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The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held in Paris, France from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the World Indoor Championships. There were a total number of 322 participating athletes from 69 countries.

Results

Men

1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m	Ben Johnson (CAN)	6.62	Sam Graddy (USA)	6.63	Ronald Desruelles (BEL)	6.68
200 m	Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS)	20.95	Ade Mafe (GBR)	20.96	João da Silva (BRA)	21.19
400 m	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	45.60	Todd Bennett (GBR)	45.97	Mark Rowe (USA)	46.31
800 m	Colomán Trabado (ESP)	1:47.42	Benjamín González (ESP)	1:47.94	Ikem Billy (GBR)	1:48.28
1,500 m	Mike Hillardt (AUS)	3:40.27	José Luis González (ESP)	3:41.36	Joseph Chesire (KEN)	3:41.38
3,000 m	João Campos (POR)	7:57.63	Don Clary (USA)	7:57.78	Ivan Uvizl (TCH)	7:57.92
60 m hurdles	Stéphane Caristan (FRA)	7.67	Javier Moracho (ESP)	7.69	Jon Ridgeon (GBR)	7.70
High jump	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.32	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.30	Othmane Belfaa (ALG)	2.27
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.75	Thierry Vigneron (FRA)	5.70	Vasiliy Bubka (URS)	5.60
Long jump	Jan Leitner (TCH)	7.96	Gyula Pálóczi (HUN)	7.94	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)	7.88
Triple jump	Khristo Markov (BUL)	17.22	Lázaro Betancourt (CUB)	17.15	Lázaro Balcindes (CUB)	16.83
Shot put	Remigius Machura (TCH)	21.22	Udo Beyer (GDR)	21.10	Jānis Bojārs (URS)	19.94
5 km walk	Gérard Lelièvre (FRA)	19:06.20	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	19:11.41	Dave Smith (AUS)	19:16.04

Women

1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	7.20	Heather Oakes (USA)	7.21	Christelle Bulteau (FRA)	7.34
200 m	Marita Koch (GDR)	23.09	Marie-Christine Cazier (FRA)	23.33	Kim Robertson (NZL)	23.69
400 m	Diane Dixon (USA)	53.35	Regine Berg (BEL)	53.81	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	54.08
800 m	Cristeana Cojocaru (ROU)	2:04.22	Jane Finch (GBR)	2:04.71	Maria Simeanu (ROU)	2:05.51
1,500 m	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:11.41	Fita Lovin (ROU)	4:11.42	Brit McRoberts (CAN)	4:11.83
3,000 m	Debbie Scott (CAN)	9:04.99	Agnese Possamai (ITA)	9:09.66	PattiSue Plumer (USA)	9:12.12
60 m hurdles	Xénia Siska (HUN)	8.03	Laurence Elloy (FRA)	8.08	Anne Piquereau (FRA)	8.10
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	1.97	Susanne Lorentzon (SWE)	1.94	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.90
					Danuta Bułkowska (POL)
					Silvia Costa (CUB)
Long jump	Helga Radtke (GDR)	6.88	Tatyana Rodionova (URS)	6.72	Nijolé Medvedeva (URS)	6.44
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	20.07	Ines Müller (GDR)	19.68	Nunu Abashidze (URS)	18.82
3 km walk	Giuliana Salce (ITA)	12:53.42	Yan Hong (CHN)	13:06.66	Ann Peel (CAN)	13:06.97

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	4	2	0	6
2	France	2	3	2	7
3	Soviet Union	2	1	4	7
4	Canada	2	0	4	6
5	Czechoslovakia	2	0	1	3
6	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2
7	United States	1	3	2	6
8	Spain	1	3	0	4
9	Italy	1	2	1	4
10	Romania	1	1	1	3
11	Hungary	1	1	0	2
	Sweden	1	1	0	2
13	Australia	1	0	1	2
14	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	Portugal	1	0	0	1
16	United Kingdom	0	3	2	5
17	Cuba	0	2	2	4
18	Belgium	0	1	1	2
19	China	0	1	0	1
20	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Kenya	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1

See also

• 1985 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• gbrathletics.com GBR Athletics
• Athletics Australia