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.^[1]

5th London Marathon
Venue	London, United Kingdom
Date	21 April 1985
Champions
Men	Steve Jones (2:08:16)
Women	Ingrid Kristiansen (2:21:06)
Wheelchair men	Chris Hallam (2:19:53)
Wheelchair women	Kay McShane (2:47:12)
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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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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