1985 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 16th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium
, Athens
/Piraeus
in Greece
, in 1985.
Peace and Friendship Stadium
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, Athens
Athens
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/Piraeus
Piraeus
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in Greece
Greece
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, in 1985.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 m | M | Mike McFarlane (GBR) | 6.61 | Antoine Richard Antoine Richard Antoine Richard is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was French 100 metre champion on 5 Occasions, and also 200 metre winner in 1985.He also won the French 60 metres title 5 times as well.... (FRA) |
6.63 | Ronald Desruelles Ronald Desruelles Ronald Desruelles is a retired Belgian athlete. He started as a long jumper, and achieved a personal best of 8.08 in 1979, a national record that stood for 17 years. He then concentrated on the short sprints, and won numerous medals in 60 metres. With 6.57 seconds in 1986 he was ranked third on... (BEL) |
6.64 |
| F | Nelli Cooman Nelli Cooman Cornelli Antoinette Hariëtte Cooman is a former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin. She was World Champion twice, six times European Champion and nineteen times national Champion of the Netherlands.... (NED) |
7.10 | Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years... (GDR) |
7.13 | Heather Oakes (GBR) | 7.22 | |
| 200 m | M | Stefano Tilli Stefano Tilli Stefano Tilli is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.His personal best 100 metres time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in August 1984 in Zurich. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in Cagliari.-Achievements:-References:... (ITA) |
20.77 | Olaf Prenzler Olaf Prenzler Olaf Prenzler is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Career:He was a European Junior silver medalist in the 100 metres in 1977... (GDR) |
20.83 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) | 20.95 |
| F | Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete... (GDR) |
22.82 | Kirsten Emmelmann Kirsten Emmelmann Kirsten Emmelmann, née Siemon , is a former German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4x400 meter relay: in 1987 she was world champion, and at the 1988 Summer Olympics her team was third... (GDR) |
23.06 | Els Vader Els Vader Elisabeth Cornelia Vader is a retired track and field sprinter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union.... (NED) |
23.64 | |
| 400 m | M | Todd Bennett Todd Bennett Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Philip... (GBR) |
45.56 | Klaus Just Klaus Just Klaus Just is a retired West German sprinter.His personal best time was 45.52 seconds, achieved in August 1985 in Stuttgart.Just represented the sports club SV Salamander Kornwestheim.-Achievements:... (FRG) |
45.90 | José Alonso José Alonso (athlete) José Alonso Valero is a retired Spanish hurdler, who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. During the indoor season he competed over 400 metres, winning two medals at the 1985 and 1986 European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:*... (ESP) |
46.52 |
| F | Sabine Busch Sabine Busch Sabine Busch is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She was born in Erfurt.At the 1982 European Championships she finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten... (GDR) |
51.35 | Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) | 51.40 | Alena Bulířová (TCH) | 52.64 | |
| 800 m | M | Rob Harrison (GDR) | 1:49.09 | Petre Dragoescu (ROM) | 1:49.38 | Leonid Masunov (URS) | 1:49.59 |
| F | Ella Kovacs Ella Kovacs Ella Kovacs is a retired Romanian middle distance runner of Hungarian descent. In 1985 she won the European Indoor Championships, and ran 800 metres in 1:55.68 in June. She would achieve prominence on the world scene in 1991, when she won bronze medals in the World Championships indoor and outdoor... (ROM) |
2:00.51 | Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva... (URS) |
2:00.90 | Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 2:01.01 | |
| 1500 m | M | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:39.26 | Marcus O'Sullivan Marcus O'Sullivan Marcus O'Sullivan is a retired Irish middle distance runner. Although he wasn't planning to go to any of Ireland's universities, O'Sullivan's running encouraged him to go to Villanova University at 19... (IRL) |
3:39.75 | José Luis Carreira (ESP) | 3:40.43 |
| F | Doina Melinte Doina Melinte Doina Ofelia Melinte is a retired Romanian athlete.She won gold medals over 1500 metres at the European Indoor Championships in 1985, 1988 and 1990, the latter race even being a European record time with 4:00.27... (ROM) |
4:02.54 | Fiţa Lovin Fita Lovin Fiţa Lovin is a former middle distance runner from Romania who won the bronze medal in 800 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She also won a silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships.... (ROM) |
4:03.46 | Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres.She competed for the sports clubs LG Rhein-Berg and ASV Köln during her active career.-Achievements:- References :... (FRG) |
4:03.64 | |
| 3000 m | M | Bob Verbeeck (BEL) | 8:10.84 | Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage was a German middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. Because he was already thirty at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory... (FRG) |
8:10.88 | Vitaliy Tishchenko (URS) | 8:10.91 |
| F | Agnese Possamai Agnese Possamai Agnese Possamai is a retired middle distance runner from Italy. Her greatest achievements were the 1985 World Indoor silver medal as well as three European Indoor gold medals.... (ITA) |
