The Senior men's race at 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.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Race results
Senior men's race (12.19 km)
Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Carlos Lopes 33:33 Paul Kipkoech 33:37 Wodajo Bulti 33:38 4 Bekele Debele 33:45 5 John Treacy 33:48 6 Kassa Balcha 33:51 7 Christoph Herle 33:53 8 Abdelrazzak Bounour 33:54 9 Pierre Levisse 33:56 10 Bruce Bickford 33:57 11 Fernando Mamede 33:59 12 Pat Porter 34:02 13 Antonio Leitão 34:04 14 Andrew Masai 34:06 15 Viktor Chumakov 34:08 16 Ed Eyestone 34:09 17 Boniface Merande 34:10 18 Dave Lewis 34:12 19 Craig Virgin 34:12 20 Rob de Castella 34:17 21 Antonio Prieto 34:19 22 Joshua Kipkemboi 34:20 23 Franco Boffi 34:21 24 David Murphy 34:21 25 Tommy Ekblom 34:22 26 Dave Clarke 34:23 27 Gelindo Bordin 34:24 28 Girma Berhanu 34:24 29 John Woods 34:24 30 Stanley Mandebele 34:25 31 José da Silva 34:26 32 Vicente Polo 34:27 33 Chala Urgessa 34:28 34 Jean-Louis Prianon 34:29 35 Richard O'Flynn 34:30 36 Francesco Panetta 34:33 37 Steve Jones 34:34 38 Féthi Baccouche 34:34 39 Salvatore Nicosia 34:35 40 Mark Curp 34:36 41 Jackson Ruto 34:38 42 John Robson 34:39 43 Garry Briggs 34:39 44 João de Sousa 34:42 45 James Kipngetich 34:44 46 Gianni Demadonna 34:45 47 Lars-Erik Nilsson 34:47 48 Nat Muir 34:48 49 Klaas Lok 34:48 50 Eddy de Pauw 34:49 51 Wang Helin 34:50 52 Pere Arco 34:50 53 Constantino Esparcia 34:52 54 Rex Wilson 34:52 55 Hailu Wolde Tsadik 34:52 56 Jeff Drenth 34:53 57 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 34:54 58 Mark Stickley 34:55 59 Satoshi Kato 34:55 60 Zephaniah Ncube 34:56 61 Graham Clews 34:56 62 Abdellah Boubia 34:57 63 Brian Sheriff 34:58 64 Hannu Okkola 34:59 65 Jos Maes 34:59 66 Ari Paunonen 35:00 67 Ivan Konovalov 35:00 68 Emmanuel Handzos 35:01 69 Mats Erixon 35:01 70 Ronnie Carroll 35:02 71 Vesa Kähkölä 35:02 72 John Bowden 35:02 73 Paul McCloy 35:02 74 Francisco Sánchez 35:03 75 Michael Scheytt 35:03 76 David Barney 35:04 77 Konrad Dobler 35:04 78 Alain Bordeleau 35:05 79 Antonio Humberto 35:08 80 Habib Romdani 35:08 81 Jan Hagelbrand 35:09 82 Eloi Schleder 35:10 83 Fernando Couto 35:10 84 Dominique Coux 35:11 85 Paul Arpin 35:11 86 Carey Nelson 35:12 87 Marti ten Kate 35:13 88 Marco Gozzano 35:16 89 Abel Antón 35:16 90 Miloud Djellal 35:17 91 Jean-Pierre Paumen 35:17 92 Mohamed El Bali 35:18 93 Larbi El Mouadden 35:18 94 Andrew Lloyd 35:19 95 Antti Loikkanen 35:19 96 Valentin Rodríguez 35:19 97 Gerard Kiernan 35:19 98 Michihiko Narita 35:20 99 Marius Hasler 35:21 100 Zoltán Kadlót 35:21 101 Tommy Persson 35:21 102 Steve Moneghetti 35:22 103 Abdelkader Kada 35:22 104 Ieuan Ellis 35:22 105 Oddmund Roalkvam 35:23 106 Adugna Lema 35:23 107 Peter Rusman 35:23 108 Robert Schneider 35:23 109 Patrick Clabaut 35:23 110 Marty Froelick 35:24 111 Cui