# 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior 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
### Senior men's race (12.19 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 33:33 |
| | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 33:37 |
| | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 33:38 |
| 4 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 33:45 |
| 5 | John Treacy | Ireland | 33:48 |
| 6 | Kassa Balcha | Ethiopia | 33:51 |
| 7 | Christoph Herle | West Germany | 33:53 |
| 8 | Abdelrazzak Bounour | Algeria | 33:54 |
| 9 | Pierre Levisse | France | 33:56 |
| 10 | Bruce Bickford | United States | 33:57 |
| 11 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 33:59 |
| 12 | Pat Porter | United States | 34:02 |
| 13 | Antonio Leitão | Portugal | 34:04 |
| 14 | Andrew Masai | Kenya | 34:06 |
| 15 | Viktor Chumakov | Soviet Union | 34:08 |
| 16 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 34:09 |
| 17 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 34:10 |
| 18 | Dave Lewis | England | 34:12 |
| 19 | Craig Virgin | United States | 34:12 |
| 20 | Rob de Castella | Australia | 34:17 |
| 21 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 34:19 |
| 22 | Joshua Kipkemboi | Kenya | 34:20 |
| 23 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 34:21 |
| 24 | David Murphy | England | 34:21 |
| 25 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 34:22 |
| 26 | Dave Clarke | England | 34:23 |
| 27 | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | 34:24 |
| 28 | Girma Berhanu | Ethiopia | 34:24 |
| 29 | John Woods | Ireland | 34:24 |
| 30 | Stanley Mandebele | Zimbabwe | 34:25 |
| 31 | José da Silva | Brazil | 34:26 |
| 32 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 34:27 |
| 33 | Chala Urgessa | Ethiopia | 34:28 |
| 34 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 34:29 |
| 35 | Richard O'Flynn | Ireland | 34:30 |
| 36 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 34:33 |
| 37 | Steve Jones | Wales | 34:34 |
| 38 | Féthi Baccouche | Tunisia | 34:34 |
| 39 | Salvatore Nicosia | Italy | 34:35 |
| 40 | Mark Curp | United States | 34:36 |
| 41 | Jackson Ruto | Kenya | 34:38 |
| 42 | John Robson | Scotland | 34:39 |
| 43 | Garry Briggs | Australia | 34:39 |
| 44 | João de Sousa | Brazil | 34:42 |
| 45 | James Kipngetich | Kenya | 34:44 |
| 46 | Gianni Demadonna | Italy | 34:45 |
| 47 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 34:47 |
| 48 | Nat Muir | Scotland | 34:48 |
| 49 | Klaas Lok | Netherlands | 34:48 |
| 50 | Eddy de Pauw | Belgium | 34:49 |
| 51 | Wang Helin | China | 34:50 |
| 52 | Pere Arco | Spain | 34:50 |
| 53 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 34:52 |
| 54 | Rex Wilson | New Zealand | 34:52 |
| 55 | Hailu Wolde Tsadik | Ethiopia | 34:52 |
| 56 | Jeff Drenth | United States | 34:53 |
| 57 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 34:54 |
| 58 | Mark Stickley | United States | 34:55 |
| 59 | Satoshi Kato | Japan | 34:55 |
| 60 | Zephaniah Ncube | Zimbabwe | 34:56 |
| 61 | Graham Clews | Australia | 34:56 |
| 62 | Abdellah Boubia | Morocco | 34:57 |
| 63 | Brian Sheriff | Zimbabwe | 34:58 |
| 64 | Hannu Okkola | Finland | 34:59 |
| 65 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 34:59 |
| 66 | Ari Paunonen | Finland | 35:00 |
