# 1985 IAAF World Cup

The 4th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on October 4–6, 1985, at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra, Australia.

## Overall results

| Men Pos. Team Result 1  United States 123 2  Soviet Union 115 3  East Germany 114 4 Europe 97,5 5 Africa 81 6 Americas 80 7 Oceania 65 8 Asia 39,5 | Women Pos. Team Result 1  East Germany 121 2  Soviet Union 105,5 3 Europe 86 4 Americas 62,5 5  United States 61 6 Oceania 52 7 Asia 42 8 Africa 41 |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ben Johnson (CAN) Americas | 10.00 | Chidi Imoh (NGR) Africa | 10.11 | Frank Emmelmann (GDR) East Germany | 10.17 |
| 200 metres | Robson da Silva (BRA) Americas | 20.44 | Frank Emmelmann (GDR) East Germany | 20.51 | Darren Clark (AUS) Oceania | 20.78 |
| 400 metres | Mike Franks (USA) United States | 44.47 | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) East Germany | 44.72 | Innocent Egbunike (NGR) Africa | 44.99 |
| 800 metres | Sammy Koskei (KEN) Africa | 1:45.14 | Viktor Kalinkin (URS) Soviet Union | 1:45.72 | Agberto Guimarães (BRA) Americas | 1:45.80 |
| 1500 metres | Omer Khalifa (SUD) Africa | 3:41.16 | Olaf Beyer (GDR) East German | 3:41.26 | Igor Lotaryov (URS) Soviet Union | 3:41.92 |
| 5000 metres | Doug Padilla (USA) United States | 14:04.11 | Stefano Mei (ITA) Europe | 14:05.99 | Wodajo Bulti (ETH) Africa | 14:07.17 |
| 10,000 metres | Wodajo Bulti (ETH) Africa | 29:22.96 | Pat Porter (USA) United States | 29:23.02 | Werner Schildhauer (GDR) East Germany | 29:25.63 |
| 110 metre hurdles | Tonie Campbell (USA) United States | 13.35 | Sergey Usov (URS) Soviet Union | 13.62 | Jörg Naumann (GDR) East Germany | 13.76 |
| 400 metre hurdles | Andre Phillips (USA) United States | 48.42 | Aleksandr Vasilyev (URS) Soviet Union | 48.61 | Harald Schmid (FRG) Europe | 48.83 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Julius Kariuki (KEN) Africa | 8:39.51 | Henry Marsh (USA) United States | 8:39.55 | Graeme Fell (CAN) Americas | 8:40.30 |
| 4×100 metre relay | United States Harvey Glance Kirk Baptiste Calvin Smith Dwayne Evans | 38.10 | Americas Desai Williams Robson da Silva Leandro Peñalver Ben Johnson | 38.31 | Soviet Union Nikolay Yushmanov Aleksandr Semyonov Aleksandr Yevgenyev Vladimir Muravyov | 38.35 |
| 4×400 metre relay | United States Walter McCoy Andre Phillips Ray Armstead Mike Franks | 3:00.71 | East Germany Frank Möller Mathias Schersing Guido Lieske Thomas Schönlebe | 3:00.82 | Oceania Bruce Frayne Gary Minihan Alan Ozolins Darren Clark | 3:01.35 |
| High jump | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Europe | 2.31 | Jim Howard (USA) United States | 2.28 | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Americas | 2.28 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Bubka (URS) Soviet Union | 5.85 | Philippe Collet (FRA) Europe | 5.50 | Tim Bright (USA) United States | 5.40 |
| Long jump | Mike Conley (USA) United States | 8.20 | Robert Emmiyan (URS) Soviet Union | 8.09 | László Szalma (HUN) Europe | 7.95 |
| Triple jump | Willie Banks (USA) United States | 17.58 | Oleg Protsenko (URS) Soviet Union | 17.47 | Khristo Markov (BUL) Europe | 17.13 |
| Shot put | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) East Germany | 22.00 | Sergey Smirnov (URS) Soviet Union | 21.72 | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) Europe | 21.14 |
| Discus throw | Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS) Soviet Union | 69.08 | Jürgen Schult (GDR) East Germany | 68.30 | Luis Delís (CUB) Americas | 67.60 |
| Hammer throw | Jüri Tamm (URS) Soviet Union | 82.12 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) East Germany | 78.44 | Jud Logan (USA) United States | 76.88 |
| Javelin throw | Uwe Hohn (GDR) East Germany | 96.96 | Heino Puuste (URS) Soviet Union | 87.40 | Tom Petranoff (USA) United States | 87.34 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Marlies Göhr (GDR) East Germany | 11.10 | Grace Jackson (JAM) Americas Marina Zhirova (URS) Soviet Union | 11.30 | | |
| 200 metres | Marita Koch (GDR) East Germany | 21.90 | Grace Jackson (JAM) Americas | 22.61 | Marina Zhirova (URS) Soviet Union | 22.66 |
| 400 metres | Marita Koch (GDR) East Germany | 47.60 WR | Olga Vladykina (URS) Soviet Union | 48.27 | Lillie Leatherwood (USA) United States | 50.43 |
| 800 metres | Christine Wachtel (GDR) East Germany | 2:01.57 | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) Europe | 2:01.99 | Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) Soviet Union | 2:02.17 |
| 1500 metres | Hildegard Körner (GDR) East Germany | 4:10.86 | Ravilya Agletdinova (URS) Soviet Union | 4:11.21 | Doina Melinte (ROU) Europe | 4:19.66 |
| 3000 metres | Ulrike Bruns (GDR) East Germany | 9:14.65 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (URS) Soviet Union | 9:15.65 | Cindy Bremser (USA) United States | 9:21.15 |
| 10,000 metres | Aurora Cunha (POR) Europe | 32:07.50 | Mary Knisely (USA) United States | 32:19.93 | Olga Bondarenko (URS) Soviet Union | 32:27.70 |
| 100 metre hurdles | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) East Germany | 12.72 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) Europe | 12.72 | Svetlana Gusarova (URS) Soviet Union | 13.01 |
| 400 metre hurdles | Sabine Busch (GDR) East Germany | 54.44 | Judi Brown-King (USA) United States | 55.10 | Debbie Flintoff (AUS) Oceania | 55.34 |
| 4×100 metre relay | East Germany Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr | 41.37 WR | Soviet Union Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Bochina Marina Zhirova Elvira Barbashina | 42.54 | Europe Iwona Pakuła Ginka Zagorcheva Ewa Pisiewicz Ewa Kasprzyk | 43.38 |
| 4×400 metre relay | East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Marita Koch | 3:19.49 | Soviet Union Tatyana Alekseyeva Irina Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Vladykina | 3:20.60 | Europe Rositsa Stamenova Erica Rossi Alena Bulirová Jarmila Kratochvílová | 3:28.47 |
| High jump | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Europe | 2.00 | Tamara Bykova (URS) Soviet Union | 1.97 | Susanne Helm (GDR) East Germany | 1.97 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler (GDR) East Germany | 7.27 | Galina Chistyakova (URS) Soviet Union | 7.00 | Carol Lewis (USA) United States | 6.88 |
| Shot put | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) Soviet Union | 20.69 | Heike Hartwig (GDR) East Germany | 19.98 | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) Europe | 19.17 |
| Discus throw | Martina Opitz (GDR) East Germany | 69.78 | Galina Savinkova (URS) Soviet Union | 67.30 | Maritza Martén (CUB) Americas | 66.54 |
| Javelin throw | Olga Gavrilova (URS) Soviet Union | 66.80 | Petra Felke (GDR) East Germany | 66.22 | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) Europe | 65.12 |