The 1985 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held between 12 and 16 June 1985 in Augsburg, West Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. Augsburg hosted the event previously in 1957. It was the 19th edition. It also marked the first time the championships took place on an artificial whitewater slalom course at the Eiskanal and the first to be held at an Olympic venue. The Eiskanal previously hosted the slalom canoeing events at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Munich.

Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsC1 223.21 235.91 240.30C1 team David HearnJon LugbillKent Ford 280.99 Gerald MoosAndreas KüblerUlrich Weber 308.71 Edward FlorianPiotr SarataAdam Pietrasik 340.07C2 Thomas Klein-ImpelmannStephan Küppers 267.15 Pierre CaloriJacques Calori 272.51 Günther WolkenaerFredi Zimmermann 273.63C2 team Jiří Rohan & Miroslav ŠimekMiroslav Hajdučík & Milan KučeraViktor Beneš & Ondřej Mohout 329.11 Pierre Calori & Jacques CaloriEmmanuel del Rey & Thierry SaidiMichel Saidi & Jérôme Daval 380.55 Charles Harris & John HarrisLecky Haller & Fritz HallerPaul Grabow & Mike Garvis 384.03

Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsK1 210.56 220.60 221.07K1 team Peter MichelerToni PrijonJürgen Kübler 248.62 Christophe PrigentPascal MarinotManuel Brissaud 258.22 Marjan ŠtrukeljJanez SkokJernej Abramič 264.75

Women's Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsK1 258.69 261.18 264.25K1 team Sylvie ArnaudMarie-Françoise GrangeMyriam Jerusalmi 382.24 Gabi SchmidMargit MesselhäuserUlla Steinle 392.41 Elizabeth SharmanGail AllanKaren Davies 457.66

Medals table

References Official results International Canoe Federation