| 67 | Ivan Konovalov | Soviet Union | 35:00 |
| 68 | Emmanuel Handzos | Greece | 35:01 |
| 69 | Mats Erixon | Sweden | 35:01 |
| 70 | Ronnie Carroll | Ireland | 35:02 |
| 71 | Vesa Kähkölä | Finland | 35:02 |
| 72 | John Bowden | New Zealand | 35:02 |
| 73 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 35:02 |
| 74 | Francisco Sánchez | Spain | 35:03 |
| 75 | Michael Scheytt | West Germany | 35:03 |
| 76 | David Barney | United States | 35:04 |
| 77 | Konrad Dobler | West Germany | 35:04 |
| 78 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 35:05 |
| 79 | Antonio Humberto | Colombia | 35:08 |
| 80 | Habib Romdani | Tunisia | 35:08 |
| 81 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 35:09 |
| 82 | Eloi Schleder | Brazil | 35:10 |
| 83 | Fernando Couto | Portugal | 35:10 |
| 84 | Dominique Coux | France | 35:11 |
| 85 | Paul Arpin | France | 35:11 |
| 86 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 35:12 |
| 87 | Marti ten Kate | Netherlands | 35:13 |
| 88 | Marco Gozzano | Italy | 35:16 |
| 89 | Abel Antón | Spain | 35:16 |
| 90 | Miloud Djellal | Algeria | 35:17 |
| 91 | Jean-Pierre Paumen | Belgium | 35:17 |
| 92 | Mohamed El Bali | Morocco | 35:18 |
| 93 | Larbi El Mouadden | Morocco | 35:18 |
| 94 | Andrew Lloyd | Australia | 35:19 |
| 95 | Antti Loikkanen | Finland | 35:19 |
| 96 | Valentin Rodríguez | Spain | 35:19 |
| 97 | Gerard Kiernan | Ireland | 35:19 |
| 98 | Michihiko Narita | Japan | 35:20 |
| 99 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 35:21 |
| 100 | Zoltán Kadlót | Hungary | 35:21 |
| 101 | Tommy Persson | Sweden | 35:21 |
| 102 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 35:22 |
| 103 | Abdelkader Kada | Morocco | 35:22 |
| 104 | Ieuan Ellis | Wales | 35:22 |
| 105 | Oddmund Roalkvam | Norway | 35:23 |
| 106 | Adugna Lema | Ethiopia | 35:23 |
| 107 | Peter Rusman | Netherlands | 35:23 |
| 108 | Robert Schneider | West Germany | 35:23 |
| 109 | Patrick Clabaut | France | 35:23 |
| 110 | Marty Froelick | United States | 35:24 |
| 111 | Cui Yulin | China | 35:24 |
| 112 | Barry Knight | England | 35:24 |
| 113 | Rebai Settouh | Algeria | 35:25 |
| 114 | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy | 35:25 |
| 115 | Michael Gilchrist | New Zealand | 35:26 |
| 116 | Derek Froude | New Zealand | 35:26 |
| 117 | Michael Spöttel | West Germany | 35:26 |
| 118 | Kari Kananen | Finland | 35:27 |
| 119 | Garry Henry | Australia | 35:27 |
| 120 | Emmanuel Goulin | France | 35:27 |
| 121 | Helder de Jesús | Portugal | 35:28 |
| 122 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 35:29 |
| 123 | José Luis González | Spain | 35:30 |
| 124 | Theo van den Abeele | Belgium | 35:31 |
| 125 | Tom Birnie | New Zealand | 35:31 |
| 126 | Julian Goater | England | 35:31 |
| 127 | John O'Toole | Ireland | 35:32 |
| 128 | Joseph Otieno | Kenya | 35:32 |
| 129 | Spiridon Andreopoulos | Greece | 35:32 |
| 130 | Benedito Porto | Brazil | 35:33 |
| 131 | Nick Brawn | England | 35:34 |
| 132 | Bernhard Mosigisi | Kenya | 35:35 |
| 133 | Ken Moloney | New Zealand | 35:35 |
| 134 | Pascal Debacker | France | 35:36 |
| 135 | John Bolger | Canada | 35:37 |
| 136 | Keld Johnsen | Denmark | 35:38 |
| 137 | Mike Quinn | Hong Kong | 35:40 |
| 138 | Ralf Salzmann | West Germany | 35:42 |
| 139 | Cidalio Caetano | Portugal | 35:42 |
| 140 | Bruce Rattray | New Zealand | 35:43 |
