# 1985 European Cup (athletics)

The 1985 European Cup was the 10th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
The "A" Finals were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. The first two teams qualified for the 1985 IAAF World Cup.

## "A" Final

Held on 17 and 18 August in Moscow, Soviet Union

### Teams standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 125 |
| 2 | East Germany | 114 |
| 3 | West Germany | 92 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 90 |
| 5 | Poland | 85 |
| 6 | Italy | 72 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 72 |
| 8 | France | 70 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 118 |
| 2 | East Germany | 111 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 67 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 65 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 62 |
| 6 | Poland | 60 |
| 7 | West Germany | 57 |
| 8 | Italy | 35 |

### Results summary
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +0.6 m/s) | Marian Woronin Poland | 10.14 | Vladimir Muravyov Russia | 10.22 | Frank Emmelmann East Germany | 10.33 |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s) | Frank Emmelmann East Germany | 20.23 CR | Aleksandr Yevgenyev Soviet Union | 20.42 | Ralf Lübke West Germany | 20.43 |
| 400 m | Thomas Schönlebe East Germany | 44.96 CR | Vladimir Krylov Soviet Union | 45.22 | Derek Redmond Great Britain | 45.35 |
| 800 m | Tom McKean Great Britain | 1:49.11 | Piotr Piekarski Poland | 1:49.73 | Peter Braun West Germany | 1:49.79 |
| 1500 m | Steve Cram Great Britain | 3:43.71 | Olaf Beyer East Germany | 3:44.96 | Stefano Mei Italy | 3:45.14 |
| 5000 m | Alberto Cova Italy | 14:05.45 | Thomas Wessinghage West Germany | 14:05.72 | Steve Harris Great Britain | 14:06.25 |
| 10,000 m | Alberto Cova Italy | 28:51.46 | Werner Schildhauer East Germany | 28:56.57 | Christoph Herle West Germany | 29:02.92 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Patriz Ilg West Germany | 8:16.14 | Bogusław Mamiński Poland | 8:17.40 | Joseph Mahmoud France | 8:17.85 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.6 m/s) | Sergey Usov Soviet Union | 13.56 | Daniele Fontecchio Italy | 13.66 | Stéphane Caristan France | 13.67 |
| 400 m hurdles | Harald Schmid West Germany | 47.85 =CR | Aleksandr Vasilyev Soviet Union | 47.92 | Mark Holtom Great Britain | 50.47 |
| 4 × 100 m | Soviet Union Andrey Shlyapnikov Aleksandr Semyonov Aleksandr Yevgenyev Vladimir Muravyov | 38.28 | East Germany Heiko Truppel Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann | 38.53 | Italy Antonio Ullo Carlo Simionato Domenico Gorla Stefano Tilli | 38.88 |
| 4 × 400 m | West Germany Erwin Skamrahl Klaus Just Harald Schmid Ralf Lübke | 3:00.36 CR | East Germany Guido Lieske Jens Carlowitz Mathias Schersing Thomas Schönlebe | 3:00.48 | Great Britain Alan Slack Kriss Akabusi Derek Redmond Todd Bennett | 3:03.31 |
| High jump | Ján Zvara Czechoslovakia | 2.29 | Gerd Wessig East Germany | 2.29 | Igor Paklin Soviet Union | 2.26 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union | 5.80 CR | Philippe Collet France | 5.70 | Marian Kolasa Poland | 5.60 |
| Long jump | Sergey Layevskiy Soviet Union | 8.19 | Jan Leitner Czechoslovakia | 8.00 | Uwe Lange East Germany | 7.96 |
| Triple jump | John Herbert Great Britain | 17.39 | Volker Mai East Germany | 17.26 | Oleg Protsenko Soviet Union | 16.99 |
| Shot put | Sergey Smirnov Soviet Union | 22.05 CR | Alessandro Andrei Italy | 20.26 | Udo Beyer East Germany | 20.51 |
| Discus throw | Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia | 66.80 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko Soviet Union | 65.60 | Dariusz Juzyszyn Poland | 65.12 |
| Hammer throw | Jüri Tamm Soviet Union | 82.90 CR | František Vrbka Czechoslovakia | 80.38 | Matthias Moder East Germany | 77.88 |
| Javelin throw | Uwe Hohn East Germany | 92.88 CR | Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union | 88.26 | Zdeněk Adamec Czechoslovakia | 86.08 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +0.1 m/s) | Marlies Göhr East Germany | 10.95 CR | Marina Zhirova Soviet Union | 10.98 | Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria | 11.14 |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s) | Marita Koch East Germany | 22.02 CR | Elvira Barbashina Soviet Union | 22.70 | Ewa Kasprzyk Poland | 22.72 |
