1986 FIFA World Cup the Round of 16. The 1986 World Cup saw the appearance of an audience phenomenon dubbed the Mexican wave, which was popularised worldwide after featuring during the tournament. Colombia was originally chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1974. However, the Colombian authorities eventually declared on 5 November 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup under the terms that FIFA demanded because of economic concerns. Mexico was selected on 20 May 1983 as the replacement hosts, beating the bids of Canada and the United States (who eventually hosted the 1994 World Cup), and thereby became the
1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 28 and 29 September 1985 in the streets of St John's, Isle of Man. The event was also known as "IAAF Race Walking World Cup". Complete results were published. The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20 km and 50 km events team results. The participation of 158 athletes (110 men/48 women) from countries is reported. In 1985, there were qualifying rounds for both men's and women's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, the Soviet Union, Italy,