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

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Senior women's race at the 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition13th
DateMarch 24
Host cityLisbon, Portugal Portugal
VenueSports Complex of Jamor
Events1
Distances4.99 km – Senior women
Participation131 athletes from
28 nations

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.[1]

Complete results,[2] medallists,[3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results[]

Senior women's race (4.99 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zola Budd  England 15:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cathy Branta  United States 15:24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 15:27
4 Fiţa Lovin  Romania 15:35
5 Cornelia Bürki   Switzerland 15:38
6 Angela Tooby  Wales 15:40
7 Olga Bondarenko  Soviet Union 15:40
8 Sue Bruce  New Zealand 15:42
9 Betty Springs  United States 15:44
10 Elena Fidatof  Romania 15:47
11 Debbie Scott  Canada 15:49
12 Monica Joyce  Ireland 15:49
13 Rosa Mota  Portugal 15:50
14 Agnese Possamai  Italy 15:50
15 Shelly Steely  United States 15:51
16  United States 15:54
17 Annette Sergent  France 15:55
18  Canada 15:56
19 Tatyana Pozdnyakova  Soviet Union 15:56
20  Soviet Union 15:56
21  Australia 15:56
22 Albertina Machado  Portugal 15:57
23 Martine Fays  France 15:57
24 Carla Beurskens  Netherlands 15:58
25 Christine McMiken  New Zealand 16:00
26  France 16:01
27 Angela Chalmers  Canada 16:02
28 Mary Knisely  United States 16:03
29 Susan Tooby  Wales 16:04
30 Aurora Cunha  Portugal 16:05
31 Irina Bondarchuk  Soviet Union 16:05
32 Ana Isabel Alonso  Spain 16:05
33  China 16:05
34 Paula Ilie  Romania 16:06
35 Hassania Darami  Morocco 16:09
36 Eva Ernström  Sweden 16:09
37 Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah  Algeria 16:10
38  Norway 16:11
39 Francine Peeters  Belgium 16:12
40  Ireland 16:13
41  Soviet Union 16:13
42 Yvonne Murray  Scotland 16:13
43 Maria Lelut  France 16:14
44  England 16:14
45 Sylvie Bornet  France 16:14
46 Nan Doak  United States 16:15
47  New Zealand 16:15
48 Mariana Stanescu  Romania 16:16
49  Belgium 16:16
50 Cristina Tomasini  Italy 16:16
51  Norway 16:17
52  England 16:17
53  China 16:18
54  Australia 16:20
55  Belgium 16:20
56 Paula Fudge  England 16:22
57  Canada 16:22
58  Spain 16:23
59  Ireland 16:24
60 Rita Marchisio  Italy 16:24
61 Roberta Brunet  Italy 16:24
62  Canada 16:25
63  England 16:25
64 Mary O'Connor  New Zealand 16:26
65  China 16:27
66 Jocelyne Villeton  France 16:27
67 Grete Kirkeberg  Norway 16:28
68  Norway 16:29
69  Portugal 16:29
70  Australia 16:30
71  England 16:31
72  Portugal 16:32
73 Teresa Recio  Spain 16:33
74 Susi Riermeier  West Germany 16:34
75  Denmark 16:34
76 Wilma Rusman  Netherlands 16:38
77  Spain 16:42
78  Ireland 16:43
79  China 16:43
80  Canada 16:43
81  New Zealand 16:43
82  West Germany 16:44
83  Australia 16:46
84  Scotland 16:46
85 Martine Oppliger   Switzerland 16:47
86  Hong Kong 16:48
87  Romania 16:48
88 Betty Molteni  Italy 16:49
89  Wales 16:49
90  Spain 16:50
91 Ria van Landeghem  Belgium 16:50
92  West Germany 16:54
93  Ireland 16:55
94 Christine Price  Scotland 16:56
95 Zhang Shuxian  China 16:57
96  Wales 16:58
97 Conceição Ferreira  Portugal 16:59
98  Australia 17:00
99  West Germany 17:01
100  Netherlands 17:03
101  Scotland 17:03
102 Daria Nauer   Switzerland 17:04
103  Netherlands 17:05
104  Spain 17:06
105 Liève Slegers  Belgium 17:06
106  Sweden 17:09
107 Karen MacLeod  Scotland 17:10
108  Wales 17:11
109  Northern Ireland 17:17
110  Denmark 17:21
111 Isabella Moretti   Switzerland 17:22
112 Gitte Karlshøj  Denmark 17:27
113  Scotland 17:29
114  Ireland 17:33
115  Northern Ireland 17:39
116 Jenny Lund  Australia 17:46
117  Morocco 17:48
118  Wales 18:03
119  Denmark 18:04
120  Northern Ireland 18:11
121  Northern Ireland 18:16
122 Hanne Rasmussen  Denmark 18:20
123  Denmark 18:38
124  Jordan 19:42
125  Northern Ireland 19:47
126  Gibraltar 20:17
127  Gibraltar 20:51
128  Gibraltar 21:30
129  Gibraltar 22:41
130  Gibraltar 23:16
131  Gibraltar 24:12

