Athletics World Cup 1985

The 4th World Athletics Cup took place from October 4th to 6th 1985 in Canberra at the Bruce Stadium . 320 athletes from 52 nations took part. The winner was the USA team for the men and the GDR team for the women .

The sporting highlights of the World Cup were the world record set by Marita Koch over 400 meters , which is still valid today, and the world record of the 4 x 100 meter women's relay of the GDR with the cast of Gladisch , Rieger , Auerswald and Göhr, which a US relay team undercut in 2012 .

Men

100 m

space	team	athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	AME	Ben Johnson	10.00 CR	8th
2	AFR	Chidi Imoh	10.11	7th
3	GDR	Frank Emmelmann	10.17	6th
4th	United States	Kirk Baptiste	10.17	5
5	OZE	Gerrard Keating	10.22	4th
6th	URS	Nikolai Yushmanov	10.26	3
7th	EUR	Marian Voronin	10.45	2
8th	ASI	Zheng Chen	10.48	1

4th of October

Wind speed: - 0.4 m / s
WR	9.93 s	Smith		1983 in Colorado Springs
CR	10.13 s	Williams		1977 in Düsseldorf

200 m

space	team	athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	AME	Robson da Silva	20.44	8th
2	GDR	Frank Emmelmann	20.51	7th
3	OZE	Darren Clark	20.78	6th
4th	ASI	Chang Jae-Keun	20.90	5
5	EUR	Carlo Simionato	21.09	4th
6th	URS	Vladimir Muravyov	21.13	3
7th	AFR	Simeon Kipkemboi	21.50	2
-	United States	Kirk Baptiste	DQ	-

October 6th

Wind speed: + 0.5 m / s
WR	19.72 s	Mennea		1979 in Mexico City
CR	20.17 s	Edwards		1977 in Düsseldorf

400 m

space	team	athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	United States	Michael Franks	44.47 CR	8th
2	GDR	Thomas Schönlebe	44.72	7th
3	AFR	Innocent Egbunike	44.99	6th
4th	OZE	Darren Clark	45.12	5
5	URS	Vladimir Krylov	45.73	4th
6th	AME	Hector Daley	46.04	3
7th	EUR	Aldo Canti	46.21	2
8th	ASI	Mohamed Amer Al-Malky	47.18	1

5th October

WR	43.86 s	Evans		1968 in Mexico City
CR	44.88 s	Wiley		1981 in Rome

800 m

space	team	athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	AFR	Sammy Koskei	1: 45.14	8th
2	URS	Viktor Kalinkin	1: 45.72	7th
3	AME	Agberto Guimarães	1: 45.80	6th
4th	GDR	Detlef Wagenknecht	1: 45.83	5
5	EUR	Rob Druppers	1: 46.27	4th
6th	United States	John Marshall	1: 47.46	3
7th	OZE	Peter Pearless	1: 54.15	2
-	ASI	Batumalai Rajakumar	DNF	-

4th of October

WR	1: 41.73 min	Coe		1981 in Florence
CR	1: 44.04 min	Juantorena		1977 in Düsseldorf

1500 m

space	team	athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	AFR	Omer Khalifa	3: 41.16	8th
2	GDR	Olaf Beyer	3: 41.26	7th
3	URS	Igor Lotaryov	3: 41.92	6th
4th	EUR	José Manuel Abascal	3: 42.16	5
5	OZE	Michael Hillardt	3: 42.65	4th
6th	United States	Craig Masback	3: 46.54	3
7th	AME	David Campbell	3: 47.93	2
8th	ASI	Bagicha Singh	3: 54.88	1

5th October

WR	3: 29.46 min	Aouita		1985 in Berlin
CR	3: 34.45 min	Ovett		1977 in Düsseldorf

5000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	United States	Doug Padilla	14: 04.11	8th
2	EUR	Stefano Mei	14: 05.99	7th
3	AFR	Wodajo Bulti	14: 07.17	6th
4th	GDR	Frank Heine	14: 07.60	5
5	URS	Alexander Khudyakov	14: 10.35	4th
6th	OZE	Dean Crowe	14: 08.35	3
7th	AME	Mauricio González	14: 11.78	2
8th	ASI	Kozo Akutsu	14: 12.72	1

October 6th

WR	13:00, 40 min	Aouita		1985 in Oslo
CR	13: 13.82 min	Yifter		1977 in Düsseldorf

