# Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade

Athletics events were contested at the 1985 Summer Universiade in Kobe, Japan between 29 August and 4 September. New events were women's 10,000 metres and 5000 metres walk.

## Medals summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | Chidi Imoh (NGR) | 10.22 | Andrés Simón (CUB) | 10.28 | Lee McNeill (USA) | 10.33 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) details | Leandro Peñalver (CUB) | 20.57 | Atlee Mahorn (CAN) | 20.65 | Chang Jae-Keun (KOR) | 20.78 |
| 400 metres details | Innocent Egbunike (NGR) | 45.10 | Roberto Hernández (CUB) | 45.41 | Sunday Uti (NGR) | 45.58 |
| 800 metres details | Ryszard Ostrowski (POL) | 1:44.38 | Viktor Kalinkin (URS) | 1:45.21 | John Marshall (USA) | 1:45.32 |
| 1500 metres details | Chris McGeorge (GBR) | 3:46.22 | Adam Dixon (USA) | 3:46.29 | Dragan Zdravković (YUG) | 3:46.78 |
| 5000 metres details | Stefano Mei (ITA) | 13:56.48 | Carey Nelson (CAN) | 13:57.77 | Rob Lonergan (CAN) | 13:58.02 |
| 10,000 metres details | Keith Brantly (USA) | 29:11.24 | Jesús Herrera (MEX) | 29:11.71 | Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) | 29:11.73 |
| Marathon details | Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) | 2:20:06 | Salvatore Nicosia (ITA) | 2:21:09 | Paul Gompers (USA) | 2:21:40 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s) details | Cletus Clark (USA) | 13.57 | György Bakos (HUN) | 13.72 | Keith Talley (USA) | 13.76 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Tagir Zemskov (URS) | 49.38 | Henry Amike (NGR) | 49.70 | René Djédjémel Mélédjé (CIV) | 49.73 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Franco Boffi (ITA) | 8:28.75 | Eddie Wedderburn (GBR) | 8:28.90 | Hans Koeleman (NED) | 8:32.19 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Cuba (CUB) Ricardo Chacón Leandro Peñalver Sergio Querol Andrés Simón | 38.76 | Canada (CAN) Rick Jones Mike Dwyer Cyprian Enweani Atlee Mahorn | 39.07 | United States (USA) Lee McNeill Thomas Jefferson Keith Talley Mike Morris Lorenzo Daniel | 39.15 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Cuba (CUB) Lázaro Martínez Leandro Peñalver Roberto Ramos Roberto Hernández | 3:02.20 | Soviet Union (URS) Tagir Zemskov Sergey Kutsebo Yevgeniy Lomtyev Vladimir Prosin | 3:02.66 | United States (USA) Clarence Daniel LeRoy Dixson Dale Laverty Cedric Vaughans | 3:02.68 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Viktor Mostovik (URS) | 1:25:52 | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 1:25:52 | Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) | 1:26:22 |
| High jump details | Igor Paklin (URS) | 2.41 | Francisco Centelles (CUB) | 2.31 | Gerd Nagel (FRG) | 2.26 |
| Pole vault details | Radion Gataullin (URS) | 5.75 | Philippe Collet (FRA) | 5.70 | David Volz (USA) | 5.60 |
| Long jump details | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 8.07 | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.03 | Stanisław Jaskułka (POL) | 7.99 |
| Triple jump details | Charles Simpkins (USA) | 17.86 | Alexander Yakovlev (URS) | 17.43 | John Herbert (GBR) | 17.41 |
| Shot put details | Remigius Machura (TCH) | 21.13 | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 20.85 | Ventsislav Khristov (BUL) | 19.90 |
| Discus throw details | Luis Delís (CUB) | 66.84 | Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) | 63.12 | Juan Martínez Brito (CUB) | 63.02 |
| Hammer throw details | Heinz Weis (FRG) | 76.00 | Lucio Serrani (ITA) | 74.08 | Igor Nikulin (URS) | 74.04 |
| Javelin throw details | Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM) | 84.62 | Wolfram Gambke (FRG) | 84.46 | Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA) | 82.96 |
| Decathlon details | Mike Ramos (USA) | 8071 | Valter Külvet (URS) | 7971 | Michael Neugebauer (FRG) | 7895 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Irina Slyusar (URS) | 11.22 | Anelia Nuneva (BUL) | 11.29 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 11.35 |
| 200 metres (wind: -2.3 m/s) details | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 22.59 | Elżbieta Tomczak (POL) | 22.76 | Irina Slyusar (URS) | 22.86 |
| 400 metres details | Tatyana Alekseyeva (URS) | 51.49 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 52.10 | Sadia Showunmi (NGR) | 52.78 |
| 800 metres details | Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS) | 1:58.59 | Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 1:59.09 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:59.77 |
| 1500 metres details | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:07.12 | Margareta Keszeg (ROM) | 4.07.55 | Darlene Beckford (USA) | 4:08.84 |
| 3000 metres details | Cathy Branta (USA) | 9:02.75 | Kathy Hayes (USA) | 9:02.92 | Angela Chalmers (CAN) | 9:03.19 |
| 10,000 metres details | Marina Rodchenkova (URS) | 32:58.45 | Svetlana Guskova (URS) | 32:59.24 | Kirsten O'Hara (USA) | 33:05.84 |
| Marathon details | Mami Fukao (JPN) | 2:44:55 | Patti Gray (USA) | 2:46:20 | Sylvie Bornet (FRA) | 2:48:11 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.4 m/s) details | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.71 | Nadezhda Korshunova (URS) | 12.87 | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 12.96 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Margarita Navickaitė (URS) | 55.33 | Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 55.44 | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 55.59 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Kathrene Wallace Michelle Finn Brenda Cliette Gwen Torrence | 43.29 | Soviet Union (URS) Nadezhda Korshunova Marina Molokova Irina Slyusar Yelena Vinogradova | 43.43 | Bulgaria (BUL) Silvia Khristova Anelia Nuneva Pepa Pavlova Ginka Zagorcheva | 43.57 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Margarita Navickaitė Nadezhda Zvyagintseva Yelena Korban Tatyana Alekseyeva | 3:25.96 | Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Esmie Lawrence Camille Cato Molly Killingbeck | 3:29.06 | United States (USA) Susan Shurr Sharon Dabney Tanya McIntosh Joetta Clark | 3:30.41 |
| 5000 metres walk details | Aleksandra Grigoryeva (URS) | 22:21.10 | Yan Hong (CHN) | 22:25.77 | Natalya Serbinenko (URS) | 22:27.21 |
| High jump details | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 2.01 | Lyudmila Petrus (URS) | 1.93 | Danuta Bułkowska (POL) | 1.91 |
| Long jump details | Irina Valyukevich (URS) | 7.04 | Silvia Khristova (BUL) | 6.62 | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.61 |
| Shot put details | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.47 | Yang Yanqin (CHN) | 17.79 | Ramona Pagel (USA) | 17.46 |
| Discus throw details | Maritza Martén (CUB) | 66.66 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 65.30 | Daniela Costian (ROM) | 63.20 |
| Javelin throw details | Ivonne Leal (CUB) | 71.82 | Beate Peters (FRG) | 63.70 | María Caridad Colón (CUB) | 62.46 |
| Heptathlon details | Małgorzata Guzowska (POL) | 6616 | Liliana Năstase (ROM) | 6313 | Judy Simpson (GBR) | 6045 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | Cuba (CUB) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Nigeria (NGR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |