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]
Senior women's race at the 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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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 |
Complete results,[2] medallists,[3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.
Race results
editSenior women's race (4.99 km)
editIndividual
editTeams
edit- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation
editAn 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 (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
- ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- ^ 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