1985 London Marathon Explained

Competition:	5th London Marathon
Venue:	London, United Kingdom
Date:	21 April 1985
Men:	Steve Jones
Men Win Value:	2:08:16
Women:	Ingrid Kristiansen
Women Win Value:	2:21:06
Wheelchair Men:	Chris Hallam
Wheelchair Men Win Value:	2:19:53
Wheelchair Women:	Kay McShane
Wheelchair Women Win Value:	2:47:12
Prev:	1984
Next:	1986

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]

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
			2:08:16
			2:08:33
			2:09:16
4			2:09:23
5			2:09:43
6			2:11:23
7			2:11:43
8			2:12:57
9			2:13:00
10			2:13:54
11			2:14:35
12			2:14:51
13			2:14:59
14			2:15:00
15			2:15:02
16			2:15:12
17			2:15:17
18			2:15:24
19			2:15:38
20			2:15:45

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:21:06
			2:28:06
			2:28:38
4			2:31:19
5			2:32:35
6			2:33:20
7			2:33:38
8			2:34:58
9			2:35:12
10			2:37:26
11			2:37:47
12			2:39:04
13			2:39:30
14			2:39:53
15			2:42:56
16			2:43:26
17			2:44:42
18			2:45:58
19			2:46:20
20			2:46:21

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:19:53
			2:19:55
			2:26:52
4			2:31:44
5			2:38:54
6			2:38:58
7			2:44:57
8			2:48:31
9			2:51:59
10			2:52:39

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Time
		2:47:12
		2:55:44
		3:21:19
4		3:27:09
5	Joanne Roberts	4:00:47

References

Results

Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

External links

Official website

Notes and References

https://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=this-day-kristiansen-clocks-the-1985-london-marathon/index.html On this day...Kristiansen clocks 2:21:06 in the 1985 London Marathon
http://london-marathon.s3.amazonaws.com/vmlm2014/live/uploads/cms_page_media/1111/2015-VMLM-Media-Guide-The-Past-Races.pdf 2015 London Marathon Media Guide
https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/news-media/media-resources/stats-and-figures/ Stats and Figures