The 1985 Badminton World Cup was the seventh edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Istora Senayan, Jakarta.^[1] Indonesia won 3 titles while China finished with the titles from 2 disciplines.^[2]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Icuk Sugiarto	Morten Frost	Yang Yang
			Misbun Sidek
Women's singles	Li Lingwei	Ivana Lie	Kirsten Larsen
			Wu Jianqiu
Men's doubles	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek
			Bobby Ertanto Hadibowo
Women's doubles	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Han Aiping Li Lingwei
			Rosiana Tendean Imelda Wiguno
Mixed doubles[3]	Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie	Steen Fladberg Nora Perry	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
			Jesper Helledie Lin Ying

Men's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Morten Frost		12	17	15
	Yang Yang		15	14	10
								Morten Frost		11	15	4
								Icuk Sugiarto		15	8	15
	Misbun Sidek		4	2
	Icuk Sugiarto		15	15

Women's singles

Finals

• Ivana Lie defeated reigning World Champion Han Aiping (12–10, 11–7) in earlier round.^[4]

	Semi-finals							Final
	Li Lingwei		11	11
	Wu Jianqiu		6	3
								Li Lingwei		11	11
								Ivana Lie		3	2
	Kirsten Larsen		9	11	2
	Ivana Lie		11	6	11

Men's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King		17	15
	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek		14	11
								Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King		15	11	15
								Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		11	15	11
	Bobby Ertanto Hadibowo		7	12
	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		15	15

Women's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Lin Ying Wu Dixi		15	14	15
	Rosiana Tendean Imelda Wiguno		5	17	10
								Lin Ying Wu Dixi		15	15
								Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee		4	5
	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee		15	11	15
	Han Aiping Li Lingwei		11	15	3

Mixed doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie		17	12	15
	Jesper Helledie Lin Ying		16	15	1
								Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie		15	18
								Steen Fladberg Nora Perry		11	17
	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks		8	7
	Steen Fladberg Nora Perry		15	15