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Cathy Branta 2
Betty Springs 9
Shelly Steely 15
16
(Mary Knisely) (28)
(Nan Doak) (46)
42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Olga Bondarenko 7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova 19
20
Irina Bondarchuk 31
() (41)
77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Romania
Fiţa Lovin 4
Elena Fidatof 10
Paula Ilie 34
Mariana Stanescu 48
() (87)
96
4  France
Annette Sergent 17
Martine Fays 23
26
Maria Lelut 43
(Sylvie Bornet) (45)
(Jocelyne Villeton) (66)
109
5  Canada
Debbie Scott 11
18
Angela Chalmers 27
57
() (62)
() (80)
113
6  Portugal
Rosa Mota 13
Albertina Machado 22
Aurora Cunha 30
69
() (72)
(Conceição Ferreira) (97)
134
7  New Zealand
Sue Bruce 8
Christine McMiken 25
47
Mary O'Connor 64
() (81)
144
8  England
Zola Budd 1
44
52
Paula Fudge 56
() (63)
() (71)
153
9  Norway
Ingrid Kristiansen 3
38
51
Grete Kirkeberg 67
() (68)
159
10  Italy
Agnese Possamai 14
Cristina Tomasini 50
Rita Marchisio 60
Roberta Brunet 61
(Betty Molteni) (88)
185
11  Ireland
Monica Joyce 12
40
59
78
() (93)
() (114)
189
12  Wales
Angela Tooby 6
Susan Tooby 29
89
96
() (108)
() (118)
220
13  Australia
21
54
70
83
() (98)
(Jenny Lund) (116)
228
14  China
33
53
65
79
(Zhang Shuxian) (95)
230
15  Belgium
Francine Peeters 39
49
55
Ria van Landeghem 91
(Liève Slegers) (105)
234
16  Spain
Ana Isabel Alonso 32
58
Teresa Recio 73
77
() (90)
() (104)
240
17  Netherlands
Carla Beurskens 24
Wilma Rusman 76
100
103
303
18   Switzerland
Cornelia Bürki 5
Martine Oppliger 85
Daria Nauer 102
Isabella Moretti 111
303
19  Scotland
Yvonne Murray 42
84
Christine Price 94
101
(Karen MacLeod) (107)
() (113)
321
20  West Germany
Susi Riermeier 74
82
92
99
347
21  Denmark
75
110
Gitte Karlshøj 112
119
(Hanne Rasmussen) (122)
() (123)
416
22  Northern Ireland
109
115
120
121
() (125)
465
23  Gibraltar
126
127
128
129
() (130)
() (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.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 1985), World title for Budd, but Muir puts his foot in it - Zola Budd won the world women's cross-country title over a three-mile course in Lisbon yesterday..., Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 22, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
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