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

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 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Cathy Branta 2
Betty Springs 9
Shelly Steely 15
Kathryn Hayes 16
(Mary Knisely) (28)
(Nan Doak) (46)
42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Olga Bondarenko 7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova 19
Marina Rodchenkova 20
Irina Bondarchuk 31
(Tatyana Sokolova) (41)
77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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]

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