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{{Infobox XC Championships
|Name       = 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
|Logo       = 
|Size       = 
|Caption    = 
|Organisers = [[IAAF]]
|Edition    = 13th
|Date       = March 24
|Host city  = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] {{flagicon|Portugal}}
|Location   = [[Jamor#Main sights|Sports Complex of Jamor]]
|Nations participating  = 50
|Athletes participating = 570
|Races      = 3
|Distances  = 12.19 km – Senior men <br/> 8.19 km – Junior men <br /> 4.99 km – Senior women
|Website    = 
|Previous   = [[1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1984 East Rutherford]]
|Next       = [[1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1986 Colombier]]
}}

The '''1985 [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]''' was held in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], at the [[Jamor#Main sights|Sports Complex of Jamor]] on March 24, 1985. A report on the event was given in the [[Glasgow Herald]].<ref name=herald_01>
{{ Citation 
| last = Gillon
| first =  Doug
| date = March 25, 1985
| title = 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...
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e-09AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wkgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6413%2C5466097
| publisher = [[Glasgow Herald]]
| page = 20
| access-date = October 22, 2013
}}
</ref>

Complete results for men,<ref name=archive_01>
{{ Citation
 |last=Magnusson 
 |first=Tomas 
 |date=September 8, 2007 
 |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985 
 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1985S.html 
 |publisher=Athchamps (archived) 
 |access-date=October 22, 2013 
 |url-status=bot: unknown 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110508/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1985S.html 
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 
}}
</ref> junior men,<ref name=archive_02>
{{ Citation
 |last=Magnusson 
 |first=Tomas 
 |date=April 14, 2007 
 |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km CC Men - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985 
 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1985S.html 
 |publisher=Athchamps (archived) 
 |access-date=October 22, 2013 
 |url-status=bot: unknown 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110033/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1985S.html 
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 
}}
</ref> women,<ref name=archive_03>
{{ Citation
 |last=Magnusson 
 |first=Tomas 
 |date=February 8, 2007 
 |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships  - 5.0km CC Women - Lissabon Sport Complex Jamor Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985 
 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1985S.html 
 |publisher=Athchamps (archived) 
 |access-date=October 22, 2013 
 |url-status=bot: unknown 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110850/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1985S.html 
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 
}}
</ref> medallists,<ref name=gbr_01>
{{ Citation 
| title = IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm
| publisher = Athletics Weekly
| access-date = October 9, 2013
}}
</ref> and the results of British athletes<ref name=iaaf_01>
{{ Citation
 |title=36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 |url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf
 |publisher=[[IAAF]] 
 |page=2ff 
 |access-date=October 9, 2013 
 |url-status=usurped
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf 
 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 
}}
</ref> were published.

==Medallists==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| '''Individual'''
|-
|Senior men<br />(12.19&nbsp;km)
|[[Carlos Lopes]]<br />{{flagcountry|POR}} || 33:33
|[[Paul Kipkoech]]<br />{{flagcountry|KEN}} || 33:37
|[[Wodajo Bulti]]<br />{{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 33:38
|-
|Junior men<br />(8.19&nbsp;km)
|[[Kipkemboi Kimeli]]<br />{{flagcountry|KEN}} || 22:18
|[[Habte Negash]]<br />{{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 22:37
|[[Wolde Silasse Melkessa]]<br />{{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 22:37
|-
|Senior women<br />(4.99&nbsp;km)
|[[Zola Budd]]<br />{{flagcountry|ENG}} || 15:01
|[[Cathy Branta]]<br />{{flagcountry|USA}} || 15:24
|[[Ingrid Kristiansen]]<br />{{flagcountry|NOR}} || 15:27
|-
|colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| '''Team'''
|-
|Senior men
|{{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 129
|{{flagcountry|KEN}} || 141
|{{flagcountry|USA}} || 153
|-
|Junior men
|{{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 16
|{{flagcountry|KEN}} || 26
|{{flagcountry|ESP}} || 64
|-
|Senior women
|{{flagcountry|USA}} || 42
|{{flagcountry|URS}} || 77
|{{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 96
|}

