1985 in the sport of athletics

This page contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics.

International Events

World records

Men
EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
1,500 metres  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:29.67 16 July Nice, France
 Said Aouita (MAR) 3:29.46 23 August Berlin, West Germany
Mile  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:46.32 27 July Oslo, Norway
2,000 metres  Steve Cram (GBR) 4:51.39 4 August Budapest, Hungary
5,000 metres  Said Aouita (MAR) 13:00.40 27 July Oslo, Norway
High Jump  Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) 2.40m 11 August Donetsk, Soviet Union
 Igor Paklin (URS) 2.41m 4 September Kobe, Japan
Pole Vault  Sergey Bubka (URS) 6.00m 13 July Paris, France
Triple Jump  Willie Banks (USA) 17.97m 16 June Indianapolis, USA
Shot Put  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.62m 22 September Berlin, Germany
Half Marathon  Steve Jones (GBR) 1:01:14 11 August Birmingham, UK
 Mark Curp (USA) 1:00:55 15 September Philadelphia, United States
Marathon  Carlos Lopes (POR) 2:07:12 20 April Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women
EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
400 metres  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 6 October Canberra, Australia
Mile  Mary Slaney (USA) 4:16.71 21 August Zurich
5,000 metres  Zola Budd (GBR) 14:48.07 26 August London, Great Britain
10,000 metres  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:59.42 27 July Oslo, Norway
400m Hurdles  Sabine Busch (GDR) 53.55 22 September East Berlin, East Germany
4 × 100 m Relay  East Germany (GDR)
• Silke Möller
• Sabine Günther
• Ingrid Auerswald
• Marlies Göhr		 41.37 6 October Canberra, Australia
Long Jump  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.44 22 September East Berlin, East Germany
Javelin Throw  Petra Felke (GDR) 75.26 4 June Schwerin, East Germany
 Petra Felke (GDR) 75.40 4 June Schwerin, East Germany

Men's Best Year Performers

100 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 9.98
2.  Ben Johnson (CAN) 10.00
3.  Harvey Glance (USA) 10.05
4.  Frank Emmelmann (GDR) 10.06
5.  Terry Scott (USA) 10.08

200 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Lorenzo Daniel (USA) 20.07
2.  Kirk Baptiste (USA) 20.11
3.  Roy Martin (USA) 20.13
4.  Calvin Smith (USA) 20.14
5.  Mike Conley (USA) 20.21

400 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Michael Franks (USA) 44.47
2.  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 44.62
3.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 44.66
4.  Roddie Haley (USA) 44.67
5.  Darrell Robinson (USA) 44.71

800 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:42.49
2.  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:42.60
3.  Steve Cram (GBR) 1:42.88
4.  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1:43.07
5.  David Mack (USA) 1:43.35

1,500 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:29.46
2.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:29.67
3.  Sydney Maree (USA) 3:29.77
4.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:30.92
5.  José Manuel Abascal (ESP) 3:31.69

Mile
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Steve Cram (GBR) 3:46.32
2.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:46.92
3.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:47.79
4.  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:49.22
5.  Steve Scott (USA) 3:49.93

3,000 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 7:32.94
2.  Doug Padilla (USA) 7:38.25
3.  Steve Scott (USA) 7:38.53
4.  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 7:42.61
5.  Johan Fourie (RSA) 7:44.0

5,000 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 13:00.40
2.  Sydney Maree (USA) 13:01.15
3.  Alberto Cova (ITA) 13:10.06
4.  Bruce Bickford (USA) 13:13.49
5.  Doug Padilla (USA) 13:15.44

10,000 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Bruce Bickford (USA) 27:37.17
2.  Mark Nenow (USA) 27:40.85
3.  Ed Eyestone (USA) 27:41.05
4.  Fernando Mamede (POR) 27:41.09
5.  Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 27:42.17

Half Marathon
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Mark Curp (USA) 1:00:55

110m Hurdles
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Roger Kingdom (USA) 13.14
2.  Greg Foster (USA) 13.24
3.  Andre Phillips (USA) 13.25
4.  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.27
 Tonie Campbell (USA)

