1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium.

The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.

This was the nineteenth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 500 m	Template:Flagcountry János Sarusi Kis István Vaskuti		Template:Flagu Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała		Template:GDR Ulrich Papke Uwe Madeja
C-2 1000 m	Template:GDR Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck		Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović		Template:Flagu Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała
C-2 10000 m	Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović		Template:GBR2 Andrew Train Stephen Train		Template:Flagcountry Matei Kalpakov Tosho Kalpakov

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald		Template:GDR Guido Behling Hans-Jörg Bliesener		Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Pascal Boucherit Philippe Boccara		Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata		Template:Flagu Don Brien Colin Shaw
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagu Mikael Berger Conny Edholm		Template:Flagcountry István Szabó István Tóth		Template:Flagu Francesco Uberti Daniele Scarpa
K-4 500 m	Template:GDR André Wohllebe Frank Fischer Peter Hempel Heiko Zinke		Aleksandr Belov Igor Gaidamaka Viktor Denisov Aleksandr Vodovatov		Template:Flagu Karl-Axel Sundqvist Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Per Lundh
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagu Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Karl-Axel Sundqvist Bengt Andersson		Aleksandr Myzgin Igor Gaidamaka Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov		Template:GDR André Wohllebe Frank Fischer Peter Hempel Heiko Zinke
K-4 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Zoltán Böjti Tibor Helyi Zoltán Kovács Kálmán Petrovics		Template:Flagu Tommy Karls Bengt Andersson Peter Ekström Torbjörn Thoresson		Brian Kragh Thor Nielsen Lars Koch Henrik Christiansen

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Template:GDR Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn		Template:Flagcountry Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán		Template:Flagu Annemiek Derckx Annemarie Cox
K-4 500 m	Template:GDR Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Heike Singer Kathrin Giese		Yelena Dudina Nelli Yefremova Irina Salomykova Guinara Zharafutdinova		Template:Flagcountry Katalin Gyulai Erika Géczi Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.