1985 IAAF World Cup – Results

These are the full results of the 1985 IAAF World Cup which was held on 4–6 October 1985 at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra, Australia.

Results

100 m

Men

4 October
Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Ben Johnson (CAN)	Americas	10.00	8
2	Chidi Imoh (NGR)	Africa	10.11	7
3	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	10.17	6
4	Kirk Baptiste	United States	10.17	5
5	Gerrard Keating (AUS)	Oceania	10.22	4
6	Nikolay Yushmanov	Soviet Union	10.26	3
7	Marian Woronin (POL)	Europe	10.45	2
8	Zheng Cheng (CHN)	Asia	10.48	1

Women

5 October
Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.10	8
2	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Americas	11.30	6.5
2	Marina Zhirova	Soviet Union	11.30	6.5
4	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	Europe	11.50	5
5	Rufina Ubah (NGR)	Africa	11.55	4
6	Jenny Flaherty (AUS)	Oceania	11.79	3
7	Kathrene Wallace	United States	11.86	2
8	Lee Young-sook (KOR)	Asia	11.92	1

200 m

Men

6 October
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Robson da Silva (BRA)	Americas	20.44	8
2	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	20.44	7
3	Darren Clark (AUS)	Australia	20.78	6
4	Jang Jae-keun (KOR)	Asia	20.90	5
5	Carlo Simionato (ITA)	Europe	21.09	4
6	Vladimir Muravyev	Soviet Union	21.13	3
7	Simon Kipkemboi (KEN)	Africa	21.50	2
	Kirk Baptiste	United States	DQ	0	^[1]

Women

4 October
Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Marita Koch	East Germany	21.90	8
2	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Americas	22.61	7
3	Marina Zhirova	Soviet Union	22.66	6
4	Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)	Europe	23.05	5
5	Pam Marshall	United States	23.15	4
6	Maree Chapman (AUS)	Oceania	23.71	3
7	Rufina Ubah (NGR)	Africa	24.02	2
8	Vandana Rao (IND)	Asia	24.38	1

400 m

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Michael Franks	United States	44.47	8
2	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	44.72	7
3	Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	Africa	44.99	6
4	Darren Clark (AUS)	Oceania	45.12	5
5	Vladimir Krylov	Soviet Union	45.73	4
6	Hector Daley (PAN)	Americas	46.04	3
7	Aldo Canti (FRA)	Europe	46.21	2
8	Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA)	Asia	47.18	1

Women

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Marita Koch	East Germany	47.60	8	WR
2	Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	48.27	7
3	Lillie Leatherwood	United States	50.43	6
4	Ana Quirot (CUB)	Americas	50.86	5
5	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	Europe	50.95	4
6	Debbie Flintoff (AUS)	Oceania	51.57	3
7	Pilavullakandi Usha (IND)	Asia	51.61	2
8	Kehinde Vaughan (NGR)	Africa	53.16	1

800 m

Men

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Sammy Koskei (KEN)	Africa	1:45.14	8
2	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	1:45.72	7
3	Agberto Guimarães (BRA)	Americas	1:45.80	6
4	Detlef Wagenknecht	East Germany	1:45.83	5
5	Rob Druppers (NED)	Europe	1:46.27	4
6	John Marshall	United States	1:47.46	3
7	Peter Pearless (NZL)	Oceania	1:54.15	2
	Batumalai Rajakumar (MAS)	Asia	DNF	0

Women

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	2:01.57	8
2	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	Europe	2:01.99	7
3	Nadiya Olizarenko	Soviet Union	2:02.17	6
4	Ana Quirot (CUB)	Americas	2:03.57	5
5	Joetta Clark	United States	2:03.81	4
6	Salina Chirchir (KEN)	Africa	2:04.16	3
7	Wendy Old (AUS)	Oceania	2:05.36	2
8	Shiny Abraham (IND)	Asia	2:06.39	1

1500 m

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Omer Khalifa (SUD)	Africa	3:41.16	8
2	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	3:41.26	7
3	Igor Lotaryov	Soviet Union	3:41.92	6
4	José Manuel Abascal (ESP)	Europe	3:42.16	5
5	Mike Hillardt (AUS)	Oceania	3:42.65	4
6	Craig Masback	United States	3:46.54	3
7	David Campbell (CAN)	Americas	3:47.93	2
8	Bagicha Singh (IND)	Asia	3:54.88	1

