World Indoor Athletics Games 1985

Indoor athletics world games
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (2012)
city	Paris , France
Stadion	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
participating countries	69
Participating athletes	319
Competitions	24
opening	January 18, 1985
Final day	January 19, 1985
timeline
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The 1985 World Indoor Athletics Games ( French Jeux mondiaux en salle 1985 ; English World Indoor Games 1985 ) were held on January 18 and 19, 1985 in the Palais Omnisports in the Bercy district of the French capital Paris .

15 years after the first official European Athletics Indoor Championships World Athletics Association organized IAAF , the World Indoor Games. After the event was accepted by athletes and associations, the World Indoor Athletics Championships were held regularly from 1987 . The 1985 World Indoor Games are now the official forerunner competition and are also included in the IAAF statistics.

A total of 322 athletes from 69 countries took part, of which athletes from 43 countries reached a final and athletes from 22 countries won medals.

Thomas Schönlebe set the only indoor world record in 45.60 seconds in the 400-meter run .

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ben Johnson	CAN	6.62
2	Sam Graddy	United States	6.63
3	Ronald Desruelles	BEL	6.68
4th	Lincoln Asquith	GBR	6.69
5	Bruno Marie-Rose	FRA	6.73
6th	Cameron Sharp	GBR	6.74

Final on January 18th

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alexandr Evgenev	URS	20.95
2	Ade Mafe	GBR	20.96
3	João Batista da Silva	BRA	21.19
4th	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	21.36
5	Albert Robinson	United States	21.54
6th	Dennis Mitchell	United States	21.92

Final on January 19th

Ade Mafe set a Commonwealth record in the semifinals with 21.13 s and in the final.

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Thomas Schönlebe	GDR	45.60 (WR)
2	Todd Bennett	GBR	45.97
3	Mark Rowe	United States	46.31
4th	Amadou Dia Ba	SEN	46.94
5	Philip Brown	GBR	47.84
6th	Ángel Heras	ESP	54.09

Final on January 19th

19-year-old Thomas Schönlebe improved the world record by 19 hundredths of a second.

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Colomán Trabado	ESP	1: 47.42
2	Benjamin González	ESP	1: 47.94
3	Ikem Billy	GBR	1: 48.28
4th	Petre Drăgoescu	ROU	1: 48.34
5	André Lavie	FRA	1: 50.29
6th	Tonino Viali	ITA	1: 50.85

Final on January 19th

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Michael Hillardt	OUT	3: 40.27
2	José Luis González	ESP	3: 41.36
3	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3: 41.38
4th	Mirosław Żerkowski	POLE	3: 42.21
5	Ricardo Materazzi	ITA	3: 43.56
6th	Alberto Corvo	ITA	3: 45.46
7th	José Marajo	FRA	3: 47.53
8th	Andrés Vera	ESP	3: 52.89

Final on January 19th

Joseph Chesire, the Olympic gold medalist from Los Angeles, broke the field in the third round and was up to 25 meters ahead. Hillardt overtook the Kenyan before the final corner and González sped past him on the home straight.

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	João Campos	POR	7: 57.63
2	Don Clary	United States	7: 57.78
3	Ivan Uvízl	TCH	7: 57.92
4th	António Leitão	POR	7: 58.14
5	Dave Lewis	GBR	7: 58.19
6th	Francis Gonzalez	FRA	7: 58.78
7th	Christoph Herle	FRG	7: 59.52
8th	Joseph Mahmoud	FRA	8: 02.90

Final on January 19th

5000 m walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gérard Lelièvre	FRA	19: 06.20
2	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	19: 11.41
3	David Smith	OUT	19: 16.04
4th	Roman Mrázek	TCH	19: 39.73
5	Jan Staaf	SWE	20: 00.95
6th	Jim Heiring	United States	20: 11.69
7th	Jorge Llopart	ESP	20: 39.83
8th	Erling Andersen	NOR	21: 07.43

Final on January 19th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Stéphane Caristan	FRA	7.67
2	Javier Moracho	ESP	7.69
3	Jonathan Ridgeon	GBR	7.70
4th	Cletus Clark	United States	7.74
5	Vyacheslav Ustinov	URS	7.75
6th	Modesto Castillo	DOM	7.86

