| 1968 European Indoor Games | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 3000 m | men | |
| 50 m hurdles | men | women |
| 4 × 182 m relay | women | |
| 4 × 364 m relay | men | |
| Medley relay | men | women |
| 3 × 1000 m relay | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
The men's long jump event at the 1968 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Madrid. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan |  Soviet Union | 7.91 | 8.16 | 8.01 | x | 7.86 | x | 8.16 | |
 | Tõnu Lepik | Soviet Union | 7.79 | 7.87 | 7.81 | 7.81 | x | x | 7.87 | |
 | Bernhard Stierle |  West Germany | x | 7.27 | x | 7.35 | 7.42 | 7.59 | 7.59 | |
| 4 | Klaus Beer |  East Germany | 7.42 | 7.44 | 7.14 | 7.55 | x | 7.54 | 7.55 | |
| 5 | Jacques Pani |  France | 7.53 | 7.48 | x | x | 7.51 | 7.53 | 7.53 | |
| 6 | Jacinto Segura |  Spain | x | 7.32 | 7.44 | 7.34 | 7.45 | 7.17 | 7.45 | |
| 7 | Dimitrios Maglaras |  Greece | 7.18 | |||||||
| 8 | Michael Sauer | West Germany | 7.14 | |||||||
| 9 | Petar Marin |  Bulgaria | 7.09 | |||||||
| 10 | Miroslav Hutter |  Czechoslovakia | 6.81 | |||||||
| 11 | Pasquale Santoro |  Italy | 5.43 | |||||||
| Rafael Blanquer | Spain | DNS |
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