==Race results==

===Senior men's race (12.19 km)===
{{main|1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Individual race
|- 
! width=5%|Rank || width=20%|Athlete || width=15%|Country || width=10%|Time 
|- 
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | [[Carlos Lopes]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|POR}} || 33:33
|- 
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | [[Paul Kipkoech]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|KEN}} || 33:37
|- 
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | [[Wodajo Bulti]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 33:38
|- 
|align=center|   4 || align=left | [[Bekele Debele]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 33:45
|- 
|align=center|   5 || align=left | [[John Treacy]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 33:48
|- 
|align=center|   6 || align=left | [[Kassa Balcha]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 33:51
|- 
|align=center|   7 || align=left | [[Christoph Herle]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}} || 33:53
|- 
|align=center|   8 || align=left | [[Abdelrazzak Bounour]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ALG}} || 33:54
|- 
|align=center|   9 || align=left | [[Pierre Levisse]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 33:56
|- 
|align=center|  10 || align=left | [[Bruce Bickford (athlete)|Bruce Bickford]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 33:57
|- 
|align=center|  11 || align=left | [[Fernando Mamede]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|POR}} || 33:59
|- 
|align=center|  12 || align=left | [[Pat Porter]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 34:02
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=4 align=center | [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race#Individual|Full results]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Teams
|- 
! width=10%|Rank || width=30%|Team || width=10%|Points
|-
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Wodajo Bulti]] || align=right style="border:0"| 3
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Bekele Debele]] || align=right style="border:0"| 4
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Kassa Balcha]] || align=right style="border:0"| 6
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Girma Berhanu]] || align=right style="border:0"| 28
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Chala Urgessa]] || align=right style="border:0"| 33
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Hailu Wolde Tsadik]] || align=right style="border:0"| 55
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Adugna Lema]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (106)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Feyissa Abebe]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (219)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Mohammed Kedir]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (DNF)
|}
|| 129
|-
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|KEN}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Paul Kipkoech]] || align=right style="border:0"| 2
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Andrew Masai]] || align=right style="border:0"| 14
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Boniface Merande]] || align=right style="border:0"| 17
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Joshua Kipkemboi]] || align=right style="border:0"| 22
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Jackson Ruto]] || align=right style="border:0"| 41
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[James Kipngetich]] || align=right style="border:0"| 45
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Joseph Otieno]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (128)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Bernhard Mosigisi]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (132)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Sisa Kirati]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (194)
|}
|| 141
|-
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Bruce Bickford (athlete)|Bruce Bickford]] || align=right style="border:0"| 10
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Pat Porter]] || align=right style="border:0"| 12
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Ed Eyestone]] || align=right style="border:0"| 16
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Craig Virgin]] || align=right style="border:0"| 19
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Mark Curp]] || align=right style="border:0"| 40
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Jeff Drenth]] || align=right style="border:0"| 56
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Mark Stickley]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (58)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[David Barney (athlete)|David Barney]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (76)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Marty Froelick]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (110)
|}
|| 153
|-
|align=center|  4 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 259
|-
|align=center|  5 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP}} || 321
|-
|align=center|  6 || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 363
|-
|align=center|  7 || align=left | {{flagcountry|POR}} || 368
|-
|align=center|  8 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 437
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=3 align=center | [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race#Teams|Full results]]
|}
*<small>Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result</small>