| 400 m | Olga Vladykina Soviet Union | 48.60 =CR | Kirsten Emmelmann East Germany | 50.20 | Rositsa Stamenova Bulgaria | 51.75 |
| 800 m | Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | 1:55.91 CR | Nadiya Olizarenko Soviet Union | 1:56.63 | Christine Wachtel East Germany | 1:56.71 |
| 1500 m | Ravilya Agletdinova Soviet Union | 3:58.40 CR | Christina Boxer Great Britain | 4:02.58 | Hildegard Körner East Germany | 4:03.55 |
| 3000 m | Zola Budd Great Britain | 8:35.32 CR | Zamira Zaytseva Soviet Union | 8:35.74 | Ulrike Bruns East Germany | 8:36.51 |
| 10,000 m | Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union | 31:47.38 CR | Ines Bibernell East Germany | 32:47.42 | Angela Tooby Great Britain | 33:04.66 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.6 m/s) | Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria | 12.77 | Vera Akimova Soviet Union | 12.80 | Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany | 12.83 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sabine Busch East Germany | 54.13 CR | Marina Stepanova Soviet Union | 54.73 | Genowefa Błaszak Poland | 55.90 |
| 4 × 100 m | East Germany Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald-Lange Marlies Göhr | 41.65 CR | Soviet Union Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Pomoshchnikova Marina Zhirova Elvira Barbashina | 42.00 | Poland Elżbieta Tomczak Iwona Pakuła Ewa Pisiewicz Ewa Kasprzyk | 42.71 |
| 4 × 400 m | Soviet Union Olga Nazarova Nadiya Olizarenko Mariya Pinigina Olga Vladykina | 3:18.58 CR | East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Petra Müller | 3:20.10 | Czechoslovakia Alena Bulirová Zuzana Moravčíková Milena Strnadová Jarmila Kratochvílová | 3:26.59 |
| High jump | Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria | 2.06 CR | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 2.02 | Susanne Helm East Germany | 1.96 |
| Long jump | Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union | 7.28 CR | Heike Drechsler East Germany | 7.23 | Sabine Braun West Germany | 6.71 |
| Shot put | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 21.10 | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia | 19.86 | Ines Müller East Germany | 19.76 |
| Discus throw | Galina Savinkova Soviet Union | 70.24 | Martina Opitz East Germany | 68.20 | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria | 62.92 |
| Javelin throw | Petra Felke East Germany | 73.20 CR | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain | 71.90 | Natalya Kolenchukova Soviet Union | 65.92 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## "B" Final

Both "B" finals held on 10 and 11 August in Budapest, Hungary
Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 116 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 113 |
| 3 | Hungary | 106.5 |
| 4 | Finland | 82.5 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 82 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 81 |
| 7 | Greece | 81 |
| 8 | Norway | 57 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | France | 102 |
| 2 | Romania | 101 |
| 3 | Hungary | 82 |
| 4 | Finland | 69 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 68 |
| 6 | Sweden | 61 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 57 |
| 8 | Denmark | 35 |

## "C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 10 and 11 August

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Austria | 75 |
| 2 | Portugal | 72 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 68 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 48 |
| 5 | Turkey | 37 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Sweden | 79 |
| 2 | Belgium | 68 |
| 3 | Denmark | 54 |
| 4 | Ireland | 53 |
| 5 | Iceland | 45 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Switzerland | 82 |
| 2 | Spain | 68 |
| 3 | Austria | 65 |
| 4 | Portugal | 52 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 36 |
| 6 | Greece | 32 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Norway | 49 |
| 2 | Belgium | 48 |
| 3 | Ireland | 32 |
| 4 | Iceland | 30 |