Women

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Hildegard Körner	East Germany	4:10.86	8
2	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	4:11.21	7
3	Doina Melinte (ROM)	Europe	4:19.66	6
4	Yang Liuxia (CHN)	Asia	4:20.73	5
5	Ulla Marquette (CAN)	Americas	4:21.25	4
6	Mary Chemweno (KEN)	Africa	4:24.97	3
7	Anne McKenzie (NZL)	Oceania	4:27.33	2

5000/3000 m

Men

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Doug Padilla	United States	14:04.11	8
2	Stefano Mei (ITA)	Europe	14:05.99	7
3	Wodajo Bulti (ETH)	Africa	14:07.17	6
4	Frank Heine	East Germany	14:07.60	5
5	Aleksandr Khudyakov	Soviet Union	14:10.35	4
6	Dean Crowe (NZL)	Oceania	14:11.32	3
7	Mauricio González (MEX)	Americas	14:11.78	2
8	Kozu Akutsu (JPN)	Asia	14:12.72	1

Women

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Ulrike Bruns	East Germany	9:14.65	8
2	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	9:15.65	7
3	Cindy Bremser	United States	9:21.15	6
4	Sharon Dalton (AUS)	Oceania	9:27.34	5
5	Li Xiuxia (CHN)	Asia	9:31.80	4
6	Hellen Kimaiyo (KEN)	Africa	9:33.41	3
7	Geri Fitch (CAN)	Americas	9:46.68	2
8	Monika Schäfer (FRG)	Europe	10:03.47	1

10,000 m

Men

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Wodajo Bulti (ETH)	Africa	29:22.96	8
2	Pat Porter	United States	29:23.02	7
3	Werner Schildhauer	East Germany	29:25.63	6
4	Martín Pitayo (MEX)	Americas	29:35.85	5
5	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	Europe	29:53.23	4
6	Rex Wilson (NZL)	Oceania	30:06.23	3
7	Gennadiy Temnikov	Soviet Union	30:09.94	2
8	Zhang Guowei (CHN)	Asia	30:26.58	1

Women

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Aurora Cunha (POR)	Europe	32:07.50	8
2	Mary Knisely	United States	32:19.93	7
3	Olga Bondarenko	Soviet Union	32:27.70	6
4	Ines Bibernell	East Germany	32:45.58	5
5	Hassania Darami (MAR)	Africa	33:46.69	4
6	Mónica Regonesi (CHI)	Americas	34:04.42	3
	Yuko Gordon (HKG)	Asia	DNF	0
	Lisa Martin (AUS)	Oceania	DNF	0

110/100 m hurdles

Men

6 October
Wind: +3.1 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Tonie Campbell	United States	13.35	8
2	Sergey Usov	Soviet Union	13.62	7
3	Jörg Naumann	East Germany	13.76	6
4	Don Wright (AUS)	Oceania	13.79	5
5	Yu Zhicheng (CHN)	Asia	13.83	3.5
5	György Bakos (HUN)	Europe	13.83	3.5
7	René Djédjémel (CIV)	Africa	14.20	2
8	Jesús Aguilasocho (MEX)	Americas	14.64	1

Women

5 October
Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	12.72	8
2	Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)	Europe	12.72	7
3	Svetlana Gusarova	Soviet Union	13.01	6
4	Liu Huajin (HUN)	Asia	13.20	5
5	Glynis Nunn (AUS)	Oceania	13.25	4
6	Maria Usifo (NGR)	Africa	13.34	3
7	Pam Page	United States	13.49	2
8	Cecilia Branch (CAN)	Americas	13.75	1

400 m hurdles

Men

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Andre Phillips	United States	48.42	8
2	Aleksandr Vasilyev	Soviet Union	48.61	7
3	Harald Schmid (FRG)	Europe	48.83	6
4	Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)	Africa	48.98	5
5	Hans-Jürgen Ende	East Germany	50.22	4
6	Ahmed Hamada (BHR)	Asia	50.63	3
7	Pedro Chiamulera (BRA)	Americas	51.44	2
8	Wayne Paul (NZL)	Oceania	52.15	1