400m Hurdles
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Danny Harris (USA) 47.63
2.  Andre Phillips (USA) 47.67
3.  Harald Schmid (FRG) 47.85
4.  Aleksandr Vasilyev (URS) 47.92
5.  Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN) 48.29

3,000m Steeplechase
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:09.17
2.  Krzysztof Wesolowski (POL) 8:11.04
3.  Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) 8:11.07
4.  Rainer Schwarz (FRG) 8:11.93
5.  Graeme Fell (CAN) 8:12.58

High Jump
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Igor Paklin (URS) 2.41
2.  Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) 2.40
3.  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) 2.39
4.  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 2.38
5.  Eddy Annys (BEL) 2.36

Long Jump
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.62
2.  Larry Myricks (USA) 8.44
3.  Jason Grimes (USA) 8.43
 Mike Conley (USA)
5.  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.30
 László Szalma (HUN)

Triple Jump
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Willie Banks (USA) 17.97
2.  Charles Simpkins (USA) 17.86
3.  Khristo Markov (BUL) 17.77
4.  Mike Conley (USA) 17.71
5.  Oleg Protsenko (URS) 17.69

Discus
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 71.26
2.  Luis Delís (CUB) 70.00
3.  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 69.74
4.  Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 69.62
5.  Juan Martínez (CUB) 69.32

Hammer
Main article: 1985 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Jüri Tamm (URS) 84.08
2.  Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 82.70
3.  Günther Rodehau (GDR) 82.64
4.  Christoph Sahner (FRG) 81.56
5.  Matthias Moder (GDR) 80.92

Shot Put
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.62
2.  Sergey Smirnov (URS) 22.05
3.  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) 21.95
4.  Remigius Machura (URS) 21.88
 Udo Beyer (GDR)

Javelin (old design)
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Uwe Hohn (GDR) 96.96
2.  Brian Crouser (USA) 95.10
3.  Duncan Atwood (USA) 94.06
4.  Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 93.70
5.  Zdeněk Adamec (TCH) 92.94

Pole Vault
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Sergey Bubka (URS) 6.00
2.  Pierre Quinon (FRA) 5.90
3.  Joe Dial (USA) 5.85
4.  Vasiliy Bubka (URS) 5.80
 Mike Tully (USA)
 Thierry Vigneron (FRA)
 Pavel Bogatyryov (URS)
 Philippe Collet (FRA)
 Marian Kolasa (POL)

Decathlon
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Torsten Voss (GDR) 8559
2.  Uwe Freimuth (GDR) 8504
3.  Siegfried Wentz (FRG) 8440
4.  Aleksandr Nevskiy (URS) 8409
5.  John Sayre (USA) 8381

Women's Best Year Performers

100 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Marlies Göhr (GDR) 10.86
2.  Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM) 10.92
3.  Marita Koch (GDR) 10.97
4.  Marina Zhirova (URS) 10.98
5.  Silke Gladisch (GDR) 10.99

200 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Marita Koch (GDR) 21.78
2.  Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM) 21.93
3.  Valerie Brisco (USA) 21.98
4.  Silke Gladisch (GDR) 22.12
5.  Pam Marshall (USA) 22.39

400 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60
2.  Olga Vladykina (URS) 48.27
3.  Valerie Brisco (USA) 49.56
4.  Mariya Pinigina (URS) 49.61
5.  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 49.89

800 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ella Kovacs (ROU) 1:55.68
2.  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:55.91
3.  Ravilya Agletdinova (URS) 1:56.24
4.  Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) 1:56.25
5.  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS) 1:56.65

1,500 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Mary Slaney (USA) 3:57.24
2.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 3:57.73
3.  Ravilya Agletdinova (URS) 3:58.40
4.  Natalya Artyomova (URS) 3:59.28
5.  Doina Melinte (ROU) 3:59.88

Mile
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Mary Slaney (USA) 4:16.71
2.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 4:17.33
3.  Zola Budd (GBR) 4:17.57
4.  Kirsty McDermott (GBR) 4:19.41
5.  Ulrike Bruns (GDR) 4:21.59

3,000 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Mary Slaney (USA) 8:25.83
2.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 8:27.83
3.  Zola Budd (GBR) 8:28.83
4.  Zamira Zaytseva (URS) 8:35.74
5.  Ulrike Bruns (GDR) 8:36.51

