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

Senior women's race at the 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	13th
Date	March 24
Host city	Lisbon, Portugal
Venue	Sports Complex of Jamor
Events	1
Distances	4.99 km – Senior women
Participation	131 athletes from 28 nations
← 1984 East Rutherford 1986 Colombier →

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
	Zola Budd	England	15:01
	Cathy Branta	United States	15:24
	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	Kathryn Hayes	United States	15:54
17	Annette Sergent	France	15:55
18	Susan Lee	Canada	15:56
19	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	15:56
20	Marina Rodchenkova	Soviet Union	15:56
21	Sharon Dalton	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	Jacqueline Lefeuvre	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	Wang Huabi	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	Christine Sørum	Norway	16:11
39	Francine Peeters	Belgium	16:12
40	Louise McGrillen	Ireland	16:13
41	Tatyana Sokolova	Soviet Union	16:13
42	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	16:13
43	Maria Lelut	France	16:14
44	Julie Laughton	England	16:14
45	Sylvie Bornet	France	16:14
46	Nan Doak	United States	16:15
47	Gail Rear	New Zealand	16:15
48	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	16:16
49	Corinne Debaets	Belgium	16:16
50	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	16:16
51	Anne Jorun Flaten	Norway	16:17
52	Mary Cotton	England	16:17
53	Li Xiuxia	China	16:18
54	Sally Pierson	Australia	16:20
55	Linda Milo	Belgium	16:20
56	Paula Fudge	England	16:22
57	Brenda Shackleton	Canada	16:22
58	Amelia Lorza Lopez	Spain	16:23
59	Ann Hilliard	Ireland	16:24
60	Rita Marchisio	Italy	16:24
61	Roberta Brunet	Italy	16:24
62	Ulla Marquette	Canada	16:25
63	Jill Rothwell	England	16:25
64	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	16:26
65	Liu Aixuan	China	16:27
66	Jocelyne Villeton	France	16:27
67	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway	16:28
68	Tove Lutdal	Norway	16:29
69	Lucilia Soares	Portugal	16:29
70	Kerith Duncanson	Australia	16:30
71	Marina Samy	England	16:31
72	Rosa Oliveira	Portugal	16:32
73	Teresa Recio	Spain	16:33
74	Susi Riermeier	West Germany	16:34
75	Kersti Jakobsen	Denmark	16:34
76	Wilma Rusman	Netherlands	16:38
77	Asuncion Sinobas	Spain	16:42
78	Deirdre Nagle	Ireland	16:43
79	Luo Yuxiu	China	16:43
80	Sandra Rettie	Canada	16:43
81	Linden Wilde	New Zealand	16:43
82	Astrid Schmidt	West Germany	16:44
83	Mehan Sloane	Australia	16:46
84	Elise Lyon	Scotland	16:46
85	Martine Oppliger	Switzerland	16:47
86	Sheila Purves	Hong Kong	16:48
87	Iulia Besliu	Romania	16:48
88	Betty Molteni	Italy	16:49
89	Wendy Ore	Wales	16:49
90	Montserrat Abello	Spain	16:50
91	Ria van Landeghem	Belgium	16:50
92	Christiane Finke	West Germany	16:54
93	Anne Keenan	Ireland	16:55
94	Christine Price	Scotland	16:56
95	Zhang Shuxian	China	16:57
96	Barbara King	Wales	16:58
97	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	16:59
98	Anne Lord	Australia	17:00
99	Ute Jamrozy	West Germany	17:01
100	Eefje van Wissen	Netherlands	17:03
101	June Standing	Scotland	17:03
102	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	17:04
103	Joke van Gerven	Netherlands	17:05
104	Begoña Herraez	Spain	17:06
105	Liève Slegers	Belgium	17:06
106	Birgitta Wåhlin	Sweden	17:09
107	Karen MacLeod	Scotland	17:10
108	Lynne Maddison	Wales	17:11
109	Avril McClung	Northern Ireland	17:17
110	Mie Poulsen Jensen	Denmark	17:21
111	Isabella Moretti	Switzerland	17:22
112	Gitte Karlshøj	Denmark	17:27
113	Lynda Bain	Scotland	17:29
114	Greta Hickey	Ireland	17:33
115	Camilla Harron	Northern Ireland	17:39
116	Jenny Lund	Australia	17:46
117	Rachida Asname	Morocco	17:48
118	Fiona Harwood	Wales	18:03
119	Hanne Kjärsgaard	Denmark	18:04
120	Rose Gavigan	Northern Ireland	18:11
121	Una Barry	Northern Ireland	18:16
122	Hanne Rasmussen	Denmark	18:20
123	Karin Hansen	Denmark	18:38
124	Amneh Odeh Murshed	Jordan	19:42
125	Sinead McGranaghan	Northern Ireland	19:47
126	Suzanne Bensadon	Gibraltar	20:17
127	Jenny Summers	Gibraltar	20:51
128	Joanna Lavarello	Gibraltar	21:30
129	Susan Duran	Gibraltar	22:41
130	Susan Garcia	Gibraltar	23:16
131	Jacky Carreras	Gibraltar	24:12