Women

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Sabine Busch	East Germany	54.44	8
2	Judi Brown King	United States	55.10	7
3	Debbie Flintoff (AUS)	Oceania	55.34	6
4	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)	Africa	56.05	5
5	P.T. Usha (IND)	Asia	56.35	4
6	Margarita Khromova	Soviet Union	56.90	3
7	Genowefa Błaszak (POL)	Europe	57.50	2
8	Gwen Wall (CAN)	Americas	58.13	1

3000 m steeplechase

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points
1	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	Africa	8:39.51	8
2	Henry Marsh	United States	8:39.55	7
3	Graeme Fell (CAN)	Americas	8:40.30	6
4	Ivan Konovalov	Soviet Union	8:41.46	5
5	Hagen Melzer	East Germany	8:42.92	4
6	Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)	Europe	8:50.86	3
7	Peter Renner (NZL)	Oceania	8:54.96	2
8	Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)	Asia	8:55.35	1

4 × 100 m relay

Men

5 October

Rank	Team	Athletes	Time	Points
1	United States	Harvey Glance, Kirk Baptiste, Calvin Smith, Dwayne Evans	38.10	8
2	Americas	Desai Williams (CAN), Robson da Silva (BRA), Leandro Peñalver (CUB), Ben Johnson (CAN)	38.31	7
3	Soviet Union	Nikolay Yushmanov, Aleksandr Semyonov, Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Vladimir Muravyov	38.35	6
4	East Germany	Heiko Truppel, Steffen Bringmann, Torsten Heimrath, Frank Emmelmann	38.39	5
5	Europe	Antonio Ullo (ITA), Stefano Tilli (ITA), Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA), Carlo Simionato (ITA)	38.76	4
6	Oceania	Rob Stone (AUS), Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS), Clayton Kearney (AUS), Gerrard Keating (AUS)	39.35	3
7	Africa	Victor Edet (NGR), Ikpoto Eseme (NGR), Iziaq Adeyanju (NGR), Chidi Imoh (NGR)	39.55	2
8	Asia	Li Feng (CHN), Cai Jianming (CHN), Yu Zhuanghui (CHN), Zheng Cheng (CHN)	39.74	1

Women

6 October

Rank	Team	Athletes	Time	Points	Notes
1	East Germany	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	8	WR
2	Soviet Union	Antonina Nastoburko, Natalya Bochina, Marina Zhirova, Elvira Barbashina	42.54	7
3	Europe	Iwona Pakuła (POL), Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL), Ewa Pisiewicz (POL), Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)	43.38	6
4	Americas	Angela Phipps (CAN), Grace Jackson (JAM), Esmie Lawrence (CAN), Molly Killingbeck (CAN)	43.39	5
5	United States	Pam Page, Susan Shurr, Ella Smith, Pam Marshall	44.03	4
6	Africa	Grace Armah (GHA), Doris Wiredu (GHA), Cynthia Quartey (GHA), Martha Appiah (GHA)	44.76	3
7	Asia	Zhang Jianmei (CHN), Pan Weixin (CHN), Tian Yumei (CHN), Liu Huajin (CHN)	45.16	2
	Oceania	Kerry Johnson (AUS), Maree Chapman (AUS), Jenny Flaherty (AUS), Andrea Wade (NZL)	DQ	0

4 × 400 m relay

Men

6 October

Rank	Team	Athletes	Time	Points	Notes
1	United States	Walter McCoy, Andre Phillips, Ray Armstead, Mike Franks	3:00.71	8
2	East Germany	Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing, Guido Lieske, Thomas Schönlebe	3:00.82	7
3	Oceania	Bruce Frayne (AUS), Gary Minihan (AUS), Alan Ozolins (AUS), Darren Clark (AUS)	3:01.35	6
4	Europe	Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA), Klaus Just (FRG), Jörg Vaihinger (FRG), Ángel Heras (ESP)	3:01.46	5
5	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Troshchilo, Aleksandr Vasilyev, Vladimir Prosin, Vladimir Krylov	3:03.17	4
6	Americas	Leandro Peñalver (CUB), Ian Morris (TRI), Héctor Daley (PAN), Roberto Hernández (CUB)	3:03.52	3
7	Asia	Takeo Suzuki (JPN), Abdul Yussouf (IRQ), Hiromi Kawasumi (JPN), Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA)	3:10.20	2
	Africa	Sunday Uti (NGR), David Kitur (KEN), Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV), Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	DQ	0	^[2]

