1986 FIFA World Cup 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. With European nations not allowed to host after the previous World Cup in Spain, Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983. This was the third FIFA World Cup tournament in succession that was hosted
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,