# 1985 London Marathon

The 1985 London Marathon was the fifth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Steve Jones in a time of 2:08:16 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:21:06. Kristiansen's time was a marathon world record, knocking over a minute and a half off Joan Benoit's previous mark.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's Chris Hallam (2:19:53) and Ireland's Kay McShane (2:47:12) set course records in the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Around 83,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 22,274 had their applications accepted and 17,500 started the race. A total of 15,873 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Steve Jones | United Kingdom | 2:08:16 |
| | Charlie Spedding | United Kingdom | 2:08:33 |
| | Allister Hutton | United Kingdom | 2:09:16 |
| 4 | Christoph Herle | West Germany | 2:09:23 |
| 5 | Henrik Jørgensen | Denmark | 2:09:43 |
| 6 | Pat Petersen | United States | 2:11:23 |
| 7 | Bogumił Kuś | Poland | 2:11:43 |
| 8 | Øyvind Dahl | Norway | 2:12:57 |
| 9 | Eirik Berge | Norway | 2:13:00 |
| 10 | Mark Burnhope | United Kingdom | 2:13:54 |
| 11 | Mike Gratton | United Kingdom | 2:14:35 |
| 12 | Trevor Wright | New Zealand | 2:14:51 |
| 13 | Lindsay Robertson | United Kingdom | 2:14:59 |
| 14 | Nicholas Brawn | United Kingdom | 2:15:00 |
| 15 | Ieuan Ellis | United Kingdom | 2:15:02 |
| 16 | Robin Nash | United Kingdom | 2:15:12 |
| 17 | Graham Payne | United Kingdom | 2:15:17 |
| 18 | James Dingwall | United Kingdom | 2:15:24 |
| 19 | Andrew Girling | United Kingdom | 3:28:38 |
| 20 | Esa Tikkanen | Finland | 2:15:45 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 2:21:06 |
| | Sarah Rowell | United Kingdom | 2:28:06 |
| | Sally Ann Hales | United Kingdom | 2:28:38 |
| 4 | Ann Ford | United Kingdom | 2:31:19 |
| 5 | Mary O'Connor | New Zealand | 2:32:35 |
| 6 | Katy Laetsch | United States | 2:33:20 |
| 7 | Lynda Bain | United Kingdom | 2:33:38 |
| 8 | Sally Ellis | United Kingdom | 2:34:58 |
| 9 | Véronique Marot | United Kingdom | 2:35:12 |
| 10 | Carolyn Horne | United Kingdom | 2:37:26 |
| 11 | Antonella Bizioli | Italy | 2:37:47 |
| 12 | Annette Roberts | United Kingdom | 2:39:04 |
| 13 | Anne Grohansen | Norway | 2:39:30 |
| 14 | Kim Webb | United Kingdom | 2:39:53 |
| 15 | Celia Duncan | United Kingdom | 2:42:56 |
| 16 | Mette Holm | Denmark | 2:43:26 |
| 17 | Sandra Lappage | United Kingdom | 2:44:42 |
| 18 | Angie Hulley | United Kingdom | 2:45:58 |
| 19 | Barbara Byrnes | Australia | 2:46:20 |
| 20 | Eva Isaacs | Sweden | 2:46:21 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Chris Hallam | United Kingdom | 2:19:53 |
| | Gerry O'Rourke | Ireland | 2:19:55 |
| | Mike Bishop | United Kingdom | 2:26:52 |
| 4 | Kevin Breen | Ireland | 2:31:44 |
| 5 | John Grant | United Kingdom | 2:38:54 |
| 6 | Joseph Fletcher | United Kingdom | 2:38:58 |
| 7 | Gerry Kinsella | United Kingdom | 2:44:57 |
| 8 | Gordon Perry | United Kingdom | 2:48:31 |
| 9 | Mark Agar | United Kingdom | 2:51:59 |
| 10 | Steven Baumber | United Kingdom | 2:52:39 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Kay McShane | Ireland | 2:47:12 |
| | Josie Cichockyj | United Kingdom | 2:55:44 |
| | Denise Smith | United Kingdom | 3:21:19 |
| 4 | Karen Davidson | United Kingdom | 3:27:09 |
| 5 | Joanne Roberts | United Kingdom | 4:00:47 |