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

International athletics championship event

Junior men'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	8.19 km – Junior men
Participation	141 athletes from 35 nations
← 1984 East Rutherford 1986 Colombier →

The Junior men'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

Junior men's race (8.19 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kipkemboi Kimeli	Kenya	22:18
	Habte Negash	Ethiopia	22:37
	Wolde Silasse Melkessa	Ethiopia	22:37
4	Rafera Workench	Ethiopia	22:45
5	Ngotho Musyoki	Kenya	22:48
6	Lawrence Gatogo	Kenya	23:04
7	Tilahun Ebba	Ethiopia	23:07
8	Debebe Demisse	Ethiopia	23:11
9	José Manuel García	Spain	23:15
10	Brahim Boutayeb	Morocco	23:19
11	Paolo Tagliapietra	Italy	23:22
12	Jeff Cannada	United States	23:23
13	John Halvorsen	Norway	23:24
14	Samuel Okemwa	Kenya	23:26
15	Chuck Trujillo	United States	23:27
16	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	23:30
17	Antonio Pérez	Spain	23:34
18	Kalcha Abcha	Ethiopia	23:35
19	Mariano Salvatore	Italy	23:36
20	Leszek Bebło	Poland	23:36
21	Paul Taylor	England	23:37
22	Antonio Peula	Spain	23:39
23	Matt Giusto	United States	23:41
24	Lahcen Tabessart	Morocco	23:44
25	Guy-Marie Manceau	France	23:49
26	Andrew Hollens	England	23:50
27	Marc Pujol	Spain	23:50
28	Fernando Figueiredo	Portugal	23:50
29	Dale Rixon	Wales	23:52
30	Brahim Ayachi	Tunisia	23:52
31	Severino Bernardini	Italy	23:53
32	Akdogan Zekeriya	Turkey	23:55
33	Jean-Pierre Lautredoux	France	23:56
34	Karl Palmer	England	23:58
35	José Gruneiro	Spain	23:58
36	John Castellano	Canada	23:58
37	Bernd Bürger	West Germany	23:59
38	Steinar Opheim	Norway	24:00
39	Sándor Serfözö	Hungary	24:01
40	Roland Pauwels	Belgium	24:02
41	James Starling	England	24:04
42	Axel Hardy	West Germany	24:04
43	Gerdy Roose	Belgium	24:05
44	Gyula Sárközi	Hungary	24:06
45	Simon Gutierrez	United States	24:06
46	Colin Dalton	Australia	24:07
47	Tom Hanlon	Scotland	24:10
48	Hank Lee	United States	24:11
49	Greg Andersen	Canada	24:13
50	Matthew Smith	Scotland	24:14
51	Hamed Hamdouni	Tunisia	24:15
52	Daniel Hacksteiner	Switzerland	24:16
53	Róbert Banai	Hungary	24:16
54	Neil Horsfield	Wales	24:19
55	Ray Boyd	Australia	24:20
56	Nick O'Brien	Ireland	24:21
57	Mika Maaskola	Finland	24:21
58	Eyob Muller	Netherlands	24:22
59	Ali Mechi	Tunisia	24:23
60	Alastair Russell	Scotland	24:24
61	Sándor Barcza	Hungary	24:25
62	Stuart Mee	Australia	24:25
63	Kym Anderson	Australia	24:28
64	Richard Findlow	England	24:29
65	Christophe Miellet	France	24:30
66	Giuseppe Bentavegna	Italy	24:31
67	John Robinson	Wales	24:32
68	Mark Sewell	Australia	24:33
69	Tom O'Gara	Ireland	24:35
