1985 in the sport of athletics

none 1985 in athletics World Indoor Games 1984 1986 1985 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics. International Events African Championships Asian Championships Balkan Games Bolivarian Games Central American and Caribbean Championships European Indoor Championships South American Championships Pan Arab Games World Cross Country Championships World Cup World Indoor Games World Student Games World records Men EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE1,500 metresSteve Cram GBR3:29.6716 JulyNice, FranceSaid Aouita MAR3:29.4623 AugustBerlin, West GermanyMileSteve Cram GBR3:46.3227 JulyOslo, Norway2,000 metresSteve Cram GBR4:51.394 AugustBudapest, Hungary5,000 metresSaid Aouita MAR13:00.4027 JulyOslo, NorwayHigh JumpRudolf Povarnitsyn URS2.40m11 AugustDonetsk, Soviet UnionIgor Paklin URS2.41m4 SeptemberKobe, JapanPole vaultSergey Bubka URS6.00m13 JulyParis, FranceTriple JumpWillie Banks USA17.97m16 JuneIndianapolis, USAShot PutUlf Timmermann GDR22.62m22 SeptemberBerlin, GermanyHalf MarathonSteve Jones GBR1:01:1411 AugustBirmingham, UKMark Curp USA1:00:5515 SeptemberPhiladelphia, United StatesMarathonCarlos Lopes POR2:07:1220 AprilRotterdam, Netherlands Women EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE400 metresMarita Koch GDR47.606 OctoberCanberra, AustraliaMileMary Slaney USA4:16.7121 AugustZürich, Switzerland5,000 metresZola Budd GBR14:48.0726 AugustLondon, Great Britain10,000 metresIngrid Kristiansen NOR30:59.4227 JulyOslo, Norway400m HurdlesSabine Busch GDR53.5522 SeptemberEast Berlin, East Germany4 × 100 m RelayGDR• Silke Möller• Sabine Günther• Ingrid Auerswald• Marlies Göhr41.376 OctoberCanberra, AustraliaLong JumpHeike Drechsler GDR7.4422 SeptemberEast Berlin, East GermanyJavelin throwPetra Felke GDR75.264 JuneSchwerin, East GermanyPetra Felke GDR75.404 JuneSchwerin, East Germany Men's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Carl Lewis USA9.982.Ben Johnson CAN10.003.Harvey Glance USA10.054.Frank Emmelmann GDR10.065.Terry Scott USA10.08 200 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Lorenzo Daniel USA20.072.Kirk Baptiste USA20.113.Roy Martin USA20.134.Calvin Smith USA20.145.Mike Conley USA20.21 400 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Michael Franks USA44.472.Thomas Schönlebe GDR44.623.Innocent Egbunike NGR44.664.Roddie Haley USA44.675.Darrell Robinson USA44.71 800 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Joaquim Cruz BRA1:42.492.Johnny Gray USA1:42.603.Steve Cram GBR1:42.884.Sebastian Coe GBR1:43.075.David Mack USA1:43.35 1,500 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR3:29.462.Steve Cram GBR3:29.673.Sydney Maree USA3:29.774.José Luis González ESP3:30.925.José Manuel Abascal ESP3:31.69 Mile RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Steve Cram GBR3:46.322.Saïd Aouita MAR3:46.923.José Luis González ESP3:47.794.Sebastian Coe GBR3:49.225.Steve Scott USA3:49.93 3,000 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR7:32.942.Doug Padilla USA7:38.253.Steve Scott USA7:38.534.Thomas Wessinghage FRG7:42.615.Johan Fourie RSA 19287:44.0 5,000 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR13:00.402.Sydney Maree USA13:01.153.Alberto Cova ITA13:10.064.Bruce Bickford USA13:13.495.Doug Padilla USA13:15.44 10,000 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Bruce