===Junior men's race (8.19 km)===
{{main|1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Individual race
|- 
! width=5%|Rank || width=20%|Athlete || width=15%|Country || width=10%|Time 
|- 
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | [[Kipkemboi Kimeli]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|KEN}} || 22:18
|- 
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | [[Habte Negash]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 22:37
|- 
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | [[Wolde Silasse Melkessa]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 22:37
|- 
|align=center|   4 || align=left | [[Rafera Workench]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 22:45
|- 
|align=center|   5 || align=left | [[Ngotho Musyoki]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|KEN}} || 22:48
|- 
|align=center|   6 || align=left | [[Lawrence Gatogo]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|KEN}} || 23:04
|- 
|align=center|   7 || align=left | [[Tilahun Ebba]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 23:07
|- 
|align=center|   8 || align=left | [[Debebe Demisse]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} || 23:11
|- 
|align=center|   9 || align=left | [[José Manuel García (runner)|José Manuel García]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP}} || 23:15
|- 
|align=center|  10 || align=left | [[Brahim Boutayeb]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|MAR}} || 23:19
|- 
|align=center|  11 || align=left | [[Paolo Tagliapietra]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 23:22
|- 
|align=center|  12 || align=left | [[Jeff Cannada]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 23:23
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=4 align=center | [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race#Individual|Full results]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Teams
|- 
! width=10%|Rank || width=30%|Team || width=10%|Points
|-
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Habte Negash]] || align=right style="border:0"| 2
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Wolde Silasse Melkessa]] || align=right style="border:0"| 3
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Rafera Workench]] || align=right style="border:0"| 4
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Tilahun Ebba]] || align=right style="border:0"| 7
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Debebe Demisse]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (8)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Kalcha Abcha]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (18)
|}
|| 16
|-
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|KEN}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Kipkemboi Kimeli]] || align=right style="border:0"| 1
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Ngotho Musyoki]] || align=right style="border:0"| 5
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Lawrence Gatogo]] || align=right style="border:0"| 6
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Samuel Okemwa]] || align=right style="border:0"| 14
|}
|| 26
|-
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[José Manuel García (runner)|José Manuel García]] || align=right style="border:0"| 9
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Alejandro Gómez (athlete)|Alejandro Gómez]] || align=right style="border:0"| 16
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Antonio Pérez (athlete)|Antonio Pérez]] || align=right style="border:0"| 17
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Antonio Peula]] || align=right style="border:0"| 22
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Marc Pujol (athlete)|Marc Pujol]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (27)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[José Gruneiro]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (35)
|}
|| 64
|-
|align=center|  4 || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 95
|-
|align=center|  5 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 122
|-
|align=center|  6 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 127
|-
|align=center|  7 || align=left | {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} || 197
|-
|align=center|  8 || align=left | {{flagcountry|TUN}} || 216
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=3 align=center | [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race#Teams|Full results]]
|}
*<small>Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result</small>

===Senior women's race (4.99 km)===
{{main|1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Individual race
|- 
! width=5%|Rank || width=20%|Athlete || width=15%|Country || width=10%|Time 
|- 
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | [[Zola Budd]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 15:01
|- 
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | [[Cathy Branta]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 15:24
|- 
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | [[Ingrid Kristiansen]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|NOR}} || 15:27
|- 
|align=center|   4 || align=left | [[Fiţa Lovin]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ROM|1965}} || 15:35
|- 
|align=center|   5 || align=left | [[Cornelia Bürki]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|SUI}} || 15:38
|- 
|align=center|   6 || align=left | [[Angela Tooby]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|WAL}} || 15:40
|- 
|align=center|   7 || align=left | [[Olga Bondarenko]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 15:40
|- 
|align=center|   8 || align=left | [[Sue Bruce]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|NZL}} || 15:42
|- 
|align=center|   9 || align=left | [[Betty Springs]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 15:44
|- 
|align=center|  10 || align=left | [[Elena Fidatof]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ROM|1965}} || 15:47
|- 
|align=center|  11 || align=left | [[Debbie Scott]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|CAN}} || 15:49
|- 
|align=center|  12 || align=left | [[Monica Joyce]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 15:49
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=4 align=center | [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race#Individual|Full results]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Teams
|- 
! width=10%|Rank || width=30%|Team || width=10%|Points
|-
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Cathy Branta]] || align=right style="border:0"| 2
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Betty Springs]] || align=right style="border:0"| 9
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Shelly Steely]] || align=right style="border:0"| 15
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Kathryn Hayes]] || align=right style="border:0"| 16
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Mary Knisely]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (28)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Nan Doak]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (46)
|}
|| 42
|-
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Olga Bondarenko]] || align=right style="border:0"| 7
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Tatyana Pozdnyakova]] || align=right style="border:0"| 19
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Marina Rodchenkova]] || align=right style="border:0"| 20
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Irina Bondarchuk]] || align=right style="border:0"| 31
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Tatyana Sokolova]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (41)
|}
|| 77
|-
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Fiţa Lovin]] || align=right style="border:0"| 4
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Elena Fidatof]] || align=right style="border:0"| 10
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Paula Ivan|Paula Ilie]] || align=right style="border:0"| 34
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Mariana Stanescu]] || align=right style="border:0"| 48
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Iulia Besliu]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (87)
|}
|| 96
|-
|align=center|  4 || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 109
|-
|align=center|  5 || align=left | {{flagcountry|CAN}} || 113
|-
|align=center|  6 || align=left | {{flagcountry|POR}} || 134
|-
|align=center|  7 || align=left | {{flagcountry|NZL}} || 144
|-
|align=center|  8 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 153
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=3 align=center | [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race#Teams|Full results]]
|}
*<small>Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result</small>

