The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium.
The men's competition consisted of six canoe (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.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m János Sarusi KisIstván Vaskuti Marek ŁbikMarek Dopierała Ulrich PapkeUwe MadejaC-2 1000 m Olaf HeukrodtAlexander Schuck Matija LjubekMirko Nišović Marek ŁbikMarek DopierałaC-2 10000 m Matija LjubekMirko Nišović Andrew TrainStephen Train Matei KalpakovTosho Kalpakov
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-2 500 m Ian FergusonPaul MacDonald Guido BehlingHans-Jörg Bliesener Viktor PusevSergey SuperataK-2 1000 m Pascal BoucheritPhilippe Boccara Viktor PusevSergey Superata Don BrienColin ShawK-2 10000 m Mikael BergerConny Edholm István SzabóIstván Tóth Francesco UbertiDaniele ScarpaK-4 500 m André WohllebeFrank FischerPeter HempelHeiko Zinke Aleksandr BelovIgor GaidamakaViktor DenisovAleksandr Vodovatov Karl-Axel SundqvistPer-Inge BengtssonLars-Erik MobergPer LundhK-4 1000 m Per-Inge BengtssonLars-Erik MobergKarl-Axel SundqvistBengt Andersson Aleksandr MyzginIgor GaidamakaArtūras VietaAleksandr Vodovatov André WohllebeFrank FischerPeter HempelHeiko ZinkeK-4 10000 m Zoltán BöjtiTibor HelyiZoltán KovácsKálmán Petrovics Tommy KarlsBengt AnderssonPeter EkströmTorbjörn Thoresson Brian KraghThor NielsenLars KochHenrik Christiansen
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Birgit FischerCarsta Kühn Éva RakuszRita Kőbán Annemiek DerckxAnnemarie CoxK-4 500 m Birgit FischerCarsta KühnHeike SingerKathrin Giese Yelena DudinaNelli YefremovaIrina SalomykovaGuinara Zharafutdinova Katalin GyulaiErika GécziÉva RakuszRita Kőbán
Medals table
References ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.