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

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 Negash2 Wolde Silasse Melkessa3 Rafera Workench4 Tilahun Ebba7 (Debebe Demisse)(8) (Kalcha Abcha)(18) | 16 |
| | Kenya Kipkemboi Kimeli1 Ngotho Musyoki5 Lawrence Gatogo6 Samuel Okemwa14 | 26 |
| | Spain José Manuel García9 Alejandro Gómez16 Antonio Pérez17 Antonio Peula22 (Marc Pujol)(27) (José Gruneiro)(35) | 64 |
| 4 | United States Jeff Cannada12 Chuck Trujillo15 Matt Giusto23 Simon Gutierrez45 (Hank Lee)(48) (Joe Falcon)(74) | 95 |
| 5 | England Paul Taylor21 Andrew Hollens26 Karl Palmer34 James Starling41 (Richard Findlow)(64) (Nicholas Hopkins)(81) | 122 |
| 6 | Italy Paolo Tagliapietra11 Mariano Salvatore19 Severino Bernardini31 Giuseppe Bentavegna66 (Amedeo Battistella)(85) | 127 |
| 7 | Hungary Sándor Serfözö39 Gyula Sárközi44 Róbert Banai53 Sándor Barcza61 (Zoltán Káldy)(70) (Tibor Baier)(128) | 197 |
| 8 | Tunisia Brahim Ayachi30 Hamed Hamdouni51 Ali Mechi59 Ali Anizi76 (Lotfi Rahali)(102) | 216 |
| 9 | France Guy-Marie Manceau25 Jean-Pierre Lautredoux33 Christophe Miellet65 Jean-Daniel Giroux93 (Fabrice Jonneau)(99) (Dominique Besnard)(115) | 216 |
| 10 | Wales Dale Rixon29 Neil Horsfield54 John Robinson67 Carl Worthington73 (Gary Grant)(92) (Alun Phillips)(121) | 223 |
| 11 | Australia Colin Dalton46 Ray Boyd55 Stuart Mee62 Kym Anderson63 (Mark Sewell)(68) (Anthony Ford)(113) | 226 |
| 12 | West Germany Bernd Bürger37 Axel Hardy42 Karsten Müller80 Dieter Ranftl83 | 242 |
| 13 | Scotland Tom Hanlon47 Matthew Smith50 Alastair Russell60 Pat Morris87 (Steve Begen)(107) (Brian Scally)(116) | 244 |
| 14 | Canada John Castellano36 Greg Andersen49 David Clark82 Garfield Westgate89 (Stephen Connell)(104) (Paul Challens)(120) | 256 |
| 15 | Belgium Roland Pauwels40 Gerdy Roose43 Jan Verstraeten96 Ruddy Walem101 | 280 |
| 16 | Portugal Fernando Figueiredo28 Carlos Reis78 Joaquim Figueiredo91 João Lopes94 (Antonio Resende)(DNF) (Rui Viegas)(DNF) | 291 |
| 17 | Algeria Bouazza Noualla72 Noui Hadj Nedjai75 Azzedine Brahmi77 Mohamed Benkara79 (Farid Boukais)(111) | 303 |
| 18 | Ireland Nick O'Brien56 Tom O'Gara69 Anthony Spellman90 James O'Sullivan117 (Brian Donohoe)(119) | 332 |
| 19 | Poland Leszek Bebło20 Jacek Szczygiel97 Stanislaw Zawol109 Jaroslaw Skorczewski110 (Leszek Stoklosa)(124) (Jacek Nitka)(136) | 336 |
| 20 | Denmark Mads Jacobsen84 Helmut Stuven95 Erik Jylling100 Lars Krogsgaard114 (Lars Bang Nielsen)(123) | 393 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia Joubran Ayed Al-Qahtani86 Hamaid Al-Dosari88 Omar Al-Safra106 Mohamed Al-Shahrani126 (Saleh Mubarak Al-Beyya)(130) | 406 |
| 22 | Northern Ireland Seamus McCann71 Gerry Conway118 Declan Caddell122 Philip Tweedie125 (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)