10,000 m

space	team	athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	AFR	Wodajo Bulti	29: 22.96	8th
2	United States	Pat Porter	29: 23.02	7th
3	GDR	Werner Schildhauer	29: 25.63	6th
4th	AME	Martin Pitayo	29: 35.85	5
5	EUR	Vincent Rousseau	29: 53.23	4th
6th	OZE	Rex Wilson	30: 06.23	3
7th	URS	Gennady Temnikov	30: 09.94	2
8th	ASI	Zhang Guowei	30: 26.58	1

4th of October

WR	27: 13.81 min	Mamede		1984 in Stockholm
CR	27: 28.43 min	Schildhauer		1981 in Rome

110 m hurdles

space	team	athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	United States	Tonie Campbell	13.35	8th
2	URS	Sergei Usov	13.62	7th
3	GDR	Jörg Naumann	13.76	6th
4th	OZE	Don Wright	13.79	5
5	EUR	György Bakos	13.83	3.5
	ASI	Yu Zhicheng
7th	AFR	René Djédjémel Mélédjé	14.20	2
8th	AME	Jesus Aguilasocho	14.64	1

October 6th

Wind speed: + 3.1 m / s
WR	12.93 s	Nehemiah		1981 in Zurich
CR	13.32 s	Foster		1981 in Rome

400 m hurdles

space	team	athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	United States	Andre Phillips	48.42	8th
2	URS	Alexander Vasilyev	48.61	7th
3	EUR	Harald Schmid	48.83	6th
4th	AFR	Amadou Dia Ba	48.98	5
5	GDR	Hans-Jürgen Ende	50.22	4th
6th	ASI	Ahmed Hamada	50.63	3
7th	AME	Pedro Chiamulera	51.44	2
8th	OZE	Wayne Paul	52.15	1

4th of October

WR	47.02 s	Moses		1983 in Koblenz
CR	47.37 s	Moses		1981 in Rome

3000 m obstacle

space	team	athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	AFR	Julius Kariuki	8: 39.51	8th
2	United States	Henry Marsh	8: 39.55	7th
3	AME	Graeme fur	8: 40.30	6th
4th	URS	Ivan Konovalov	8: 41.46	5
5	GDR	Hagen Melzer	8: 42.92	4th
6th	EUR	Joseph Mahmoud	8: 50.86	3
7th	OZE	Peter Renner	8: 54.96	2
8th	ASI	Shigeyuki Aikyo	8: 55.23	1

5th October

WR	8: 05.4 0min	Rono		1978 in Seattle
CR	8: 19.89 min	Mamiński		1981 in Rome

4 × 100 m relay

space	team	athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	United States	Harvey Glance Kirk Baptiste Calvin Smith Dwayne Evans	38.10	8th
2	AME	Desai Williams Robson da Silva Leandro Peñalver Ben Johnson	38.31	7th
3	URS	Nikolai Juschmanow Alexander Semjonow Alexander Evgenjew Vladimir Muravjow	38.35	6th
4th	GDR	Heiko Truppel Steffen Bringmann Torsten Heimrath Frank Emmelmann	38.39	5
5	EUR	Antonio Ullo Stefano Tilli Pierfrancesco Pavoni Carlo Simionato	38.76	4th
6th	OZE	Robert Stone Peter van Miltenburg Clayton Kearney Gerrard Keating	39.35	3
7th	AFR	Victor Edet Ikpoto Eseme Iziak Adeyanju Chidi Imoh	39.55	2
8th	ASI	Li Feng Cai Jianming Yu Zhuanhui Zheng Chen	39.74	1

5th October

WR	37.83 s		Graddy Brown Smith Lewis	1984 in Los Angeles
CR	38.03 s		Collins Riddick Wiley Williams	1977 in Düsseldorf

4 × 400 m relay

space	team	athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	United States	Walter McCoy Andre Phillips Ray Armstead Michael Franks	3: 00.71	8th
2	GDR	Frank Möller Mathias Schersing Guido Lieske Thomas Schönlebe	3: 00.82	7th
3	OZE	Bruce Frayne Gary Miniham Alan Ozolins Darren Clark	3: 01.35	6th
4th	EUR	Pierfrancesco Pavoni Klaus Just Jörg Vaihinger Ángel Heras	3: 01.46	5
5	URS	Alexander Troschtschilo Alexander Wassiljew Vladimir Prosin Vladimir Krylow	3: 03.17	4th
6th	AME	Leandro Peñalver Ian Morris Héctor Daley Roberto Hernández	3: 03.52	3
7th	ASI	Takeo Suzuki Abdul Yussouf Hiromi Kawasumi Mohamed Amer Al-Malky	3: 10.20	2
-	AFR	Sunday Uti David Kitur Gabriel Tiacoh Innocent Egbunike	DQ	-

