1985 IAAF World Indoor Games – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres event at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy on 18 January.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ben Johnson Canada	Sam Graddy United States	Ronald Desruelles Belgium

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	6.65	Q
2	4	Stefan Burkart	Switzerland	6.66	Q
3	5	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	6.67	Q
4	6	Tony Sharpe	Canada	6.68	Q
5	3	Lincoln Asquith	Great Britain	6.69	Q
6	5	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	6.71	q
7	4	Ben Johnson	Canada	6.72	q
8	1	Sam Graddy	United States	6.73	Q
9	4	Antonio Ullo	Italy	6.75	q
10	6	Antoine Richard	France	6.76	q
11	5	Mohamed Purnomo	Indonesia	6.77	q, NR
12	3	Arnaldo da Silva	Brazil	6.78	q
13	5	Charles-Louis Seck	Senegal	6.78
14	2	Attila Kovács	Hungary	6.80
14	3	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy	6.80
16	5	Faraj Marzouk	Qatar	6.82
17	1	Anri Grigorov	Bulgaria	6.83
18	2	Kaoru Matsubara	Japan	6.84
19	4	Modesto Castillo	Dominican Republic	6.85	NR
20	2	Melvin Lattany	United States	6.87
21	1	Shim Duk-sup	South Korea	6.89	NR
22	1	Paulo Correia	Brazil	6.91
23	1	Lars Pedersen	Denmark	6.92
23	6	Clayton Kearney	Australia	6.92
25	2	John Hunt	New Zealand	6.98	NR
26	4	Ernawan Witarsa	Indonesia	6.99
27	6	Nabil Nahri	Syria	7.07	NR
28	3	Fadi Micaelian	Lebanon	7.21
29	3	Martin Muñoz	Mexico	7.26	NR
30	2	Mohamed Samantar	South Yemen	7.32	NR

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	6.62	Q
1	2	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	6.62	Q
3	1	Sam Graddy	United States	6.65	Q
4	1	Lincoln Asquith	Great Britain	6.66	Q
4	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada	6.66
4	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	6.66	Q
4	2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	6.66	Q, PB
8	2	Antonio Ullo	Italy	6.71
9	2	Stefan Burkart	Switzerland	6.77
10	1	Antoine Richard	France	6.78
10	1	Arnaldo da Silva	Brazil	6.78
10	2	Mohamed Purnomo	Indonesia	6.78

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	6.62
	1	Sam Graddy	United States	6.63	PB
	3	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	6.68
4	6	Lincoln Asquith	Great Britain	6.69
5	4	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	6.73
6	5	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	6.74