1985 Pacific Conference Games Explained

V Pacific Conference Games
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Host City:Berkeley, California, United States
Dates:22–23 June
Stadium:Edwards Stadium
Events:37
Previous:1981 Christchurch

The 1985 Pacific Conference Games was the fifth and final edition of the international athletics competition between five Pacific coast nations: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. Like the 1981 edition before it, athletes from beyond the Pacific grouping were allowed to compete at the tournament. A total of 21 men's and 16 women's athletics events were contested. One change was made to the event programme: the women's pentathlon was dropped in favour of the heptathlon, mirroring the same change in the Olympic programme which had happened at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.[1]

The competition was held at the Edwards Stadium in Berkeley, California, with the United States being the last nation of the five original invited nations to fulfil its duty in hosting the meeting. Sports television channel ESPN broadcast highlights of the competition nationally.[2]

Medal summary

Men

100 metres10.4410.4510.56
200 metres20.8321.1721.32
400 metres45.6445.9546.12
800 metres1:46.011:46.971:47.36
1500 metres3:44.253:45.133:45.44
5000 metres13:54.0013:54.4514:00.45
10,000 metres28:53.129:07.029:21.0
110 m hurdles13.5w13.6w13.7w
400 m hurdles49.5650.1150.30
3000 metres steeplechase8:28.338:40.678:41.79
4 × 100 m relay39.3040.2840.40
4 × 400 m relay3:03.703:05.763:09.80
High jump2.31 m2.27 m2.18 m
Pole vault5.40 m5.20 m5.20 m
Long jump7.82w m7.69 m7.46 m
Triple jump17.07 m16.36 m15.81 m
Shot put20.24 m17.66 m16.96 m
Discus throw59.48 m58.20 m57.98 m
Hammer throw69.62 m68.24 m67.52 m
Javelin throw87.28 m83.46 m82.80 m
Decathlon8109 pts7562 pts7553 pts

Women

100 metres11.6311.7711.79
200 metres23.5723.5923.63
400 metres51.0651.7252.64
800 metres2:02.452:03.452:04.15
1500 metres4:09.364:11.614:14.77
3000 metres9:06.539:07.559:08.95
100 m hurdles13.3413.6113.67
400 m hurdles56.8557.6457.87
4 × 100 m relay44.2544.7645.00
4 × 400 m relay3:28.203:33.403:35.49
High jump1.90 m1.90 m1.87 m
Long jump6.63 m6.37 m6.23 m
Shot put18.40 m16.05 m15.68 m
Discus throw61.36 m57.30 m54.24 m
Javelin throw57.20 m57.04 m55.70 m
Heptathlon5838 pts5773 pts5451 pts

References

Medalists
Results

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pcg.htm Pacific Conference Games
  2. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-16-sp-2859-story.html Track Stars at Cal Next Weekend