1985 European Cup (athletics)

The 1985 European Cup was the 10th edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

1985 European Cup
Dates	17–18 August ("A" Finals) 10–11 August ("B" & "C" Finals)
Host city	Moscow, Soviet Union
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	36
← 1983 London 1987 Prague →

The "A" Finals were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. The first two teams qualified for the 1985 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Main article: 1985 European Cup "A" Final

Held on 17 and 18 August in Moscow, Soviet Union^[2]

Teams standings

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  Soviet Union 125 2  East Germany 114 3  West Germany 92 4  Great Britain 90 5  Poland 85 6  Italy 72 7  Czechoslovakia 72 8  France 70

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  Soviet Union 118 2  East Germany 111 3  Great Britain 67 4  Bulgaria 65 5  Czechoslovakia 62 6  Poland 60 7  West Germany 57 8  Italy 35

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.6 m/s)	Marian Woronin  Poland	10.14	Vladimir Muravyov  Russia	10.22	Frank Emmelmann  East Germany	10.33
200 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Frank Emmelmann  East Germany	20.23 CR	Aleksandr Yevgenyev  Soviet Union	20.42	Ralf Lübke  West Germany	20.43
400 m	Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany	44.96 CR	Vladimir Krylov  Soviet Union	45.22	Derek Redmond  Great Britain	45.35
800 m	Tom McKean  Great Britain	1:49.11	Piotr Piekarski  Poland	1:49.73	Peter Braun  West Germany	1:49.79
1500 m	Steve Cram  Great Britain	3:43.71	Olaf Beyer  East Germany	3:44.96	Stefano Mei  Italy	3:45.14
5000 m	Alberto Cova  Italy	14:05.45	Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany	14:05.72	Steve Harris  Great Britain	14:06.25
10,000 m	Alberto Cova  Italy	28:51.46	Werner Schildhauer  East Germany	28:56.57	Christoph Herle  West Germany	29:02.92
3000 m steeplechase	Patriz Ilg  West Germany	8:16.14	Bogusław Mamiński  Poland	8:17.40	Joseph Mahmoud  France	8:17.85
110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.6 m/s)	Sergey Usov  Soviet Union	13.56	Daniele Fontecchio  Italy	13.66	Stéphane Caristan  France	13.67
400 m hurdles	Harald Schmid  West Germany	47.85 =CR	Aleksandr Vasilyev  Soviet Union	47.92	Mark Holtom  Great Britain	50.47
4 × 100 m	Soviet Union Andrey Shlyapnikov Aleksandr Semyonov Aleksandr Yevgenyev Vladimir Muravyov	38.28	East Germany Heiko Truppel Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann	38.53	Italy Antonio Ullo Carlo Simionato Domenico Gorla Stefano Tilli	38.88
4 × 400 m	West Germany Erwin Skamrahl Klaus Just Harald Schmid Ralf Lübke	3:00.36 CR	East Germany Guido Lieske Jens Carlowitz Mathias Schersing Thomas Schönlebe	3:00.48	Great Britain Alan Slack Kriss Akabusi Derek Redmond Todd Bennett	3:03.31
High jump	Ján Zvara  Czechoslovakia	2.29	Gerd Wessig  East Germany	2.29	Igor Paklin  Soviet Union	2.26
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union	5.80 CR	Philippe Collet  France	5.70	Marian Kolasa  Poland	5.60
Long jump	Sergey Layevskiy  Soviet Union	8.19	Jan Leitner  Czechoslovakia	8.00	Uwe Lange  East Germany	7.96
Triple jump	John Herbert  Great Britain	17.39	Volker Mai  East Germany	17.26	Oleg Protsenko  Soviet Union	16.99
Shot put	Sergey Smirnov  Soviet Union	22.05 CR	Alessandro Andrei  Italy	20.26	Udo Beyer  East Germany	20.51
Discus throw	Imrich Bugár  Czechoslovakia	66.80	Georgiy Kolnootchenko  Soviet Union	65.60	Dariusz Juzyszyn  Poland	65.12
Hammer throw	Jüri Tamm  Soviet Union	82.90 CR	František Vrbka  Czechoslovakia	80.38	Matthias Moder  East Germany	77.88
Javelin throw	Uwe Hohn  East Germany	92.88 CR	Viktor Yevsyukov  Soviet Union	88.26	Zdeněk Adamec  Czechoslovakia	86.08
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.1 m/s)	Marlies Göhr  East Germany	10.95 CR	Marina Zhirova  Soviet Union	10.98	Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria	11.14
200 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Marita Koch  East Germany	22.02 CR	Elvira Barbashina  Soviet Union	22.70	Ewa Kasprzyk  Poland	22.72
400 m	Olga Vladykina  Soviet Union	48.60 =CR	Kirsten Emmelmann  East Germany	50.20	Rositsa Stamenova  Bulgaria	51.75
800 m	Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia	1:55.91 CR	Nadiya Olizarenko  Soviet Union	1:56.63	Christine Wachtel  East Germany	1:56.71
1500 m	Ravilya Agletdinova  Soviet Union	3:58.40 CR	Christina Boxer  Great Britain	4:02.58	Hildegard Körner  East Germany	4:03.55
3000 m	Zola Budd  Great Britain	8:35.32 CR	Zamira Zaytseva  Soviet Union	8:35.74	Ulrike Bruns  East Germany	8:36.51
10,000 m	Olga Bondarenko  Soviet Union	31:47.38 CR	Ines Bibernell  East Germany	32:47.42	Angela Tooby  Great Britain	33:04.66
100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.6 m/s)	Ginka Zagorcheva  Bulgaria	12.77	Vera Akimova  Soviet Union	12.80	Cornelia Oschkenat  East Germany	12.83
400 m hurdles	Sabine Busch  East Germany	54.13 CR	Marina Stepanova  Soviet Union	54.73	Genowefa Błaszak  Poland	55.90
4 × 100 m	East Germany Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald-Lange Marlies Göhr	41.65 CR	Soviet Union Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Pomoshchnikova Marina Zhirova Elvira Barbashina	42.00	Poland Elżbieta Tomczak Iwona Pakuła Ewa Pisiewicz Ewa Kasprzyk	42.71
4 × 400 m	Soviet Union Olga Nazarova Nadiya Olizarenko Mariya Pinigina Olga Vladykina	3:18.58 CR	East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Petra Müller	3:20.10	Czechoslovakia Alena Bulirová Zuzana Moravčíková Milena Strnadová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:26.59
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria	2.06 CR	Tamara Bykova  Soviet Union	2.02	Susanne Helm  East Germany	1.96
Long jump	Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union	7.28 CR	Heike Drechsler  East Germany	7.23	Sabine Braun  West Germany	6.71
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union	21.10	Helena Fibingerová  Czechoslovakia	19.86	Ines Müller  East Germany	19.76
Discus throw	Galina Savinkova  Soviet Union	70.24	Martina Opitz  East Germany	68.20	Tsvetanka Khristova  Bulgaria	62.92
Javelin throw	Petra Felke  East Germany	73.20 CR	Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain	71.90	Natalya Kolenchukova  Soviet Union	65.92
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