Yulin 35:24 112 Barry Knight 35:24 113 Rebai Settouh 35:25 114 Giuseppe Miccoli 35:25 115 Michael Gilchrist 35:26 116 Derek Froude 35:26 117 Michael Spöttel 35:26 118 Kari Kananen 35:27 119 Garry Henry 35:27 120 Emmanuel Goulin 35:27 121 Helder de Jesús 35:28 122 Shuichi Yoneshige 35:29 123 José Luis González 35:30 124 Theo van den Abeele 35:31 125 Tom Birnie 35:31 126 Julian Goater 35:31 127 John O'Toole 35:32 128 Joseph Otieno 35:32 129 Spiridon Andreopoulos 35:32 130 Benedito Porto 35:33 131 Nick Brawn 35:34 132 Bernhard Mosigisi 35:35 133 Ken Moloney 35:35 134 Pascal Debacker 35:36 135 John Bolger 35:37 136 Keld Johnsen 35:38 137 Mike Quinn 35:40 138 Ralf Salzmann 35:42 139 Cidalio Caetano 35:42 140 Bruce Rattray 35:43 141 John Vermeule 35:43 142 Masami Otsuka 35:44 143 Ahmed Chantibou 35:45 144 Steve Martin 145 Neil Tennant 146 Abderrazak Gtari 147 Gert de Rudder 148 Colin Hume 149 Mohamed Nekkachi 150 Gord Christie 151 Alan Cole 152 Roy Dooney 153 Chris Buckley 154 Thomas Sørensen 155 Yoshitsigu Iwanga 156 Rafael Marques 157 Abderrahmane Morceli 158 Fotios Kourtis 159 Herbert Stephan 160 Lahcene Babaci 161 Bruno Lafranchi 162 Peder Poulsen 163 George Braidwood 164 Savas Koubouras 165 Charles Haskett 166 Esa Liedes 167 Tonnie Dirks 168 Henrik Sandström 169 Nourredine Benzaoui 170 Mike Bishop 171 Hajima Nagasato 172 Abdellah El Hatimi 173 Dominique Chauvelier 174 Philippe Lahuerte 175 Neil Cusack 176 Tore Axelsson 177 Ranieri Carenza 178 Hichem Oueslati 179 Jorge Suarez 180 Paul Wheeler 181 Adrie Hartveld 182 Mahieddine Belhadj 183 Mustapha El Nechchadi 184 David Tavares 185 Hernando Hernandez 186 Gentil de Mello 187 Fethi Manai 188 Lasmani Merzougui 189 Mike Deegan 190 Philip Llewellyn 191 Gregor Cameron 192 Herman Hofstee 193 Kai Jenkel 194 Sisa Kirati 195 Marc Olesen 196 Othmar Schoop 197 Lars Bo Sørensen 198 Bobby Quinn 199 Chris Robison 200 Bo Orrsveden 201 Ezzedine Amdouni 202 Helio Aguiar 203 John Jenkins 204 Deon McNeilly 205 Ralph Petersen 206 Shozo Shimoju 207 Nick de Castella 208 Jean-Yves Berau 209 Mohamed Ahmad 210 Adam Hoyle 211 John Walsh 212 Hwang Wen-Cheng 213 Pedro Luciano 214 Jim Dingwall 215 Jaime López 216 Konstantin Kyriazis 217 Norman Tinkham 218 Advaldo Neves 219 Feyissa Abebe 220 Paul O'Callaghan 221 Werner Meier 222 Faycal M'hamdi 223 Alvaro Palacios 224 Rom Tomer 225 Paul Lawther 226 Shayi Saad Al-Shahrani Mubarak 227 Gerard Barrett 228 Mahmoud Hazzazi 229 Jean-Pierre Berset 230 Moacir Marconi 231 Lucio Pereira 232 Osama El Sayed 233 Yeóryios Malliaris 234 Palmireno Benjamin 235 Markus Hacksteiner 236 Kurt Thor Straten 237 Sigurdur Sigmundsson 238 James Stafford 239 Jean-Pierre de Ville 240 Tom Breen 241 Raymond Curran 242 John Christiansen 243 Paul Spowage 244 Panayiótis Karahalios 245 Carlos José 246 Mohamed Idriss 247 Ahmad Al-Hajry 248 Jairo Cubillos Ramirez 