The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium.
The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the nineteenth championships in canoe sprint.
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| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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| C-1 500 m | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | Anatoliy Volkov (URS) | Aurel Macarencu (ROU) | |||
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Klementiev (URS) | Ulrich Eicke (FRG) | Aurel Macarencu (ROU) | |||
| C-1 10000 m | Jiří Vrdlovec (TCH) | Takhir Kamaletdinov (URS) | Attila Lipták (HUN) | |||
| C-2 500 m | Hungary János Sarsui Kis István Vaskúti |
Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała |
East Germany Ulrich Papke Uwe Madeja |
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| C-2 1000 m | East Germany Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck |
Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović |
Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała |
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| C-2 10000 m | Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović |
United Kingdom Andrew Train Stephen Train |
Bulgaria Matei Kapalkov Tosho Kapalkov |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Schmidt-Fischer (GDR) | Nelli Yefremova (URS) | Agneta Andersson (SWE) | |||
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn |
Hungary Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán |
Netherlands Annemiek Derckx Annemarie Cox |
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| K-4 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Heike Singer Kathrin Giese |
Soviet Union Yelena Dudina Nelli Yefremova Irina Salomykova Guinara Zharafutdinova |
Hungary Katalin Gyulai Erika Géczi Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | West Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
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