1985 IAAF GRAND PRIX FINAL

The 1985 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the first edition of the season-ending competition for track and field, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on 7 September 1985. Americans Doug Padilla ( 5000 metres) and Mary Slaney ( 3000 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
200 metres	Calvin Smith ( USA)	20.54	Kirk Baptiste ( USA)	20.57	Desai Williams ( CAN)	20.76
400 metres	Mike Franks ( USA)	44.87	Ray Armstead ( USA)	45.24	Mark Rowe ( USA)	45.56
1500 metres	José Manuel Abascal ( ESP)	3:36.21	Omer Khalifa ( SUD)	3:36.45	Steve Scott ( USA)	3:36.88
5000 metres	Doug Padilla ( USA)	13:27.79	Sydney Maree ( USA)	13:28.04	Thomas Wessinghage ( FRG)	13:29.01
110 m hurdles	Tonie Campbell ( USA)	13.27	Andre Phillips ( USA)	13.29	Sam Turner ( USA)	13.44
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka ( URS)	5.85 m	Thierry Vigneron ( FRA)	5.80 m	Aleksandr Krupskiy ( URS) Pierre Quinon ( FRA)	5.70 m
Long jump	Mike Conley, Sr. ( USA)	8.22 m	Larry Myricks ( USA)	8.22 m	László Szalma ( HUN)	8.11 m
Discus throw	Imrich Bugár ( TCH)	66.26 m	Knut Hjeltnes ( NOR)	64.60 m	Géjza Valent ( TCH)	63.44 m
Javelin throw	Tom Petranoff ( USA)	90.80 m	Duncan Atwood ( USA)	90.30 m	Dave Ottley ( GBR)	84.32 m

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Florence Griffith ( USA)	11.00	Alice Brown ( USA)	11.04	Merlene Ottey ( JAM)	11.09
800 metres	Jarmila Kratochvílová ( TCH)	1:59.09	Milena Strnadová ( TCH)	2:00.09	Kirsty McDermott ( GBR)	2:00.23
3000 metres	Mary Slaney ( USA)	8:25.83	Maricica Puică ( ROM)	8:27.83	Zola Budd ( GBR)	8:28.83
400 m hurdles	Judi Brown-King ( USA)	54.38	Debbie Flintoff ( AUS)	54.80	Tonja Brown ( USA)	54.86
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL)	2.00 m	Louise Ritter ( USA)	1.98 m	Tamara Bykova ( URS)	1.95 m
Long jump	Jackie Joyner ( USA)	6.91 m	Galina Chistyakova ( URS)	6.83 m	Carol Lewis ( USA)	6.73 m
Shot put	Mihaela Loghin ( ROM)	20.82 m	Helena Fibingerová ( TCH)	20.32 m	Natalya Lisovskaya ( URS)	19.86 m

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall	Doug Padilla ( USA)	63	Mike Franks ( USA)	60	Sergey Bubka ( URS)	59
200 metres	Calvin Smith ( USA)	59	Kirk Baptiste ( USA)	48	Desai Williams ( CAN)	35.5
400 metres	Mike Franks ( USA)	60	Ray Armstead ( USA)	47	Mark Rowe ( USA)	44
1500 metres	Steve Scott ( USA)	46	Pierre Délèze ( SUI)	44	José Manuel Abascal ( ESP)	40
5000 metres	Doug Padilla ( USA)	63	Sydney Maree ( USA)	47	Thomas Wessinghage ( FRG)	42
110 m hurdles	Mark McKoy ( CAN)	52	Andre Phillips ( USA)	41	Tonie Campbell ( USA)	37
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka ( URS)	59	Pierre Quinon ( FRA)	53	Thierry Vigneron ( FRA)	49
Long jump	Mike Conley, Sr. ( USA)	49	Larry Myricks ( USA)	37	Sergey Layevskiy ( URS)	34
Discus throw	Imrich Bugár ( TCH)	52	Knut Hjeltnes ( NOR)	41	Géjza Valent ( TCH)	41
Javelin throw	Tom Petranoff ( USA)	55	Dave Ottley ( GBR)	50	Einar Vilhjálmsson ( ISL)	45

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall	Mary Slaney ( USA)	69	Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL)	63	Judi Brown-King ( USA)	63
100 metres	Alice Brown ( USA)	46	Merlene Ottey ( JAM)	45	Florence Griffith ( USA)	39
800 metres	Jarmila Kratochvílová ( TCH)	59	Doina Melinte ( ROM)	53	Milena Strnadová ( TCH)	43
3000 metres	Mary Slaney ( USA)	69	Maricica Puică ( ROM)	53	Lynn Williams ( CAN)	37
400 m hurdles	Judi Brown-King ( USA)	63	Genowefa Błaszak ( POL)	53	Debbie Flintoff ( AUS)	46
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL)	63	Louise Ritter ( USA)	53	Tamara Bykova ( URS)	43.5
Long jump	Galina Chistyakova ( URS)	36	Tatyana Rodionova ( URS)	30	Jackie Joyner ( USA)	25
Shot put	Helena Fibingerová ( TCH)	30	Natalya Lisovskaya ( URS)	30	Mihaela Loghin ( ROM)	24