"B" Final

Both "B" finals held on 10 and 11 August in Budapest, Hungary^[2]

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  Spain 116 2  Bulgaria 113 3  Hungary 106.5 4  Finland 82.5 5  Switzerland 82 6  Yugoslavia 81 7  Greece 81 8  Norway 57

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  France 102 2  Romania 101 3  Hungary 82 4  Finland 69 5  Netherlands 68 6  Sweden 61 7  Yugoslavia 57 8  Denmark 35

"C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 10 and 11 August^[2]

Men

"C1" Final Held in Schwechat, Austria Pos. Nation Points 1  Austria 75 2  Portugal 72 3  Netherlands 68 4  Cyprus 48 5  Turkey 37

"C2" Final Held in Reykjavík, Iceland Pos. Nation Points 1  Sweden 79 2  Belgium 68 3  Denmark 54 4  Ireland 53 5  Iceland 45

Women

"C1" Final Held in Schwechat, Austria Pos. Nation Points 1  Switzerland 82 2  Spain 68 3  Austria 65 4  Portugal 52 5  Cyprus 36 6  Greece 32

"C2" Final Held in Reykjavík, Iceland Pos. Nation Points 1  Norway 49 2  Belgium 48 3  Ireland 32 4  Iceland 30

References

1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
2. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p468)

External links

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics