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1985 in the sport of athletics

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Title1985 in athletics
Major world competitionsWorld Indoor Games
Previous1984
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This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics.

International Events

World records

Men

EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE
1,500 metresSteve Cram3:29.6716 JulyNice, France
Said Aouita3:29.4623 AugustBerlin, West Germany
MileSteve Cram3:46.3227 JulyOslo, Norway
2,000 metresSteve Cram4:51.394 AugustBudapest, Hungary
5,000 metresSaid Aouita13:00.4027 JulyOslo, Norway
High JumpRudolf Povarnitsyn2.40m11 AugustDonetsk, Soviet Union
Igor Paklin2.41m4 SeptemberKobe, Japan
Pole VaultSergey Bubka6.00m13 JulyParis, France
Triple JumpWillie Banks17.97m16 JuneIndianapolis, USA
Shot PutUlf Timmermann22.62m22 SeptemberBerlin, Germany
Half MarathonSteve Jones1:01:1411 AugustBirmingham, UK
Mark Curp1:00:5515 SeptemberPhiladelphia, United States
MarathonCarlos Lopes2:07:1220 AprilRotterdam, Netherlands

Women

EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE
400 metresMarita Koch47.606 OctoberCanberra, Australia
MileMary Slaney4:16.7121 AugustZürich, Switzerland
5,000 metresZola Budd14:48.0726 AugustLondon, Great Britain
10,000 metresIngrid Kristiansen30:59.4227 JulyOslo, Norway
400m HurdlesSabine Busch53.5522 SeptemberEast Berlin, East Germany
4 × 100 m RelayGDR
• Silke Möller
• Sabine Günther
• Ingrid Auerswald
• Marlies Göhr41.376 OctoberCanberra, Australia
Long JumpHeike Drechsler7.4422 SeptemberEast Berlin, East Germany
Javelin ThrowPetra Felke75.264 JuneSchwerin, East Germany
Petra Felke75.404 JuneSchwerin, East Germany

Men's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Carl Lewis9.98
2.Ben Johnson10.00
3.Harvey Glance10.05
4.Frank Emmelmann10.06
5.Terry Scott10.08

[[200 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Lorenzo Daniel20.07
2.Kirk Baptiste20.11
3.Roy Martin20.13
4.Calvin Smith20.14
5.Mike Conley20.21

[[400 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Michael Franks44.47
2.Thomas Schönlebe44.62
3.Innocent Egbunike44.66
4.Roddie Haley44.67
5.Darrell Robinson44.71

[[800 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Joaquim Cruz1:42.49
2.Johnny Gray1:42.60
3.Steve Cram1:42.88
4.Sebastian Coe1:43.07
5.David Mack1:43.35

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Saïd Aouita3:29.46
2.Steve Cram3:29.67
3.Sydney Maree3:29.77
4.José Luis González3:30.92
5.José Manuel Abascal3:31.69

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Steve Cram3:46.32
2.Saïd Aouita3:46.92
3.José Luis González3:47.79
4.Sebastian Coe3:49.22
5.Steve Scott3:49.93

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Saïd Aouita7:32.94
2.Doug Padilla7:38.25
3.Steve Scott7:38.53
4.Thomas Wessinghage7:42.61
5.Johan Fourie7:44.0

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Saïd Aouita13:00.40
2.Sydney Maree13:01.15
3.Alberto Cova13:10.06
4.Bruce Bickford13:13.49
5.Doug Padilla13:15.44

[[10000 metres|10,000 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Bruce Bickford27:37.17
2.Mark Nenow27:40.85
3.Ed Eyestone27:41.05
4.Fernando Mamede27:41.09
5.Toshihiko Seko27:42.17

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Mark Curp1:00:55

[[Hurdling|110m Hurdles]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Roger Kingdom13.14
2.Greg Foster13.24
3.Andre Phillips13.25
4.Mark McKoy13.27
Tonie Campbell

