| Competition: | 1985 World Judo Championships |
| Dates: | 26–29 September 1985 |
| Location: |  Seoul, South Korea |
| Prev: | 1983 (Men's only) |
| Next: | 1987 (Men & Women) |
The 1985 World Judo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from September 26–29, 1985.
| -60 kg |  Shinji Hosokawa | Peter Jupke |  Tamas Bujko Khazret Tletseri | |
| -65 kg | Yury Sokolov | Lee Kyung-Keun |  Stephen Gawthorpe Yoshiyuki Matsuoka | |
| -71 kg | Ahn Byeong-Keun |  Michael Swain |  Wieslaw Blach Steffen Stranz | |
| -78 kg | Nobutoshi Hikage | Torsten Bréchôt | Neil Adams Vladimir Shestakov | |
| -86 kg |  Peter Seisenbacher | Georgi Petrov |  Fabien Canu Vitali Pesniak | |
| -95 kg | Hitoshi Sugai | Ha Hyung-Joo | Gunther Neureuther  Robert van de Walle | |
| +95 kg | Cho Yong-Chul | Hitoshi Saito | Grigory Verichev Dimitar Zaprianov | |
| Open | Yoshimi Masaki |  Mohamed Rashwan | Khabil Biktachev Willy Wilhelm |