World Indoor Games 1985 - men



Paris (France)
18th – 19th Januari 1985
(Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy)

60 m - 18-01-1985

1. Ben Johnson - Canada - 6.62
2. Sam Graddy - USA - 6.63
3. Ronald Desruelles - Belgium - 6.68

Seven national records were set in the heats.

200 m - 18-01-1985

1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev - Soviet Union - 20.95
2. Ade Mafe - Great Britain - 20.96
3. Joăo Batista da Silva - Brazil - 21.19

One Asian record, one Oceanic record and four national records were set in the heats and the semifinals.

400 m - 19-01-1985

1. Thomas Schönlebe - East Germany - 45.60
(World best)
2. Todd Bennett - Great Britain - 45.97
(national record)
3. Mark Rowe - USA - 46.31

4. Amadou Dia Ba - Senegal - 46.94
(national record)

Five more national records were set in the heats.

800 m - 19-01-1985

1. Colomán Trabado - Spain - 1:47.42
2. Benjamín González - Spain - 1:47.94
3. Ikem Billy - Great Britain - 1:48.28

Two national records were set in the heats.

1500 m - 19-01-1985

1. Michael Hillardt - Australia - 3:40.27
2. José Luis Gonzalez - Spain - 3:41.36
3. Joseph Chesire - Kenya - 3:41.38

3000 m - 19-01-1985

1. Joăo Campos - Portugal - 7:57.63
2. Don Clary - USA - 7:57.78
3. Ivan Uvizl - Czechoslovakia - 7:57.92

Two national records were set in the heats.

60 m hurdles - 19-01-1985

1. Stéphane Caristan - France - 7.67
2. Javier Moracho - Spain - 7.69
3. Jon Ridgeon - Great Britain - 7.70

Three national records were set in the heats and the semifinals.

5000 metres walk - 19-01-1985

1. Gérard Leličvre - France - 19:06.22
(national record)
2. Maurizio Damilano - Italy - 19:11.41
3. David Smith - Australia - 19:16.04

long jump - 19-01-1985

1. Jan Leitner - Czechoslovakia - 7,96 m
2. Gyula Pálóczi - Hungary - 7,94 m
3. Giovanni Evangelisti - Italy - 7,88 m

triple jump - 18-01-1985

1. Khristo Markov - Bulgaria - 17,22 m
(national record)
2. Lázaro Betancourt - Cuba - 17,15 m
3. Lázaro Balcindes - Cuba - 16,83 m

high jump - 18-01-1985

1. Patrik Sjöberg - Sweden - 2,32 m
2. Javier Sotomayor - Cuba - 2,30 m
3. Othmane Belfaa - Algeria - 2,27 m
(Afircan record)

pole vault - 19-01-1985

1. Sergey Bubka - Soviet Union - 5,75 m
2. Thierry Vigneron - France - 5,70 m
3. Vasiliy Bubka - Soviet Union - 5,60 m

shot put - 19-01-1985

1. Remigius Machura - Czechoslovakia - 21,22 m
2. Udo Beyer - East Germany - 21,10 m
3. Janis Bojars - Soviet Union - 19,94 m