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	Notes
1	Ben Johnson	Americas	10.00	8
2	Chidi Imoh	Africa	10.11	7
3	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	10.17	6
4	Kirk Baptiste	United States	10.17	5
5	Gerrard Keating	Oceania	10.22	4
6	Nikolay Yushmanov	Soviet Union	10.26	3
7	Marian Woronin	Europe	10.45	2
8	Zheng Cheng	Asia	10.48	1

Women

5 October
Wind: -0.6 m/s

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

200 m

Men

6 October
Wind: +0.5 m/s

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

Women

4 October
Wind: -0.7 m/s

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

400 m

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Michael Franks	United States	44.47	8
2	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	44.72	7
3	Innocent Egbunike	Africa	44.99	6
4	Darren Clark	Oceania	45.12	5
5	Vladimir Krylov	Soviet Union	45.73	4
6	Hector Daley	Americas	46.04	3
7	Aldo Canti	Europe	46.21	2
8	Mohammed Al-Malki	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	Americas	50.86	5
5	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Europe	50.95	4
6	Debbie Flintoff	Oceania	51.57	3
7	Pilavullakandi Usha	Asia	51.61	2
8	Kehinde Vaughan	Africa	53.16	1

800 m

Men

4 October

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

Women

5 October

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

1500 m

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Omer Khalifa	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	Europe	3:42.16	5
5	Mike Hillardt	Oceania	3:42.65	4
6	Craig Masback	United States	3:46.54	3
7	David Campbell	Americas	3:47.93	2
8	Bagicha Singh	Asia	3:54.88	1

Women

4 October

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

5000/3000 m

Men

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Doug Padilla	United States	14:04.11	8
2	Stefano Mei	Europe	14:05.99	7
3	Wodajo Bulti	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	Oceania	14:11.32	3
7	Mauricio González	Americas	14:11.78	2
8	Kozu Akutsu	Asia	14:12.72	1

Women

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
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	Oceania	9:27.34	5
5	Li Xiuxia	Asia	9:31.80	4
6	Hellen Kimaiyo	Africa	9:33.41	3
7	Geri Fitch	Americas	9:46.68	2
8	Monika Schäfer	Europe	10:03.47	1

10,000 m

Men

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Wodajo Bulti	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	Americas	29:35.85	5
5	Vincent Rousseau	Europe	29:53.23	4
6	Rex Wilson	Oceania	30:06.23	3
7	Gennadiy Temnikov	Soviet Union	30:09.94	2
8	Zhang Guowei	Asia	30:26.58	1

Women

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Aurora Cunha	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	Africa	33:46.69	4
6	Mónica Regonesi	Americas	34:04.42	3
	Yuko Gordon	Asia	DNF	0
	Lisa Martin	Oceania	DNF	0

110/100 m hurdles

Men

6 October
Wind: +3.1 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
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	Oceania	13.79	5
5	Yu Zhicheng	Asia	13.83	3.5
5	György Bakos	Europe	13.83	3.5
7	René Djédjémel	Africa	14.20	2
8	Jesús Aguilasocho	Americas	14.64	1

Women

5 October
Wind: -1.8 m/s

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

400 m hurdles

Men

4 October

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

Women

4 October

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

3000 m steeplechase

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1	Julius Kariuki	Africa	8:39.51	8
2	Henry Marsh	United States	8:39.55	7
3	Graeme Fell	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	Europe	8:50.86	3
7	Peter Renner	Oceania	8:54.96	2
8	Shigeyuki Aikyo	Asia	8:55.35	1

