1985 Chicago Marathon

The 1985 Chicago Marathon was the 9th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 20. The elite men's race was won by Britain's Steve Jones in a time of 2:07:13 hours and the women's race was won by America's Joan Samuelson in 2:21:21. A total of 7562 runners finished the race, an increase of over 1700 from the previous year.^[1]

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:07:13
	Djama Robleh	Djibouti	2:08:08
	Robert de Castella	Australia	2:08:48
4	Gianni Poli	Italy	2:09:57
5	Ralf Salzmann	Germany	2:10:56
6	José Gómez	Mexico	2:11:08
7	Don Janicki	United States	2:11:16
8		Mexico	2:11:57
9	Ken Martin	United States	2:12:00
10	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	2:12:03
11	Allister Hutton	United Kingdom	2:12:28
12		United Kingdom	2:12:55
13	Mats Erixon	Sweden	2:13:29
14	Bill Donakowski	United States	2:14:07
15		United States	2:14:19
16		Belgium	2:14:25
17	Gianni Demadonna	Italy	2:14:30
18		United States	2:14:43
19		Switzerland	2:14:49
20	Agapius Masong	Tanzania	2:14:54
—	Mark Curp	United States	DNF
—		United States	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF
—	Martín Pitayo	Mexico	DNF

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Joan Samuelson	United States	2:21:21
	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:23:05
	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:23:29
4	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	2:27:50
5	Véronique Marot	United Kingdom	2:28:04
6	Glenys Quick	New Zealand	2:31:44
7	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	2:33:41
8	Maria Rebelo	France	2:34:02
9	Sylvie Bornet	France	2:34:05
10	Rita Borralho	Portugal	2:36:03
11	Charlotte Teske	Germany	2:36:42
12	María Trujillo	Mexico	2:37:10
13	Susan Stone	Canada	2:38:48
14		United Kingdom	2:38:53
15		Austria	2:39:52
16	Sissel Grottenberg	Norway	2:43:52
17	Linda Somers	United States	2:46:29
18		United States	2:47:09
19		United States	2:49:31
20		United States	2:50:04

References[]

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

External links[]

• Official website