Final on January 19th

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Patrik Sjöberg	SWE	2.32
2	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.30
3	Othmane Belfaa	ALG	2.27
4th	Valery Sereda	URS	2.24
5	Carlo Thränhardt	FRG	2.24
6th	Ján Zvara	TCH	2.21
7th	Krzysztof Krawczyk	POLE	2.21
8th	Gerd Nagel	FRG	2.21

Final on January 18th

The 20-year-old Sjöberg and the 17-year-old Sotomayor stayed up to 2.30 m without fail. The decision for Sjöberg was not made until after midnight; Sjöberg tried his hand at the indoor world record of 2.38 m after his victory, but failed three times.

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Serhiy Bubka	URS	5.75
2	Thierry Vigneron	FRA	5.70
3	Wassyl Bubka	URS	5.60
4th	Marian Kolasa	POLE	5.50
	Patrick Abada	FRA	5.50
6th	Alberto Ruiz	ESP	5.50
7th	Mariusz Klimczyk	POLE	5.50
8th	Kimmo Pallonen	FIN	5.40
	Joe Dial	United States	5.40

Final on January 19th

In the early hours of January 20, the Indoor World Games came to an end after the pole vault competition had lasted over five hours. Vigneron failed three times at 5.80 m, Serhij Bubka failed three times at 5.86 m. Bubka's outdoor world record was 5.91 m at this point.

With the Bubkas, a pair of brothers won medals.

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jan Leitner	TCH	7.96
2	Gyula Pálóczi	HUN	7.94
3	Giovanni Evangelisti	ITA	7.88
4th	László Szalma	HUN	7.85
5	Emiel Mellaard	NED	7.78
6th	Serge Hélan	FRA	7.71
7th	Liu Yuhuang	CHN	7.64
8th	Junichi Usui	JPN	7.52

Final on January 19th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christo Markow	BGR	17.22
2	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	17.15
3	Lázaro Balcindes	CUB	16.83
4th	Oleg Prozenko	URS	16.80
5	Ján Čado	TCH	16.71
6th	Ralf Jaros	FRG	16.16
7th	Zou Zhenxian	CHN	16.05
8th	Ahmed Hassan Badra	EGY	15.77

Final on January 18th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Remigius Machura	TCH	21.22
2	Udo Beyer	GDR	21.10
3	Jānis Bojārs	URS	19.94
4th	Jozef Lacika	TCH	19.75
5	Helmut Krieger	POLE	19.58
6th	Marco Montelatici	ITA	19.48
7th	Gert Weil	CHI	19.47
8th	Gregg Tafralis	United States	18.93

Final on January 19th

The defeat of the outdoor world record holder Beyer was one of the big surprises of the world games.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Silke Gladisch	GDR	7.20
2	Heather Oakes	GBR	7.21
3	Christelle Bulteau	FRA	7.34
4th	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	URS	7.36
5	Kim Robertson	NZL	7.43
6th	Gillian Forde	TRI	7.59

Final on January 19th

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marita Koch	GDR	23.09
2	Marie-Christine Cazier	FRA	23.33
3	Kim Robertson	NZL	23.69
4th	Fabienne Ficher	FRA	23.75
5	Mary Bolden	United States	23.89
6th	Semra Aksu	DOOR	24.97

Final on January 18th

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Diane Dixon	United States	53.35
2	Regine Berg	BEL	53.81
3	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	54.08
4th	Antonella Ratti	ITA	55.30
5	Oddný Árnadóttir	ISL	56.94

Final on January 19th

Diane Dixon took the only title for the United States with a completely safe start-to-finish victory.

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Cristieana Cojocaru	ROU	2: 04.22
2	Jane Finch	GBR	2: 04.71
3	Maria Simeanu	ROU	2: 05.51
4th	Nathalie Thoumas	FRA	2: 07.63
5	Shiny Abraham	IND	2: 08.09
6th	Fatima Aouam	MAR	2: 12.16
7th	Isabelle Debruycker	BEL	2: 14.54

Final on January 19th

Cojocaru, bronze medalist over 800 meters at the 1984 European Indoor Championships and over 400 meter hurdles at the 1984 Olympic Games, led throughout the race.

