# 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 28 and 29 September 1985 in the streets of St John's, Isle of Man. The event was also known as IAAF Race Walking World Cup.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| Men's 20 km walk | José Marín Spain | 1:21:42 | Maurizio Damilano Italy | 1:21:43 | Viktor Mostovik Soviet Union | 1:22:01 |
| Men's 50 km walk | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 3:47:31 | Andrey Perlov Soviet Union | 3:49:23 | Axel Noack East Germany | 3:56:53 |
| Lugano Cup (Men) |||||||
| Team (Men) | East Germany | 234 pts | Soviet Union | 234 pts | Italy | 233 pts |
| Women |||||||
| Women's 10 km walk | Yan Hong China | 46:22 | Guan Ping China | 46:23 | Olga Krishtop Soviet Union Aleksandra Grigoryeva Soviet Union | 46:24 |
| Eschborn Cup (Women) |||||||
| Team (Women) | China | 104 pts | Soviet Union | 98 pts | Canada | 74 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | José Marín | Spain (ESP) | 1:21:42 |
| | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1:21:43 |
| | Viktor Mostovik | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:22:01 |
| 4 | Roland Wieser | East Germany (GDR) | 1:23:39 |
| 5 | Guillaume LeBlanc | Canada (CAN) | 1:23:51 |
| 6 | Sergey Protishin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:23:54 |
| 7 | Miguel Ángel Prieto | Spain (ESP) | 1:24:04 |
| 8 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy (ITA) | 1:24:14 |
| 9 | Nikolay Polozov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:24:37 |
| 10 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:24:51 |
| 11 | Anatoliy Gorshkov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1:25:00 |
| 12 | Simon Baker | Australia (AUS) | 1:25:32 |
| 13 | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:25:42 |
| 14 | Werner Heyer | East Germany (GDR) | 1:25:58 |
| 15 | Alessandro Pezzatini | Italy (ITA) | 1:26:17 |
| 16 | Jacek Herok | Poland (POL) | 1:26:41 |
| 17 | Ralf Kowalsky | East Germany (GDR) | 1:26:51 |
| 18 | Héctor Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:26:54 |
| 19 | Jan Kłos | Poland (POL) | 1:27:10 |
| 20 | Ian McCombie | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:27:15 |
| 21 | Antonio González | Spain (ESP) | 1:27:26 |
| 22 | Jacek Bednarek | Poland (POL) | 1:28:10 |
| 23 | Martin Rush | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:28:12 |
| 24 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland (POL) | 1:28:45 |
| 25 | Andrej Rubarth | East Germany (GDR) | 1:28:51 |
| 26 | Paul Wick | United States (USA) | 1:28:54 |
| 27 | Andrew Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 1:29:00 |
| 28 | Tim Lewis | United States (USA) | 1:30:02 |
| 30 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:30:23 |
| 31 | Todd Scully | United States (USA) | 1:30:31 |
| 32 | Jaroslav Makovec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1:31:05 |
| 33 | Ricardo Lamprena | Colombia (COL) | 1:31:14 |
| 34 | Walter Arena | Italy (ITA) | 1:31:24 |
| 35 | Ulf-Peter Sjöholm | Sweden (SWE) | 1:31:27 |
| 36 | Philip Vesty | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:31:38 |
| 37 | Abdel Wahab Ferguène | Algeria (ALG) | 1:32:51 |
| 38 | Querubín Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:32:59 |
| 39 | Daniel Levesque | Canada (CAN) | 1:33:15 |
| 40 | Andrés Marín | Spain (ESP) | 1:33:20 |
| 41 | Mark Easton | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:33:24 |
| 44 | Michel Lafortune | Canada (CAN) | 1:34:57 |
| 45 | Andy Kaestner | United States (USA) | 1:35:11 |
| 46 | Clodomiro Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 1:35:35 |
| 47 | Paul Turpin | Canada (CAN) | 1:36:10 |
| 49 | Thomas Pomozi | Sweden (SWE) | 1:37:39 |
| 50 | Benamar Kechkouche | Algeria (ALG) | 1:37:57 |
| 51 | Michael Harvey | Australia (AUS) | 1:39:03 |
| 52 | Abderrahmane Djébbar | Algeria (ALG) | 1:40:52 |