70	Zoltán Káldy	Hungary	24:36
71	Seamus McCann	Northern Ireland	24:39
72	Bouazza Noualla	Algeria	24:40
73	Carl Worthington	Wales	24:41
74	Joe Falcon	United States	24:42
75	Noui Hadj Nedjai	Algeria	24:43
76	Ali Anizi	Tunisia	24:43
77	Azzedine Brahmi	Algeria	24:44
78	Carlos Reis	Portugal	24:45
79	Mohamed Benkara	Algeria	24:45
80	Karsten Müller	West Germany	24:45
81	Nicholas Hopkins	England	24:46
82	David Clarke	Canada	24:47
83	Dieter Ranftl	West Germany	24:47
84	Mads Jacobsen	Denmark	24:48
85	Amedeo Battistella	Italy	24:50
86	Joubran Ayed Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	24:51
87	Pat Morris	Scotland	24:53
88	Hamaid Al-Dosari	Saudi Arabia	24:55
89	Garfield Westgate	Canada	24:57
90	Anthony Spellman	Ireland	25:00
91	Joaquim Figueiredo	Portugal	25:01
92	Gary Grant	Wales	25:02
93	Jean-Daniel Giroux	France	25:04
94	João Lopes	Portugal	25:06
95	Helmut Stuven	Denmark	25:11
96	Jan Verstraeten	Belgium	25:13
97	Jacek Szczygiel	Poland	25:14
98	Tore Bergsåker	Norway	25:16
99	Fabrice Jonneau	France	25:17
100	Erik Jylling	Denmark	25:18
101	Ruddy Walem	Belgium	25:20
102	Lotfi Rahali	Tunisia	25:21
103	Magnus Bengtsson	Sweden	25:27
104	Stephen Connell	Canada	25:30
105	Awad Saleh Ahmed	North Yemen	25:32
106	Omar Al-Safra	Saudi Arabia	25:35
107	Steve Begen	Scotland	25:36
108	Jamal Mahmoud Hamada	Palestine	25:38
109	Stanislaw Zawol	Poland	25:39
110	Jaroslaw Skorczewski	Poland	25:42
111	Farid Boukais	Algeria	25:44
112	Eli Tamar	Israel	25:45
113	Anthony Ford	Australia	25:46
114	Lars Krogsgaard	Denmark	25:47
115	Dominique Besnard	France	25:48
116	Brian Scally	Scotland	25:56
117	James O'Sullivan	Ireland	26:01
118	Gerry Conway	Northern Ireland	26:05
119	Brian Donohoe	Ireland	26:07
120	Paul Challens	Canada	26:10
121	Alun Phillips	Wales	26:13
122	Declan Caddell	Northern Ireland	26:21
123	Lars Bang Nielsen	Denmark	26:25
124	Leszek Stoklosa	Poland	26:28
125	Philip Tweedie	Northern Ireland	26:33
126	Mohamed Al-Shahrani	Saudi Arabia	26:41
127	Manahy Falah Al-Azhni	Kuwait	26:56
128	Tibor Baier	Hungary	27:01
129	Michael Hunter	Northern Ireland	27:04
130	Saleh Mubarak Al-Beyya	Saudi Arabia	27:05
131	Gardar Sigurdsson	Iceland	27:15
132	Michael Wray	Northern Ireland	27:30
133	Faisal Al-Etebi	Kuwait	27:35
134	Patrik Wallin	Sweden	27:41
135	Khalid Aziz	Kuwait	27:45
136	Jacek Nitka	Poland	27:52
137	Michael Neish	Gibraltar	28:17
138	Steinn Jóhannsson	Iceland	29:09
139	Mark Sanchez	Gibraltar	29:09
—	Antonio Resende	Portugal	DNF
—	Rui Viegas	Portugal	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Habte Negash	2
Wolde Silasse Melkessa	3
Rafera Workench	4
Tilahun Ebba	7
(Debebe Demisse)	(8)
(Kalcha Abcha)	(18)

