The men's long jump event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 3 March in Piraeus, Greece. In a rare occurrence, the first two athletes recorded the same distance in their best jump and the second best jump. Because of this, the third best jump decided the gold medal.
Results
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Gyula Pálóczi |  Hungary |
7.79 | 7.71 | 7.96 | 7.94 | 8.01 | 8.15 | 8.15 | |
 |
László Szálma | Hungary |
7.64 | 7.79 | 7.94 | x | 8.01 | 8.15 | 8.15 | |
 |
Sergey Layevskiy |  Soviet Union |
7.83 | 8.03 | 8.07 | 8.14 | – | x | 8.14 | |
| 4 | Jan Leitner |  Czechoslovakia |
7.71 | 7.91 | x | 7.91 | 7.96 | 8.13 | 8.13 | |
| 5 | Giovanni Evangelisti |  Italy |
x | x | 7.77 | x | 7.91 | 8.01 | 8.01 | |
| 6 | Antonio Corgos |  Spain |
7.58 | 7.64 | 7.94 | x | x | x | 7.94 | |
| 7 | Atanas Atanasov |  Bulgaria |
7.55 | 7.79 | 7.78 | 7.86 | 7.77 | 7.67 | 7.86 | |
| 8 | Claude Morinière |  France |
7.61 | 7.86 | x | x | x | x | 7.86 | |
| 9 | Emiel Mellaard |  Netherlands |
7.72 | 7.76 | 7.52 | 7.76 | ||||
| 10 | Zdeněk Hanáček | Czechoslovakia |
7.40 | 7.76 | x | 7.76 | ||||
| 11 | Vladimir Amidzhinov | Bulgaria |
7.70 | 7.61 | 7.64 | 7.70 | ||||
| 12 | Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium |
7.68 | 7.60 | 7.57 | 7.68 | ||||
| 13 | Alberto Solanas | Spain |
7.59 | x | 7.60 | 7.60 | ||||
| 14 | René Gloor |  Switzerland |
7.59 | 7.48 | 7.39 | 7.59 | ||||
| 15 | Zsolt Szabó | Hungary |
x | 7.56 | x | 7.56 | ||||
| 16 | Markus Kessler |  West Germany |
x | 7.53 | x | 7.53 | ||||
| 17 | Christian Thomas | West Germany |
x | 7.50 | x | 7.50 | ||||
| 18 | Einar Sagli |  Norway |
7.47 | x | – | 7.47 | ||||
| 19 | José Leitão |  Portugal |
6.88 | x | x | 6.88 | ||||
| João Lima | Portugal |
x | x | x | NM |
References
- Results (p. 503)
- L'Athletisme (April 1985, p8)
| Long jump at the European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
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| Men | |
| Women | |
