The 1985 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held between 12 and 16 June 1985 in Augsburg, West Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. Augsburg hosted the event previously in 1957. It was the 19th edition. It also marked the first time the championships took place on an artificial whitewater slalom course at the Eiskanal and the first to be held at an Olympic venue. The Eiskanal previously hosted the slalom canoeing events at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Munich.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C1	David Hearn (USA)	223.21	Jon Lugbill (USA)	235.91	Martyn Hedges (GBR)	240.30
C1 team	United States David Hearn Jon Lugbill Kent Ford	280.99	West Germany Gerald Moos Andreas Kübler Ulrich Weber	308.71	Poland Edward Florian Piotr Sarata Adam Pietrasik	340.07
C2	West Germany Thomas Klein-Impelmann Stephan Küppers	267.15	France Pierre Calori Jacques Calori	272.51	West Germany Günther Wolkenaer Fredi Zimmermann	273.63
C2 team	Czechoslovakia Jiří Rohan & Miroslav Šimek Miroslav Hajdučík & Milan Kučera Viktor Beneš & Ondřej Mohout	329.11	France Pierre Calori & Jacques Calori Emmanuel del Rey & Thierry Saidi Michel Saidi & Jérôme Daval	380.55	United States Charles Harris & John Harris Lecky Haller & Fritz Haller Paul Grabow & Mike Garvis	384.03

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Richard Fox (GBR)	210.56	Peter Micheler (FRG)	220.60	Luboš Hilgert (TCH)	221.07
K1 team	West Germany Peter Micheler Toni Prijon Jürgen Kübler	248.62	France Christophe Prigent Pascal Marinot Manuel Brissaud	258.22	Yugoslavia Marjan Štrukelj Janez Skok Jernej Abramič	264.75

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Margit Messelhäuser (FRG)	258.69	Marie-Françoise Grange (FRA)	261.18	Gail Allan (GBR)	264.25
K1 team	France Sylvie Arnaud Marie-Françoise Grange Myriam Jerusalmi	382.24	West Germany Gabi Schmid Margit Messelhäuser Ulla Steinle	392.41	United Kingdom Elizabeth Sharman Gail Allan Karen Davies	457.66

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany (FRG)	3	3	1	7
2	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
3	France (FRA)	1	4	0	5
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	3	4
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
6	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24