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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.
World records
Men
EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE 1,500 metres Steve Cram 3:29.67 16 July Nice, France Said Aouita 3:29.46 23 August Berlin, West Germany Mile Steve Cram 3:46.32 27 July Oslo, Norway 2,000 metres Steve Cram 4:51.39 4 August Budapest, Hungary 5,000 metres Said Aouita 13:00.40 27 July Oslo, Norway High Jump Rudolf Povarnitsyn 2.40m 11 August Donetsk, Soviet Union Igor Paklin 2.41m 4 September Kobe, Japan Pole Vault Sergey Bubka 6.00m 13 July Paris, France Triple Jump Willie Banks 17.97m 16 June Indianapolis, USA Shot Put Ulf Timmermann 22.62m 22 September Berlin, Germany Half Marathon Steve Jones 1:01:14 11 August Birmingham, UK Mark Curp 1:00:55 15 September Philadelphia, United States Marathon Carlos Lopes 2:07:12 20 April Rotterdam, Netherlands
Women
EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE 400 metres Marita Koch 47.60 6 October Canberra, Australia Mile Mary Slaney 4:16.71 21 August Zürich, Switzerland 5,000 metres Zola Budd 14:48.07 26 August London, Great Britain 10,000 metres Ingrid Kristiansen 30:59.42 27 July Oslo, Norway 400m Hurdles Sabine Busch 53.55 22 September East Berlin, East Germany 4 × 100 m Relay GDR • Silke Möller • Sabine Günther • Ingrid Auerswald • Marlies Göhr 41.37 6 October Canberra, Australia Long Jump Heike Drechsler 7.44 22 September East Berlin, East Germany Javelin Throw Petra Felke 75.26 4 June Schwerin, East Germany Petra Felke 75.40 4 June Schwerin, East Germany
Marathon
Year Rankings
Men
RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT 1. POR Carlos Lopes (POR) 2:07.12 WR April 20 Rotterdam, Netherlands 2. WAL Steve Jones (WAL) 2:07.13 October 20 Chicago, United States 3. DJI Djama Robleh (DJI) 2:08.08 October 20 Chicago, United States 4. DJI Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) 2:08.09 April 14 Hiroshima, Japan 5. JPN Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.15 April 14 Hiroshima, Japan 6. WAL Steve Jones (WAL) 2:08.16 April 21 London, United Kingdom 7. DJI Djama Robleh (DJI) 2:08.26 April 14 Hiroshima, Japan 8. ENG Charlie Spedding (ENG) 2:08.33 April 21 London, United Kingdom 9. AUS 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. NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 WR April 21 London, United Kingdom 2. USA Joan Samuelson (USA) 2:21:21 October 20 Chicago, United States 3. NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:23:05 October 20 Chicago, United States 4. POR Rosa Mota (POR) 2:23:29 October 20 Chicago, United States 5. NED Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:27:50 October 20 Chicago, United States 6. ENG Veronique Marot (ENG) 2:28:04 October 20 Chicago, United States 7. ENG Sarah Rowell (ENG) 2:28:06 April 21 London, United Kingdom 8. IRL Carey May (IRL) 2:28:07 January 27 Osaka, Japan 9. NOR Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:34 April 21 New York, United States 10. CAN Silvia Ruegger (CAN) 2:28:36 January 6 Houston, United States
National Champions
NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME PLACE DATE AUS Australia Grenville Wood 2:13:37 Elizabeth Patmore 2:46:00 Sydney June 9 BEL Belgium Frederik Vandervennet 2:15:49 Agnes Pardaens 2:42:25 Leuven June 9 CAN Canada Roger Schwegel 2:22:32 Bernadette Duffy 2:48:09 Winnipeg June 16 JPN Japan Hisatoshi Shintaku 2:09:51 — — Fukuoka December 1 NED Netherlands Cor Vriend 2:15:51 Eefje van Wissen 2:39:32 Enschede June 22 FRG West Germany Herbert Steffny 2:12:12 Charlotte Teske 2:32:38 Frankfurt May 19 USA United States Ken Martin 2:12:57 Nancy Ditz 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 JPN Japan — — IRE Carey May 2:28:07 February 2 Auckland Marathon NZL New Zealand USA Jeff Wells 2:16:43 DEN Kiersti Jakobsen 2:37:12 February 10 Tokyo Marathon JPN Japan JPN Shigeru So 2:10:32 — — March 17 Barcelona Marathon ESP Spain ESP Rafael Garcia 2:18:16 ESP Joaquina Casas 2:48:01 March 31 Vienna Marathon AUT Austria AUT Gerhard Hartmann 2:14:59 URS Elena Tsukhlo 2:39:01 April 15 Boston Marathon USA United States ENG Geoff Smith 2:14:05 USA Lisa Rainsberger 2:34:06 April 20 Rotterdam Marathon NED Netherlands POR Carlos Lopes 2:07:12 WR NED Wilma Rusman 2:35:32 April 21 London Marathon UK United Kingdom WAL Steve Jones 2:08:16 NOR Ingrid Kristiansen 2:21:06 WR May 5 Pittsburgh Marathon USA United States USA Ken Martin 2:12:57 AUS Lisa Ondieki 2:31:54 May 5 Vancouver Marathon CAN Canada AUS Adrian Wellington 2:24:24 JPN Kikue Teshima 2:55:34 May 6 Belfast Marathon NIR Belfast NIR Martin Deane 2:15:52 NIR Moira O'Neill 2:45:40 May 12 Amsterdam Marathon NED Netherlands BEL Jose Reveyn 2:19:25 NED Carolien Lucas 2:47:15 May 12 Paris Marathon FRA France FRA Jacky Boxberger 2:10:49 GBR Maureen Hurst 2:43:31 May 19 Geneva Marathon SUI Switzerland URS Nikolay Shamyeyev 2:19:17 URS Nadezhda Gumerova 2:36:04 June 1 Stockholm Marathon SWE Sweden SWE Tommy Persson 2:17:18 SWE Jeanette Nordgren 2:36:43 July 21 San Francisco Marathon USA United States USA Ric Sayre 2:15:08 DEN Kersti Jakosen 2:38:03 August 25 Reykjavik Marathon ISL Iceland FRG Josef Hermann 2:30:04 GBR Leslie Watson 2:52:44 August 31 Oslo Marathon NOR Norway SWE Josef Machalek 2:19:00 NOR Oddrun Hovsengen 2:43:39 September 29 Berlin Marathon FRG West Germany ENG Jimmy Ashworth 2:11:43 BEL Magda Ilands 2:34:10 September 29 Portland Marathon USA United States USA Leonard Hill 2:19:42 USA Lynn Bernot 2:51:25 October 12 Enschede Marathon NED Netherlands HUN Zoltan Köszegi 2:15:39 NED Eefje van Wissen 2:39:32 October 12 Niagara Marathon CAN Canada USA Mark Coleman 2:30:29 CAN Charlene MacDonald 3:07:20 October 13 Athens Classic Marathon GRE Greece SWE Michael Hill 2:26:20 GBR Eryl Davies 3:04:30 October 13 Beijing Marathon CHN China JPN Shigeru So 2:10:23 — — October 13 Melbourne Marathon AUS Australia BEL Frederick Vandervennet 2:12:35 AUS Margaret Reddan 2:44:56 October 20 Chicago Marathon USA United States WAL Steve Jones 2:07:13 USA Joan Samuelson 2:21:21 October 27 New York City Marathon USA United States ITA Orlando Pizzolato 2:11:34 NOR Grete Waitz 2:28:34 October 28 Dublin Marathon IRE Ireland IRE Dick Hooper 2:16:14 GBR Julia Gates 2:41:26 November 3 Istanbul Marathon TUR Turkey TUR Mehmet Terzi 2:12:50 — — November 17 Buenos Aires Marathon ARG Argentina ARG Ruben Huerga 2:25:20 ARG Derlis Maria Fraschina 3:59:47 November 17 Tokyo Marathon JPN Japan — — GDR Katrin Doerre 2:34:21 December 1 Fukuoka Marathon JPN Japan JPN Hisatoshi Shintaku 2:09:51 — — December 8 Honolulu Marathon USA United States KEN Ibrahim Hussein 2:12:08 NED Carla Beurskens 2:35:51 December 17 Tiberias Marathon ISR Israel SCO Lindsay Robertson 2:15:39 USA Sharlet Gilbert 2:42:54
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)
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