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Danny Harris47.63
2.Andre Phillips47.67
3.Harald Schmid47.85
4.Aleksandr Vasilyev47.92
5.Amadou Dia Bâ48.29

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m Steeplechase]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Henry Marsh8:09.17
2.Krzysztof Wesolowski8:11.04
3.Joseph Mahmoud8:11.07
4.Rainer Schwarz8:11.93
5.Graeme Fell8:12.58

[[High Jump]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT
1.Igor Paklin2.41
2.Rudolf Povarnitsyn2.40
3.Dietmar Mögenburg2.39
4.Patrik Sjöberg2.38
5.Eddy Annys2.36

[[Long Jump]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Carl Lewis8.62
2.Larry Myricks8.44
3.Jason Grimes8.43
Mike Conley
5.Robert Emmiyan8.30
László Szalma

[[Triple Jump]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Willie Banks17.97
2.Charles Simpkins17.86
3.Khristo Markov17.77
4.Mike Conley17.71
5.Oleg Protsenko17.69

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Imrich Bugár71.26
2.Luis Delís70.00
3.Jürgen Schult69.74
4.Knut Hjeltnes69.62
5.Juan Martínez69.32

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1985 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Jüri Tamm84.08
2.Yuriy Syedikh82.70
3.Günther Rodehau82.64
4.Christoph Sahner81.56
5.Matthias Moder80.92

[[Shot Put]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Ulf Timmermann22.62
2.Sergey Smirnov22.05
3.Alessandro Andrei21.95
4.Remigius Machura21.88
Udo Beyer

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Uwe Hohn96.96
2.Brian Crouser95.10
3.Duncan Atwood94.06
4.Viktor Yevsyukov93.70
5.Zdeněk Adamec92.94

[[Pole Vault]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT
1.Sergey Bubka6.00
2.Pierre Quinon5.90
3.Joe Dial5.85
4.Vasiliy Bubka5.80
Mike Tully
Thierry Vigneron
Pavel Bogatyryov
Philippe Collet
Marian Kolasa

[[Decathlon]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS
1.Torsten Voss8559
2.Uwe Freimuth8504
3.Siegfried Wentz8440
4.Aleksandr Nevskiy8409
5.John Sayre8381

Women's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Marlies Göhr10.86
2.Merlene Ottey-Page10.92
3.Marita Koch10.97
4.Marina Zhirova10.98
5.Silke Gladisch10.99

[[200 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Marita Koch21.78
2.Merlene Ottey-Page21.93
3.Valerie Brisco21.98
4.Silke Gladisch22.12
5.Pam Marshall22.39

[[400 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Marita Koch47.60
2.Olga Vladykina48.27
3.Valerie Brisco49.56
4.Mariya Pinigina49.61
5.Jarmila Kratochvílová49.89

[[800 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Ella Kovacs1:55.68
2.Jarmila Kratochvílová1:55.91
3.Ravilya Agletdinova1:56.24
4.Nadiya Olizarenko1:56.25
5.Yekaterina Podkopayeva1:56.65

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Mary Slaney3:57.24
2.Maricica Puică3:57.73
3.Ravilya Agletdinova3:58.40
4.Natalya Artyomova3:59.28
5.Doina Melinte3:59.88

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Mary Slaney4:16.71
2.Maricica Puică4:17.33
3.Zola Budd4:17.57
4.Kirsty McDermott4:19.41
5.Ulrike Bruns4:21.59

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Mary Slaney8:25.83
2.Maricica Puică8:27.83
3.Zola Budd8:28.83
4.Zamira Zaytseva8:35.74
5.Ulrike Bruns8:36.51

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Zola Budd14:48.07
2.Natalya Artyomova14:54.08
3.Olga Bondarenko14:55.76
4.Ingrid Kristiansen14:57.43
5.Maricica Puică15:06.04