4 × 100 m relay

Men

5 October

Rank	Team	Athletes	Time	Points	Notes
1	United States	Harvey Glance, Kirk Baptiste, Calvin Smith, Dwayne Evans	38.10	8
2	Americas	Desai Williams, Robson da Silva, Leandro Peñalver, Ben Johnson	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, Stefano Tilli, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Carlo Simionato	38.76	4
6	Oceania	Rob Stone, Peter Van Miltenburg, Clayton Kearney, Gerrard Keating	39.35	3
7	Africa	Victor Edet, Ikpoto Eseme, Iziaq Adeyanju, Chidi Imoh	39.55	2
8	Asia	Li Feng, Cai Jianming, Yu Zhuanghui, Zheng Cheng	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, Ginka Zagorcheva, Ewa Pisiewicz, Ewa Kasprzyk	43.38	6
4	Americas	Angela Phipps, Grace Jackson, Esmie Lawrence, Molly Killingbeck	43.39	5
5	United States	Pam Page, Susan Shurr, Ella Smith, Pam Marshall	44.03	4
6	Africa	Grace Armah, Doris Wiredu, Cynthia Quartey, Martha Appiah	44.76	3
7	Asia	Zhang Jianmei, Pan Weixin, Tian Yumei, Liu Huajin	45.16	2
	Oceania	Kerry Johnson, Maree Chapman, Jenny Flaherty, Andrea Wade	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, Gary Minihan, Alan Ozolins, Darren Clark	3:01.35	6
4	Europe	Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Klaus Just, Jörg Vaihinger, Ángel Heras	3:01.46	5
5	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Troshchilo, Aleksandr Vasilyev, Vladimir Prosin, Vladimir Krylov	3:03.17	4
6	Americas	Leandro Peñalver, Ian Morris, Héctor Daley, Roberto Hernández	3:03.52	3
7	Asia	Takeo Suzuki, Abdul Yussouf, Hiromi Kawasumi, Mohammed Al-Malki	3:10.20	2
	Africa	Sunday Uti, David Kitur, Gabriel Tiacoh, Innocent Egbunike	DQ	0

Women

4 October

Rank	Team	Athletes	Time	Points	Notes
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, Erica Rossi, Alena Bulirová, Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:28.47	6
4	Americas	Norfalia Carabalí, Jocelyn Joseph, Molly Killingbeck, Ana Quirot	3:29.34	5
5	United States	Susan Shurr, Judi Brown King, Roberta Belle, Lillie Leatherwood	3:30.99	4
6	Oceania	Sharon Stewart, Andrea Wade, Maree Chapman, Debbie Flintoff-King	3:35.93	3
7	Africa	Nawal El Moutawakel, Airat Bakare, Kehinde Vaughan, Doris Wiredu	3:36.86	2
8	Asia	Vandana Rao, Emma Tahapary, Shiny Abraham, P.T. Usha	3:37.59	1

High jump

Men

6 October

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

Women

4 October

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

Pole vault

Men

5 October

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

Long jump

Men

5 October

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

Women

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
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	Oceania	6.80	5
5	Sabine Braun	Europe	6.62	4
6	Shonel Ferguson	Americas	6.53w	3
7	Huang Donghuo	Asia	6.29	2
8	Marianne Mendoza	Africa	5.40	1

Triple jump

Men

4 October

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

Shot put

Men

5 October

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

Women

4 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
1	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	20.69	8
2	Heike Hartwig	East Germany	19.98	7
3	Helena Fibingerová	Europe	19.17	6
4	Gael Martin	Oceania	18.04	5
5	Cong Yuzhen	Asia	17.83	4
6	Ramona Pagel	United States	17.31	3
7	Rosa Fernández	Americas	16.65	2
8	Souad Maloussi	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	Americas	67.60	6
4	Imrich Bugár	Europe	62.96	5
5	John Powell	United States	62.82	4
6	Paul Nandapi	Oceania	58.84	3
7	Ahmed Kamel Shata	Africa	35.74	2
	Li Weinan	Asia	DNS	0

Women

6 October

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

Hammer throw

Men

5 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
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	Europe	71.62	5
5	Hakim Toumi	Africa	69.84	4
6	Hans-Martin Lotz	Oceania	67.30	3
7	Francisco Soria	Americas	62.38	2
8	Raghubir Singh Bal	Asia	60.92	1

Javelin throw

Men

6 October

Rank	Athlete	Team	Result	Points	Notes
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	Europe	87.00	5
5	John Stapylton-Smith	Oceania	76.94	4
6	Michael Mahovlich	Americas	76.14	3
7	Pubu Ciren	Asia	75.46	2
8	Ahmed Mahour Bacha	Africa	72.72	1

Women

4 October

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

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