The Senior women'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 women's race (4.99 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Zola Budd 15:01 Cathy Branta 15:24 Ingrid Kristiansen 15:27 4 Fiţa Lovin 15:35 5 Cornelia Bürki 15:38 6 Angela Tooby 15:40 7 Olga Bondarenko 15:40 8 Sue Bruce 15:42 9 Betty Springs 15:44 10 Elena Fidatof 15:47 11 Debbie Scott 15:49 12 Monica Joyce 15:49 13 Rosa Mota 15:50 14 Agnese Possamai 15:50 15 Shelly Steely 15:51 16 Kathryn Hayes 15:54 17 Annette Sergent 15:55 18 Susan Lee 15:56 19 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 15:56 20 Marina Rodchenkova 15:56 21 Sharon Dalton 15:56 22 Albertina Machado 15:57 23 Martine Fays 15:57 24 Carla Beurskens 15:58 25 Christine McMiken 16:00 26 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 16:01 27 Angela Chalmers 16:02 28 Mary Knisely 16:03 29 Susan Tooby 16:04 30 Aurora Cunha 16:05 31 Irina Bondarchuk 16:05 32 Ana Isabel Alonso 16:05 33 Wang Huabi 16:05 34 Paula Ilie 16:06 35 Hassania Darami 16:09 36 Eva Ernström 16:09 37 Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah 16:10 38 Christine Sørum 16:11 39 Francine Peeters 16:12 40 Louise McGrillen 16:13 41 Tatyana Sokolova 16:13 42 Yvonne Murray 16:13 43 Maria Lelut 16:14 44 Julie Laughton 16:14 45 Sylvie Bornet 16:14 46 Nan Doak 16:15 47 Gail Rear 16:15 48 Mariana Stanescu 16:16 49 Corinne Debaets 16:16 50 Cristina Tomasini 16:16 51 Anne Jorun Flaten 16:17 52 Mary Cotton 16:17 53 Li Xiuxia 16:18 54 Sally Pierson 16:20 55 Linda Milo 16:20 56 Paula Fudge 16:22 57 Brenda Shackleton 16:22 58 Amelia Lorza Lopez 16:23 59 Ann Hilliard 16:24 60 Rita Marchisio 16:24 61 Roberta Brunet 16:24 62 Ulla Marquette 16:25 63 Jill Rothwell 16:25 64 Mary O'Connor 16:26 65 Liu Aixuan 16:27 66 Jocelyne Villeton 16:27 67 Grete Kirkeberg 16:28 68 Tove Lutdal 16:29 69 Lucilia Soares 16:29 70 Kerith Duncanson 16:30 71 Marina Samy 16:31 72 Rosa Oliveira 16:32 73 Teresa Recio 16:33 74 Susi Riermeier 16:34 75 Kersti Jakobsen 16:34 76 Wilma Rusman 16:38 77 Asuncion Sinobas 16:42 78 Deirdre Nagle 16:43 79 Luo Yuxiu 16:43 80 Sandra Rettie 16:43 81 Linden Wilde 16:43 82 Astrid Schmidt 16:44 83 Mehan Sloane 16:46 84 Elise Lyon 16:46 85 Martine Oppliger 16:47 86 Sheila Purves 16:48 87 Iulia Besliu 16:48 88 Betty Molteni 16:49 89 Wendy Ore 16:49 90 Montserrat Abello 16:50 91 Ria van Landeghem 16:50 92 Christiane Finke 16:54 93 Anne Keenan 16:55 94 Christine Price 16:56 95 Zhang Shuxian 16:57 96 Barbara King 16:58 97 Conceição Ferreira 16:59 98 Anne Lord 17:00 99 Ute Jamrozy 17:01 100 Eefje van Wissen 17:03 101 June Standing 17:03 102 Daria Nauer 17:04 103 Joke van Gerven 17:05 104 Begoña Herraez 17:06 105 Liève Slegers 17:06 106 Birgitta Wåhlin 17:09 107 Karen MacLeod 17:10 108 Lynne Maddison 17:11 109 Avril McClung 17:17 110 Mie Poulsen Jensen 17:21 111 Isabella Moretti 17:22 112 Gitte Karlshøj 17:27 113 Lynda Bain 17:29 114 Greta Hickey 17:33 115 Camilla Harron 17:39 116 Jenny Lund 17:46 117 Rachida Asname 17:48 118 Fiona Harwood 18:03 119 Hanne Kjärsgaard 18:04 120 Rose Gavigan 18:11 121 Una Barry 18:16 122 Hanne Rasmussen 18:20 123 Karin Hansen 18:38 124 Amneh Odeh Murshed 19:42 125 Sinead McGranaghan 19:47 126 Suzanne Bensadon 20:17 127 Jenny Summers 20:51 128 Joanna Lavarello 21:30 129 Susan Duran 22:41 130 Susan Garcia 23:16 131 Jacky Carreras 24:12

