1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships explained

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

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
C-1 500 m
C-1 1000 m
C-1 10000 m
C-2 500 m	János Sarusi Kis István Vaskuti		Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała		Ulrich Papke Uwe Madeja
C-2 1000 m	Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck		Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović		Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała
C-2 10000 m	Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović		Andrew Train Stephen Train		Matei Kalpakov Tosho Kalpakov

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
K-1 500 m
K-1 1000 m
K-1 10000 m
K-2 500 m	Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald		Guido Behling Hans-Jörg Bliesener		Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata
K-2 1000 m	Pascal Boucherit Philippe Boccara		Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata		Don Brien Colin Shaw
K-2 10000 m	Mikael Berger Conny Edholm		István Szabó István Tóth		Francesco Uberti Daniele Scarpa
K-4 500 m	André Wohllebe Frank Fischer Peter Hempel Heiko Zinke		Aleksandr Belov Igor Gaidamaka Viktor Denisov Aleksandr Vodovatov		Karl-Axel Sundqvist Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Per Lundh
K-4 1000 m	Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Karl-Axel Sundqvist Bengt Andersson		Aleksandr Myzgin Igor Gaidamaka Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov		André Wohllebe Frank Fischer Peter Hempel Heiko Zinke
K-4 10000 m	Zoltán Böjti Tibor Helyi Zoltán Kovács Kálmán Petrovics		Tommy Karls Bengt Andersson Peter Ekström Torbjörn Thoresson		Brian Kragh Thor Nielsen Lars Koch Henrik Christiansen

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
K-1 500 m
K-2 500 m	Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn		Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán		Annemiek Derckx Annemarie Cox
K-4 500 m	Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Heike Singer Kathrin Giese		Yelena Dudina Nelli Yefremova Irina Salomykova Guinara Zharafutdinova		Katalin Gyulai Erika Géczi Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán