1985 World Judo Championships

The 1985 World Judo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from September 26–29, 1985.

Medal overview

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-60 kg Japan Shinji Hosokawa Germany Peter Jupke Hungary Tamas Bujko
Soviet Union Khazret Tletseri
-65 kg Soviet Union Yury Sokolov South Korea Lee Kyung-Keun United Kingdom Stefen Gawthorpe
Japan Yoshiyuki Matsuoka
-71 kg South Korea Ahn Byeong-Keun United States Michael Swain Poland Wieslaw Blach
Germany Steffen Stranz
-78 kg Japan Nobutoshi Hikage East Germany Torsten Bréchôt United Kingdom Neil Adams
Soviet Union Vladimir Chestakov
-86 kg Austria Peter Seisenbacher Bulgaria Georgi Petrov France Fabien Canu
Soviet Union Vitali Pesniak
-95 kg Japan Hitoshi Sugai South Korea Ha Hyung-Joo Germany Gunther Neureuther
Belgium Robert van de Walle
+95 kg South Korea Cho Yong-Chul Japan Hitoshi Saito Soviet Union Grigori Verichev
Bulgaria Dimitar Zaprianov
Open Japan Yoshimi Masaki Egypt Mohamed Rashwan Soviet Union Khabil Biktachev
Netherlands Willy Wilhelm

Medals table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan 4 1 1 6
2  South Korea 2 2 0 4
3  Soviet Union 1 0 5 6
4  Austria 1 0 0 1
5  Germany 0 1 2 3
6  Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
7  Egypt 0 1 0 1
 United States 0 1 0 1
 East Germany 0 1 0 1
10  Great Britain 0 0 2 2
11  Poland 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
 Belgium 0 0 1 1
 Hungary 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands 0 0 1 1