| 141 | John Vermeule | Netherlands | 35:43 |
| 142 | Masami Otsuka | Japan | 35:44 |
| 143 | Ahmed Chantibou | Morocco | 35:45 |
| 144 | Steve Martin | Northern Ireland | |
| 145 | Neil Tennant | Scotland | |
| 146 | Abderrazak Gtari | Tunisia | |
| 147 | Gert de Rudder | Belgium | |
| 148 | Colin Hume | Scotland | |
| 149 | Mohamed Nekkachi | Morocco | |
| 150 | Gord Christie | Canada | |
| 151 | Alan Cole | Wales | |
| 152 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | |
| 153 | Chris Buckley | Wales | |
| 154 | Thomas Sørensen | Denmark | |
| 155 | Yoshitsigu Iwanga | Japan | |
| 156 | Rafael Marques | Portugal | |
| 157 | Abderrahmane Morceli | Algeria | |
| 158 | Fotios Kourtis | Greece | |
| 159 | Herbert Stephan | West Germany | |
| 160 | Lahcene Babaci | Algeria | |
| 161 | Bruno Lafranchi | Switzerland | |
| 162 | Peder Poulsen | Sweden | |
| 163 | George Braidwood | Scotland | |
| 164 | Savas Koubouras | Greece | |
| 165 | Charles Haskett | Scotland | |
| 166 | Esa Liedes | Finland | |
| 167 | Tonnie Dirks | Netherlands | |
| 168 | Henrik Sandström | Finland | |
| 169 | Nourredine Benzaoui | Algeria | |
| 170 | Mike Bishop | England | |
| 171 | Hajima Nagasato | Japan | |
| 172 | Abdellah El Hatimi | Morocco | |
| 173 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | |
| 174 | Philippe Lahuerte | Canada | |
| 175 | Neil Cusack | Ireland | |
| 176 | Tore Axelsson | Sweden | |
| 177 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | |
| 178 | Hichem Oueslati | Tunisia | |
| 179 | Jorge Suarez | Colombia | |
| 180 | Paul Wheeler | Wales | |
| 181 | Adrie Hartveld | Netherlands | |
| 182 | Mahieddine Belhadj | Algeria | |
| 183 | Mustapha El Nechchadi | Morocco | |
| 184 | David Tavares | Portugal | |
| 185 | Hernando Hernandez | Colombia | |
| 186 | Gentil de Mello | Brazil | |
| 187 | Fethi Manai | Tunisia | |
| 188 | Lasmani Merzougui | Algeria | |
| 189 | Mike Deegan | England | |
| 190 | Philip Llewellyn | Wales | |
| 191 | Gregor Cameron | New Zealand | |
| 192 | Herman Hofstee | Netherlands | |
| 193 | Kai Jenkel | Switzerland | |
| 194 | Sisa Kirati | Kenya | |
| 195 | Marc Olesen | Canada | |
| 196 | Othmar Schoop | Switzerland | |
| 197 | Lars Bo Sørensen | Denmark | |
| 198 | Bobby Quinn | Scotland | |
| 199 | Chris Robison | England | |
| 200 | Bo Orrsveden | Sweden | |
| 201 | Ezzedine Amdouni | Tunisia | |
| 202 | Helio Aguiar | Brazil | |
| 203 | John Jenkins | Wales | |
| 204 | Deon McNeilly | Northern Ireland | |
| 205 | Ralph Petersen | Denmark | |
| 206 | Shozo Shimoju | Japan | |
| 207 | Nick de Castella | Australia | |
| 208 | Jean-Yves Berau | France | |
| 209 | Mohamed Ahmad | Palestine | |
| 210 | Adam Hoyle | Australia | |
| 211 | John Walsh | Northern Ireland | |
| 212 | Hwang Wen-Cheng | Chinese Taipei | |
| 213 | Pedro Luciano | Angola | |
| 214 | Jim Dingwall | Scotland | |
| 215 | Jaime López | Spain | |
| 216 | Konstantin Kyriazis | Greece | |
| 217 | Norman Tinkham | Canada | |
| 218 | Advaldo Neves | Brazil | |
| 219 | Feyissa Abebe | Ethiopia | |
| 220 | Paul O'Callaghan | Ireland | |
| 221 | Werner Meier | Switzerland | |
| 222 | Faycal M'hamdi | Tunisia | |
| 223 | Alvaro Palacios | Colombia | |
| 224 | Rom Tomer | Israel | |
| 225 | Paul Lawther | Northern Ireland | |
| 226 | Shayi Saad Al-Shahrani Mubarak | Saudi Arabia | |
| 227 | Gerard Barrett | Australia | |
| 228 | Mahmoud Hazzazi | Algeria | |
| 229 | Jean-Pierre Berset | Switzerland | |
| 230 | Moacir Marconi | Brazil | |
| 231 | Lucio Pereira | Portugal | |
| 232 | Osama El Sayed | Egypt | |
| 233 | Yeóryios Malliaris | Greece | |
| 234 | Palmireno Benjamin | Brazil | |
| 235 | Markus Hacksteiner | Switzerland | |
| 236 | Kurt Thor Straten | Denmark | |
| 237 | Sigurdur Sigmundsson | Iceland | |
| 238 | James Stafford | Canada | |
| 239 | Jean-Pierre de Ville | Belgium | |
| 240 | Tom Breen | Northern Ireland | |
| 241 | Raymond Curran | Northern Ireland | |
| 242 | John Christiansen | Denmark | |
| 243 | Paul Spowage | Hong Kong | |
| 244 | Panayiótis Karahalios | Greece | |
| 245 | Carlos José | Angola | |
| 246 | Mohamed Idriss | Egypt | |
| 247 | Ahmad Al-Hajry | Kuwait | |
| 248 | Jairo Cubillos Ramirez | Colombia | |
| 249 | Liu Chang-Chung | Chinese Taipei | |
| 250 | João Carvalho | Angola | |
| 251 | Ernesto José | Angola | |
| 252 | Ahmad Gharib | Kuwait | |
| 253 | Antonio Andrade | Angola | |
| 254 | John Chappory | Gibraltar | |
| 255 | Paul Stapleton | Hong Kong | |
| 256 | Hsu Gi-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | |
| 257 | Kenneth Davies | Wales | |
| 258 | Meree Al-Shahrani | Saudi Arabia | |
| 259 | Tim Soutar | Hong Kong | |
| 260 | Salem Al-Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | |
| 261 | Mouteb Al-Faouri | Jordan | |
| 262 | Andy Cullen | Gibraltar | |
| 263 | Chen Chang-Ming | Chinese Taipei | |
| 264 | Lee Yin-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | |
| 265 | Per Hoffmann | Denmark | |
| 266 | Hon Kwai Kwok | Hong Kong | |
| 267 | Francisco Silvestre | Angola | |
| 268 | Lin Hon-Long | Chinese Taipei | |
| 269 | Aurelio Falero | Gibraltar | |
| 270 | John Cunningham | Northern Ireland | |
| 271 | Ateya Al-Khashami | Saudi Arabia | |
| 272 | Mahdi Al-Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | |
| 273 | Gualter de Ceita | São Tomé and Príncipe | |
| 274 | Fahmi Abdul Wahab | North Yemen | |
| 275 | David Griffiths | Hong Kong | |
| 276 | Kao Chuan-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | |
| 277 | Aita Bdr. Limbu | Hong Kong | |
| 278 | Saleh Yacine | Palestine | |
| 279 | Keith Cawley | Hong Kong | |
| 280 | Joseph Falero | Gibraltar | |
| 281 | Saleh Darwish Ismail | Kuwait | |
| 282 | James Parody | Gibraltar | |
| 283 | Saad Al-Qahtani Kammah | Saudi Arabia | |
| 284 | Ahmed Al-Said | Palestine | |
| 285 | Wong Ip Chor | Hong Kong | |
| 286 | Mark Carreras | Gibraltar | |
| 287 | Ahmed Ali Al-Iqari | North Yemen | |
| 288 | Fabian Franco | Gibraltar | |
| 289 | Joseph Lane | Gibraltar | |
| 290 | Faisal Al-Tuwairqi | Saudi Arabia | |
| 291 | Saif Al-Shahrani | Saudi Arabia | |
| 292 | Hector Romero | Gibraltar | |
| 293 | Khaled Al-Safar | Saudi Arabia | |
| — | Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Håkan Börjesson | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Juha Moilanen | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Ross Copestake | Scotland | DNF |
| — | Micah Boinett | Kenya | DQ$^†$ |
$^†$: Micah Boinett from Kenya was initially 45th in 34:43 min, but disqualified.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Wodajo Bulti3 Bekele Debele4 Kassa Balcha6 Girma Berhanu28 Chala Urgessa33 Hailu Wolde Tsadik55 (Adugna Lema)(106) (Feyissa Abebe)(219) (Mohammed Kedir)(DNF) | 129 |
