1985 Berlin Marathon
# 1985 Berlin Marathon

The 1985 Berlin Marathon was the 12th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 29 September. Britain's James Ashworth won the men's race in 2:11:43 hours, while the women's race was won by Belgium Magda Ilands in 2:34:10. Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:57:28) and Gabriele Schild (2:33:51), won the men's and women's wheelchair races. A total of 9810 runners finished the race, comprising 9146 men and 664 women.

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | James Ashworth | United Kingdom | 2:11:43 |
| | Henrik Albahn | Denmark | 2:13:47 |
| | Marc De Blander | Belgium | 2:13:59 |
| 4 | Gyula Borka | Hungary | 2:14:02 |
| 5 | Justin Gloden | Luxembourg | 2:14:28 |
| 6 | Zbigniew Pierzynka | Poland | 2:14:41 |
| 7 | Johan Skovbjerg | Denmark | 2:14:50 |
| 8 | Eleuterio Antón | Spain | 2:15:39 |
| 9 | Bogdan Śliwiński | Poland | 2:15:44 |
| 10 | Józef Ziubrak | Poland | 2:16:08 |
| 11 | Willem Zeegers | Netherlands | 2:16:35 |
| 12 | Lucien Rottiers | Belgium | 2:16:56 |
| 13 | Ian Beauchamp | United Kingdom | 2:17:22 |
| 14 | Ingo Sensburg | West Germany | 2:17:33 |
| 15 | Joseph Perske | United States | 2:17:52 |
| 16 | Gerard Helme | United Kingdom | 2:17:57 |
| 17 | Víctor Mora | Colombia | 2:18:12 |
| 18 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 2:18:25 |
| 19 | Richard Umberg | Switzerland | 2:18:37 |
| 20 | Klaas Lok | Netherlands | 2:18:39 |

### Women

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Magda Ilands | Belgium | 2:34:10 |
| | Karen Holdsworth | United Kingdom | 2:35:18 |
| | Ágnes Sipka | Hungary | 2:35:27 |
| 4 | Gabriela Wolf | West Germany | 2:36:04 |
| 5 | Gabriela Gorzynska | Poland | 2:38:13 |
| 6 | Heidi Jacobsen | Norway | 2:38:29 |
| 7 | Angelika Dunke | West Germany | 2:39:35 |
| 8 | Helene Eschler | Switzerland | 2:43:02 |
| 9 | Linda Delvaux | Luxembourg | 2:43:41 |
| 10 | Mette Holm | Denmark | 2:44:42 |
| 11 | Sylvia Kerambrum | United Kingdom | 2:45:03 |
| 12 | Lorna Irving | United Kingdom | 2:45:34 |
| 13 | Celia Duncan | United Kingdom | 2:46:00 |
| 14 | Helle Dossing | Denmark | 2:46:39 |
| 15 | Sonja Ambrosy | West Germany | 2:47:19 |
| 16 | Helena Koziorynska | Poland | 2:49:47 |
| 17 | Regina Schulz | West Germany | 2:50:12 |
| 18 | Annemarie Grüner | West Germany | 2:50:33 |
| 19 | Vibeke Nielsen | Denmark | 2:50:42 |
| 20 | Daniela Staudenmann | Switzerland | 2:50:53 |

### Wheelchair men

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Heinz Frei | Switzerland | 1:57:28 |
| | Erwin Zemp | Switzerland | 1:57:29 |
| | Jean-Marc Berset | France | 2:03:51 |
| 4 | Hubert Foppe | West Germany | 2:10:29 |
| 5 | Hans Korte | West Germany | 2:10:30 |
| 6 | Frank Löhr | West Germany | 2:10:50 |
| 7 | Errol Merklein | West Germany | 2:14:58 |
| 8 | Terje Roel | Norway | 2:20:17 |
| 9 | Hans Albert Werkmann | West Germany | 2:20:38 |
| 10 | Urs Schild | Switzerland | 2:21:58 |

### Wheelchair women

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Gabriele Schild | Switzerland | 2:33:51 |
| | Margit Quell | West Germany | 2:42:21 |
| | Waltraud Hagenlocher | West Germany | 2:56:45 |
| 4 | Birgit Frank | West Germany | 2:58:56 |
| 5 | Roswitha Wotte | West Germany | 3:03:43 |
| 6 | Elly Kleiner | West Germany | 3:12:13 |