249 Liu Chang-Chung 250 João Carvalho 251 Ernesto José 252 Ahmad Gharib 253 Antonio Andrade 254 John Chappory 255 Paul Stapleton 256 Hsu Gi-Sheng 257 Kenneth Davies 258 Meree Al-Shahrani 259 Tim Soutar 260 Salem Al-Qahtani 261 Mouteb Al-Faouri 262 Andy Cullen 263 Chen Chang-Ming 264 Lee Yin-Sheng 265 Per Hoffmann 266 Hon Kwai Kwok 267 Francisco Silvestre 268 Lin Hon-Long 269 Aurelio Falero 270 John Cunningham 271 Ateya Al-Khashami 272 Mahdi Al-Qahtani 273 Gualter de Ceita 274 Fahmi Abdul Wahab 275 David Griffiths 276 Kao Chuan-Kuang 277 Aita Bdr. Limbu 278 Saleh Yacine 279 Keith Cawley 280 Joseph Falero 281 Saleh Darwish Ismail 282 James Parody 283 Saad Al-Qahtani Kammah 284 Ahmed Al-Said 285 Wong Ip Chor 286 Mark Carreras 287 Ahmed Ali Al-Iqari 288 Fabian Franco 289 Joseph Lane 290 Faisal Al-Tuwairqi 291 Saif Al-Shahrani 292 Hector Romero 293 Khaled Al-Safar — Mohammed Kedir DNF — Håkan Börjesson DNF — Juha Moilanen DNF — Ross Copestake DNF — Micah Boinett DQ† †: Micah Boinett from was initially 45th in 34:43 min, but disqualified.
Teams Rank Team Points 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 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 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 Franco Boffi 23 Gelindo Bordin 27 Francesco Panetta 36 Salvatore Nicosia 39 Gianni Demadonna 46 Marco Gozzano 88 (Giuseppe Miccoli) (114) (Ranieri Carenza) (177) 259 5 Antonio Prieto 21 Vicente Polo 32 Pere Arco 52 Constantino Esparcia 53 Francisco Sánchez 74 Abel Antón 89 (Valentin Rodríguez) (96) (José Luis González) (123) (Jaime López) (215) 321 6 John Treacy 5 John Woods 29 Richard O'Flynn 35 Ronnie Carroll 70 Gerard Kiernan 97 John O'Toole 127 (Roy Dooney) (152) (Neil Cusack) (175) (Paul O'Callaghan) (220) 363 7 Carlos Lopes 1 Fernando Mamede 11 Antonio Leitão 13 Fernando Couto 83 Helder de Jesús 121 Cidalio Caetano 139 (Rafael Marques) (156) (David Tavares) (184) (Lucio Pereira) (231) 368 8 Dave Lewis 18 David Murphy 24 Dave Clarke 26 Barry Knight 112 Julian Goater 126 Nick Brawn 131 (Mike Bishop) (170) (Mike Deegan) (189) (Chris Robison) (199) 437 9 Tommy Ekblom 25 Hannu Okkola 64 Ari Paunonen 66 Vesa Kähkölä 71 Antti Loikkanen 95 Kari Kananen 118 (Esa Liedes) (166) (Henrik Sandström) (168) 439 10 Rob de Castella 20 Garry Briggs 43 Graham Clews 61 Andrew Lloyd 94 Steve Moneghetti 102 Garry Henry 119 (Nick de Castella) (207) (Adam Hoyle) (210) (Gerard Barrett) (227) 439 11 Christoph Herle 7 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 57 Michael Scheytt 75 Konrad Dobler 77 Robert Schneider 108 Michael Spöttel 117 (Ralf Salzmann) (138) (Herbert Stephan) (159) 441 12 Pierre Levisse 9 Jean-Louis Prianon 34 Dominique Coux 84 Paul Arpin 85 Patrick Clabaut 109 Emmanuel Goulin 120 (Pascal Debacker) (134) (Dominique Chauvelier) (173) (Jean-Yves Berau) (208) 441 13 Rex Wilson 54 