1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	13th
Date	March 24
Host city	Lisbon, Portugal
Location	Sports Complex of Jamor
Nations participating	50
Athletes participating	570
Races	3
Distances	12.19 km – Senior men 8.19 km – Junior men 4.99 km – Senior women
← 1984 East Rutherford 1986 Colombier →

The 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at the Sports Complex of Jamor on March 24, 1985. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results for men,^[2] junior men,^[3] women,^[4] medallists, ^[5] and the results of British athletes^[6] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.19 km)	Carlos Lopes Portugal	33:33	Paul Kipkoech Kenya	33:37	Wodajo Bulti Ethiopia	33:38
Junior men (8.19 km)	Kipkemboi Kimeli Kenya	22:18	Habte Negash Ethiopia	22:37	Wolde Silasse Melkessa Ethiopia	22:37
Senior women (4.99 km)	Zola Budd England	15:01	Cathy Branta United States	15:24	Ingrid Kristiansen Norway	15:27
Team
Senior men	Ethiopia	129	Kenya	141	United States	153
Junior men	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	26	Spain	64
Senior women	United States	42	Soviet Union	77	Romania	96

Race results

Senior men's race (12.19 km)

For full event details see 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	33:33
02 !	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	33:37
03 !	Wodajo Bulti	Ethiopia	33:38
4	Bekele Debele	Ethiopia	33:45
5	John Treacy	Ireland	33:48
6	Kassa Balcha	Ethiopia	33:51
7	Christoph Herle	West Germany	33:53
8	Abdelrazzak Bounour	Algeria	33:54
9	Pierre Levisse	France	33:56
10	Bruce Bickford	United States	33:57
11	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	33:59
12	Pat Porter	United States	34:02
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Wodajo Bulti	3
Bekele Debele	4
Kassa Balcha	6
Girma Berhanu	28
Chala Urgessa	33
Hailu Wolde Tsadik	55
(Adugna Lema)	(106)
(Feyissa Abebe)	(219)
(Mohammed Kedir)	(DNF)

129

Kenya

Paul Kipkoech	2
Andrew Masai	14
Boniface Merande	17
Joshua Kipkemboi	22
Jackson Ruto	41
James Kipngetich	45
(Joseph Otieno)	(128)
(Bernhard Mosigisi)	(132)
(Sisa Kirati)	(194)

141

United States

Bruce Bickford	10
Pat Porter	12
Ed Eyestone	16
Craig Virgin	19
Mark Curp	40
Jeff Drenth	56
(Mark Stickley)	(58)
(David Barney)	(76)
(Marty Froelick)	(110)

153

Italy

259

Spain

321

Ireland

363

Portugal

368

England

437

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.19 km)

For full event details see 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Kipkemboi Kimeli	Kenya	22:18
02 !	Habte Negash	Ethiopia	22:37
03 !	Wolde Silasse Melkessa	Ethiopia	22:37
4	Rafera Workench	Ethiopia	22:45
5	Ngotho Musyoki	Kenya	22:48
6	Lawrence Gatogo	Kenya	23:04
7	Tilahun Ebba	Ethiopia	23:07
8	Debebe Demisse	Ethiopia	23:11
9	José Manuel García	Spain	23:15
10	Brahim Boutayeb	Morocco	23:19
11	Paolo Tagliapietra	Italy	23:22
12	Jeff Cannada	United States	23:23
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Habte Negash	2
Wolde Silasse Melkessa	3
Rafera Workench	4
Tilahun Ebba	7
(Debebe Demisse)	(8)
(Kalcha Abcha)	(18)

Kenya

Kipkemboi Kimeli	1
Ngotho Musyoki	5
Lawrence Gatogo	6
Samuel Okemwa	14

Spain

José Manuel García	9
Alejandro Gómez	16
Antonio Pérez	17
Antonio Peula	22
(Marc Pujol)	(27)
(José Gruneiro)	(35)

United States

England

122

Italy

127

Hungary

197

Tunisia

216

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.99 km)

For full event details see 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Zola Budd	England	15:01
02 !	Cathy Branta	United States	15:24
03 !	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	15:27
4	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	15:35
5	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	15:38
6	Angela Tooby	Wales	15:40
7	Olga Bondarenko	Soviet Union	15:40
8	Sue Bruce	New Zealand	15:42
9	Betty Springs	United States	15:44
10	Elena Fidatof	Romania	15:47
11	Debbie Scott	Canada	15:49
12	Monica Joyce	Ireland	15:49
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Cathy Branta	2
Betty Springs	9
Shelly Steely	15
Kathryn Hayes	16
(Mary Knisely)	(28)
(Nan Doak)	(46)

Soviet Union

Olga Bondarenko	7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova	19
Marina Rodchenkova	20
Irina Bondarchuk	31
(Tatyana Sokolova)	(41)

Romania

Fiţa Lovin	4
Elena Fidatof	10
Paula Ilie	34
Mariana Stanescu	48
(Iulia Besliu)	(87)

France

109

Canada

113

Portugal

134

New Zealand

144

England

153

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia	2	1	2	5
2	Kenya	1	3	0	4
3	United States	1	1	1	3
4	England	1	0	0	1
4	Portugal	1	0	0	1
6	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
7	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 569 athletes from 50 countries, four athletes (2 senior men, 2 junior men) less than the official number published.^[6]

Algeria (15)
Angola (6)
Australia (21)
Belgium (15)
Brazil (9)
Canada (21)
China (7)
Chinese Taipei (7)
Colombia (5)
Denmark (18)
Egypt (2)
England (21)
Ethiopia (15)
Finland (9)
France (21)
Gibraltar (17)
Greece (7)

Hong Kong (10)
Hungary (7)
Iceland (3)
Ireland (20)
Israel (2)
Italy (18)
Japan (7)
Jordan (2)
Kenya (14)
Kuwait (6)
Morocco (12)
Netherlands (12)
New Zealand (13)
Northern Ireland (18)
North Yemen (3)
Norway (9)
Palestine (4)

Poland (6)
Portugal (21)
Romania (5)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
Saudi Arabia (14)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (7)
Spain (21)
Sweden (13)
Switzerland (12)
Tunisia (12)
Turkey (1)
United States (21)
Wales (20)
West Germany (16)
Zimbabwe (3)

References

↑ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 1985), World title for Budd, but Muir puts his foot in it - Zola Budd won the world women's cross-country title over a three-mile course in Lisbon yesterday..., Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 22, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km CC Men - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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Mixed relay	2017

See also: International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

International cross country running championships
World	IAAF World Cross Country Championships FISU World University Cross Country Championships CISM World Military Cross Country Championships
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See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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