title: 1985 World Judo Championships
text: # 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 | Shinji Hosokawa | Peter Jupke | Tamas Bujko Khazret Tletseri |
  | -65 kg | Yury Sokolov | Lee Kyung-Keun | Stephen Gawthorpe Yoshiyuki Matsuoka |
  | -71 kg | Ahn Byeong-Keun | Michael Swain | Wieslaw Blach Steffen Stranz |
  | -78 kg | Nobutoshi Hikage | Torsten Bréchôt | Neil Adams Vladimir Shestakov |
  | -86 kg | Peter Seisenbacher | Georgi Petrov | Fabien Canu Vitali Pesniak |
  | -95 kg | Hitoshi Sugai | Ha Hyung-Joo | Gunther Neureuther Robert van de Walle |
  | +95 kg | Cho Yong-Chul | Hitoshi Saito | Grigory Verichev Dimitar Zaprianov |
  | Open | Yoshimi Masaki | Mohamed Rashwan | Khabil Biktachev Willy Wilhelm |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
  | 4 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
  
  ## Links
  
  * "World Championships Seoul - Event". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  