1985 Prize of Moscow News
{{more footnotes|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title= 1985 Prize of Moscow News
| imagesize=
| caption=
| comptype=
| startdate= December 4
| enddate= 8
| skatingseason= 1985-86
| location= Moscow
| host=
| venue=
| prizemoney=
| championmen= {{flagathlete|Alexandre Fadeev|URS}}
| championladies= {{flagathlete| Caryn Kadavy|USA}}
| championpairs= {{flagathlete|Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov|URS}}
| championdance= {{flagathlete|Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin|URS}}
| previouscomp= 1984 Prize of Moscow News
| nextcomp= 1986 Prize of Moscow News
| previousgp=
| nextgp=
}}
The 1985 Prize of Moscow News was the 20th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 4–8, 1985. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviet skaters swept the men's podium, led by world champion Alexandre Fadeev. American Caryn Kadavy won the ladies' category ahead of Anna Kondrashova. Olympic bronze medalists Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov took the pairs' title. The ice dancing event featured Olympic medalists Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin and Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko, who would take gold and silver respectively.
Men
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Nation | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{URS}} |
| 4
| Christopher Bowman || {{USA}} | |
| 5
| Leonid Kaznakov || {{URS}} | |
| 6
| Gurgen Vardanjan || {{URS}} | |
| 7
| Falko Kirsten || {{GDR}} | |
| 8
| Ralf Lewandowski || {{GDR}} | |
| 9
| Dmitri Gromov || {{URS}} | |
| 10
| Andrei Torosian || {{URS}} | |
| 11
| || | |
| 12
| Jaimee Eggleton || {{CAN}} | |
| ...
| || | |
| 19
| Stephen Carr || {{AUS}} | |
| 20
| || |
Ladies
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Rank
! Nation ! {{tooltip|TFP|Total factored placements}} ! {{tooltip|CF|Compulsory figures}} ! {{tooltip|SP|Short program}} ! {{tooltip|FS|Free skate}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{USA}} | ||||
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} | ||||
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{URS}} | ||||
| 4
| Tracey Wainman || {{CAN}} || || 1 || 4 || 5 | |||||
| 5
| Inna Krundysheva || {{URS}} || || || || | |||||
| 6
| Nathalie Sasseville || {{CAN}} || || || || | |||||
| 7
| Larisa Zamotina || {{URS}} || || || || | |||||
| 8
| Ingrid Karl || {{FRG}} || || || || | |||||
| 9
| Parthena Sarafidis || {{AUT}} || || || || | |||||
| 10
| Tamara Teglassy || {{HUN}} || || || || | |||||
| ...
| || | |||||
| 13
| Joanna O'Sullivan || {{AUS}} || || || || | |||||
| 14
| || |
Pairs
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Nation | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{URS}} |
| 4
| Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov || {{URS}} | |
| 5
| Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev || {{URS}} | |
| 6
| Yulia Bystrova / Alexander Tarasov || {{URS}} | |
| 7
| Lyudmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin || {{URS}} | |
| 8
| Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König || {{GDR}} | |
| 9
| Karen Courtland / Robert Daw || {{USA}} | |
| 10
| Svetlana Frantsuzova / Oleg Gorshkov || {{URS}} | |
| 11
| Irina Klimova / Yuri Kvashnin || {{URS}} | |
| 12
| Galina Sorokina / Igor Guenko || {{URS}} | |
| 13
| Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr || {{AUS}} |
Ice dancing
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Nation | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{URS}} |
| 4
| Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin || {{URS}} | |
| 5
| Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin|| {{URS}} | |
| 6
| Irina Zhuk / Oleg Petrov || {{URS}} | |
| 7
| Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck || {{AUT}} | |
| 8
| Svetlana Liapina / Gorsha Sur || {{URS}} | |
| 9
| Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar || {{USA}} | |
| 10
| Isabelle Cousin / Martial Mette || {{FRA}} | |
| 11
| Kim Hanford / Julian LaLonde || {{CAN}} | |
| ...
| || |
References
{{Reflist|refs=
{{cite news |title= Prize of Moscow News |publisher= Pirouette }}
}}
{{Russia-sport-stub}}
{{figure-skating-stub}}
{{sport-event-stub}}