The 1985 Boston Marathon was the 89th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 15. The elite men's race was won by Great Britain's Geoff Smith in a time of 2:14:05 hours and the women's race was won by American Lisa Rainsberger in 2:34:06. In the wheelchair race, George Murray of the United States won the men's race in 1:45:34 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:05:26.

89th Boston Marathon
Competitors running in the marathon
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 15
Champions
MenGeoff Smith (2:14:05)
WomenLisa Rainsberger (2:34:06)
Wheelchair menGeorge Murray (1:43:25)
Wheelchair womenCandace Cable (2:05:26)
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A total of 3931 runners finished the race, 3472 men and 459 women.

The elite field was of a lower standard than usual, given the lack of prize money on offer and it being the year after an Olympics. The men's and women's winners were by far the favourites for their races, Smith particularly so after the refusal to admit Mark Plaatjes into the race, as part of the international sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.[1]

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Geoff Smith   United Kingdom 2:14:05
  Gary Tuttle   United States 2:19:11
  Mark Helgeson   United States 2:21:15
4 Lou Supino   United States 2:21:19
5 Robert Doyle   United States 2:21:31
6 Toru Mimura   Japan 2:23:35
7 Charles Hewes   United States 2:23:35
8 Dan Dillon   United States 2:23:50
9 Christopher Fletcher   United States 2:24:29
10 Norman Blair   United States 2:25:23
11 Randall Dyson   United States 2:25:36
12 Mark Amway   United States 2:26:22
13 Wayne Jacob   United States 2:26:59
14 Michael Slavin   United States 2:26:59
15 Stephen Grygiel   United States 2:27:04
16 Mark Lohman   United States 2:27:11
17 Peter Kanfer   United States 2:27:12
18 John Zupanc   United States 2:27:13
19 Joseph Worden   United States 2:27:20
20 Edwin Hurlow   United States 2:27:58
21 Michael Novelli   United States 2:28:23
22 Bob Clifford   United States 2:28:27
23 Patrick Corrigan   United States 2:28:33
24 Kevin Retelle   United States 2:28:36
25 Fred Schneck   United States 2:28:39

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Lisa Rainsberger   United States 2:34:06
  Lynne Huntington   United Kingdom 2:42:15
  Karen Dunn   United States 2:42:27
4 Deborah Butterfield   United States 2:43:47
5 Vickie Smith   United States 2:46:33
6 Kathleen Northrop   United States 2:46:43
7 Kimberly Moody   United States 2:46:51
8 Mary Hynes   United States 2:48:57
9 Elizabeth Bulman   United States 2:50:16
10 Beth Dillinger   United States 2:50:36
11 Patricia Hinson   United States 2:52:42
12 Susan Lupica   United States 2:53:33
13 Caryle Andrew   United States 2:53:35
14 Sherry Langlais   United States 2:55:34
15 Betty Hite   United States 2:55:38
16 Pauline Brown   New Zealand 2:56:08
17 Sally Zimmer   United States 2:56:53
18 Nancy Munroe   United States 2:58:19
19 Eileen Portz   United States 2:58:33
20 Melinda Ireland   United States 2:59:11
21 Lynne Walmer   United States 2:59:44
22 Kirsten Gilbert   United States 2:59:55
23 Elizabeth Brim   United States 3:00:51
24 Pamela Burke   United States 3:00:59
25 Doreen Mastalli   United States 3:01:14

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  George Murray   United States 1:45:34
  André Viger   Canada 1:47:23
  Jim Knaub   United States 1:48:44
4 Tom Foran   United States 1:50:09
5 Paul Phelan   United States 1:51:40
6 Ron Minor   United States 1:54:23
7 Jim Martinson   United States 1:55:20
8 Jim Tennigkeit   United States 1:57:18
9 John Rodolph   United States 2:01:18
10 Randy Snow   United States 2:04:12

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Candace Cable   United States 2:05:26
  Angela Leriti   United States 2:21:11
  Amy Doofenbaker   United States 2:34:42

References

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  1. ^ Cimons, Marlene (1985-04-16). Geoff Smith Wins Boston Marathon; Record Bid Fails . Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
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