1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships

International athletics championship event

1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Dates| 2–3 March 1985
Host city| Piraeus, Attica
Greece
Venue| Peace and Friendship Stadium
Events| 22
Participation| 318 athletes from
26 nations

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The 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece, on 2 and 3 March 1985.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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60 metres
details |  Mike McFarlane (GBR) | 6.61  |  Antoine Richard (FRA) | 6.63  |  Ronald Desruelles (BEL) | 6.64
200 metres
details |  Stefano Tilli (ITA) | 20.77  |  Olaf Prenzler (GDR) | 20.83  |  Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) | 20.95
400 metres
details |  Todd Bennett (GBR) | 45.56  |  Klaus Just (FRG) | 45.90  |  José Alonso (ESP) | 46.52
800 metres
details |  Rob Harrison (GBR) | 1:49.09  |  Petru Drăgoescu (ROM) | 1:49.38  |  Leonid Masunov (URS) | 1:49.59
1500 metres
details |  José Luis González (ESP) | 3:39.26  |  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) | 3:39.75  |  José Luis Carreira (ESP) | 3:40.43
3000 metres
details |  Bob Verbeeck (BEL) | 8:10.84  |  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 8:10.88  |  Vitaliy Tyshchenko (URS) | 8:10.91
60 metres hurdles
details |  György Bakos (HUN) | 7.60  |  Jiří Hudec (TCH) | 7.68  |  Vyacheslav Ustinov (URS) | 7.70
High jump
details |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.35  |  Aleksandr Kotovich (URS) | 2.30  |  Dariusz Biczysko (POL) | 2.30
Pole vault
details |  Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.70  |  Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS) | 5.70  |  Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.60
Long jump
details |  Gyula Pálóczi (HUN) | 8.15  |  László Szalma (HUN) | 8.15  |  Sergey Layevskiy (URS) | 8.14
Triple jump
details |  Khristo Markov (BUL) | 17.29  |  Ján Čado (TCH) | 17.23  |  Volker Mai (GDR) | 17.14
Shot put
details |  Remigius Machura (TCH) | 21.74  |  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 21.44  |  Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.23

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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60 metres
details |  Nelli Cooman (NED) | 7.10  |  Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 7.13  |  Heather Oakes (GBR) | 7.22
200 metres
details |  Marita Koch (GDR) | 22.82  |  Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) | 23.06  |  Els Vader (NED) | 23.64
400 metres
details |  Sabine Busch (GDR) | 51.35  |  Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) | 51.40  |  Alena Bulířová (TCH) | 52.64
800 metres
details |  Ella Kovacs (ROM) | 2:00.51  |  Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) | 2:00.90  |  Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 2:01.01
1500 metres
details |  Doina Melinte (ROM) | 4:02.54  |  Fiţa Lovin (ROM) | 4:03.46  |  Brigitte Kraus (FRG) | 4:03.64
3000 metres
details |  Agnese Possamai (ITA) | 8:55.25  |  Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 8:58.03  |  Yvonne Murray (GBR) | 9:00.94
60 metres hurdles
details |  Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.90  |  Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 8.02  |  Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 8.03
High jump
details |  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 1.97  |  Susanne Helm (GDR) | 1.94  |  Danuta Bułkowska (POL) | 1.90
Long jump
details |  Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.02  |  Eva Murková (TCH) | 6.99  |  Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 6.97
Shot put
details |  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 20.84  |  Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.59  |  Heike Hartwig (GDR) | 19.93

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  East Germany (GDR)| 3| 6| 3| 12
2|  Great Britain (GBR)| 3| 0| 2| 5
3|  Soviet Union (URS)| 2| 4| 5| 11
4|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 2| 3| 1| 6
5|  Romania (ROU)| 2| 2| 1| 5
6|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 2| 1| 1| 4
7|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 1| 0| 3
8|  Italy (ITA)| 2| 0| 0| 2
9|  Spain (ESP)| 1| 0| 2| 3
10|  Belgium (BEL)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Netherlands (NED)| 1| 0| 1| 2
12|  Sweden (SWE)| 1| 0| 0| 1
13|  West Germany (FRG)| 0| 3| 1| 4
14|  France (FRA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
15|  Ireland (IRL)| 0| 1| 0| 1
16|  Poland (POL)| 0| 0| 2| 2
17|  Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (17 entries)| 22| 22| 22| 66

## Participating nations

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* Austria (11)
* Belgium (5)
* Bulgaria (16)
* Cyprus (5)
* Czechoslovakia (23)
* East Germany (17)
* Finland (2)
* France (21)
* Great Britain (17)
* Greece (4)
* Hungary (14)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (24)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Netherlands (6)
* Norway (8)
* Poland (13)
* Portugal (7)
* Romania (7)
* Soviet Union (22)
* Spain (24)
* Sweden (18)
* Switzerland (9)
* Turkey (1)
* West Germany (29)
* Yugoslavia (6)

## See also

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* 1985 in athletics (track and field)

## References

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* Results - men at GBRathletics.com
* Results - women at GBRathletics.com
* EAA

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