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
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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]

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

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

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

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