[[10000 metres|10,000 metres]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Ingrid Kristiansen30:59.42
2.Olga Bondarenko31:25.18
3.Aurora Cunha31:35.46
4.Svetlana Guskova31:57.80
5.Lynn Jennings32:03.37

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Joan Benoit1:09:44

[[Hurdling|100m Hurdles]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Ginka Zagorcheva12.42
2.Vera Akimova12.59
3.Svetlana Gusarova12.61
4.Nadezhda Korshunova12.71
5.Cornelia Oschkenat12.72

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Sabine Busch53.33
2.Genowefa Błaszak54.27
3.Tatyana Pavlova54.34
4.Marina Stepanova54.37
5.Judi Brown-King54.38

[[High Jump]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT
1.Stefka Kostadinova2.06
2.Tamara Bykova2.02
3.Silvia Costa2.01
4.Charmaine Weavers2.00
Louise Ritter

[[Long Jump]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Heike Drechsler7.44
2.Yelena Khlopotnova7.31
3.Galina Chistyakova7.28
4.Jackie Joyner7.24
5.Helga Radtke7.19

[[Shot Put]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Natalya Lisovskaya21.73
2.Natalya Akhrymenko21.08
3.Helena Fibingerová21.03
4.Mihaela Loghin20.97
5.Helma Knorscheidt20.79

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Galina Savinkova72.96
2.Zdeňka Šilhavá70.70
3.Maritza Marten70.50
4.Martina Hellmann69.78
5.Florenţa Crăciunescu69.50

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Petra Felke75.40
2.Fatima Whitbread72.98
3.Ivonne Leal71.82
4.Tessa Sanderson71.18
5.Tiina Lillak70.62

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS
1.Jackie Joyner6718
2.Jane Frederick6666
3.Malgorzata Nowak6616
4.Sabine Paetz6595
5.Natalya Shubenkova6510

Marathon

Year Rankings

Men

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

Women

RANKATHLETETIMEDATEEVENT
1.NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:21:06 WRApril 21London, United Kingdom
2.USA Joan Samuelson (USA)2:21:21October 20Chicago, United States
3.NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:23:05October 20Chicago, United States
4.POR Rosa Mota (POR)2:23:29October 20Chicago, United States
5.NED Carla Beurskens (NED)2:27:50October 20Chicago, United States
6.ENG Veronique Marot (ENG)2:28:04October 20Chicago, United States
7.ENG Sarah Rowell (ENG)2:28:06April 21London, United Kingdom
8.IRL Carey May (IRL)2:28:07January 27Osaka, Japan
9.NOR Grete Waitz (NOR)2:28:34April 21New York, United States
10.CAN Silvia Ruegger (CAN)2:28:36January 6Houston, United States

National Champions

NATIONMEN'S WINNERTIMEWOMEN'S WINNERTIMEPLACEDATE
AUS AustraliaGrenville Wood2:13:37Elizabeth Patmore2:46:00SydneyJune 9
BEL BelgiumFrederik Vandervennet2:15:49Agnes Pardaens2:42:25LeuvenJune 9
CAN CanadaRoger Schwegel2:22:32Bernadette Duffy2:48:09WinnipegJune 16
JPN JapanHisatoshi Shintaku2:09:51FukuokaDecember 1
NED NetherlandsCor Vriend2:15:51Eefje van Wissen2:39:32EnschedeJune 22
FRG West GermanyHerbert Steffny2:12:12Charlotte Teske2:32:38FrankfurtMay 19
USA United StatesKen Martin2:12:57Nancy Ditz2:31:36Pittsburgh (men) / California (women)May 5 (men) / December 8 (women)