October 6th

WR	2: 56.16		Matthews Freeman James Evans	1968 in Mexico City
CR	2: 59.12		McCoy Wiley Smith Darden	1981 in Rome

high jump

space	team	athlete	Height (m)	Pt.
1	EUR	Patrik Sjöberg	2.31 CR	8th
2	United States	James Howard	2.28	7th
3	AME	Javier Sotomayor	2.28	6th
4th	URS	Igor Paklin	2.25	5
5	GDR	Andreas Sam	2.20	4th
6th	ASI	Shuji Ujino	2.15	3
7th	AFR	Moussa case	2.10	2
8th	OZE	John Atkinson	2.10	1

October 6th

WR	2.41 m	Paklin		1985 in Kobe
CR	2.30 m	Beilschmidt		1977 in Düsseldorf

Pole vault

space	team	athlete	Height (m)	Pt.
1	URS	Serhiy Bubka	5.85 CR	8th
2	EUR	Philippe Collet	5.60	7th
3	United States	Tim Bright	5.40	6th
4th	ASI	Ji Zebiao	5.20	5
5	GDR	Christoph Pietz	5.20	4th
6th	OZE	Neil Honey	4.70	3
7th	AFR	Chokri Abahnini	4.50	2
-	AME	Rubén Camino	OgV	-

5th October

WR	6.00 m	Bubka		1985 in Paris
CR	5.70 m	Volkov		1981 in Rome

Long jump

space	team	athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	United States	Mike Conley Sr.	8.20	8th
2	URS	Robert Emmijan	8.09	7th
3	EUR	László Szalma	8.09	6th
4th	OZE	Gary Honey	7.98	5
5	ASI	Liu Yuhuang	7.98	4th
6th	AME	Ubaldo Duany	7.87	3
7th	GDR	Uwe Lange	7.76	2
8th	AFR	Paul Emordi	7.63	1

5th October

Wind speed: + 0.3 m / s
WR	8.90	Beamon		1968 in Mexico City
CR	8.52	Myricks		1979 in Montreal

Triple jump

space	team	athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	United States	Willie Banks	17.58 CR	8th
2	URS	Oleg Protsenko	17.47	7th
3	EUR	Christo Markow	17.13	6th
4th	GDR	Volker May	17.07	5
5	AFR	Paul Emordi	16.89	4th
6th	AME	Lázaro Balcindes	16.74	3
7th	ASI	Tian Hongxin	16.49	2
8th	OZE	Peter Beames	16.12	1

4th of October

Wind speed: + 1.5 m / s
WR	17.97	Banks		1985 in Indianapolis
CR	17.37	de Oliveira		1981 in Rome

Shot put

space	team	athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	GDR	Ulf Timmermann	22.00 CR	8th
2	URS	Sergei Smirnov	21.72	7th
3	EUR	Alessandro Andrei	21.14	6th
4th	United States	Dave Loud	20.51	5
5	AME	Gert Weil	19.50	4th
6th	AFR	Mohammed Achouche	18.41	3
7th	ASI	Balwinder Singh	17.11	2
8th	OZE	Wayne Barber	16.15	1

5th October

WR	22.62	Timmermann		1985 in Berlin
CR	21.74	Beyer		1977 in Düsseldorf

Discus throw

space	team	athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	URS	Georgi Kolnootschenko	69.08 CR	8th
2	GDR	Jürgen Schult	68.30	7th
3	AME	Luis Delís	67.60	6th
4th	EUR	Imrich Bugár	62.96	5
5	United States	John Powell	62.82	4th
6th	OZE	Paul Nandapi	58.84	3
7th	AFR	Ahmed Camel Shata	35.74	2
-	ASI	Li Weinan	DNS	-

