Events from the year 1985 in Czechoslovakia.
Incumbents President: Gustáv Husák. Prime Minister: Lubomír Štrougal.
Events 9 May – Milán Václavík addresses a Czechoslovak Army military parade. 14 October – The women's national tennis team win the Federation Cup. 7 November – Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal meets the President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, in Havana.
Popular culture Film How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (), directed by Dušan Klein is released. My Sweet Little Village (), directed by Jiří Menzel is released. Give the Devil His Due (), directed by Hynek Bočan, is released. The Feather Fairy (), directed by Juraj Jakubisko, is released. Dissolved and Effused (), directed by Ladislav Smoljak, is released.
Literature Václav Havel publishes Letters to Olga ().
Births 2 February – Lenka Hyková, sports shooter, winner of a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 11 February – Šárka Záhrobská, winner of the bronze medal in women's slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Deaths 17 June – Josef Klapuch, freestyle wrestler, winner of a silver medal in wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics (born 1906). 26 June – Jaroslav Kožešník, scientist, chairman of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (born 1907).
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