Teams Rank Team Points Cathy Branta 2 Betty Springs 9 Shelly Steely 15 Kathryn Hayes 16 (Mary Knisely) (28) (Nan Doak) (46) 42 Olga Bondarenko 7 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 19 Marina Rodchenkova 20 Irina Bondarchuk 31 (Tatyana Sokolova) (41) 77 Fiţa Lovin 4 Elena Fidatof 10 Paula Ilie 34 Mariana Stanescu 48 (Iulia Besliu) (87) 96 4 Annette Sergent 17 Martine Fays 23 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 26 Maria Lelut 43 (Sylvie Bornet) (45) (Jocelyne Villeton) (66) 109 5 Debbie Scott 11 Susan Lee 18 Angela Chalmers 27 Brenda Shackleton 57 (Ulla Marquette) (62) (Sandra Rettie) (80) 113 6 Rosa Mota 13 Albertina Machado 22 Aurora Cunha 30 Lucilia Soares 69 (Rosa Oliveira) (72) (Conceição Ferreira) (97) 134 7 Sue Bruce 8 Christine McMiken 25 Gail Rear 47 Mary O'Connor 64 (Linden Wilde) (81) 144 8 Zola Budd 1 Julie Laughton 44 Mary Cotton 52 Paula Fudge 56 (Jill Rothwell) (63) (Marina Samy) (71) 153 9 Ingrid Kristiansen 3 Christine Sørum 38 Anne Jorun Flaten 51 Grete Kirkeberg 67 (Tove Lutdal) (68) 159 10 Agnese Possamai 14 Cristina Tomasini 50 Rita Marchisio 60 Roberta Brunet 61 (Betty Molteni) (88) 185 11 Monica Joyce 12 Louise McGrillen 40 Ann Hilliard 59 Deirdre Nagle 78 (Anne Keenan) (93) (Greta Hickey) (114) 189 12 Angela Tooby 6 Susan Tooby 29 Wendy Ore 89 Barbara King 96 (Lynne Maddison) (108) (Fiona Harwood) (118) 220 13 Sharon Dalton 21 Sally Pierson 54 Kerith Duncanson 70 Mehan Sloane 83 (Anne Lord) (98) (Jenny Lund) (116) 228 14 Wang Huabi 33 Li Xiuxia 53 Liu Aixuan 65 Luo Yuxiu 79 (Zhang Shuxian) (95) 230 15 Francine Peeters 39 Corinne Debaets 49 Linda Milo 55 Ria van Landeghem 91 (Liève Slegers) (105) 234 16 Ana Isabel Alonso 32 Amelia Lorza Lopez 58 Teresa Recio 73 Asuncion Sinobas 77 (Montserrat Abello) (90) (Begoña Herraez) (104) 240 17 Carla Beurskens 24 Wilma Rusman 76 Eefje van Wissen 100 Joke van Gerven 103 303 18 Cornelia Bürki 5 Martine Oppliger 85 Daria Nauer 102 Isabella Moretti 111 303 19 Yvonne Murray 42 Elise Lyon 84 Christine Price 94 June Standing 101 (Karen MacLeod) (107) (Lynda Bain) (113) 321 20 Susi Riermeier 74 Astrid Schmidt 82 Christiane Finke 92 Ute Jamrozy 99 347 21 Kersti Jakobsen 75 Mie Poulsen Jensen 110 Gitte Karlshøj 112 Hanne Kjärsgaard 119 (Hanne Rasmussen) (122) (Karin Hansen) (123) 416 22 Avril McClung 109 Camilla Harron 115 Rose Gavigan 120 Una Barry 121 (Sinead McGranaghan) (125) 465 23 Suzanne Bensadon 126 Jenny Summers 127 Joanna Lavarello 128 Susan Duran 129 (Susan Garcia) (130) (Jacky Carreras) (131) 510 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 131 athletes from 28 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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

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