4th of October

WR	71.86 m	Dumchev		1983 in Moscow
CR	67.14 m	Schmidt		1977 in Düsseldorf

Hammer throw

space	team	athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	URS	Jüri Tamm	82.12 CR	8th
2	GDR	Gunther Rodehau	78.44	7th
3	United States	Jud Logan	76.68	6th
4th	EUR	František Vrbka	71.62	5
5	AFR	Hakim Toumi	69.84	4th
6th	OZE	Hans Lotz	67.30	3
7th	AME	Francisco Soria	62.38	2
8th	ASI	Raghubir Singh Bal	60.92	1

5th October

WR	86.34 m	Sedych		1984 in Cork
CR	78.70 m	Litvinov		1979 in Montreal

Javelin throw

space	team	athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	GDR	Uwe Mockery	96.96 CR	8th
2	URS	Heino Puuste	87.40	7th
3	United States	Tom Petranoff	87.34	6th
4th	EUR	David Ottley	87.00	5
5	OZE	John Stapylton-Smith	76.94	4th
6th	AME	Michael Mahovlich	76.14	3
7th	ASI	Pubu Ciren	75.46	2
8th	AFR	Ahmed Mahour Bacha	72.72	1

October 6th

WR	104.80 m	Derision		1984 in Berlin
CR	89.74 m	Kula		1981 in Rome

Women

100 m

space	team	Athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	GDR	Marlies Goehr	11.10	8th
2	AME	Grace Jackson	11.30	6.5
	URS	Marina Shirova
4th	EUR	Anelija Nunewa	11.50	5
5	AFR	Rufina Uba	11.55	4th
6th	OZE	Jenny Flaherty	11.79	3
7th	United States	Kathrene Wallace	11.86	2
8th	ASI	Lee Young-Sook	11.92	1

5th October

Wind speed: - 0.6 m / s
WR	10.76 s	Ashford		1984 in Zurich
CR	11.02 s	Ashford		1981 in Rome

200 m

space	team	Athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	GDR	Marita Koch	21.90	8th
2	AME	Grace Jackson	22.61	7th
3	URS	Marina Shirova	22.66	6th
4th	EUR	Ewa Kasprzyk	23.05	5
5	United States	Pam Marshall	23.15	4th
6th	OZE	Maree Chapman	23.71	3
7th	AFR	Rufina Uba	24.02	2
8th	ASI	Vandana Rao	24.38	1

4th of October

Wind speed: - 0.7 m / s
WR	21.71 s	cook		1979 in Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984 in Potsdam
CR	21.83 s	Ashford		1979 in Montreal

400 m

space	team	Athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	GDR	Marita Koch	47.60 WR	8th
2	URS	Olga Vladykina	48.27	7th
3	United States	Lillie Leatherwood	50.43	6th
4th	AME	Ana Fidelia Quirot	50.86	5
5	EUR	Jarmila Kratochvílová	50.95	4th
6th	OZE	Debbie Flintoff	51.57	3
7th	ASI	PT Usha	51.61	2
8th	AFR	Kehinde Vaughan	53.16	1

October 6th

WR	47.99 s	Kratochvílová		1983 in Helsinki
CR	48.61 s	Kratochvílová		1981 in Rome

800 m

space	team	Athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	GDR	Christine Wachtel	2: 01.57	8th
2	EUR	Jarmila Kratochvílová	2: 01.99	7th
3	URS	Nadia Olisarenko	2: 02.17	6th
4th	AME	Ana Fidelia Quirot	2: 03.57	5
5	United States	Joetta Clark	2: 03.81	4th
6th	AFR	Selina Chirchir	2: 04.16	3
7th	OZE	Wendy Old	2: 05.36	2
8th	ASI	Shiny Abraham	2: 06.39	1

5th October

WR	1: 53.28 min	Kratochvílová		1983 in Munich
CR	1: 57.48 min	Weselkowa		1981 in Rome

1500 m

space	team	Athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	GDR	Hildegard Körner	4: 10.86	8th
2	URS	Rawilja Agletdinova	4: 11.21	7th
3	EUR	Doina Melinte	4: 19.66	6th
4th	ASI	Yang Liuxia	4: 20.73	5
5	AME	Ulla Marquette	4: 21.25	4th
6th	AFR	Mary Chemweno	4: 24.97	3
7th	OZE	Anne McKenzie	4: 27.33	2
-	United States	Diana Richburg	DNS	-