==Medal table (unofficial)==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = POR
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_ETH = 2 | silver_ETH = 1 | bronze_ETH = 2 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1975}}
 | gold_KEN = 1 | silver_KEN = 3 | bronze_KEN = 0
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_ENG = 1 | silver_ENG = 0 | bronze_ENG = 0
 | gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 0 | host_POR = yes 
 | gold_URS = 0 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1 | name_ROU = {{flagteam|ROU|1965}}
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
}}

*<small>Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.</small>

==Participation==
An unofficial count yields the participation of 569 athletes from 50 countries, four athletes (2 senior men, 2 junior men) less than the official number published.<ref name=iaaf_01/>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagcountry|ALG}} (15)
*{{flagcountry|ANG}} (6)
*{{flagcountry|AUS}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|BEL}} (15)
*{{flagcountry|BRA}} (9)
*{{flagcountry|CAN}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|CHN}} (7)
*{{flagcountry|TPE}} (7)
*{{flagcountry|COL}} (5)
*{{flagcountry|DEN}} (18)
*{{flagcountry|EGY}} (2)
*{{flagcountry|ENG}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|ETH|1975}} (15)
*{{flagcountry|FIN}} (9)
*{{flagcountry|FRA}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|GIB}} (17)
*{{flagcountry|GRE}} (7)
*{{flagcountry|HKG|1959}} (10)
*{{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} (7)
*{{flagcountry|ISL}} (3)
*{{flagcountry|IRL}} (20)
*{{flagcountry|ISR}} (2)
*{{flagcountry|ITA}} (18)
*{{flagcountry|JPN}} (7)
*{{flagcountry|JOR}} (2)
*{{flagcountry|KEN}} (14)
*{{flagcountry|KUW}} (6)
*{{flagcountry|MAR}} (12)
*{{flagcountry|NED}} (12)
*{{flagcountry|NZL}} (13)
*{{flagcountry|NIR}} (18)
*{{flagcountry|YAR}} (3)
*{{flagcountry|NOR}} (9)
*{{flagcountry|PLE}} (4)
*{{flagcountry|POL}} (6)
*{{flagcountry|POR}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|ROM|1965}} (5)
*{{flagcountry|STP}} (1)
*{{flagcountry|KSA}} (14)
*{{flagcountry|SCO}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|URS}} (7)
*{{flagcountry|ESP}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|SWE}} (13)
*{{flagcountry|SUI}} (12)
*{{flagcountry|TUN}} (12)
*{{flagcountry|TUR}} (1)
*{{flagcountry|USA}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|WAL}} (20)
*{{flagcountry|FRG}} (16)
*{{flagcountry|ZIM}} (3)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race]]
* [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race]]
* [[1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race]]
*[[1985 in athletics (track and field)]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071115222759/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/wxc_iaaf.html The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005]
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm GBRathletics]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071027154202/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/international/int69.htm Athletics Australia]

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