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1985 in the sport of athletics

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

1985 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Indoor Games
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International Events edit

World records edit

Men edit

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 edit

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 Zürich, Switzerland
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 edit

100 metres edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

110m Hurdles edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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) edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

100 metres edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

100m Hurdles edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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) edit

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 edit

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 edit

Year Rankings edit

Men edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
  United States Ken Martin[1] 2:12:57 Nancy Ditz[2] 2:31:36 Pittsburgh (men) / California (women) May 5 (men) / December 8 (women)

Road races edit

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

Births edit

Deaths edit

References edit

  1. ^ "USA Champions Men's Marathon". Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "USA Champions Women's Marathon". Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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