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Elly van Hulst	NED	4: 11.41
2	Fița Lovin	ROU	4: 11.42
3	Brit McRoberts	CAN	4: 11.83
4th	Natalia Artyomova	URS	4: 14.11
5	Margareta Keszeg	ROU	4: 21.02
6th	Dianne Rodger	NZL	4: 29.38
7th	Khadija Al Matari	JOR	5: 10.87

Final on January 19th

Lovin set the pace, but was intercepted at the finish line.

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Debbie Scott	CAN	09: 04.99
2	Agnese Possamai	ITA	09: 09.66
3	PattiSue Plumer	United States	09: 12.12
4th	Dianne Rodger	NZL	09: 12.68
5	Hassania Darami	MAR	09: 40.45
6th	Leticia Mpoghole	TAN	09: 55.58
7th	Fabiola Rueda	COL	10: 07.18

Final on January 19th

3000 m walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Giuliana Salce	ITA	12: 53.42
2	Yan Hong	CHN	13: 05.56
3	Ann Peel	CAN	13: 06.97
4th	Dana Vavřačová	TCH	13: 29.06
5	Ann Jansson	SWE	13: 47.18
6th	Teresa Vaill	United States	13: 59.56
7th	Suzanne Griesbach	FRA	14: 22.21
8th	Symone Olsen	NOR	14: 22.40

Final on January 18th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Xénia Siska	HUN	8.03
2	Laurence Elloy	FRA	8.08
3	Anne Piquereau	FRA	8.10
4th	Stephanie Hightower	United States	8.12
5	Ginka Sagortschewa	BGR	8.13
6th	Vera Akimova	URS	8.14

Final on January 18th

Siska and Piquereau each set national records with 8.00 s in the semi-finals.

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	1.97
2	Susanne Lorentzon	SWE	1.94
3	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.90
	Danuta Bułkowska	POLE	1.90
	Silvia Costa	CUB	1.90
6th	Marina Doronina	URS	1.90
7th	Christine Soetewey	BEL	1.85
8th	Jolanta Komsa	POLE	1.85

Final on January 19th

The 19-year-old Kostadinova jumped up to and including 1.97 m without errors and then failed three times at the world record height of 2.04 m.

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Helga Radtke	GDR	6.88
2	Tatiana Rodionova	URS	6.72
3	Nijolė Medvedeva	URS	6.44
4th	Lene Demsitz	THE	6.38
5	Nicole Boegman	OUT	6.19
6th	Silwija Christowa	BUL	6.17
7th	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	6.08
8th	Géraldine Bonnin	FRA	6.06

Final on January 18th

Radtke jumped five times further than the runner-up in her best attempt.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Natalia Lisovskaya	URS	20.07
2	Ines Müller	GDR	19.68
3	Nunu Abashydze	URS	18.82
4th	Li Meisu	CHN	17.67
5	Ramona Pagel	United States	17.40
6th	Simone Créantor	FRA	17.10
7th	Gael Martin	OUT	16.71
8th	Carol Cady	United States	15.44

Final on January 18th

Lisovskaya improved in her last attempt by 55 centimeters and thus wrested the gold medal believed to be safe from Müller.

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	German Democratic Republic	4th	2	-	6th
02	Soviet Union	3	1	4th	8th
03	France	2	3	2	7th
04th	Canada	2	-	4th	6th
05	Czechoslovakia	2	-	1	3
06th	Bulgaria	2	-	-	2
07th	Spain	1	3	-	4th
08th	United States	1	2	2	5
09	Italy	1	2	1	4th
10	Romania	1	1	1	3
11	Sweden	1	1	-	2
	Hungary	1	1	-	2
13	Australia	1	-	1	2
14th	Portugal	1	-	-	1
	Netherlands	1	-	-	1
16	United Kingdom	-	4th	2	6th
17th	Cuba	-	2	2	4th
18th	Belgium	-	1	1	2
19th	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
20th	Algeria	-	-	1	1
	Brazil	-	-	1	1
	Kenya	-	-	1	1
	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1

literature

• Mark Butler (Ed.): IAAF Statistics Handbook - 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships Doha 2010. IAAF, 2010
  • Part 1: PDF; 7.78 MB
  • Part 2: PDF; 5.94 MB

Web links

• Results: IAAF World Indoor Games on the IAAF website