1985 in the sport of athletics

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1985 in athletics
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This article 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 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

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

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

Year Rankings

Men

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

Women

RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1. Norway Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 WR April 21 London, United Kingdom
2. United States Joan Samuelson (USA) 2:21:21 October 20 Chicago, United States
3. Norway Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:23:05 October 20 Chicago, United States
4. Portugal Rosa Mota (POR) 2:23:29 October 20 Chicago, United States
5. Netherlands Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:27:50 October 20 Chicago, United States
6. England Veronique Marot (ENG) 2:28:04 October 20 Chicago, United States
7. England Sarah Rowell (ENG) 2:28:06 April 21 London, United Kingdom
8. Republic of Ireland Carey May (IRL) 2:28:07 January 27 Osaka, Japan
9. Norway Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:34 April 21 New York, United States
10. Canada 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 Australia Grenville Wood 2:13:37 Elizabeth Patmore 2:46:00 Sydney June 9
Belgium Belgium Frederik Vandervennet 2:15:49 Agnes Pardaens 2:42:25 Leuven June 9
Canada Canada Roger Schwegel 2:22:32 Bernadette Duffy 2:48:09 Winnipeg June 16
Japan Japan Hisatoshi Shintaku 2:09:51 Fukuoka December 1
Netherlands Netherlands Cor Vriend 2:15:51 Eefje van Wissen 2:39:32 Enschede June 22
West Germany West Germany Herbert Steffny 2:12:12 Charlotte Teske 2:32:38 Frankfurt May 19
United States 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

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

Births

Deaths

References

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