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{{Short description|Athletic competition}}
The '''4th [[IAAF World Cup in Athletics]]''' was an international [[track and field]] sporting event sponsored by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]], held on October 4–6, 1985, at the [[Canberra Stadium|Bruce Stadium]] in [[Canberra]], [[Australia]].

== Overall results ==
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===Men===
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="380px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Pos.
! Team
! Result
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | {{USA}}
| 123
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 2
| align="left" | {{URS}}
| 115
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 3 
| align="left" | {{GDR}}
| 114
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4
| align="left" | Europe
| 97,5
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5
| align="left" | Africa
| 81
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6
| align="left" | Americas
| 80
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 7
| align="left" | Oceania
| 65
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 8
| align="left" | Asia
| 39,5
|}
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===Women===
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="380px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Pos.
! Team
! Result
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | {{GDR}}
| 121
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 2
| align="left" | {{URS}}
| 105,5
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 3 
| align="left" | Europe
| 86
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4
| align="left" | Americas
| 62,5
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5
| align="left" | {{USA}}
| 61
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6
| align="left" | Oceania
| 52
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 7
| align="left" | Asia
| 42
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 8
| align="left" | Africa
| 41
|}
|}

==Medal summary==
{{details|1985 IAAF World Cup results}}
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres 
|{{flagathlete|[[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]]|CAN}} <br />''Americas'' || 10.00 
|{{flagathlete|[[Chidi Imoh]]|NGR}}  <br />''Africa''||10.11  	  	   	   	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Emmelmann]]|GDR}}  <br />''East Germany''||10.17
|-
|200 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Robson da Silva]]|BRA}} <br />''Americas'' || 20.44	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Emmelmann]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany''||20.51 	  	   	   	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Darren Clark]]|AUS}}  <br />''Oceania''||20.78
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Franks (athlete)|Mike Franks]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 44.47	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Thomas Schönlebe]]|GDR}}   <br />''East Germany''||44.72  	   	   	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Innocent Egbunike]]|NGR}}  <br />''Africa''||44.99
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Sammy Koskei]]|KEN}} <br />''Africa'' ||1:45.14	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Viktor Kalinkin]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||1:45.72
|{{flagathlete|[[Agberto Guimarães]]|BRA}}  <br />''Americas''||1:45.80
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Omer Khalifa]]|SUD}} <br />''Africa'' || 3:41.16
|{{flagathlete|[[Olaf Beyer]]|GDR}}  <br />''East German''||3:41.26
|{{flagathlete|[[Igor Lotaryov]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||3:41.92
|-
|5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Doug Padilla]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' ||14:04.11	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Stefano Mei]]|ITA}}   <br />''Europe''||14:05.99	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Wodajo Bulti]]|ETH|1975}}  <br />''Africa''||14:07.17
|-
|10,000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Wodajo Bulti]]|ETH|1975}}  <br />''Africa'' || 29:22.96
|{{flagathlete|[[Pat Porter]]|USA}}   <br />''United States''||29:23.02 
|{{flagathlete|[[Werner Schildhauer]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany''||29:25.63
|-
|110 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Tonie Campbell]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 13.35
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Usov]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||13.62	 	   	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Jörg Naumann]]|GDR}}  <br />''East Germany''||13.76	 
|-
|400 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Andre Phillips]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 48.42
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Vasilyev (hurdler)|Aleksandr Vasilyev]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||48.61	   	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Harald Schmid]]|FRG}}  <br />''Europe''||48.83
|-
|3000 metre steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|[[Julius Kariuki]]|KEN}} <br />''Africa'' || 8:39.51
|{{flagathlete|[[Henry Marsh (athlete)|Henry Marsh]]|USA}}   <br />''United States''||8:39.55
|{{flagathlete|[[Graeme Fell]]|CAN}}  <br />''Americas''||8:40.30
|-
|4×100 metre relay
|valign=top| ''United States''<br />[[Harvey Glance]]<br />[[Kirk Baptiste]]<br />[[Calvin Smith]]<br />[[Dwayne Evans]]||38.10	 
|valign=top| ''Americas''<br />[[Desai Williams]]<br />[[Robson da Silva]]<br />[[Leandro Peñalver]]<br />[[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]]||38.31 	 
|valign=top| ''Soviet Union''<br />[[Nikolay Yushmanov]]<br />[[Aleksandr Semyonov (athlete)|Aleksandr Semyonov]]<br />[[Aleksandr Yevgenyev]]<br />[[Vladimir Muravyov (athlete)|Vladimir Muravyov]]||38.35	 
|-
|4×400 metre relay
|valign=top| ''United States''<br />[[Walter McCoy (athlete)|Walter McCoy]]<br />[[Andre Phillips]]<br />[[Ray Armstead]]<br />[[Michael Franks (athlete)|Mike Franks]]||3:00.71
|valign=top| ''East Germany''<br />[[Frank Möller (athlete)|Frank Möller]]<br />[[Mathias Schersing]]<br />[[Guido Lieske]]<br />[[Thomas Schönlebe]]||3:00.82 
|valign=top| ''Oceania''<br />[[Bruce Frayne]]<br />[[Gary Minihan]]<br />[[Alan Ozolins]]<br />[[Darren Clark]]||3:01.35
|-
| High jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Patrik Sjöberg]]|SWE}} <br />''Europe'' || 2.31
|{{flagathlete|[[Jim Howard (athlete)|Jim Howard]]|USA}}   <br />''United States''||2.28
|{{flagathlete|[[Javier Sotomayor]]|CUB}}  <br />''Americas''||2.28
|-
| Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Bubka]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union'' ||5.85	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Philippe Collet]]|FRA}}   <br />''Europe''||5.50
|{{flagathlete|[[Tim Bright]]|USA}}  <br />''United States''||5.40
|-
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Conley, Sr.|Mike Conley]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 8.20
|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Emmiyan]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||8.09
|{{flagathlete|[[László Szalma]]|HUN|1957}}  <br />''Europe''||7.95
|-
| Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Willie Banks]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 17.58
|{{flagathlete|[[Oleg Protsenko]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||17.47
|{{flagathlete|[[Khristo Markov]]|BUL|1971}}  <br />''Europe''||17.13
|-
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Ulf Timmermann]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 22.00
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Smirnov (athlete)|Sergey Smirnov]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||21.72
|{{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Andrei]]|ITA}}  <br />''Europe''||21.14	 
|-
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Georgiy Kolnootchenko]]|URS}} <br />''Soviet Union'' || 69.08	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Jürgen Schult]]|GDR}}   <br />''East Germany''||68.30	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Luis Delís]]|CUB}}  <br />''Americas''||67.60 
|-
| Hammer throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Jüri Tamm]]|URS}} <br />''Soviet Union'' || 82.12 	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Günther Rodehau]]|GDR}}   <br />''East Germany''||78.44	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Jud Logan]]|USA}}  <br />''United States''||76.88	 
|-
| Javelin throw 
|{{flagathlete|[[Uwe Hohn]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 96.96	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Heino Puuste]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||87.40	
|{{flagathlete|[[Tom Petranoff]]|USA}}  <br />''United States''||87.34
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Marlies Göhr]]|GDR}}  <br />''East Germany'' || 11.10
|{{flagathlete|[[Grace Jackson]]|JAM}}   <br />''Americas''<br />{{flagathlete|[[Marina Zhirova]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||11.30 	 
|||	 
|-
|200 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 21.90
|{{flagathlete|[[Grace Jackson]]|JAM}}   <br />''Americas''||22.61	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Marina Zhirova]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||22.66
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}   <br />''East Germany'' || 47.60<br />'''WR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Bryzgina|Olga Vladykina]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||48.27
|{{flagathlete|[[Lillie Leatherwood]]|USA}}  <br />''United States''||50.43
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Wachtel]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 2:01.57
|{{flagathlete|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]|TCH}}  <br />''Europe''   ||2:01.99
|{{flagathlete|[[Nadiya Olizarenko]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||2:02.17
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Hildegard Körner]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 4:10.86
|{{flagathlete|[[Ravilya Agletdinova]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||4:11.21
|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}  <br />''Europe''||4:19.66
|-
|3000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Ulrike Bruns]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' ||9:14.65
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Pozdnyakova]]|URS}}   <br />''Soviet Union''||9:15.65
|{{flagathlete|[[Cindy Bremser]]|USA}}  <br />''United States''||9:21.15
|-
|10,000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Aurora Cunha]]|POR}} <br />''Europe'' ||32:07.50
|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Knisely]]|USA}}   <br />''United States''||32:19.93
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Bondarenko]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||32:27.70	 	 
|-
|100 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Cornelia Oschkenat]]|GDR}}   <br />''East Germany'' ||12.72
|{{flagathlete|[[Ginka Zagorcheva]]|BUL|1971}}  <br />''Europe''||12.72
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Gusarova]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||13.01
|-
|400 metre hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Sabine Busch]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 54.44
|{{flagathlete|[[Judi Brown|Judi Brown-King]]|USA}}   <br />''United States''||55.10
|{{flagathlete|[[Debbie Flintoff-King|Debbie Flintoff]]|AUS}}  <br />''Oceania''||55.34
|-
|4×100 metre relay 
|valign=top| ''East Germany''<br />[[Silke Möller|Silke Gladisch]]<br />[[Sabine Günther|Sabine Rieger]]<br />[[Ingrid Auerswald]]<br />[[Marlies Göhr]]||41.37	<br />'''WR''' 
|valign=top| ''Soviet Union''<br />[[Antonina Nastoburko]]<br />[[Natalya Bochina]]<br />[[Marina Zhirova]]<br />[[Elvira Barbashina]]||42.54	  	 
|valign=top| ''Europe''<br />[[Iwona Pakuła]]<br />[[Ginka Zagorcheva]]<br />[[Ewa Pisiewicz]]<br />[[Ewa Kasprzyk (athlete)|Ewa Kasprzyk]]||43.38
|-
|4×400 metre relay 
|valign=top| ''East Germany''<br />[[Kirsten Emmelmann]]<br />[[Sabine Busch]]<br />[[Dagmar Neubauer]]<br />[[Marita Koch]]||3:19.49 
|valign=top| ''Soviet Union''<br />[[Tatyana Alekseyeva]]<br />[[Irina Nazarova]]<br />[[Mariya Pinigina]]<br />[[Olga Vladykina]] ||3:20.60	  	 
|valign=top| ''Europe''<br />[[Rositsa Stamenova]]<br />[[Erica Rossi]]<br />[[Alena Bulirová]]<br />[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]||3:28.47
|-
| High jump 
|{{flagathlete|[[Stefka Kostadinova]]|BUL|1971}}<br />''Europe'' || 2.00
|{{flagathlete|[[Tamara Bykova]]|URS}} <br />''Soviet Union'' || 1.97
|{{flagathlete|[[Susanne Beyer|Susanne Helm]]|GDR}}<br />''East Germany''|| 1.97
|-
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Heike Drechsler]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 7.27
|{{flagathlete|[[Galina Chistyakova]]|URS}} <br />''Soviet Union''||7.00
|{{flagathlete|[[Carol Lewis]]|USA}}  <br />''United States''||6.88
|-
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Lisovskaya]]|URS}} <br />''Soviet Union'' ||20.69
|{{flagathlete|[[Heike Hartwig]]|GDR}}   <br />''East Germany''||19.98
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Fibingerová]]|TCH}}  <br />''Europe''||19.17
|-
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Hellmann|Martina Opitz]]|GDR}} <br />''East Germany'' || 69.78
|{{flagathlete|[[Galina Savinkova]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union''||67.30
|{{flagathlete|[[Maritza Martén]]|CUB}}  <br />''Americas''||66.54
|-
| Javelin throw 
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Gavrilova]]|URS}}  <br />''Soviet Union'' || 66.80	 
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Felke]]|GDR}}   <br />''East Germany''||66.22
|{{flagathlete|[[Fatima Whitbread]]|GBR}}  <br />''Europe''||65.12
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wp.htm World Cup Results]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100106/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/79/40/20100809103225_httppostedfile_split2010_21818.pdf Full Results by IAAF]

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