Bickford USA27:37.172.Mark Nenow USA27:40.853.Ed Eyestone USA27:41.054.Fernando Mamede POR27:41.095.Toshihiko Seko JPN27:42.17 Half Marathon RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mark Curp USA1:00:55 110m Hurdles RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Roger Kingdom USA13.142.Greg Foster USA13.243.Andre Phillips USA13.254.Mark McKoy CAN13.27Tonie Campbell USA 400m Hurdles RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Danny Harris USA47.632.Andre Phillips USA47.673.Harald Schmid FRG47.854.Aleksandr Vasilyev URS47.925.Amadou Dia Bâ SEN48.29 3,000m Steeplechase RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Henry Marsh USA8:09.172.Krzysztof Wesolowski POL8:11.043.Joseph Mahmoud FRA8:11.074.Rainer Schwarz FRG8:11.935.Graeme Fell CAN8:12.58 High Jump RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Igor Paklin URS2.412.Rudolf Povarnitsyn URS2.403.Dietmar Mögenburg FRG2.394.Patrik Sjöberg SWE2.385.Eddy Annys BEL2.36 Long Jump RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Carl Lewis USA8.622.Larry Myricks USA8.443.Jason Grimes USA8.43Mike Conley USA5.Robert Emmiyan URS8.30László Szalma HUN 1957 Triple Jump RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Willie Banks USA17.972.Charles Simpkins USA17.863.Khristo Markov BUL 197117.774.Mike Conley USA17.715.Oleg Protsenko URS17.69 Discus RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Imrich Bugár TCH71.262.Luis Delís CUB70.003.Jürgen Schult GDR69.744.Knut Hjeltnes NOR69.625.Juan Martínez CUB69.32 Hammer RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jüri Tamm URS84.082.Yuriy Syedikh URS82.703.Günther Rodehau GDR82.644.Christoph Sahner FRG81.565.Matthias Moder GDR80.92 Shot Put RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Ulf Timmermann GDR22.622.Sergey Smirnov URS22.053.Alessandro Andrei ITA21.954.Remigius Machura URS21.88Udo Beyer GDR Javelin (old design) RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Uwe Hohn GDR96.962.Brian Crouser USA95.103.Duncan Atwood USA94.064.Viktor Yevsyukov URS93.705.Zdeněk Adamec TCH92.94 Pole Vault RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Sergey Bubka URS6.002.Pierre Quinon FRA5.903.Joe Dial USA5.854.Vasiliy Bubka URS5.80Mike Tully USAThierry Vigneron FRAPavel Bogatyryov URSPhilippe Collet FRAMarian Kolasa POL Decathlon RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Torsten Voss GDR85592.Uwe Freimuth GDR85043.Siegfried Wentz FRG84404.Aleksandr Nevskiy URS84095.John Sayre USA8381 Women's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marlies Göhr GDR10.862.Merlene Ottey-Page JAM10.923.Marita Koch GDR10.974.Marina Zhirova URS10.985.Silke Gladisch GDR10.99 200 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marita Koch GDR21.782.Merlene Ottey-Page JAM21.933.Valerie Brisco USA21.984.Silke Gladisch GDR22.125.Pam Marshall USA22.39 400 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marita Koch GDR47.602.Olga Vladykina URS48.273.Valerie Brisco USA49.564.Mariya Pinigina URS49.615.Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH49.89 800 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ella Kovacs ROU 19651:55.682.Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH1:55.913.Ravilya Agletdinova URS1:56.244.Nadiya Olizarenko URS1:56.255.Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS1:56.65 1,500 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mary Slaney USA3:57.242.Maricica Puică ROU 19653:57.733.Ravilya Agletdinova URS3:58.404.Natalya Artyomova URS3:59.285.Doina Melinte ROU 19653:59.88 Mile RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mary Slaney USA4:16.712.Maricica Puică ROU 19654:17.333.Zola Budd GBR4:17.574.Kirsty McDermott GBR4:19.415.Ulrike Bruns GDR4:21.59 3,000 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mary Slaney USA8:25.832.Maricica Puică ROU 19658:27.833.Zola Budd GBR8:28.834.Zamira Zaytseva URS8:35.745.Ulrike Bruns GDR8:36.51 5,000 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Zola Budd GBR14:48.072.Natalya Artyomova URS14:54.083.Olga Bondarenko URS14:55.764.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR14:57.435.Maricica Puică ROU 196515:06.04 10,000 metres RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR30:59.422.Olga Bondarenko URS31:25.183.Aurora Cunha POR31:35.464.Svetlana Guskova URS31:57.805.Lynn Jennings USA32:03.37 Half Marathon RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Joan Benoit USA1:09:44 100m Hurdles RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ginka Zagorcheva BUL 197112.422.Vera Akimova URS12.593.Svetlana Gusarova URS12.614.Nadezhda Korshunova URS12.715.Cornelia Oschkenat GDR12.72 400m Hurdles RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sabine Busch GDR53.332.Genowefa Błaszak POL54.273.Tatyana Pavlova URS54.344.Marina Stepanova URS54.375.Judi Brown-King USA54.38 High Jump RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Stefka Kostadinova BUL 19712.062.Tamara Bykova URS2.023.Silvia Costa CUB2.014.Charmaine Weavers RSA 19282.00Louise Ritter USA Long Jump RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Heike Drechsler GDR7.442.Yelena Khlopotnova URS7.313.Galina Chistyakova URS7.284.Jackie Joyner USA7.245.Helga Radtke GDR7.19 Shot Put RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Natalya Lisovskaya URS21.732.Natalya Akhrymenko URS21.083.Helena Fibingerová TCH21.034.Mihaela Loghin ROU 196520.975.Helma Knorscheidt GDR20.79 Discus RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Galina Savinkova URS72.962.Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH70.703.Maritza Marten CUB70.504.Martina Hellmann GDR69.785.Florenţa Crăciunescu ROU 196569.50 Javelin (old design) RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Petra Felke GDR75.402.Fatima Whitbread GBR72.983.Ivonne Leal CUB71.824.Tessa Sanderson GBR71.185.Tiina Lillak FIN70.62 Heptathlon RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Jackie Joyner USA67182.Jane Frederick USA66663.Malgorzata Nowak POL66164.Sabine Paetz GDR65955.Natalya Shubenkova URS6510 Marathon Year Rankings Men RANKATHLETETIMEDATEEVENT1.POR Carlos Lopes (POR)2:07.12 WRApril 20Rotterdam, Netherlands2.WAL Steve Jones (WAL)2:07.13October 20Chicago, United States3.DJI Djama Robleh (DJI)2:08.08October 20Chicago, United States4.DJI Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)2:08.09April 14Hiroshima, Japan5.JPN Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)2:08.15April 14Hiroshima, Japan6.WAL Steve Jones (WAL)2:08.16April 21London, United Kingdom7.DJI Djama Robleh (DJI)2:08.26April 14Hiroshima, Japan8.ENG Charlie Spedding (ENG)2:08.33April 21London, United Kingdom9.AUS Robert de Castella (AUS)2:08.48October 20Chicago, United States10.South