| 53 | Pius Munyasia | Kenya (KEN) | 1:42:29 |
| 54 | mqrta Bouhalla | Algeria (ALG) | 1:43:14 |
| 55 | John Mutinda | Kenya (KEN) | 1:54:32 |
| — | Dave Smith | Australia (AUS) | DQ |
| — | Sándor Kanya | Hungary (HUN) | DQ |
| — | Imre Stankovics | Hungary (HUN) | DQ |
| — | János Szálas | Hungary (HUN) | DQ |
| — | John Maundu | Kenya (KEN) | DQ |
| — | Jan Staaf | Sweden (SWE) | DQ |
| — | Igor Kollár | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | DQ |
| — | Jozef Pribilinec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | DQ |
| — | Li Baoyin | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Qian Ku | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Sun Xiaoguang | China (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Zhang Fuxin | China (CHN) | DNF |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany (GDR) | 3:47:31 |
| | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:49:23 |
| | Axel Noack | East Germany (GDR) | 3:56:53 |
| 4 | Alessandro Bellucci | Italy (ITA) | 3:58:22 |
| 5 | Raffaello Ducceschi | Italy (ITA) | 3:59:55 |
| 6 | Dietmar Meisch | East Germany (GDR) | 4:00:03 |
| 7 | Valeriy Suntsov | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:01:31 |
| 8 | Jorge Llopart | Spain (ESP) | 4:02:55 |
| 9 | Manuel Alcalde | Spain (ESP) | 4:04:52 |
| 10 | Massimo Quiriconi | Italy (ITA) | 4:05:35 |
| 11 | Willi Sawall | Australia (AUS) | 4:06:38 |
| 12 | Gregorz Ledzion | Poland (POL) | 4:08:07 |
| 13 | Qian Ku | China (CHN) | 4:08:23 |
| 14 | Pavol Jati | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:09:16 |
| 15 | Venyamin Nikolayev | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:09:37 |
| 16 | Marco Evoniuk | United States (USA) | 4:11:03 |
| 17 | Les Morton | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:11:32 |
| 18 | Dennis Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:12:11 |
| 19 | Carl Schueler | United States (USA) | 4:13:14 |
| 20 | Giorgio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 4:14:56 |
| 21 | Ivo Pták | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:14:43 |
| 22 | Zhang Fuxin | China (CHN) | 4:16:23 |
| 23 | Pavel Szikora | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:16:55 |
| 24 | Zbigniew Wiśniowski | Poland (POL) | 4:17:43 |
| 25 | Li Baoyin | China (CHN) | 4:19:46 |
| 26 | Martin Archambault | Canada (CAN) | 4:21:46 |
| 27 | Rafael Espejo | Spain (ESP) | 4:23:56 |
| 28 | Pierre Ekvall | Sweden (SWE) | 4:25:09 |
| 29 | Paul Blagg | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:26:21 |
| 30 | Christer Forsström | Sweden (SWE) | 4:26:21 |
| 31 | Mauricio Cortés | Colombia (COL) | 4:28:19 |
| 32 | Dan OʼConnor | United States (USA) | 4:28:34 |
| 33 | Ian Fay | Australia (AUS) | 4:29:16 |
| 34 | Randy Mimm | United States (USA) | 4:31:14 |
| 35 | Zbigniew Sadlej | Poland (POL) | 4:34:52 |
| 36 | Josef Hudak | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:35:19 |
| 37 | Sun Xiaoguang | China (CHN) | 4:38:13 |
| 38 | Samuel Ginés | Spain (ESP) | 4:39:46 |
| 39 | Barry Graham | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:48:27 |
| 40 | Enrique Peña | Colombia (COL) | 4:51:44 |
| 41 | Ernesto Alfaro | Colombia (COL) | 4:55:27 |
| 42 | Harry Summers | Australia (AUS) | 4:56:58 |
| 43 | Rashid Chege | Kenya (KEN) | 5:00:51 |
| 44 | Mark Henderson | Canada (CAN) | 5:02:31 |
| — | Bill Dyer | Australia (AUS) | DQ |
| — | François Lapointe | Canada (CAN) | DQ |
| — | William Sawe | Kenya (KEN) | DQ |
| — | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden (SWE) | DQ |
| — | Abdel Wahab Ferguène | Algeria (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Benamar Kechkouche | Algeria (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Ronald Weigel | East Germany (GDR) | DNF |
| — | Bohdan Bułakowski | Poland (POL) | DNF |
| — | Roland Nilsson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF |

### Team (men)

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20 km and 50 km events team results.
| Place | Country | Points |
| | East Germany | 234 pts |
| | Soviet Union | 234 pts |
| | Italy | 233 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 206 pts |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 170 pts |
| 6 | Poland | 154 pts |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 141 pts |
| 8 | United States | 135 pts |
| 9 | Australia | 124 pts |
| 10 | Colombia | 101 pts |
| 11 | Canada | 93 pts |
| 12 | Sweden | 82 pts |
| 13 | China | 80 pts |
| 14 | Algeria | 30 pts |
| 15 | Kenya | 20 pts |
| — | Hungary | DQ |
| — | Mexico | DNS |

### Women's 10 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Yan Hong | China (CHN) | 46:22 |
| | Guan Ping | China (CHN) | 46:23 |
| | Olga Krishtop | Soviet Union (URS) | 46:24 |
| | Aleksandra Grigoryeva | Soviet Union (URS) | 46:24 |
| 5 | Xu Yongjiu | China (CHN) | 46:32 |
| 6 | Vera Osipova | Soviet Union (URS) | 46:41 |
| 7 | Ann Peel | Canada (CAN) | 46:31 |
| 8 | Li Sujie | China (CHN) | 46:51 |
| 9 | Natalya Serbiyenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 46:55 |
| 10 | Kerry Saxby-Junna | Australia (AUS) | 47:11 |
| 11 | Ann Jansson | Sweden (SWE) | 47:16 |
| 12 | Dana Vavřačová | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 47:41 |
| 13 | Janice McCaffrey | Canada (CAN) | 48:10 |
| 14 | Susan Orr-Cook | Australia (AUS) | 48:17 |
| 15 | Monica Gunnarsson | Sweden (SWE) | 48:20 |
| 16 | Maria Grazia Cogoli | Italy (ITA) | 48:38 |
| 17 | Antonella Marangoni | Italy (ITA) | 48:42 |
| 18 | Sirkka Oikarinen | Finland (FIN) | 48:50 |
| 19 | Gunhild Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | 49:06 |
| 20 | Maryanne Torellas | United States (USA) | 49:08 |
| 21 | Alison Baker | Canada (CAN) | 49:12 |
| 22 | Mari Cruz Díaz | Spain (ESP) | 49:19 |
| 23 | María Reyes Sobrino | Spain (ESP) | 49:31 |
| 24 | Teresa Vaill | United States (USA) | 49:37 |
| 25 | Lisa Langford | Great Britain (GBR) | 49:45 |
| 26 | Lorraine Young-Jachno | Australia (AUS) | 50:06 |
| 27 | Helena Åström | Finland (FIN) | 50:26 |
| 28 | Helen Elleker | Great Britain (GBR) | 50:28 |
| 29 | Debbi Lawrence | United States (USA) | 50:29 |
| 30 | Emilia Cano | Spain (ESP) | 50:54 |
| 31 | Sue Narbey | Australia (AUS) | 51:03 |
| 32 | Jana Zárubová | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 51:16 |
| 33 | Karin Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 51:30 |
| 34 | Micheline Daneau | Canada (CAN) | 51:45 |
| 35 | Esther Lopez | United States (USA) | 51:55 |
| 36 | Maria Sehlin | Sweden (SWE) | 51:56 |
| 37 | Margareta Olsson | Sweden (SWE) | 52:06 |
| 38 | Mirva Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | 52:14 |
| 39 | Beverley Allen | Great Britain (GBR) | 52:16 |
| 40 | Rosanna Feroldi | Italy (ITA) | 52:38 |
| 41 | Pier Carola Pagani | Italy (ITA) | 53:05 |
| 42 | Lene Cassidy | Denmark (DEN) | 53:36 |
| 43 | Karen Nipper | Great Britain (GBR) | 53:53 |
| 44 | Marta Hrubanová | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 54:58 |
| 45 | Dana Semelová | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 55:05 |
| — | Rosa Sierra | Spain (ESP) | DQ |
| — | Ulla Kristiansen | Denmark (DEN) | DNF |
| — | Sari Essayah | Finland (FIN) | DNF |

### Team (women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | China | 104 pts |
| | Soviet Union | 98 pts |
| | Canada | 74 pts |
| 4 | Australia | 67 pts |
| 5 | Sweden | 58 pts |
| 6 | Italy | 48 pts |
| 7 | United States | 44 pts |
| 8 | Spain | 42 pts |
| 9 | Finland | 38 pts |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 36 pts |
| 11 | Denmark | 29 pts |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 29 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 158 athletes (110 men/48 women) from countries is reported.
* Algeria (4/-)
* Australia (8/4)
* Canada (7/4)
* China (4/4)
* Colombia (7/-)
* Denmark (-/4)
* East Germany (8/-)
* Finland (-/4)
* Hungary (3/-)
* Italy (8/4)
* Kenya (5/-)
* Poland (8/-)
* Soviet Union (7/4)
* Spain (8/4)
* Sweden (8/4)
* Czechoslovakia (9/4)
* United Kingdom (8/4)
* United States (8/4)

## Qualifying rounds

In 1985, there were qualifying rounds for both men's and women's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final.

### Men

This year, the Soviet Union, Italy, México, the United Kingdom, the United States, Algeria, Australia, China, Canada, Colombia, and Kenya proceeded directly to the final. México withdrew due to the Mexico City earthquake.

### Women

This year, China, the Soviet Union, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada proceeded directly to the final.