| | Kenya Paul Kipkoech2 Andrew Masai14 Boniface Merande17 Joshua Kipkemboi22 Jackson Ruto41 James Kipngetich45 (Joseph Otieno)(128) (Bernhard Mosigisi)(132) (Sisa Kirati)(194) | 141 |
| | United States Bruce Bickford10 Pat Porter12 Ed Eyestone16 Craig Virgin19 Mark Curp40 Jeff Drenth56 (Mark Stickley)(58) (David Barney)(76) (Marty Froelick)(110) | 153 |
| 4 | Italy Franco Boffi23 Gelindo Bordin27 Francesco Panetta36 Salvatore Nicosia39 Gianni Demadonna46 Marco Gozzano88 (Giuseppe Miccoli)(114) (Ranieri Carenza)(177) | 259 |
| 5 | Spain Antonio Prieto21 Vicente Polo32 Pere Arco52 Constantino Esparcia53 Francisco Sánchez74 Abel Antón89 (Valentin Rodríguez)(96) (José Luis González)(123) (Jaime López)(215) | 321 |
| 6 | Ireland John Treacy5 John Woods29 Richard O'Flynn35 Ronnie Carroll70 Gerard Kiernan97 John O'Toole127 (Roy Dooney)(152) (Neil Cusack)(175) (Paul O'Callaghan)(220) | 363 |
| 7 | Portugal Carlos Lopes1 Fernando Mamede11 Antonio Leitão13 Fernando Couto83 Helder de Jesús121 Cidalio Caetano139 (Rafael Marques)(156) (David Tavares)(184) (Lucio Pereira)(231) | 368 |
| 8 | England Dave Lewis18 David Murphy24 Dave Clarke26 Barry Knight112 Julian Goater126 Nick Brawn131 (Mike Bishop)(170) (Mike Deegan)(189) (Chris Robison)(199) | 437 |
| 9 | Finland Tommy Ekblom25 Hannu Okkola64 Ari Paunonen66 Vesa Kähkölä71 Antti Loikkanen95 Kari Kananen118 (Esa Liedes)(166) (Henrik Sandström)(168) | 439 |
| 10 | Australia Rob de Castella20 Garry Briggs43 Graham Clews61 Andrew Lloyd94 Steve Moneghetti102 Garry Henry119 (Nick de Castella)(207) (Adam Hoyle)(210) (Gerard Barrett)(227) | 439 |
| 11 | West Germany Christoph Herle7 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann57 Michael Scheytt75 Konrad Dobler77 Robert Schneider108 Michael Spöttel117 (Ralf Salzmann)(138) (Herbert Stephan)(159) | 441 |
| 12 | France Pierre Levisse9 Jean-Louis Prianon34 Dominique Coux84 Paul Arpin85 Patrick Clabaut109 Emmanuel Goulin120 (Pascal Debacker)(134) (Dominique Chauvelier)(173) (Jean-Yves Berau)(208) | 441 |
| 13 | New Zealand Rex Wilson54 John Bowden72 Michael Gilchrist115 Derek Froude116 Tom Birnie125 Ken Moloney133 (Bruce Rattray)(140) (Gregor Cameron)(191) | 615 |
| 14 | Sweden Lars-Erik Nilsson47 Mats Erixon69 Jan Hagelbrand81 Tommy Persson101 Peder Poulsen162 Tore Axelsson176 (Bo Orrsveden)(200) (Håkan Börjesson)(DNF) (Juha Moilanen)(DNF) | 636 |
| 15 | Morocco Abdellah Boubia62 Mohamed El Bali92 Larbi El Mouadden93 Abdelkader Kada103 Ahmed Chantibou143 Mohamed Nekkachi149 (Abdellah El Hatimi)(172) (Mustapha El Nechchadi)(183) | 642 |
| 16 | Brazil José da Silva31 João de Sousa44 Eloi Schleder82 Benedito Porto130 Gentil de Mello186 Helio Aguiar202 (Advaldo Neves)(218) (Moacir Marconi)(230) (Palmireno Benjamin)(234) | 675 |
| 17 | Canada Paul McCloy73 Alain Bordeleau78 Carey Nelson86 John Bolger135 Gord Christie150 Philippe Lahuerte174 (Marc Olesen)(195) (Norman Tinkham)(217) (James Stafford)(238) | 696 |
| 18 | Algeria Abdelrazzak Bounour8 Miloud Djellal90 Rebai Settouh113 Abderrahmane Morceli157 Lahcene Babaci160 Nourredine Benzaoui169 (Mahieddine Belhadj)(182) (Lasmani Merzougui)(188) (Mahmoud Hazzazi)(228) | 697 |
| 19 | Scotland John Robson42 Nat Muir48 Neil Tennant145 Colin Hume148 George Braidwood163 Charles Haskett165 (Bobby Quinn)(198) (Jim Dingwall)(214) (Ross Copestake)(DNF) | 711 |
