Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's marathon

The men's marathon event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 1 September 1985.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Orlando Pizzolato	Italy	2:20:06
	Salvatore Nicosia	Italy	2:21:09
	Paul Gompers	United States	2:21:40
4	Yuriy Straykov	Soviet Union	2:23:02
5	Yu Jae-seong	South Korea	2:23:17
6	Petr Saltyakov	Soviet Union	2:24:55
7	Toshihiro Shibutani	Japan	2:27:12
8	Sam Cho Myong	North Korea	2:30:00
9	Peter Lyrenmann	Switzerland	2:30:49
10	James Njeru	Kenya	2:33:02
11	Li D.	North Korea	2:42:17
12	Adolphe Ambowode	Central African Republic	2:45:18
13	Ismael Mahmoud Ghassab	Jordan	2:45:27
14	Tomohiro Imamura	Japan	2:46:08
15	Amira Prasad Yadav	Nepal	3:03:20
	George Mambosasa	Malawi	DNF
	Chik Ho Sing	Hong Kong	DNF
	Kiyoji Hayashi	Japan	DNF
	Mark Stickley	United States	DNF
	Richard Cawkwell	Canada	DNF
	Georgios Afordakos	Greece	DNF
	Patrick Ashkettle	New Zealand	DNF
	M. Alombi	Zaire	DNF