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.

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

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

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

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

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
• Berlin Marathon results archive. Berlin Marathon. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

• Official website