1985
Down to 26 again in this post-Olympic season: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA, YUG. Thus we need a preliminary round of 10 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, ROM, SWE, USA, FIN, NED, GDR, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: GDR-FRA, SWI-ROM, YUG-NOR, AUT-ITA, PRK-GBR, POL-CZE, SWE-KOR, NED-CAN, CHN-AUS, FRG-MGL. The matches:
East Germany-France 11-0
Switzerland-Romania 4-7
Yugoslavia-Norway 0-11
Austria-Italy 6-5
North Korea-Britain 10-1, Britons are fading fast
Poland-Czechoslovakia 11-0
Sweden-South Korea 11-0
Netherlands-Canada 9-2, tough draw again
China-Australia 9-2
West Germany-Mongolia 11-0
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, BEL, CHN, FIN, FRG, GDR, HUN, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, USA, URS, SWE and GDR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: CHN-NED, URS-HUN, PRK-FRG, ROM-POL, JAP-USA, GDR-AUT, FIN-NOR, BEL-SWE. The matches proceed as follows:
China-Netherlands 0-11
USSR-Hungary 11-0
North Korea-West Germany 1-10
Romania-Poland 1-10
Japan-USA 8-3
East Germany-Austria 10-1
Finland-Norway 4-7
Belgium-Sweden 0-11
The quarter-final consists of: FRG, GDR, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, URS. The finalists from last year, URS and GDR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NOR-SWE, FRG-URS, NED-JAP, GDR-POL. Results of the matches:
Norway-Sweden 8-3
West Germany-USSR 0-11
Netherlands-Japan 7-4
East Germany-Poland 10-1
Semi-final draw: NOR-GDR, URS-NED. Matches:
Norway-East Germany 2-9
USSR-Netherlands 9-2
Bronze final: Norway-Netherlands 6-5
FINAL: East Germany-USSR
40,53- 41,24 (1-0) 1.20,30- 1.21,60 (2-0) 2.05,47- 2.06,71 (3-0) 4.24,8 - 4.26,1 (4-0) 7.32,82- 7.46,15 (5-0) 37,45- 36,88 (5-1) 1.15,00- 1.12,79 (5-2) 1.55,23- 1.53,47 (5-3) 4.03,31- 4.00,3 (5-4) 7.05,29- 7.01,77 (5-5) 15.14,66-14.39,98 (5-6)
Final result 5-6
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x URS GOLD 34x NED GOLD 7x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x GDR Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x USA Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 CHN Silver 1965 CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 3x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 KOR 4th 1982 EST QF 5x ROM QF 2x LIT QF 1927 AUS QF 1974 MGL 1R 7x NZL 1R 5x VIR 1R 1972 YUG 1R 1984 ESP PR 7x ISR PR 5x RSA PR 4x ICE PR 2x COL PR 1933 GRE PR 1984