Women

4 October

Rank	Team	Athletes	Time	Points
1	East Germany	Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Neubauer, Marita Koch	3:19.49	8
2	Soviet Union	Tatyana Alekseyeva, Irina Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Vladykina	3:20.60	7
3	Europe	Rositsa Stamenova (BUL), Erica Rossi (ITA), Alena Bulirová (TCH), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	3:28.47	6
4	Americas	Norfalia Carabalí (COL), Jocelyn Joseph (ATG), Molly Killingbeck (CAN), Ana Quirot (CUB)	3:29.34	5
5	United States	Susan Shurr, Judi Brown King, Roberta Belle, Lillie Leatherwood	3:30.99	4
6	Oceania	Sharon Stewart (AUS), Andrea Wade (NZL), Maree Chapman (AUS), Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	3:35.93	3
7	Africa	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR), Airat Bakare (NGR), Kehinde Vaughan (NGR), Doris Wiredu (GHA)	3:36.86	2
8	Asia	Vandana Rao (IND), Emma Tahapary (IND), Shiny Abraham (IND), P.T. Usha (IND)	3:37.59	1

High jump

Men

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	Europe	2.31	8
2	James Howard	United States	2.28	7
3	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Americas	2.28	6
4	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	2.25	5
5	Andreas Sam	East Germany	2.20	4
6	Shuji Ujino (JPN)	Asia	2.15	3
7	Moussa Sagna Fall (SEN)	Senegal	2.10	2
8	John Atkinson (AUS)	Oceania	2.10	1

Women

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Europe	2.00	8
2	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	1.97	7
3	Susanne Helm	East Germany	1.97	6
4	Silvia Costa (CUB)	Americas	1.97	5
5	Christine Stanton (AUS)	Oceania	1.88	4
6	Yang Wenqin (CHN)	Asia	1.85	3
7	Coleen Sommer	United States	1.80	2
8	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (SEN)	Africa	1.70	1

Pole vault

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	5.85	8
2	Philippe Collet (FRA)	Europe	5.60	7
3	Tim Bright	United States	5.40	6
4	Ji Zebiao (CHN)	Asia	5.20	5
5	Christoph Pietz	East Germany	5.20	4
6	Neil Honey (AUS)	Oceania	4.70	3
7	Choukri Abahnini (TUN)	Africa	4.50	2
	Rubén Camino (CUB)	Americas	NM	0

Long jump

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Mike Conley	United States	8.20	8
2	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	8.09	7
3	László Szalma (HUN)	Europe	8.09	6
4	Gary Honey (AUS)	Oceania	7.98	5
5	Liu Yuhuang (CHN)	Asia	7.98	4
6	Ubaldo Duany (CUB)	Americas	7.87	3
7	Uwe Lange	East Germany	7.76	2
8	Paul Emordi (NGR)	Africa	7.63	1

Women

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	7.27	8
2	Galina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	7.00	7
3	Carol Lewis	United States	6.88	6
4	Robyn Lorraway (AUS)	Oceania	6.80	5
5	Sabine Braun (FRG)	Europe	6.62	4
6	Shonel Ferguson (BAH)	Americas	6.53w	3
7	Huang Donghuo (CHN)	Asia	6.29	2
8	Marianne Mendoza (SEN)	Africa	5.40	1

Triple jump

Men

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Willie Banks	United States	17.58	8
2	Oleg Protsenko	Soviet Union	17.47	7
3	Khristo Markov (BUL)	Europe	17.13	6
4	Volker Mai	East Germany	17.07	5
5	Paul Emordi (NGR)	Africa	16.89	4
6	Lázaro Balcindes (CUB)	Americas	16.74w	3
7	Tian Hongxin (CHN)	Asia	16.49	2
8	Peter Beames (AUS)	Oceania	16.12	1