Kenya

Kipkemboi Kimeli	1
Ngotho Musyoki	5
Lawrence Gatogo	6
Samuel Okemwa	14

Spain

José Manuel García	9
Alejandro Gómez	16
Antonio Pérez	17
Antonio Peula	22
(Marc Pujol)	(27)
(José Gruneiro)	(35)

United States

Jeff Cannada	12
Chuck Trujillo	15
Matt Giusto	23
Simon Gutierrez	45
(Hank Lee)	(48)
(Joe Falcon)	(74)

England

Paul Taylor	21
Andrew Hollens	26
Karl Palmer	34
James Starling	41
(Richard Findlow)	(64)
(Nicholas Hopkins)	(81)

122

Italy

Paolo Tagliapietra	11
Mariano Salvatore	19
Severino Bernardini	31
Giuseppe Bentavegna	66
(Amedeo Battistella)	(85)

127

Hungary

Sándor Serfözö	39
Gyula Sárközi	44
Róbert Banai	53
Sándor Barcza	61
(Zoltán Káldy)	(70)
(Tibor Baier)	(128)

197

Tunisia

Brahim Ayachi	30
Hamed Hamdouni	51
Ali Mechi	59
Ali Anizi	76
(Lotfi Rahali)	(102)

216

France

Guy-Marie Manceau	25
Jean-Pierre Lautredoux	33
Christophe Miellet	65
Jean-Daniel Giroux	93
(Fabrice Jonneau)	(99)
(Dominique Besnard)	(115)

216

Wales

Dale Rixon	29
Neil Horsfield	54
John Robinson	67
Carl Worthington	73
(Gary Grant)	(92)
(Alun Phillips)	(121)

223

Australia

Colin Dalton	46
Ray Boyd	55
Stuart Mee	62
Kym Anderson	63
(Mark Sewell)	(68)
(Anthony Ford)	(113)

226

West Germany

Bernd Bürger	37
Axel Hardy	42
Karsten Müller	80
Dieter Ranftl	83

242

Scotland

Tom Hanlon	47
Matthew Smith	50
Alastair Russell	60
Pat Morris	87
(Steve Begen)	(107)
(Brian Scally)	(116)

244

Canada

John Castellano	36
Greg Andersen	49
David Clark	82
Garfield Westgate	89
(Stephen Connell)	(104)
(Paul Challens)	(120)

256

Belgium

Roland Pauwels	40
Gerdy Roose	43
Jan Verstraeten	96
Ruddy Walem	101

280

Portugal

Fernando Figueiredo	28
Carlos Reis	78
Joaquim Figueiredo	91
João Lopes	94
(Antonio Resende)	(DNF)
(Rui Viegas)	(DNF)

291

Algeria

Bouazza Noualla	72
Noui Hadj Nedjai	75
Azzedine Brahmi	77
Mohamed Benkara	79
(Farid Boukais)	(111)

303

Ireland

Nick O'Brien	56
Tom O'Gara	69
Anthony Spellman	90
James O'Sullivan	117
(Brian Donohoe)	(119)

332

Poland

Leszek Bebło	20
Jacek Szczygiel	97
Stanislaw Zawol	109
Jaroslaw Skorczewski	110
(Leszek Stoklosa)	(124)
(Jacek Nitka)	(136)

336

Denmark

Mads Jacobsen	84
Helmut Stuven	95
Erik Jylling	100
Lars Krogsgaard	114
(Lars Bang Nielsen)	(123)

393

Saudi Arabia

Joubran Ayed Al-Qahtani	86
Hamaid Al-Dosari	88
Omar Al-Safra	106
Mohamed Al-Shahrani	126
(Saleh Mubarak Al-Beyya)	(130)

406

Northern Ireland

Seamus McCann	71
Gerry Conway	118
Declan Caddell	122
Philip Tweedie	125
(Michael Hunter)	(129)
(Michael Wray)	(132)

436

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 141 athletes from 35 countries in the Junior men's race, two athletes less than the official number published.

Algeria (5)
Australia (6)
Belgium (4)
Canada (6)
Denmark (5)
England (6)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (1)
France (6)
Gibraltar (2)
Hungary (6)
Iceland (2)
Ireland (5)
Israel (1)
Italy (5)
Kenya (4)
Kuwait (3)
Morocco (2)
Netherlands (1)
Northern Ireland (6)
North Yemen (1)
Norway (3)
Palestine (1)
Poland (6)
Portugal (6)
Saudi Arabia (5)
Scotland (6)
Spain (6)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (1)
Tunisia (5)
Turkey (1)
United States (6)
Wales (6)
West Germany (4)

References

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
Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km CC Men - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ 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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