4th of October

WR	3: 52.47 min	Kasankina		1980 in Zurich
CR	4: 03.33 min	Sorokina		1981 in Rome

3000 m

space	team	Athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	GDR	Ulrike Bruns	9: 14.65	8th
2	URS	Tetiana Posdnyakova	9: 15.65	7th
3	United States	Cindy Brakeman	9: 21.15	6th
4th	OZE	Sharon Dalton	9: 27.34	5
5	ASI	Li Xiuxia	9: 31.80	4th
6th	AFR	Helen Kimaiyo	9: 33.41	3
7th	AME	Geri Fitch	9: 46.68	2
8th	EUR	Monika Schäfer	10: 03.470	1

October 6th

WR	8: 22.62 min	Kasankina		1984 in Leningrad
CR	8: 36.32 min	Ulmasova		1979 in Montreal

10,000 m

space	team	Athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	EUR	Aurora Cunha	32: 07.50	8th
2	United States	Mary Knisely	32: 19.93	7th
3	URS	Olga Bondarenko	32: 27.70	6th
4th	GDR	Ines Bibernell	32: 45.58	5
5	AFR	Hassania Darami	33: 46.69	4th
6th	AME	Mónica Regonessi	34: 04.42	3
-	ASI	Yuko Gordon	DNF	-
	OZE	Lisa Martin

5th October

WR	30: 59.42 min	Kristiansen		1985 in Oslo
CR	Run route for the first time

100 m hurdles

space	team	Athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	GDR	Cornelia Oschkenat	12.72	8th
2	EUR	Ginka Sagortschewa	12.72	7th
3	URS	Svetlana Gussarova	13.01	6th
4th	ASI	Liu Huajin	13.20	5
5	OZE	Glynis Nunn	13.25	4th
6th	AFR	Maria Usifo	13.34	3
7th	United States	Pam Page	13.49	2
8th	AME	Cecilia Branch	13.75	1

5th October

Wind speed: - 1.8 m / s
WR	12.36 s	Rabsztyn		1980 in Warsaw
CR	12.67 s	Rabsztyn		1979 in Montreal

400 m hurdles

space	team	Athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	GDR	Sabine Busch	54.44 CR	8th
2	United States	Judi Brown-King	55.10	7th
3	OZE	Debbie Flintoff	55.34	6th
4th	AFR	Nawal El Moutawakel	56.05	5
5	ASI	PT Usha	56.35	4th
6th	URS	Margarita Chromowa-Ponomarjowa	56.90	3
7th	EUR	Genowefa Blaszak	57.50	2
8th	AME	Gwen Wall	58.13	1

4th of October

WR	53.55 s	bush		1985 in Berlin
CR	54.82 s	Neumann		1979 in Montreal

4 × 100 m relay

space	team	Athlete	Time (s)	Pt.
1	GDR	Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	41.37 WR	8th
2	URS	Antonina Nastoburko Natalja Botschina Marina Schirowa Elvira Barbashina	42.54	7th
3	EUR	Iwona Pakuła Ginka Sagortschewa Ewa Pisiewicz Ewa Kasprzyk	43.38	6th
4th	AME	Angela Phipps Grace Jackson Esmie Lawrence Molly Killingbeck	43.39	5
5	United States	Pam Page Susan Shurr Ella Smith Pam Marshall	44.03	4th
6th	AFR	Grace Armah Doris Wiredu Cynthia Quartey Martha Appiah	44.76	3
7th	ASI	Zhang Jianmei Pan Weixin Tian Yumei Liu Huajin	45.16	2
-	OZE	Kerry Johnson Maree Chapman Jenny Flaherty Andrea Wade	DQ	-

October 6th

WR	41.53 s		Gladisch Koch Auerswald Göhr	1983 in Berlin
CR	42.19 s		Haglund Réga Richter Hunte	1979 in Montreal

4 × 400 m relay

space	team	Athlete	Time (min)	Pt.
1	GDR	Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Marita Koch	3: 19.49 CR	8th
2	URS	Tatiana Alexeyeva Olga Nazarova Marija Pinigina Olga Vladykina	3: 20.60	7th
3	EUR	Rossiza Stamenowa Erica Rossi Alena Bulířová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3: 28.47	6th
4th	AME	Norfalia Caraball Jocelyn Joseph Molly Killingbeck Ana Fidelia Quirot	3: 29.34	5
5	United States	Susan Shurr Judi Brown-King Roberta Belle Lillie Leatherwood	3: 30.99	4th
6th	OZE	Sharon Stewart Andrea Wade Maree Chapman Debbie Flintoff	3: 35.93	3
7th	AFR	Nawal El Moutawakel Airat Bakare Kehinde Vaughan Doris Wiredu	3: 36.86	2
8th	ASI	Vandana Rao Emma Tahapary Shiny Abraham P. T. Usha	3: 37.59	1

