World Cross Country Championships 1985

The 13th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 24. March 1985 at the Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor of Lisbon ( Portugal instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.19 km, the women over 4.99 km and the juniors over 8.19 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Carlos Lopes	POR	33:33
2	Paul Kipkoech	KEN	33:37
3	Wodajo Bulti	ETH	33:38
4th	Bekele Debele	ETH	33:45
5	John Treacy	IRL	33:48
6th	Cash desk Balcha	ETH	33:51
7th	Christoph Herle	FRG	33:53
8th	Abdelrazzak Bounour	ALG	33:54

Of 298 athletes who started, 294 made it to the finish line, one of whom was disqualified.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 57: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 34:54
• 75: Michael Scheytt ( FRG ), 35:03
• 77: Konrad Dobler ( FRG ), 35:04
• 99: Marius Hasler ( SUI ), 35:21
• 108: Robert Schneider ( FRG ), 35:23
• 117: Michael Spöttel ( FRG ), 35:26
• 138: Ralf Salzmann ( FRG ), 35:42
• 159: Herbert Stephan ( FRG )
• 161: Bruno Lafranchi ( SUI )
• 193: Kai Jenkel ( SUI )
• 196: Othmar Schoop ( SUI )
• 221: Werner Meier ( SUI )
• 229: Jean-Pierre Berset ( SUI )
• 235: Markus Hacksteiner ( SUI )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Wodajo Bulti Bekele Debele Kassa Balcha Girma Berhanu Chala Urgessa Hailu Wolde Tsadik	129 3 4 6 28 33 55 00 00 00 0 0 0
2	Kenya Paul Kipkoech Andrew Masai Boniface Merande Joshua Kipkemboi Jackson Ruto James Kipngetich	141 2 14 17 22 41 45 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	United States Bruce Bickford Pat Porter Ed Eyestone Craig Virgin Mark Curp Jeff Drenth	153 0 10 012 016 019 040 056

A total of 33 teams were rated. The German team came in eleventh with 441 points and the Swiss team in 26th place with 1,099 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Zola Budd	CLOSELY	15:01
2	Cathy Branta	United States	15:24
3	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	15:27
4th	Fița Lovin	ROU	15:35
5	Cornelia Bürki	SUI	15:38
6th	Angela Tooby	WHALE	15:40
7th	Olga Bondarenko	URS	15:40
8th	Sue Bruce	NZL	15:42

All 131 athletes who started reached the finish.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 74: Susanne Riermeier ( FRG ), 16:34
• 82: Astrid Schmidt ( FRG ), 16:44
• 85: Martine Oppliger ( SUI ), 16:47
• 92: Christiane Finke ( FRG ), 16:54
• 99: Ute Jamrozy ( FRG ), 17:01
• 102: Daria Nauer ( SUI ), 17:04
• 111: Isabella Moretti ( SUI ), 17:22

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Cathy Branta Betty Springs Shelly Steely Kathryn Hayes	42 0 2 09 15 16
2	Soviet Union Olga Bondarenko Tetiana Posdnyakova Marina Rodchenkoova Irina Bondarchuk	77 0 7 19 20 31
3	Romania Fița Lovin Elena Fidatof Paula Ilie Mariana Stanescu	96 0 4 10 34 48

A total of 23 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished 18th with 303 points, the German team 20th with 347 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kipkemboi Kimeli	KEN	22:18
2	Got Negash	ETH	22:37
3	Wolde Silasse Melkessa	ETH	22:37

Out of 141 athletes who started, 139 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 37: Heinz-Bernd Bürger ( FRG ), 23:59
• 42: Axel Hardy ( FRG ), 24:04
• 52: Daniel Hacksteiner ( SUI ), 24:16
• 80: Karsten Müller ( FRG ), 24:45
• 83: Dieter Ranftl ( FRG ), 24:47

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Habte Negash Wolde Silasse Melkessa Rafera Workench Tilahun Ebba	16 0 2 03 04 07
2	Kenya Kipkemboi Kimeli Ngotho Musyoki Lawrence Gatogo Samuel Okemwa	26 0 1 05 06 14
3	Spain José Manuel García Alejandro Gómez Antonio Pérez Antonio Peula	64 0 9 16 17 22

A total of 22 teams were rated. The German team took twelfth place with 242 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website