World orienteering championships 1985

The 11th World Orienteering Championships were held from 4. September bis 6. September 1985 in the area around Bendigo in Australia instead.

The Finn Kari Sallinen managed to break the Norwegian dominance of the last few years. Sallinen had almost two minutes ahead of Tore Sagvolden from Norway. Annichen Kringstad from Sweden again celebrated the golden world championships for women . As in 1981 and 1983, she won gold in Australia in both singles and relay in 1985.

Men's

singles

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Kari Sallinen	1:28:08 h
2	NOR	Tore Sagvolden	1:30:01 h
3	NOR	Egil Iversen	1:30:42 h
4th	SWE	Jörgen Mårtensson	1:31:12 h
5	FIN	Pekka Nikulainen	1:31:50 h
6th	SUI	Urs Flühmann	1:32:43 h
7th	NOR	Øyvin Thon	1:33:20 h
8th	SWE	Kjell Lauri	1:33:22 h

Singles:
Defending champion: Morten Berglia Location: Kooyoora State Park Length: 15.2 km Post: 23

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	NOR	Morten Berglia Atle Hansen Tore Sagvolden Øyvin Thon	3:52:44 h
2	SWE	Lars Palmqvist Michael Wehlin Kjell Lauri Jörgen Mårtensson	3:54:21 h
3	SUI	Willi Müller Martin Howald Urs Flühmann Alain Gafner	4:03:33 h
4th	HUN	István Benedek János Kelemen Zoltán Kiss Zoltán Lantos	4:05:31 h
5	FIN	Kari Sallinen Pekka Nikulainen Pasi Raukko Heikki Peltola	4:10:30 h
6th	TCH	Vlastimil Uchytil Jozef Pollák Jaromír Tilšer Jaroslav Kačmarčík	4:16:59 h
7th	THE	Klaus Madsen Preben Sloth Lars Konradsen Jens Hansen	4:17:00 h
8th	OUT	Robert Vincent Robert Plowright Michael Dowling Terry Farrell	4:29:16 h

Season:
Defending champions: Morten Berglia , Øyvin Thon , Tore Sagvolden , Harald Thon Location: Wattle Gully Diggings, Fryerstown (map)

Ladies

singles

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SWE	Annichen Kringstad	54:14 min
2	NOR	Brit Volden	55:07 min
3	SWE	Christina Blomqvist	57:11 min
4th	SWE	Kerstin Månsson	59:03 min
5	SWE	Karin Rabe	59:41 min
6th	TCH	Ada Kuchařová	60:35 min
7th	THE	Charlotte Thrane	62:47 min
8th	NOR	Helle Johansen	62:55 min

Singles:
Defending champion: Annichen Kringstad Location: Kooyoora State Park Length: 8.4 km Post: 14

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SWE	Karin Rabe Christina Blomqvist Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	3:01:21 h
2	NOR	Ragnhild Bratberg Hilde Tellesbø Helle Johansen Ellen Sofie Olsvik	3:01:31 h
3	SUI	Susanne Lüscher Frauke Sonderegger Bandixes Brigitte Zürcher Ruth Humbel	3:21:31 h
4th	THE	Hanne Birke Charlotte Thrane Karin Jexner Dorthe Hansen	3:24:23 h
5	TCH	Iva Kalibánová Petra Wágnerová Ada Kuchařová Eva Bártová	3:32:04 h
6th	FIN	Riitta Karjalainen Marja-Liisa Portin Ulla Mänttäri Annariitta Kottonen	3:32:55 h
7th	GBR	Roz Clayton Jean Ramsden Christine Whalley Yvette Hague	3:33:43 h
8th	FRG	Anja Gruhn Bärbel Vitek Heidrun Finke Kerstin Stratz	3:40:10 h

Season:
Defending champions: Karin Rabe , Marita Skogum , Kerstin Månsson , Annichen Kringstad Location: Wattle Gully Diggings, Fryerstown (map)

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Sweden	2	1	1	4th
2	Norway	1	3	1	5
3	Finland	1	-	-	1
4th	Switzerland	-	-	2	2

Web links

• Results of the World Championships 1985 International Orienteering Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Wattle Gully Diggings, Fryerstown . street.orienteering.com.au. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2019.