| 20 | Belgium Eddy de Pauw50 Jos Maes65 Jean-Pierre Paumen91 Theo van den Abeele124 Gert de Rudder147 Jean-Pierre de Ville239 | 716 |
| 21 | Netherlands Klaas Lok49 Martin ten Kate87 Peter Rusman107 John Vermeule141 Tonnie Dirks167 Adrie Hartveld181 (Herman Hofstee)(192) | 732 |
| 22 | Japan Satoshi Kato59 Michihiko Narita98 Shuichi Yoneshige122 Masami Otsuka142 Yoshitsigu Iwanga155 Hajima Nagasato171 (Shozo Shimoju)(206) | 747 |
| 23 | Wales Steve Jones37 Ieuan Ellis104 Alan Cole151 Chris Buckley153 Paul Wheeler180 Philip Llewellyn190 (John Jenkins)(203) (Kenneth Davies)(257) | 815 |
| 24 | Tunisia Féthi Baccouche38 Habib Romdani80 Abderrazak Gtari146 Hichem Oueslati178 Fethi Manai187 Ezzedine Amdouni201 (Faycal M'hamdi)(222) | 830 |
| 25 | Greece Emmanuel Handzos68 Spiridon Andreopoulos129 Fotios Kourtis158 Savas Koubouras164 Konstantin Kyriazis216 Yeóryios Malliaris233 (Panayiótis Karahalios)(244) | 968 |
| 26 | Switzerland Marius Hasler99 Bruno Lafranchi161 Kai Jenkel193 Othmar Schoop196 Werner Meier221 Jean-Pierre Berset229 (Markus Hacksteiner)(235) | 1099 |
| 27 | Denmark Keld Johnsen136 Thomas Sørensen154 Lars Bo Sørensen197 Ralph Petersen205 Kurt Thor Straten236 John Christiansen242 (Per Hoffmann)(265) | 1170 |
| 28 | Northern Ireland Steve Martin144 Deon McNeilly204 John Walsh211 Paul Lawther225 Tom Breen240 Raymond Curran241 (John Cunningham)(270) | 1265 |
| 29 | Hong Kong Mike Quinn137 Paul Spowage243 Paul Stapleton255 Tim Soutar259 Hon Kwai Kwok266 David Griffiths275 (Aita Bdr. Limbu)(277) (Keith Cawley)(279) (Wong Ip Chor)(285) | 1435 |
| 30 | Angola Pedro Luciano213 Carlos José245 João Carvalho250 Ernesto José251 Antonio Andrade253 Francisco Silvestre267 | 1479 |
| 31 | Chinese Taipei Hwang Wen-Cheng212 Liu Chang-Chung249 Hsu Gi-Sheng256 Chen Chang-Ming263 Lee Yin-Sheng264 Lin Hon-Long268 (Kao Chuan-Kuang)(276) | 1512 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia Shayi Saad Al-Shahrani Mubarak226 Meree Al-Shahrani258 Salem Al-Qahtani260 Ateya Al-Khashami271 Mahdi Al-Qahtani272 Saad Al-Qahtani Kammah283 (Faisal Al-Tuwairqi)(290) (Saif Al-Shahrani)(291) (Khaled Al-Safar)(293) | 1570 |
| 33 | Gibraltar John Chappory254 Andy Cullen262 Aurelio Falero269 Joseph Falero280 James Parody282 Mark Carreras286 (Fabian Franco)(288) (Joseph Lane)(289) (Hector Romero)(292) | 1633 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 297 athletes from 47 countries in the Senior men's race, two athletes less than the official number published.
* Algeria (9)
* Angola (6)
* Australia (9)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (9)
* Canada (9)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (7)
* Colombia (5)
* Denmark (7)
* Egypt (2)
* England (9)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (8)
* France (9)
* Gibraltar (9)
* Greece (7)
* Hong Kong (9)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Ireland (9)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (8)
* Japan (7)
* Jordan (1)
* Kenya (10)
* Kuwait (3)
* Morocco (8)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (8)
* Northern Ireland (7)
* North Yemen (2)
* Norway (1)
* Palestine (3)
* Portugal (9)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Saudi Arabia (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (7)
* Tunisia (7)
* United States (9)
* Wales (8)
* West Germany (8)
* Zimbabwe (3)