The Junior 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

Junior men's race (8.19 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kipkemboi Kimeli 22:18 Habte Negash 22:37 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 22:37 4 Rafera Workench 22:45 5 Ngotho Musyoki 22:48 6 Lawrence Gatogo 23:04 7 Tilahun Ebba 23:07 8 Debebe Demisse 23:11 9 José Manuel García 23:15 10 Brahim Boutayeb 23:19 11 Paolo Tagliapietra 23:22 12 Jeff Cannada 23:23 13 John Halvorsen 23:24 14 Samuel Okemwa 23:26 15 Chuck Trujillo 23:27 16 Alejandro Gómez 23:30 17 Antonio Pérez 23:34 18 Kalcha Abcha 23:35 19 Mariano Salvatore 23:36 20 Leszek Bebło 23:36 21 Paul Taylor 23:37 22 Antonio Peula 23:39 23 Matt Giusto 23:41 24 Lahcen Tabessart 23:44 25 Guy-Marie Manceau 23:49 26 Andrew Hollens 23:50 27 Marc Pujol 23:50 28 Fernando Figueiredo 23:50 29 Dale Rixon 23:52 30 Brahim Ayachi 23:52 31 Severino Bernardini 23:53 32 Akdogan Zekeriya 23:55 33 Jean-Pierre Lautredoux 23:56 34 Karl Palmer 23:58 35 José Gruneiro 23:58 36 John Castellano 23:58 37 Bernd Bürger 23:59 38 Steinar Opheim 24:00 39 Sándor Serfözö 24:01 40 Roland Pauwels 24:02 41 James Starling 24:04 42 Axel Hardy 24:04 43 Gerdy Roose 24:05 44 Gyula Sárközi 24:06 45 Simon Gutierrez 24:06 46 Colin Dalton 24:07 47 Tom Hanlon 24:10 48 Hank Lee 24:11 49 Greg Andersen 24:13 50 Matthew Smith 24:14 51 Hamed Hamdouni 24:15 52 Daniel Hacksteiner 24:16 53 Róbert Banai 24:16 54 Neil Horsfield 24:19 55 Ray Boyd 24:20 56 Nick O'Brien 24:21 57 Mika Maaskola 24:21 58 Eyob Muller 24:22 59 Ali Mechi 24:23 60 Alastair Russell 24:24 61 Sándor Barcza 24:25 62 Stuart Mee 24:25 63 Kym Anderson 24:28 64 Richard Findlow 24:29 65 Christophe Miellet 24:30 66 Giuseppe Bentavegna 24:31 67 John Robinson 24:32 68 Mark Sewell 24:33 69 Tom O'Gara 24:35 70 Zoltán Káldy 24:36 71 Seamus McCann 24:39 72 Bouazza Noualla 24:40 73 Carl Worthington 24:41 74 Joe Falcon 24:42 75 Noui Hadj Nedjai 24:43 76 Ali Anizi 24:43 77 Azzedine Brahmi 24:44 78 Carlos Reis 24:45 79 Mohamed Benkara 24:45 80 Karsten Müller 24:45 81 Nicholas Hopkins 24:46 82 David Clarke 24:47 83 Dieter Ranftl 24:47 84 Mads Jacobsen 24:48 85 Amedeo Battistella 24:50 86 Joubran Ayed Al-Qahtani 24:51 87 Pat Morris 24:53 88 Hamaid Al-Dosari 24:55 89 Garfield Westgate 24:57 90 Anthony Spellman 25:00 91 Joaquim Figueiredo 25:01 92 Gary Grant 25:02 93 Jean-Daniel Giroux 25:04 94 João Lopes 25:06 95 Helmut Stuven 25:11 96 Jan Verstraeten 25:13 97 Jacek Szczygiel 25:14 98 Tore Bergsåker 25:16 99 Fabrice Jonneau 25:17 100 Erik Jylling 25:18 101 Ruddy Walem 25:20 102 Lotfi Rahali 25:21 103 Magnus Bengtsson 25:27 104 Stephen Connell 25:30 105 Awad Saleh Ahmed 25:32 106 Omar Al-Safra 25:35 107 Steve Begen 25:36 108 Jamal Mahmoud Hamada 25:38 109 Stanislaw Zawol 25:39 110 Jaroslaw Skorczewski 25:42 111 Farid Boukais 25:44 112 Eli Tamar 25:45 113 Anthony Ford 25:46 114 Lars Krogsgaard 25:47 115 Dominique Besnard 25:48 116 Brian Scally 25:56 117 James O'Sullivan 26:01 118 Gerry Conway 26:05 119 Brian Donohoe 26:07 120 Paul Challens 26:10 121 Alun Phillips 26:13 122 Declan Caddell 26:21 123 Lars Bang Nielsen 26:25 124 Leszek Stoklosa 26:28 125 Philip Tweedie 26:33 126 Mohamed Al-Shahrani 26:41 127 