The 21st Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1985 for the second time in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany.
The 2nd women's world championships were held in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland.
[1] Juri KashkarovAlgimantas ŠalnaSergei BulyginAndrei Senkov Frank-Peter RoetschMatthias JacobRalf GöthelAndré Sehmisch Peter AngererWalter PichlerFritz FischerHerbert Fritzenwenger Venera ChernyshovaElena GolovinaKaija Parve Sanna GrønlidGry ØstvikSiv Bråten Pirjo MattilaTeija NieminenTuula Ylinen