Shot put

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Ulf Timmermann	East Germany	22.00	8
2	Sergey Smirnov	Soviet Union	21.72	7
3	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	Europe	21.14	6
4	Dave Laut	United States	20.51	5
5	Gert Weil (CHI)	Americas	19.50	4
6	Mohammed Achouche (EGY)	Africa	18.41	3
7	Balwinder Singh (IND)	Asia	17.11	2
8	Wayne Barber (AUS)	Oceania	16.15	1

Women

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	20.69	8
2	Heike Hartwig	East Germany	19.98	7
3	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	Europe	19.17	6
4	Gael Martin (AUS)	Oceania	18.04	5
5	Cong Yuzhen (CHN)	Asia	17.83	4
6	Ramona Pagel	United States	17.31	3
7	Rosa Fernández (CUB)	Americas	16.65	2
8	Souad Maloussi (MAR)	Africa	15.80	1

Discus throw

Men

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
1	Georgiy Kolnootchenko	Soviet Union	69.08	8	CR
2	Jürgen Schult	East Germany	68.30	7
3	Luis Delís (CUB)	Americas	67.60	6
4	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	Europe	62.96	5
5	John Powell	United States	62.82	4
6	Paul Nandapi (AUS)	Oceania	58.84	3
7	Ahmed Kamel Shata (EGY)	Africa	35.74	2
	Li Weinan (CHN)	Asia	DNS	0

Women

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Martina Opitz	East Germany	69.78	8
2	Galina Savinkova	Soviet Union	67.30	7
3	Maritza Martén (CUB)	Americas	66.54	6
4	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	Europe	61.90	5
5	Li Xiaohui (CHN)	Asia	57.74	4
6	Carol Cady	United States	56.52	3
7	Sue Reinwald (AUS)	Oceania	53.92	2
8	Zoubida Laayouni (MAR)	Africa	49.68	1

Hammer throw

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Jüri Tamm	Soviet Union	82.12	8
2	Günther Rodehau	East Germany	78.44	7
3	Jud Logan	United States	76.68	6
4	František Vrbka (TCH)	Europe	71.62	5
5	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	Africa	69.84	4
6	Hans-Martin Lotz (AUS)	Oceania	67.30	3
7	Francisco Soria (CUB)	Americas	62.38	2
8	Raghubir Singh Bal (IND)	Asia	60.92	1

Javelin throw

Men

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Uwe Hohn	East Germany	96.96	8
2	Heino Puuste	Soviet Union	87.40	7
3	Tom Petranoff	United States	87.34	6
4	David Ottley (GBR)	Europe	87.00	5
5	John Stapylton-Smith (NZL)	Oceania	76.94	4
6	Michael Mahovlich (CAN)	Americas	76.14	3
7	Pubu Ciren (CHN)	Asia	75.46	2
8	Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG)	Africa	72.72	1

Women

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points
1	Olga Gavrilova	Soviet Union	66.80	8
2	Petra Felke	East Germany	66.22	7
3	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	Europe	65.12	6
4	Sue Howland (AUS)	Oceania	63.58	5
5	Agnès Tchuinté (CMR)	Africa	57.86	4
6	Zhu Hongyang (CHN)	Asia	55.90	3
7	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	Americas	54.00	2
8	Cathy Sulinski	United States	53.78	1

References

^ Note: Kirk Baptiste had originally won the race from lane one in the time of 20.38, but was later disqualified for taking a couple of steps outside his lane at the beginning of the straight.
^ The African team was disqualified as their anchor leg runner dropped the baton in the last metres of the race while fighting with the US team for the first place

Competition results

Full results
Full Results by IAAF (archived)

[1] Note: Kirk Baptiste had originally won the race from lane one in the time of 20.38, but was later disqualified for taking a couple of steps outside his lane at the beginning of the straight.

[2] The African team was disqualified as their anchor leg runner dropped the baton in the last metres of the race while fighting with the US team for the first place

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