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	United States Cathy Branta 2 Betty Springs 9 Shelly Steely 15 Kathryn Hayes 16 (Mary Knisely) (28) (Nan Doak) (46)	42
	Soviet Union Olga Bondarenko 7 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 19 Marina Rodchenkova 20 Irina Bondarchuk 31 (Tatyana Sokolova) (41)	77
	Romania Fiţa Lovin 4 Elena Fidatof 10 Paula Ilie 34 Mariana Stanescu 48 (Iulia Besliu) (87)	96
4	France Annette Sergent 17 Martine Fays 23 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 26 Maria Lelut 43 (Sylvie Bornet) (45) (Jocelyne Villeton) (66)	109
5	Canada Debbie Scott 11 Susan Lee 18 Angela Chalmers 27 Brenda Shackleton 57 (Ulla Marquette) (62) (Sandra Rettie) (80)	113
6	Portugal Rosa Mota 13 Albertina Machado 22 Aurora Cunha 30 Lucilia Soares 69 (Rosa Oliveira) (72) (Conceição Ferreira) (97)	134
7	New Zealand Sue Bruce 8 Christine McMiken 25 Gail Rear 47 Mary O'Connor 64 (Linden Wilde) (81)	144
8	England Zola Budd 1 Julie Laughton 44 Mary Cotton 52 Paula Fudge 56 (Jill Rothwell) (63) (Marina Samy) (71)	153
9	Norway Ingrid Kristiansen 3 Christine Sørum 38 Anne Jorun Flaten 51 Grete Kirkeberg 67 (Tove Lutdal) (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 Louise McGrillen 40 Ann Hilliard 59 Deirdre Nagle 78 (Anne Keenan) (93) (Greta Hickey) (114)	189
12	Wales Angela Tooby 6 Susan Tooby 29 Wendy Ore 89 Barbara King 96 (Lynne Maddison) (108) (Fiona Harwood) (118)	220
13	Australia Sharon Dalton 21 Sally Pierson 54 Kerith Duncanson 70 Mehan Sloane 83 (Anne Lord) (98) (Jenny Lund) (116)	228
14	China Wang Huabi 33 Li Xiuxia 53 Liu Aixuan 65 Luo Yuxiu 79 (Zhang Shuxian) (95)	230
15	Belgium Francine Peeters 39 Corinne Debaets 49 Linda Milo 55 Ria van Landeghem 91 (Liève Slegers) (105)	234
16	Spain Ana Isabel Alonso 32 Amelia Lorza Lopez 58 Teresa Recio 73 Asuncion Sinobas 77 (Montserrat Abello) (90) (Begoña Herraez) (104)	240
17	Netherlands Carla Beurskens 24 Wilma Rusman 76 Eefje van Wissen 100 Joke van Gerven 103	303
18	Switzerland Cornelia Bürki 5 Martine Oppliger 85 Daria Nauer 102 Isabella Moretti 111	303
19	Scotland Yvonne Murray 42 Elise Lyon 84 Christine Price 94 June Standing 101 (Karen MacLeod) (107) (Lynda Bain) (113)	321
20	West Germany Susi Riermeier 74 Astrid Schmidt 82 Christiane Finke 92 Ute Jamrozy 99	347
21	Denmark Kersti Jakobsen 75 Mie Poulsen Jensen 110 Gitte Karlshøj 112 Hanne Kjärsgaard 119 (Hanne Rasmussen) (122) (Karin Hansen) (123)	416
22	Northern Ireland Avril McClung 109 Camilla Harron 115 Rose Gavigan 120 Una Barry 121 (Sinead McGranaghan) (125)	465
23	Gibraltar 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. ^[4]

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (6)
•   Belgium (5)
•   Canada (6)
•   China (5)
•   Denmark (6)
•   England (6)
•   France (6)
•   Gibraltar (6)
•   Hong Kong (1)
•   Ireland (6)
•   Italy (5)
•   Jordan (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   Netherlands (4)
•   New Zealand (5)
•   Northern Ireland (5)
•   Norway (5)
•   Portugal (6)
•   Romania (5)
•   Scotland (6)
•   Soviet Union (5)
•   Spain (6)
•   Sweden (2)
•    Switzerland (4)
•   United States (6)
•   Wales (6)
•   West Germany (4)

See also

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

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. 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 on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013