1985 IAAF World Cup explained

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 1 123 2 115 3 114 4 Europe 97,5 5 Africa 81 6 Americas 80 7 Oceania 65 8 Asia 39,5

Women Pos. Team Result 1 121 2 105,5 3 Europe 86 4 Americas 62,5 5 61 6 Oceania 52 7 Asia 42 8 Africa 41

Medal summary

Men

100 metres	Americas	10.00	Africa	10.11	East Germany	10.17
200 metres	Americas	20.44	East Germany	20.51	Oceania	20.78
400 metres	United States	44.47	East Germany	44.72	Africa	44.99
800 metres	Africa	1:45.14	Soviet Union	1:45.72	Americas	1:45.80
1500 metres	Africa	3:41.16	East German	3:41.26	Soviet Union	3:41.92
5000 metres	United States	14:04.11	Europe	14:05.99	Africa	14:07.17
10,000 metres	Africa	29:22.96	United States	29:23.02	East Germany	29:25.63
110 metre hurdles	United States	13.35	Soviet Union	13.62	East Germany	13.76
400 metre hurdles	United States	48.42	Soviet Union	48.61	Europe	48.83
3000 metre steeplechase	Africa	8:39.51	United States	8:39.55	Americas	8:40.30
4×100 metre relay	valign=top	United States Harvey Glance Kirk Baptiste Calvin Smith Dwayne Evans	38.10	valign=top	Americas Desai Williams Robson da Silva Leandro Peñalver Ben Johnson	38.31	valign=top	Soviet Union Nikolay Yushmanov Aleksandr Semyonov Aleksandr Yevgenyev Vladimir Muravyov	38.35
4×400 metre relay	valign=top	United States Walter McCoy Andre Phillips Ray Armstead Mike Franks	3:00.71	valign=top	East Germany Frank Möller Mathias Schersing Guido Lieske Thomas Schönlebe	3:00.82	valign=top	Oceania Bruce Frayne Gary Minihan Alan Ozolins Darren Clark	3:01.35
High jump	Europe	2.31	United States	2.28	Americas	2.28
Pole vault	Soviet Union	5.85	Europe	5.50	United States	5.40
Long jump	United States	8.20	Soviet Union	8.09	Europe	7.95
Triple jump	United States	17.58	Soviet Union	17.47	Europe	17.13
Shot put	East Germany	22.00	Soviet Union	21.72	Europe	21.14
Discus throw	Soviet Union	69.08	East Germany	68.30	Americas	67.60
Hammer throw	Soviet Union	82.12	East Germany	78.44	United States	76.88
Javelin throw	East Germany	96.96	Soviet Union	87.40	United States	87.34

Women

100 metres	East Germany	11.10	Americas Soviet Union	11.30
200 metres	East Germany	21.90	Americas	22.61	Soviet Union	22.66
400 metres	East Germany	47.60 WR	Soviet Union	48.27	United States	50.43
800 metres	East Germany	2:01.57	Europe	2:01.99	Soviet Union	2:02.17
1500 metres	East Germany	4:10.86	Soviet Union	4:11.21	Europe	4:19.66
3000 metres	East Germany	9:14.65	Soviet Union	9:15.65	United States	9:21.15
10,000 metres	Europe	32:07.50	United States	32:19.93	Soviet Union	32:27.70
100 metre hurdles	East Germany	12.72	Europe	12.72	Soviet Union	13.01
400 metre hurdles	East Germany	54.44	United States	55.10	Oceania	55.34
4×100 metre relay	valign=top	East Germany Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	41.37 WR	valign=top	Soviet Union Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Bochina Marina Zhirova Elvira Barbashina	42.54	valign=top	Europe Iwona Pakuła Ginka Zagorcheva Ewa Pisiewicz Ewa Kasprzyk	43.38
4×400 metre relay	valign=top	East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Marita Koch	3:19.49	valign=top		3:20.60	valign=top	Europe Rositsa Stamenova Erica Rossi Alena Bulirová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:28.47
High jump	Europe	2.00	Soviet Union	1.97	East Germany	1.97
Long jump	East Germany	7.27	Soviet Union	7.00	United States	6.88
Shot put	Soviet Union	20.69	East Germany	19.98	Europe	19.17
Discus throw	East Germany	69.78	Soviet Union	67.30	Americas	66.54
Javelin throw	Soviet Union	66.80	East Germany	66.22	Europe	65.12

External links

• World Cup Results
• Full Results by IAAF