Manahy Falah Al-Azhni 26:56 128 Tibor Baier 27:01 129 Michael Hunter 27:04 130 Saleh Mubarak Al-Beyya 27:05 131 Gardar Sigurdsson 27:15 132 Michael Wray 27:30 133 Faisal Al-Etebi 27:35 134 Patrik Wallin 27:41 135 Khalid Aziz 27:45 136 Jacek Nitka 27:52 137 Michael Neish 28:17 138 Steinn Jóhannsson 29:09 139 Mark Sanchez 29:09 — Antonio Resende DNF — Rui Viegas DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Habte Negash 2 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 3 Rafera Workench 4 Tilahun Ebba 7 (Debebe Demisse) (8) (Kalcha Abcha) (18) 16 Kipkemboi Kimeli 1 Ngotho Musyoki 5 Lawrence Gatogo 6 Samuel Okemwa 14 26 José Manuel García 9 Alejandro Gómez 16 Antonio Pérez 17 Antonio Peula 22 (Marc Pujol) (27) (José Gruneiro) (35) 64 4 Jeff Cannada 12 Chuck Trujillo 15 Matt Giusto 23 Simon Gutierrez 45 (Hank Lee) (48) (Joe Falcon) (74) 95 5 Paul Taylor 21 Andrew Hollens 26 Karl Palmer 34 James Starling 41 (Richard Findlow) (64) (Nicholas Hopkins) (81) 122 6 Paolo Tagliapietra 11 Mariano Salvatore 19 Severino Bernardini 31 Giuseppe Bentavegna 66 (Amedeo Battistella) (85) 127 7 Sándor Serfözö 39 Gyula Sárközi 44 Róbert Banai 53 Sándor Barcza 61 (Zoltán Káldy) (70) (Tibor Baier) (128) 197 8 Brahim Ayachi 30 Hamed Hamdouni 51 Ali Mechi 59 Ali Anizi 76 (Lotfi Rahali) (102) 216 9 Guy-Marie Manceau 25 Jean-Pierre Lautredoux 33 Christophe Miellet 65 Jean-Daniel Giroux 93 (Fabrice Jonneau) (99) (Dominique Besnard) (115) 216 10 Dale Rixon 29 Neil Horsfield 54 John Robinson 67 Carl Worthington 73 (Gary Grant) (92) (Alun Phillips) (121) 223 11 Colin Dalton 46 Ray Boyd 55 Stuart Mee 62 Kym Anderson 63 (Mark Sewell) (68) (Anthony Ford) (113) 226 12 Bernd Bürger 37 Axel Hardy 42 Karsten Müller 80 Dieter Ranftl 83 242 13 Tom Hanlon 47 Matthew Smith 50 Alastair Russell 60 Pat Morris 87 (Steve Begen) (107) (Brian Scally) (116) 244 14 John Castellano 36 Greg Andersen 49 David Clark 82 Garfield Westgate 89 (Stephen Connell) (104) (Paul Challens) (120) 256 15 Roland Pauwels 40 Gerdy Roose 43 Jan Verstraeten 96 Ruddy Walem 101 280 16 Fernando Figueiredo 28 Carlos Reis 78 Joaquim Figueiredo 91 João Lopes 94 (Antonio Resende) (DNF) (Rui Viegas) (DNF) 291 17 Bouazza Noualla 72 Noui Hadj Nedjai 75 Azzedine Brahmi 77 Mohamed Benkara 79 (Farid Boukais) (111) 303 18 Nick O'Brien 56 Tom O'Gara 69 Anthony Spellman 90 James O'Sullivan 117 (Brian Donohoe) (119) 332 19 Leszek Bebło 20 Jacek Szczygiel 97 Stanislaw Zawol 109 Jaroslaw Skorczewski 110 (Leszek Stoklosa) (124) (Jacek Nitka) (136) 336 20 Mads Jacobsen 84 Helmut Stuven 95 Erik Jylling 100 Lars Krogsgaard 114 (Lars Bang Nielsen) (123) 393 21 Joubran Ayed Al-Qahtani 86 Hamaid Al-Dosari 88 Omar Al-Safra 106 Mohamed Al-Shahrani 126 (Saleh Mubarak Al-Beyya) (130) 406 22 Seamus McCann 71 Gerry Conway 118 Declan Caddell 122 Philip Tweedie 125 (Michael Hunter) (129) (Michael Wray) (132) 436 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 141 athletes from 35 countries in the Junior men's race, two athletes less than the official number published.

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See also 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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