The 1985 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 38th edition of the men's team championship.
China won the gold medal defeating Sweden 5–0 in the final. Poland won the bronze medal.
Medalists Chen LongcanChen XinhuaJiang JialiangWang HuiyuanXie Saike Mikael AppelgrenUlf BengtssonUlf CarlssonErik LindhJan-Ove WaldnerStefan DryszelAndrzej GrubbaAndrzej JakubowiczLeszek KucharskiNorbert Mnich
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 7 7 072 Poland 7 5 2 53 Czechoslovakia 7 4 3 44 North Korea 7 4 3 45 South Korea 7 3 4 36 Hong Kong 7 25 27 Hungary 7 25 28 United States 7 16 1
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 Sweden 7 7 072 Japan 7 6 1 63 France 7 5 2 54 Yugoslavia 7 4 3 45 England 7 3 4 36 India 7 25 27 Italy 7 16 18 Denmark 7 07 0
Semifinals Team One Team Two Score Sweden Poland 5–3 China Japan 5–0
Third-place playoff Team One Team Two Score Poland Japan 5–3
Final China 5 Sweden 0 Score Chen Xinhua bt Lindh 21–16 21–16 Jiang Jialiang bt Appelgren 21–18 20–22 21–15 Chen Longcan bt Waldner 21–11 11–21 21–19 Jiang Jialiang bt Lindh 21–18 21–19 Chen Xinhua bt Waldner 21–17 14–21 21–14
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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