa   Algeria	2.27 NR
Pole vault details	Sergey Bubka   Soviet Union	5.75	Thierry Vigneron   France	5.70	Vasiliy Bubka   Soviet Union	5.60
Long jump details	Jan Leitner   Czechoslovakia	7.96	Gyula Pálóczi   Hungary	7.94	Giovanni Evangelisti   Italy	7.88
Triple jump details	Khristo Markov Bulgaria	17.22	Lázaro Betancourt   Cuba	17.15	Lázaro Balcindes   Cuba	16.83
Shot put details	Remigius Machura   Czechoslovakia	21.22	Udo Beyer   East Germany	21.10	Jānis Bojārs   Soviet Union	19.94

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details	Silke Gladisch   East Germany	7.20	Heather Oakes   Great Britain	7.21	Christelle Bulteau   France	7.34
200 metres details	Marita Koch   East Germany	23.09	Marie-Christine Cazier   France	23.33	Kim Robertson   New Zealand	23.69 (NR)
400 metres details	Diane Dixon   United States	53.35	Regine Berg   Belgium	53.81	Charmaine Crooks   Canada	54.08
800 metres details	Cristieana Cojocaru   Romania	2:04.22	Jane Finch   Great Britain	2:04.71	Mariana Simeanu   Romania	2:05.51
1500 metres details	Elly van Hulst   Netherlands	4:11.41	Fiţa Lovin   Romania	4:11.42	Brit McRoberts   Canada	4:11.83
3000 metres details	Debbie Scott   Canada	9:04.99	Agnese Possamai   Italy	9:09.66	PattiSue Plumer   United States	9:12.12
60 metres hurdles details	Xénia Siska   Hungary	8.03	Laurence Elloy   France	8.08	Anne Piquereau   France	8.10
3000 metres walk details	Giuliana Salce   Italy	12:53.42	Yan Hong   China	13:06.66	Ann Peel   Canada	13:06.97
High jump details	Stefka Kostadinova   Bulgaria	1.97	Susanne Lorentzon   Sweden	1.94	Debbie Brill   Canada	1.90
					Danuta Bułkowska   Poland
					Silvia Costa   Cuba
Long jump details	Helga Radtke   East Germany	6.88	Tatyana Rodionova   Soviet Union	6.72	Nijolė Medvedeva   Soviet Union	6.44
Shot put details	Natalya Lisovskaya   Soviet Union	20.07	Ines Müller   East Germany	19.68	Nunu Abashidze   Soviet Union	18.82

Medals table

Rank	Nation	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
Totals (24 entries)		24	24	26	74

Participating nations

•   Algeria (1)
•   Argentina (2)
•   Australia (6)
•   Austria (2)
•   Bahamas (2)
•   Bahrain (2)
•   Barbados (1)
•   Belgium (7)
•   Brazil (5)
• Bulgaria (6)
•   Canada (10)
•   Chile (2)
•   China (9)
•   Chinese Taipei (2)
•   Colombia (2)
•   Cuba (8)
•   Czechoslovakia (10)
•   Denmark (3)
•   Dominican Republic (2)
•   East Germany (6)
•   Egypt (2)
•   Finland (3)
•   France (25)
•   Great Britain (16)
•   Greece (3)
• Hong Kong (2)
•   Hungary (4)
•   Iceland (2)
•   India (2)
•   Indonesia (2)
•   Ireland (2)
•   Israel (1)
•   Italy (19)
•   Ivory Coast (2)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Japan (5)
•   Jordan (1)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Kuwait (5)
•   Lebanon (2)
•   Morocco (5)
•   Mexico (4)
•   Netherlands (4)
•   New Zealand (5)
•   Norway (7)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Peru (2)
• Philippines (2)
•   Poland (8)
•   Portugal (2)
•   Puerto Rico (2)
•   Qatar (2)
• Romania (7)
•   Senegal (3)
•   South Korea (2)
• South Yemen (2)
•   Soviet Union (16)
•   Spain (9)
•   Sudan (2)
•   Sweden (4)
•   Switzerland (7)
•   Syria (2)
•   Tanzania (2)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (2)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Uganda (1)
•   United States (22)
•   West Germany (5)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

See also

• 1985 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. 1985: World Indoor Games ^{[ usurped ]}. Doha 2010. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.

• Results (archived)