8:55.25 | Olga Bondarenko Olga Bondarenko Olga Petrovna Bondarenko is a retired female track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. She trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Volgograd and represented the Soviet Union internationally.... (URS) |
8:58.03 | Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray MBE , is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and gold medals at this distance at the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships... (GBR) |
9:00.94 | |
| 60 m hurdles | M | György Bakos György Bakos György Bakos is a retired hurdler from Hungary. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (HUN) |
7.60 | Jiří Hudec Jirí Hudec Jiří Hudec is a retired male hurdler from the Czech Republic. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships, representing Czechoslovakia before it split up.-Achievements:-References:*... (TCH) |
7.68 | Vyacheslav Ustinov (URS) | 7.70 |
| F | Cornelia Oschkenat Cornelia Oschkenat Cornelia Oschkenat, née Riefstahl is a German track and field athlete and Olympics participant, who represented East Germany... (GDR) |
7.90 | Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva-Boycheva is a former hurdling athlete from Bulgaria. Most notable for winning the 100 metres hurdles at the 1987 World Championships, with 12.25 seconds she held the world record for a year until it was beaten by Yordanka Donkova in August 1988... (BUL) |
8.02 | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 8.03 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Patrik Sjöberg Patrik Sjöberg Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg is a former Swedish high jumper and previous world record holder. With , he holds the Swedish as well as the European record in men's high jump... (SWE) |
2.35 | Aleksandr Kotovich (URS) | 2.30 | Dariusz Biczysko (POL) | 2.30 |
| F | Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:... (BUL) |
1.97 | Susanne Helm (GDR) | 1.94 | Danuta Bułkowska (POL) | 1.90 | |
| Long Jump | M | Gyula Pálóczi Gyula Pálóczi Gyula Pálóczi was a Hungarian athlete who specialized in the long jump and triple jump. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships, and due to his versatility the European Athletic Association has called him "the most successful jumper Hungary has ever produced".-Long jump:Pálóczi... (HUN) |
8.15 | László Szalma László Szalma László Szalma is a retired Hungarian long jumper. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships—two gold, three silver and one bronze—and finished fourth at the 1980 Olympic Games and the 1983 World Championships... (HUN) |
8.15 | Sergey Layevskiy Sergey Layevskiy Sergey Layevskiy is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. He won a bronze medal at the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 1986 European Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (URS) |
8.14 |
| F | Galina Chistyakova Galina Chistyakova Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Slovakia.She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later... (URS) |
7.02 | Eva Murková Eva Murková Eva Murková is a retired long jumper who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in 1983.-Major achievements:-References:... (TCH) |
6.99 | Heike Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump... (GDR) |
6.97 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Khristo Markov (BUL) | 17.29 | Ján Čado Ján Cado Ján Čado is a retired Slovak triple jumper who represented Czechoslovakia during his active career.His personal best results was 17.34 metres, achieved in May 1984 in Bratislava.-Achievements:-External links:... (TCH) |
17.23 | Volker Mai Volker Mai Volker Mai is a triple jumper who represented East Germany. Representing SC Neubrandenburg, he holds the current world junior record with 17.50 metres, achieved on 23 June 1985 in Erfurt. -Achievements:-References:... (GDR) |
17.14 |
| Pole Vault | M | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.70 | Aleksandr Krupskiy Aleksandr Krupskiy Aleksandr Krupskiy is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR and later Russia. He won the 1982 European Championships in Athletics as well as three medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:... (URS) |
5.70 | Atanas Tarev Atanas Tarev Atanas Tarev is a retired pole vaulter from Bulgaria. He won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Championships in 1983, and won the European Indoor Championships in 1986. The same year he jumped 5.80 metres, a personal best.... (BUL) |
5.60 |
| Shot Put | M | Remigius Machura Remigius Machura Remigius Machura is a retired shot putter who represented Czechoslovakia. His career highlights include a bronze medal at the first World Championships and a gold medal at the first World Indoor Championships. He also represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he finished fifth... (TCH) |
21.74 | Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres .... (GDR) |
21.44 | Werner Günthör Werner Günthör Werner Günthör is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.... (SUI) |
21.23 |
| F | Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records... (TCH) |
20.84 | Claudia Losch Claudia Losch Claudia Losch is a German track and field athlete.Losch won the German indoor championship in the shot put in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989... (FRG) |
20.59 | Heike Hartwig Heike Hartwig Heike Hartwig is a retired East German shot putter.She represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German championships in 1987, 1989 and 1990.... (GDR) |
19.93 |
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Romania |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- EAA