1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	13th
Date	March 24
Host city	Lisbon, Portugal
Venue	Sports Complex of Jamor
Events	3
Distances	12.19 km – Senior men 8.19 km – Junior men 4.99 km – Senior women
Participation	570 athletes from 50 nations
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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)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	33:33
	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	33:37
	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
4	Italy	259
5	Spain	321
6	Ireland	363
7	Portugal	368
8	England	437
Full results

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

Junior men's race (8.19 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kipkemboi Kimeli	Kenya	22:18
	Habte Negash	Ethiopia	22:37
	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)	16
	Kenya Kipkemboi Kimeli 1 Ngotho Musyoki 5 Lawrence Gatogo 6 Samuel Okemwa 14	26
	Spain José Manuel García 9 Alejandro Gómez 16 Antonio Pérez 17 Antonio Peula 22 (Marc Pujol) (27) (José Gruneiro) (35)	64
4	United States	95
5	England	122
6	Italy	127
7	Hungary	197
8	Tunisia	216
Full results

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

Senior women's race (4.99 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Zola Budd	England	15:01
	Cathy Branta	United States	15:24
	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)	42
	Soviet Union Olga Bondarenko 7 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 19 Marina Rodchenkova 20 Irina Bondarchuk 31 (Tatyana Sokolova) (41)	77
	Romania Fiţa Lovin 4 Elena Fidatof 10 Paula Ilie 34 Mariana Stanescu 48 (Iulia Besliu) (87)	96
4	France	109
5	Canada	113
6	Portugal	134
7	New Zealand	144
8	England	153
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Portugal)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	1	2	5
2	Kenya (KEN)	1	3	0	4
3	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
4	England (ENG)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal (POR)*	1	0	0	1
6	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	1
7	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		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]