Africa 1928 Mark Plaatjes (RSA)2:08.58May 4Port Elizabeth, South Africa Women RANKATHLETETIMEDATEEVENT1.NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:21:06 WRApril 21London, United Kingdom2.USA Joan Samuelson (USA)2:21:21October 20Chicago, United States3.NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:23:05October 20Chicago, United States4.POR Rosa Mota (POR)2:23:29October 20Chicago, United States5.NED Carla Beurskens (NED)2:27:50October 20Chicago, United States6.ENG Veronique Marot (ENG)2:28:04October 20Chicago, United States7.ENG Sarah Rowell (ENG)2:28:06April 21London, United Kingdom8.IRL Carey May (IRL)2:28:07January 27Osaka, Japan9.NOR Grete Waitz (NOR)2:28:34April 21New York, United States10.CAN Silvia Ruegger (CAN)2:28:36January 6Houston, United States National Champions NATIONMEN'S WINNERTIMEWOMEN'S WINNERTIMEPLACEDATEAUS AustraliaGrenville Wood2:13:37Elizabeth Patmore2:46:00SydneyJune 9BEL BelgiumFrederik Vandervennet2:15:49Agnes Pardaens2:42:25LeuvenJune 9CAN CanadaRoger Schwegel2:22:32Bernadette Duffy2:48:09WinnipegJune 16JPN JapanHisatoshi Shintaku2:09:51——FukuokaDecember 1NED NetherlandsCor Vriend2:15:51Eefje van Wissen2:39:32EnschedeJune 22FRG West GermanyHerbert Steffny2:12:12Charlotte Teske2:32:38FrankfurtMay 19USA United StatesKen MartinUSA Champions Men's Marathon http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAMarathon/men.aspx 29 August 20232:12:57Nancy DitzUSA Champions Women's Marathon http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAMarathon/women.aspx 29 August 20232:31:36Pittsburgh (men) / California (women)May 5 (men) / December 8 (women) Road races DateRaceLocationMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTimeJanuary 27Osaka International Ladies MarathonJPN Japan——IRE Carey May2:28:07February 2Auckland MarathonNZL New ZealandUSA Jeff Wells2:16:43DEN Kiersti Jakobsen2:37:12February 10Tokyo MarathonJPN JapanJPN Shigeru So2:10:32 — —March 17Barcelona MarathonESP SpainESP Rafael Garcia2:18:16ESP Joaquina Casas2:48:01March 31Vienna MarathonAUT AustriaAUT Gerhard Hartmann2:14:59URS Elena Tsukhlo2:39:01April 15Boston MarathonUSA United StatesENG Geoff Smith2:14:05USA Lisa Rainsberger2:34:06April 20Rotterdam MarathonNED NetherlandsPOR Carlos Lopes2:07:12 WRNED Wilma Rusman2:35:32April 21London MarathonUK United KingdomWAL Steve Jones2:08:16NOR Ingrid Kristiansen2:21:06 WRMay 5Pittsburgh MarathonUSA United StatesUSA Ken Martin2:12:57AUS Lisa Ondieki2:31:54May 5Vancouver MarathonCAN CanadaAUS Adrian Wellington2:24:24JPN Kikue Teshima2:55:34May 6Belfast MarathonNIR BelfastNIR Martin Deane2:15:52NIR Moira O'Neill2:45:40May 12Amsterdam MarathonNED NetherlandsBEL Jose Reveyn2:19:25NED Carolien Lucas2:47:15May 12Paris MarathonFRA FranceFRA Jacky Boxberger2:10:49GBR Maureen Hurst2:43:31May 19Geneva MarathonSUI SwitzerlandURS Nikolay Shamyeyev2:19:17URS Nadezhda Gumerova2:36:04June 1Stockholm MarathonSWE SwedenSWE Tommy Persson2:17:18SWE Jeanette Nordgren2:36:43July 21San Francisco MarathonUSA United StatesUSA Ric Sayre2:15:08DEN Kersti Jakosen2:38:03August 25Reykjavik MarathonISL IcelandFRG Josef Hermann2:30:04GBR Leslie Watson2:52:44August 31Oslo MarathonNOR NorwaySWE Josef Machalek2:19:00NOR Oddrun Hovsengen2:43:39September 29Berlin MarathonFRG West GermanyENG Jimmy Ashworth2:11:43BEL Magda Ilands2:34:10September 29Portland MarathonUSA United