John Bowden 72 Michael Gilchrist 115 Derek Froude 116 Tom Birnie 125 Ken Moloney 133 (Bruce Rattray) (140) (Gregor Cameron) (191) 615 14 Lars-Erik Nilsson 47 Mats Erixon 69 Jan Hagelbrand 81 Tommy Persson 101 Peder Poulsen 162 Tore Axelsson 176 (Bo Orrsveden) (200) (Håkan Börjesson) (DNF) (Juha Moilanen) (DNF) 636 15 Abdellah Boubia 62 Mohamed El Bali 92 Larbi El Mouadden 93 Abdelkader Kada 103 Ahmed Chantibou 143 Mohamed Nekkachi 149 (Abdellah El Hatimi) (172) (Mustapha El Nechchadi) (183) 642 16 José da Silva 31 João de Sousa 44 Eloi Schleder 82 Benedito Porto 130 Gentil de Mello 186 Helio Aguiar 202 (Advaldo Neves) (218) (Moacir Marconi) (230) (Palmireno Benjamin) (234) 675 17 Paul McCloy 73 Alain Bordeleau 78 Carey Nelson 86 John Bolger 135 Gord Christie 150 Philippe Lahuerte 174 (Marc Olesen) (195) (Norman Tinkham) (217) (James Stafford) (238) 696 18 Abdelrazzak Bounour 8 Miloud Djellal 90 Rebai Settouh 113 Abderrahmane Morceli 157 Lahcene Babaci 160 Nourredine Benzaoui 169 (Mahieddine Belhadj) (182) (Lasmani Merzougui) (188) (Mahmoud Hazzazi) (228) 697 19 John Robson 42 Nat Muir 48 Neil Tennant 145 Colin Hume 148 George Braidwood 163 Charles Haskett 165 (Bobby Quinn) (198) (Jim Dingwall) (214) (Ross Copestake) (DNF) 711 20 Eddy de Pauw 50 Jos Maes 65 Jean-Pierre Paumen 91 Theo van den Abeele 124 Gert de Rudder 147 Jean-Pierre de Ville 239 716 21 Klaas Lok 49 Martin ten Kate 87 Peter Rusman 107 John Vermeule 141 Tonnie Dirks 167 Adrie Hartveld 181 (Herman Hofstee) (192) 732 22 Satoshi Kato 59 Michihiko Narita 98 Shuichi Yoneshige 122 Masami Otsuka 142 Yoshitsigu Iwanga 155 Hajima Nagasato 171 (Shozo Shimoju) (206) 747 23 Steve Jones 37 Ieuan Ellis 104 Alan Cole 151 Chris Buckley 153 Paul Wheeler 180 Philip Llewellyn 190 (John Jenkins) (203) (Kenneth Davies) (257) 815 24 Féthi Baccouche 38 Habib Romdani 80 Abderrazak Gtari 146 Hichem Oueslati 178 Fethi Manai 187 Ezzedine Amdouni 201 (Faycal M'hamdi) (222) 830 25 Emmanuel Handzos 68 Spiridon Andreopoulos 129 Fotios Kourtis 158 Savas Koubouras 164 Konstantin Kyriazis 216 Yeóryios Malliaris 233 (Panayiótis Karahalios) (244) 968 26 Marius Hasler 99 Bruno Lafranchi 161 Kai Jenkel 193 Othmar Schoop 196 Werner Meier 221 Jean-Pierre Berset 229 (Markus Hacksteiner) (235) 1099 27 Keld Johnsen 136 Thomas Sørensen 154 Lars Bo Sørensen 197 Ralph Petersen 205 Kurt Thor Straten 236 John Christiansen 242 (Per Hoffmann) (265) 1170 28 Steve Martin 144 Deon McNeilly 204 John Walsh 211 Paul Lawther 225 Tom Breen 240 Raymond Curran 241 (John Cunningham) (270) 1265 29 Mike Quinn 137 Paul Spowage 243 Paul Stapleton 255 Tim Soutar 259 Hon Kwai Kwok 266 David Griffiths 275 (Aita Bdr. Limbu) (277) (Keith Cawley) (279) (Wong Ip Chor) (285) 1435 30 Pedro Luciano 213 Carlos José 245 João Carvalho 250 Ernesto José 251 Antonio Andrade 253 Francisco Silvestre 267 1479 31