Road races

DateRaceLocationMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTime
January 27Osaka International Ladies MarathonJPN JapanIRE Carey May2:28:07
February 2Auckland MarathonNZL New ZealandUSA Jeff Wells2:16:43DEN Kiersti Jakobsen2:37:12
February 10Tokyo MarathonJPN JapanJPN Shigeru So2:10:32
March 17Barcelona MarathonESP SpainESP Rafael Garcia2:18:16ESP Joaquina Casas2:48:01
March 31Vienna MarathonAUT AustriaAUT Gerhard Hartmann2:14:59URS Elena Tsukhlo2:39:01
April 15Boston MarathonUSA United StatesENG Geoff Smith2:14:05USA Lisa Rainsberger2:34:06
April 20Rotterdam MarathonNED NetherlandsPOR Carlos Lopes2:07:12 WRNED Wilma Rusman2:35:32
April 21London MarathonUK United KingdomWAL Steve Jones2:08:16NOR Ingrid Kristiansen2:21:06 WR
May 5Pittsburgh MarathonUSA United StatesUSA Ken Martin2:12:57AUS Lisa Ondieki2:31:54
May 5Vancouver MarathonCAN CanadaAUS Adrian Wellington2:24:24JPN Kikue Teshima2:55:34
May 6Belfast MarathonNIR BelfastNIR Martin Deane2:15:52NIR Moira O'Neill2:45:40
May 12Amsterdam MarathonNED NetherlandsBEL Jose Reveyn2:19:25NED Carolien Lucas2:47:15
May 12Paris MarathonFRA FranceFRA Jacky Boxberger2:10:49GBR Maureen Hurst2:43:31
May 19Geneva MarathonSUI SwitzerlandURS Nikolay Shamyeyev2:19:17URS Nadezhda Gumerova2:36:04
June 1Stockholm MarathonSWE SwedenSWE Tommy Persson2:17:18SWE Jeanette Nordgren2:36:43
July 21San Francisco MarathonUSA United StatesUSA Ric Sayre2:15:08DEN Kersti Jakosen2:38:03
August 25Reykjavik MarathonISL IcelandFRG Josef Hermann2:30:04GBR Leslie Watson2:52:44
August 31Oslo MarathonNOR NorwaySWE Josef Machalek2:19:00NOR Oddrun Hovsengen2:43:39
September 29Berlin MarathonFRG West GermanyENG Jimmy Ashworth2:11:43BEL Magda Ilands2:34:10
September 29Portland MarathonUSA United StatesUSA Leonard Hill2:19:42USA Lynn Bernot2:51:25
October 12Enschede MarathonNED NetherlandsHUN Zoltan Köszegi2:15:39NED Eefje van Wissen2:39:32
October 12Niagara MarathonCAN CanadaUSA Mark Coleman2:30:29CAN Charlene MacDonald3:07:20
October 13Athens Classic MarathonGRE GreeceSWE Michael Hill2:26:20GBR Eryl Davies3:04:30
October 13Beijing MarathonCHN ChinaJPN Shigeru So2:10:23
October 13Melbourne MarathonAUS AustraliaBEL Frederick Vandervennet2:12:35AUS Margaret Reddan2:44:56
October 20Chicago MarathonUSA United StatesWAL Steve Jones2:07:13USA Joan Samuelson2:21:21
October 27New York City MarathonUSA United StatesITA Orlando Pizzolato2:11:34NOR Grete Waitz2:28:34
October 28Dublin MarathonIRE IrelandIRE Dick Hooper2:16:14GBR Julia Gates2:41:26
November 3Istanbul MarathonTUR TurkeyTUR Mehmet Terzi2:12:50
November 17Buenos Aires MarathonARG ArgentinaARG Ruben Huerga2:25:20ARG Derlis Maria Fraschina3:59:47
November 17Tokyo MarathonJPN JapanGDR Katrin Doerre2:34:21
December 1Fukuoka MarathonJPN JapanJPN Hisatoshi Shintaku2:09:51
December 8Honolulu MarathonUSA United StatesKEN Ibrahim Hussein2:12:08NED Carla Beurskens2:35:51
December 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

References

  1. "USA Champions Men's Marathon".
  2. "USA Champions Women's Marathon".
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