StatesUSA Leonard Hill2:19:42USA Lynn Bernot2:51:25October 12Enschede MarathonNED NetherlandsHUN Zoltan Köszegi2:15:39NED Eefje van Wissen2:39:32October 12Niagara MarathonCAN CanadaUSA Mark Coleman2:30:29CAN Charlene MacDonald3:07:20October 13Athens Classic MarathonGRE GreeceSWE Michael Hill2:26:20GBR Eryl Davies3:04:30October 13Beijing MarathonCHN ChinaJPN Shigeru So2:10:23——October 13Melbourne MarathonAUS AustraliaBEL Frederick Vandervennet2:12:35AUS Margaret Reddan2:44:56October 20Chicago MarathonUSA United StatesWAL Steve Jones2:07:13USA Joan Samuelson2:21:21October 27New York City MarathonUSA United StatesITA Orlando Pizzolato2:11:34NOR Grete Waitz2:28:34October 28Dublin MarathonIRE IrelandIRE Dick Hooper2:16:14GBR Julia Gates2:41:26November 3Istanbul MarathonTUR TurkeyTUR Mehmet Terzi2:12:50——November 17Buenos Aires MarathonARG ArgentinaARG Ruben Huerga2:25:20ARG Derlis Maria Fraschina3:59:47November 17Tokyo MarathonJPN Japan——GDR Katrin Doerre2:34:21December 1Fukuoka MarathonJPN JapanJPN Hisatoshi Shintaku2:09:51——December 8Honolulu MarathonUSA United StatesKEN Ibrahim Hussein2:12:08NED Carla Beurskens2:35:51December 17Tiberias MarathonISR IsraelSCO Lindsay Robertson2:15:39USA Sharlet Gilbert2:42:54 Births January 4 — Antar Zerguelaïne, Algerian middle distance runner January 4 — Nataliya Zolotukhina, Ukrainian hammer thrower January 6 — Nick Owens, American hammer thrower February 10 — Mariya Smolyachkova, Belarusian hammer thrower March 2 — Patrick Makau Musyoki, Kenyan distance runner March 16 — Olexiy Sokyrskiyy, Ukrainian hammer thrower March 19 — Sean Wroe, Australian sprinter March 21 — Vladimir Kanaykin, Russian race walker March 25 — Wilfried Bingangoye, Gabonese sprinter April 6 — Anna Avdeyeva, Russian shot putter April 7 — James Rendón, Colombian race walker April 18 — Musa Amer Obaid, Kenyan-Qatari middle distance runner May 4 — Henry Sugut, Kenyan long-distance runner May 5 — Gu Junjie, Chinese triple jumper May 21 — Mohsen El Anany, Egyptian hammer thrower May 26 — Irina Petrova, Russian race walker May 27 — Karina Vnukova, Lithuanian high jumper May 31 — Kim Hyun-Sub, South Korean race walker June 1 — Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian long-distance runner June 3 — Samwel Mwera, Tanzanian middle distance runner June 15 — Susan McKelvie, Scottish hammer thrower June 17 — Ozge Gurler, Turkish athlete June 21 — Ryoko Kizaki, Japanese long-distance runner July 29 — Anja Pollmächer, German sprinter July 31 — Brimin Kipruto, Kenyan middle distance runner August 26 — Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete September 17 — Tracy-Ann Rowe, Jamaican sprinter October 12 — Boniface Kiprop Toroitich, Ugandan athlete November 14 — Andrey Krivov, Russian race walker November 16 — Rogério Bispo, Brazilian long jumper November 18 — Allyson Felix, American sprinter December 1 — Andretti Bain, Bahamian sprinter December 8 — Kim Deok-Hyeon, South Korean triple jumper December 20 — Gilbert Kirwa, Kenyan marathon runner December 26 — Carol Rodríguez, Puerto Rican sprinter Deaths March 4 — Sverre Strandli (59), Norwegian hammer thrower (b. 1925) June 15 — Andy Stanfield (67), American athlete (b. 1927) October 30 — Edgar Bruun (80), Norwegian race walker (b. 1905) References Year Lists Association of Road Racing Statisticians 1985 Year Rankings Category:Sport of athletics by year