# 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium.
The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the nineteenth championships in canoe sprint.

## Medal summary
### Men's
#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | Anatoliy Volkov (URS) | Aurel Macarencu (ROU) |
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Klementiev (URS) | Ulrich Eicke (FRG) | Aurel Macarencu (ROU) |
| C-1 10000 m | Jiří Vrdlovec (TCH) | Takhir Kamaletdinov (URS) | Attila Lipták (HUN) |
| C-2 500 m | Hungary János Sarusi Kis István Vaskuti | Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała | East Germany Ulrich Papke Uwe Madeja |
| C-2 1000 m | East Germany Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck | Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović | Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała |
| C-2 10000 m | Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović | Great Britain Andrew Train Stephen Train | Bulgaria Matei Kalpakov Tosho Kalpakov |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Andreas Stähle (GDR) | Oliver Seack (FRG) | Bernard Brégeon (FRA) |
| K-1 1000 m | Ferenc Csipes (HUN) | Heiko Zeinke (GDR) | Kalle Sundqvist (SWE) |
| K-1 10000 m | Greg Barton (USA) | László Nieberl (HUN) | Grant Bramwell (NZL) |
| K-2 500 m | New Zealand Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | East Germany Guido Behling Hans-Jörg Bliesener | Soviet Union Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata |
| K-2 1000 m | France Pascal Boucherit Philippe Boccara | Soviet Union Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata | Canada Don Brien Colin Shaw |
| K-2 10000 m | Sweden Mikael Berger Conny Edholm | Hungary István Szabó István Tóth | Italy Francesco Uberti Daniele Scarpa |
| K-4 500 m | East Germany André Wohllebe Frank Fischer Peter Hempel Heiko Zinke | Soviet Union Aleksandr Belov Igor Gaidamaka Viktor Denisov Aleksandr Vodovatov | Sweden Karl-Axel Sundqvist Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Per Lundh |
| K-4 1000 m | Sweden Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Karl-Axel Sundqvist Bengt Andersson | Soviet Union Aleksandr Myzgin Igor Gaidamaka Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov | East Germany André Wohllebe Frank Fischer Peter Hempel Heiko Zinke |
| K-4 10000 m | Hungary Zoltán Böjti Tibor Helyi Zoltán Kovács Kálmán Petrovics | Sweden Tommy Karls Bengt Andersson Peter Ekström Torbjörn Thoresson | Denmark Brian Kragh Thor Nielsen Lars Koch Henrik Christiansen |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Schmidt-Fischer (GDR) | Nelli Yefremova (URS) | Agneta Andersson (SWE) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn | Hungary Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán | Netherlands Annemiek Derckx Annemarie Cox |
| K-4 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Heike Singer Kathrin Giese | Soviet Union Yelena Dudina Nelli Yefremova Irina Salomykova Guinara Zharafutdinova | Hungary Katalin Gyulai Erika Géczi Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |