IAAF World Indoor Games
Dates	18–19 January
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy
Events	24
Participation	319 athletes from 69 nations
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The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships and gained official status. There were a total number of 319 participating athletes from 69 countries.^[1]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Ben Johnson  Canada	6.62	Sam Graddy  United States	6.63	Ronald Desruelles  Belgium	6.68
200 metres	Aleksandr Yevgenyev  Soviet Union	20.95	Ade Mafe  Great Britain	20.96	João Batista da Silva  Brazil	21.19
400 metres	Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany	45.60	Todd Bennett  Great Britain	45.97	Mark Rowe  United States	46.31
800 metres	Colomán Trabado  Spain	1:47.42	Benjamín González  Spain	1:47.94	Ikem Billy  Great Britain	1:48.28
1500 metres	Michael Hillardt  Australia	3:40.27	José Luis González  Spain	3:41.36	Joseph Chesire  Kenya	3:41.38
3000 metres	João Campos  Portugal	7:57.63	Don Clary  United States	7:57.78	Ivan Uvizl  Czechoslovakia	7:57.92
60 metres hurdles	Stéphane Caristan  France	7.67	Javier Moracho  Spain	7.69	Jon Ridgeon  Great Britain	7.70
5000 metres walk	Gérard Lelièvre  France	19:06.20	Maurizio Damilano  Italy	19:11.41	Dave Smith  Australia	19:16.04
High jump	Patrik Sjöberg  Sweden	2.32	Javier Sotomayor  Cuba	2.30	Othmane Belfaa  Algeria	2.27 NR
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union	5.75	Thierry Vigneron  France	5.70	Vasiliy Bubka  Soviet Union	5.60
Long jump	Jan Leitner  Czechoslovakia	7.96	Gyula Pálóczi  Hungary	7.94	Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy	7.88
Triple jump	Khristo Markov  Bulgaria	17.22	Lázaro Betancourt  Cuba	17.15	Lázaro Balcindes  Cuba	16.83
Shot put	Remigius Machura  Czechoslovakia	21.22	Udo Beyer  East Germany	21.10	Jānis Bojārs  Soviet Union	19.94

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Silke Gladisch  East Germany	7.20	Heather Oakes  Great Britain	7.21	Christelle Bulteau  France	7.34
200 metres	Marita Koch  East Germany	23.09	Marie-Christine Cazier  France	23.33	Kim Robertson  New Zealand	23.69 (NR)
400 metres	Diane Dixon  United States	53.35	Regine Berg  Belgium	53.81	Charmaine Crooks  Canada	54.08
800 metres	Cristieana Cojocaru  Romania	2:04.22	Jane Finch  Great Britain	2:04.71	Mariana Simeanu  Romania	2:05.51
1500 metres	Elly van Hulst  Netherlands	4:11.41	Fiţa Lovin  Romania	4:11.42	Brit McRoberts  Canada	4:11.83
3000 metres	Debbie Scott  Canada	9:04.99	Agnese Possamai  Italy	9:09.66	PattiSue Plumer  United States	9:12.12
60 metres hurdles	Xénia Siska  Hungary	8.03	Laurence Elloy  France	8.08	Anne Piquereau  France	8.10
3000 metres walk	Giuliana Salce  Italy	12:53.42	Yan Hong  China	13:06.66	Ann Peel  Canada	13:06.97
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria	1.97	Susanne Lorentzon  Sweden	1.94	Debbie Brill  Canada	1.90
					Danuta Bułkowska  Poland
					Silvia Costa  Cuba
Long jump	Helga Radtke  East Germany	6.88	Tatyana Rodionova  Soviet Union	6.72	Nijolė Medvedeva  Soviet Union	6.44
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union	20.07	Ines Müller  East Germany	19.68	Nunu Abashidze  Soviet Union	18.82

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	4	2	0	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	1	4	8
3	France (FRA)	2	3	2	7
4	Canada (CAN)	2	0	4	6
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	0	1	3
6	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	0	0	2
7	Spain (ESP)	1	3	0	4
8	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
9	Italy (ITA)	1	2	1	4
10	Romania (ROU)	1	1	1	3
11	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	0	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
13	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	2
14	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
16	Great Britain (GBR)	0	4	2	6
17	Cuba (CUB)	0	2	2	4
18	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
19	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
20	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		24	24	26	74

Participating nations

See also

• 1985 in athletics (track and field)

References

• Results (archived)