5,000 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Zola Budd (GBR) 14:48.07
2.  Natalya Artyomova (URS) 14:54.08
3.  Olga Bondarenko (URS) 14:55.76
4.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 14:57.43
5.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 15:06.04

10,000 metres
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:59.42
2.  Olga Bondarenko (URS) 31:25.18
3.  Aurora Cunha (POR) 31:35.46
4.  Svetlana Guskova (URS) 31:57.80
5.  Lynn Jennings (USA) 32:03.37

Half Marathon
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Joan Benoit (USA) 1:09:44

100m Hurdles
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) 12.42
2.  Vera Akimova (URS) 12.59
3.  Svetlana Gusarova (URS) 12.61
4.  Nadezhda Korshunova (URS) 12.71
5.  Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 12.72

400m Hurdles
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Sabine Busch (GDR) 53.33
2.  Genowefa Błaszak (POL) 54.27
3.  Tatyana Pavlova (URS) 54.34
4.  Marina Stepanova (URS) 54.37
5.  Judi Brown-King (USA) 54.38

High Jump
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.06
2.  Tamara Bykova (URS) 2.02
3.  Silvia Costa (CUB) 2.01
4.  Charmaine Weavers (RSA) 2.00
 Louise Ritter (USA)

Long Jump
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.44
2.  Yelena Khlopotnova (URS) 7.31
3.  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.28
4.  Jackie Joyner (USA) 7.24
5.  Helga Radtke (GDR) 7.19

Shot Put
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.73
2.  Natalya Akhrymenko (URS) 21.08
3.  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) 21.03
4.  Mihaela Loghin (ROU) 20.97
5.  Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) 20.79

Discus
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Galina Savinkova (URS) 72.96
2.  Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) 70.70
3.  Maritza Marten (CUB) 70.50
4.  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 69.78
5.  Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROU) 69.50

Javelin (old design)
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Petra Felke (GDR) 75.40
2.  Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 72.98
3.  Ivonne Leal (CUB) 71.82
4.  Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 71.18
5.  Tiina Lillak (FIN) 70.62

Heptathlon
RANK 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Jackie Joyner (USA) 6718
2.  Jane Frederick (USA) 6666
3.  Malgorzata Nowak (POL) 6616
4.  Sabine Paetz (GDR) 6595
5.  Natalya Shubenkova (URS) 6510

Marathon

Men
RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1. Carlos Lopes (POR) 2:07.12 WR April 20 Rotterdam, Netherlands
2. Steve Jones (WAL) 2:07.13 October 20 Chicago, United States
3. Djama Robleh (DJI) 2:08.08 October 20 Chicago, United States
4. Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) 2:08.09 April 14 Hiroshima, Japan
5. Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.15 April 14 Hiroshima, Japan
6. Steve Jones (WAL) 2:08.16 April 21 London, United Kingdom
7. Djama Robleh (DJI) 2:08.26 April 14 Hiroshima, Japan
8. Charlie Spedding (ENG) 2:08.33 April 21 London, United Kingdom
9. Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:08.48 October 20 Chicago, United States
10. Mark Plaatjes (RSA) 2:08.58 May 4 Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Women
RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1. Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 WR April 21 London, United Kingdom
2. Joan Samuelson (USA) 2:21:21 October 20 Chicago, United States
3. Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:23:05 October 20 Chicago, United States
4. Rosa Mota (POR) 2:23:29 October 20 Chicago, United States
5. Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:27:50 October 20 Chicago, United States
6. Veronique Marot (ENG) 2:28:04 October 20 Chicago, United States
7. Sarah Rowell (ENG) 2:28:06 April 21 London, United Kingdom
8. Carey May (IRL) 2:28:07 January 27 Osaka, Japan
9. Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:34 April 21 New York, United States
10. Silvia Ruegger (CAN) 2:28:36 January 6 Houston, United States

National Champions
NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME PLACE DATE
Australia Grenville Wood 2:13:37 Elizabeth Patmore 2:46:00 Sydney June 9
Belgium Frederik Vandervennet 2:15:49 Agnes Pardaens 2:42:25 Leuven June 9
Canada Roger Schwegel 2:22:32 Bernadette Duffy 2:48:09 Winnipeg June 16
Japan Hisatoshi Shintaku 2:09:51 — — Fukuoka December 1
Netherlands Cor Vriend 2:15:51 Eefje van Wissen 2:39:32 Enschede June 22
West Germany Herbert Steffny 2:12:12 Charlotte Teske 2:32:38 Frankfurt May 19

Road races
Date Race Location Men's winner Time Women's winner Time
January 27 Osaka International Ladies Marathon Japan — — Carey May 2:28:07
February 2 Auckland Marathon New Zealand Jeff Wells 2:16:43 Kiersti Jakobsen 2:37:12
February 10 Tokyo Marathon Japan Shigeru So 2:10:32 — —
March 17 Barcelona Marathon Spain Rafael Garcia 2:18:16 Joaquina Casas 2:48:01
March 31 Vienna Marathon Austria Gerhard Hartmann 2:14:59 Elena Tsukhlo 2:39:01
April 15 Boston Marathon United States Geoff Smith 2:14:05 Lisa Rainsberger 2:34:06
April 20 Rotterdam Marathon Netherlands Carlos Lopes 2:07:12 WR Wilma Rusman 2:35:32
April 21 London Marathon United Kingdom Steve Jones 2:08:16 Ingrid Kristiansen 2:21:06 WR
May 5 Pittsburgh Marathon United States Ken Martin 2:12:57 Lisa Ondieki 2:31:54
May 5 Vancouver Marathon Canada Adrian Wellington 2:24:24 Kikue Teshima 2:55:34
May 6 Belfast Marathon Belfast Martin Deane 2:15:52 Moira O'Neill 2:45:40
May 12 Amsterdam Marathon Netherlands Jose Reveyn 2:19:25 Carolien Lucas 2:47:15
May 12 Paris Marathon France Jacky Boxberger 2:10:49 Maureen Hurst 2:43:31
May 19 Geneva Marathon Switzerland Nikolay Shamyeyev 2:19:17 Nadezhda Gumerova 2:36:04
June 1 Stockholm Marathon Sweden Tommy Persson 2:17:18 Jeanette Nordgren 2:36:43
July 21 San Francisco Marathon United States Ric Sayre 2:15:08 Kersti Jakosen 2:38:03
August 25 Reykjavik Marathon Iceland Josef Hermann 2:30:04 Leslie Watson 2:52:44
August 31 Oslo Marathon Norway Josef Machalek 2:19:00 Oddrun Hovsengen 2:43:39
September 29 Berlin Marathon West Germany Jimmy Ashworth 2:11:43 Magda Ilands 2:34:10
September 29 Portland Marathon United States Leonard HIll 2:19:42 Lynn Bernot 2:51:25
October 12 Enschede Marathon Netherlands Zoltan Köszegi 2:15:39 Eefje van Wissen 2:39:32
October 12 Niagara Marathon Canada Mark Coleman 2:30:29 Charlene MacDonald 3:07:20
October 13 Athens Classic Marathon Greece Michael Hill 2:26:20 Eryl Davies 3:04:30
October 13 Beijing Marathon China Shigeru So 2:10:23 — —
October 13 Melbourne Marathon Australia Frederick Vandervennet 2:12:35 Margaret Reddan 2:44:56
October 20 Chicago Marathon United States Steve Jones 2:07:13 Joan Samuelson 2:21:21
October 27 New York City Marathon United States Orlando Pizzolato 2:11:34 Grete Waitz 2:28:34
October 28 Dublin Marathon Ireland Dick Hooper 2:16:14 Julia Gates 2:41:26
November 3 Istanbul Marathon Turkey Mehmet Terzi 2:12:50 — —
November 17 Buenos Aires Marathon Argentina Ruben Huerga 2:25:20 Derlis Maria Fraschina 3:59:47
November 17 Tokyo Marathon Japan — — Katrin Doerre 2:34:21
December 1 Fukuoka Marathon Japan Hisatoshi Shintaku 2:09:51 — —
December 8 Honolulu Marathon United States Ibrahim Hussein 2:12:08 Carla Beurskens 2:35:51
December 17 Tiberias Marathon Israel Lindsay Robertson 2:15:39 Sharlet Gilbert 2:42:54

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