4th of October

WR	3: 15.92 min		Walther Busch Rübsam Koch	1984 in Erfurt
CR	3: 20.37 min		Kotte Brehmer Köhn cook	1979 in Montreal

high jump

space	team	Athlete	Height (m)	Pt.
1	EUR	Stefka Kostadinova	2.00 CR	8th
2	URS	Tamara Bykowa	1.97	7th
3	GDR	Susanne Helm	1.97	6th
4th	AME	Silvia Costa	1.97	5
5	OZE	Chris Stanton	1.88	4th
6th	ASI	Yang Wenqin	1.85	3
7th	United States	Colleen summers	1.80	2
8th	AFR	Awa Dioum N'Diaye	1.70	1

4th of October

WR	2.07	Andonova		1984 in Berlin
CR	1.98	Ackermann		1977 in Düsseldorf

Long jump

space	team	Athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	GDR	Heike Drechsler	7.27 CR	8th
2	URS	Galina Chistjakova	7.00	7th
3	United States	Carol Lewis	6.88	6th
4th	OZE	Robyn Lorraway	6.80	5
5	EUR	Sabine Braun	6.62	4th
6th	AME	Shonel Ferguson	6.53	3
7th	ASI	Huang Donghuo	6.29	2
8th	AFR	Marianne Mendoza-Diallo	5.40	1

October 6th

Wind speed: + 0.7 m / s
WR	7.44	Wood turner		1985 in Berlin
CR	6.80	Ulbricht		1981 in Rome

Shot put

space	team	Athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	URS	Natalia Lisovskaya	20.69	8th
2	GDR	Heike Hartwig	19.98	7th
3	EUR	Helena Fibingerová	19.17	6th
4th	OZE	Gael Martin	18.04	5
5	ASI	Cong Yuzhen	17.83	4th
6th	United States	Ramona Pagel	17.31	3
7th	AME	Rosa Fernández	16.65	2
8th	AFR	Souad Maloussi	15.80	1

4th of October

WR	22.53	Lisovskaya		1984 in Sochi
CR	20.98	Slupianek		1979 in Montreal

Discus throw

space	team	Athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	GDR	Martina Opitz	69.78 CR	8th
2	URS	Galina Savinkova	67.30	7th
3	AME	Maritza Martén	66.54	6th
4th	EUR	Tsvetanka Christova	61.90	5
5	ASI	Li Xiaohui	57.74	4th
6th	United States	Carol Cady	56.52	3
7th	OZE	Sue Reinwald	53.92	2
8th	AFR	Zoubida Laayouni	49.68	1

October 6th

WR	74.56	Silhavá		1984 in Nitra
CR	68.10	Welewa		1977 in Düsseldorf

Javelin throw

space	team	Athlete	Width (m)	Pt.
1	URS	Olga Gavrilova	66.80	8th
2	GDR	Petra Felke	66.22	7th
3	EUR	Fatima Whitbread	65.12	6th
4th	OZE	Sue Howland	63.58	5
5	AFR	Agnès Tchuinté	57.86	4th
6th	ASI	Zhu Hongyang	55.90	3
7th	AME	María Caridad Colón	54.00	2
8th	United States	Cathy Sulinski	53.78	1

4th of October

WR	75.26	Felke		1985 in Schwerin
CR	70.08	Todorova		1981 in Rome

Final score

Men

space	team	Points
1	United States	1230
2	Soviet Union	1150
3	German Democratic Republic	1140
4th	Europe	097.5
5	Africa	81
6th	America	80
7th	Oceania	65
8th	Asia	039.5

Women

space	team	Points
1	German Democratic Republic	1210
2	Soviet Union	105.5
3	Europe	86
4th	America	062.5
5	United States	61
6th	Oceania	52
7th	Asia	42
8th	Africa	41

Abbreviations

• WR = world record
• CR = world cup record
• DQ = disqualification
• DNF = competition not finished
• DNS = not started
• OgV = Without a valid attempt

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport85. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-328-00129-8 , p. 266-267 .

Web links

• Detailed results of the IAAF ( Memento from October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )