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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name =IAAF World Indoor Games
|Logo = Paris1985logo.png
|Size = 
|Host city =[[Paris]], [[France]]
|Optional caption = 
|Nations participating = 69
|Athletes participating = 319
|Events = 24
|Dates = 18–19 January
|Stadium = [[Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy]]
|Previous = 
|Next = [[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]
}}
The '''World Indoor Games''' were arranged by the [[IAAF]] and held at the [[Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the [[IAAF World Indoor Championships]] and gained official status. There were a total number of 319 participating athletes from 69 countries.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100305100629/http://www.doha2010wic.com/2009/12/1985-jm/ 1985: World Indoor Games]}}. Doha 2010. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.</ref>

==Results==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|60 metres|Men}}
|[[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]]<br />''{{CAN}}''||6.62
|[[Sam Graddy]] <br />''{{USA}}''||6.63
|[[Ronald Desruelles]]<br />''{{BEL}}''||6.68
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Men}}
|[[Aleksandr Yevgenyev]]<br />''{{URS}}''||20.95
|[[Ade Mafe]]<br />''{{GBR2}}''||20.96
|[[João Batista da Silva (athlete)|João Batista da Silva]]<br />''{{BRA}}''||21.19
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}
|[[Thomas Schönlebe]]<br />''{{GDR}}''||45.60
|[[Todd Bennett]]<br />''{{GBR2}}''||45.97
|[[Mark Rowe]]<br />''{{USA}}''||46.31
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}
|[[Colomán Trabado]]<br />''{{ESP}}''||1:47.42
|[[Benjamín González]]<br />''{{ESP}}''||1:47.94
|[[Ikem Billy]]<br />''{{GBR2}}''||1:48.28
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}
|[[Michael Hillardt]]<br />''{{AUS}}''||3:40.27
|[[José Luis González (athlete)|José Luis González]]<br />''{{ESP}}''||3:41.36
|[[Joseph Chesire]]<br />''{{KEN}}''||3:41.38
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres|Men}}
|[[João Campos]]<br />''{{POR}}''||7:57.63
|[[Don Clary]]<br />''{{USA}}''||7:57.78
|[[Ivan Uvizl]]<br />''{{TCH}}''||7:57.92
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|60 metres hurdles|Men}}
|[[Stéphane Caristan]]<br />''{{FRA}}''||7.67
|[[Javier Moracho]]<br />''{{ESP}}''||7.69
|[[Jon Ridgeon]]<br />''{{GBR2}}''||7.70
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres walk|Men}}
|[[Gérard Lelièvre]]<br />''{{FRA}}''||19:06.22
|[[Maurizio Damilano]]<br />''{{ITA}}''||19:11.41
|[[Dave Smith (race walker)|Dave Smith]]<br />''{{AUS}}''||19:16.04
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}
|[[Patrik Sjöberg]]<br />''{{SWE}}''||2.32
|[[Javier Sotomayor]]<br />''{{CUB}}''||2.30
|[[Othmane Belfaa]]<br />''{{ALG}}''||2.27<br /> NR
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}
|[[Sergey Bubka]]<br />''{{URS}}''||5.75
|[[Thierry Vigneron]]<br />''{{FRA}}''||5.70
|[[Vasiliy Bubka]]<br />''{{URS}}''||5.60
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}
|[[Jan Leitner]]<br />''{{TCH}}''||7.96
|[[Gyula Pálóczi]]<br />''{{HUN}}''||7.94
|[[Giovanni Evangelisti]]<br />''{{ITA}}''||7.88
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}
|[[Khristo Markov]]<br />''{{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}''||17.22
|[[Lázaro Betancourt]]<br />''{{CUB}}''||17.15
|[[Lázaro Balcindes]]<br />''{{CUB}}''||16.83
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}
|[[Remigius Machura]]<br />''{{TCH}}''||21.22
|[[Udo Beyer]]<br />''{{GDR}}''||21.10
|[[Jānis Bojārs]]<br />''{{URS}}''||19.94
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|60 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Silke Gladisch]]|GDR}}||7.20
|{{flagmedalist|[[Heather Oakes]]|GBR}}||7.21
|{{flagmedalist|[[Christelle Bulteau]]|FRA}}||7.34
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}||23.09
|{{flagmedalist|[[Marie-Christine Cazier]]|FRA}}||23.33
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kim Robertson (athlete)|Kim Robertson]]|NZL}}||23.69<small> (NR)</small>
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Diane Dixon]]|USA}}||53.35
|{{flagmedalist|[[Regine Berg]]|BEL}}||53.81
|{{flagmedalist|[[Charmaine Crooks]]|CAN}}||54.08
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Cristieana Cojocaru]]|ROU|1965}}||2:04.22
|{{flagmedalist|[[Jane Colebrook|Jane Finch]]|GBR}}||2:04.71
|{{flagmedalist|[[Mariana Simeanu]]|ROU|1965}}||2:05.51
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Elly van Hulst]]|NED}}||4:11.41
|{{flagmedalist|[[Fiţa Lovin]]|ROU|1965}}||4:11.42
|{{flagmedalist|[[Brit McRoberts]]|CAN}}||4:11.83
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Debbie Scott]]|CAN}}||9:04.99
|{{flagmedalist|[[Agnese Possamai]]|ITA}}||9:09.66
|{{flagmedalist|[[PattiSue Plumer]]|USA}}||9:12.12
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|60 metres hurdles|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Xénia Siska]]|HUN}}||8.03
|{{flagmedalist|[[Laurence Elloy]]|FRA}}||8.08
|{{flagmedalist|[[Anne Piquereau]]|FRA}}||8.10
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres walk|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Giuliana Salce]]|ITA}}||12:53.42
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yan Hong (racewalker)|Yan Hong]]|CHN}}||13:06.66
|{{flagmedalist|[[Ann Peel]]|CAN}}||13:06.97
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}
|rowspan="3"|{{flagmedalist|[[Stefka Kostadinova]]|BUL|1971}}||rowspan="3"|1.97
|rowspan="3"|{{flagmedalist|[[Susanne Lorentzon]]|SWE}}||rowspan="3"|1.94
|{{flagmedalist|[[Debbie Brill]]|CAN}} || rowspan="3"|1.90
|-
|{{flagmedalist|[[Danuta Bułkowska]]|POL}}
|-
|{{flagmedalist|[[Silvia Costa (athlete)|Silvia Costa]]|CUB}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Helga Radtke]]|GDR}}||6.88
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Rodionova (long jumper)|Tatyana Rodionova]]|URS}}||6.72
|{{flagmedalist|[[Nijolė Medvedeva]]|URS}}||6.44
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Natalya Lisovskaya]]|URS}}||20.07
|{{flagmedalist|[[Ines Müller]]|GDR}}||19.68
|{{flagmedalist|[[Nunu Abashidze]]|URS}}||18.82
|}

==Medals table==

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GDR = 4 | silver_GDR = 2 | bronze_GDR = 0
 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 4
 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 4
 | gold_TCH = 2 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1
 | gold_BUL = 2 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 0 | name_BUL = {{flagteam|BUL|1971}}
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 3 | bronze_ESP = 0
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 2
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_ROU = 1 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 1 | name_ROU = {{flagteam|ROU|1965}}
 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 1
 | gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 0
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 4 | bronze_GBR = 2
 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 2 | bronze_CUB = 2
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 1
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_ALG = 0 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 1
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1
 | gold_KEN = 0 | silver_KEN = 0 | bronze_KEN = 1
 | gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 1
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
}}

==Participating nations==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{ALG}} (1)
*{{ARG}} (2)
*{{AUS}} (6)
*{{AUT}} (2)
*{{BAH}} (2)
*{{BHR}} (2)
*{{BAR}} (1)
*{{BEL}} (7)
*{{BRA}} (5)
*{{flag|Bulgaria|1971}} (6)
*{{CAN}} (10)
*{{CHI}} (2)
*{{CHN}} (9)
*{{TPE}} (2)
*{{COL}} (2)
*{{CUB}} (8)
*{{TCH}} (10)
*{{DEN}} (3)
*{{DOM}} (2)
*{{GDR}} (6)
*{{EGY}} (2)
*{{FIN}} (3)
*{{FRA}} (25)
*{{GBR2}} (16)
*{{GRE}} (3)
*{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} (2)
*{{HUN}} (4)
*{{ISL}} (2)
*{{IND}} (2)
*{{INA}} (2)
*{{IRL}} (2)
*{{ISR}} (1)
*{{ITA}} (19)
*{{CIV}} (2)
*{{JAM}} (1)
*{{JPN}} (5)
*{{JOR}} (1)
*{{KEN}} (1)
*{{KUW}} (5)
*{{LIB}} (2)
*{{MAR}} (5)
*{{MEX}} (4)
*{{NED}} (4)
*{{NZL}} (5)
*{{NOR}} (7)
*{{PLE}} (1)
*{{PER}} (2)
*{{flag|Philippines|1986}} (2)
*{{POL}} (8)
*{{POR}} (2)
*{{PUR}} (2)
*{{QAT}} (2)
*{{flag|Romania|1965}} (7)
*{{SEN}} (3)
*{{KOR}} (2)
*{{flag|South Yemen}} (2)
*{{URS}} (16)
*{{ESP}} (9)
*{{SUD}} (2)
*{{SWE}} (4)
*{{SUI}} (7)
*{{SYR}} (2)
*{{TAN}} (2)
*{{TRI}} (2)
*{{TUR}} (1)
*{{UGA}} (1)
*{{USA}} (22)
*{{FRG}} (5)
*{{YUG}} (1)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[1985 in athletics (track and field)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150916162508/http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/1985/iaaf-world-indoor-games-12 Results] (archived)

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