| 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 2–3 March 1985 |
| Host city | Piraeus, Attica  Greece |
| Venue | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
| Events | 22 |
| Participation | 318 athletes from 26 nations |
The 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Attica, Greece, on 2 and 3 March 1985.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |  Mike McFarlane (GBR) | 6.61 |  Antoine Richard (FRA) | 6.63 |  Ronald Desruelles (BEL) | 6.64 |
| 200 metres |  Stefano Tilli (ITA) | 20.77 |  Olaf Prenzler (GDR) | 20.83 |  Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) | 20.95 |
| 400 metres | Todd Bennett (GBR) | 45.56 |  Klaus Just (FRG) | 45.90 |  José Alonso (ESP) | 46.52 |
| 800 metres | Rob Harrison (GBR) | 1:49.09 |  Petru Drăgoescu (ROM) | 1:49.38 | Leonid Masunov (URS) | 1:49.59 |
| 1500 metres | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:39.26 |  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) | 3:39.75 | José Luis Carreira (ESP) | 3:40.43 |
| 3000 metres | Bob Verbeeck (BEL) | 8:10.84 | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 8:10.88 | Vitaliy Tyshchenko (URS) | 8:10.91 |
| 60 metres hurdles |  György Bakos (HUN) | 7.60 |  Jiří Hudec (TCH) | 7.68 | Vyacheslav Ustinov (URS) | 7.70 |
| High jump |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.35 | Aleksandr Kotovich (URS) | 2.30 |  Dariusz Biczysko (POL) | 2.30 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.70 | Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS) | 5.70 |  Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.60 |
| Long jump | Gyula Pálóczi (HUN) | 8.15 | László Szalma (HUN) | 8.15 | Sergey Layevskiy (URS) | 8.14 |
| Triple jump | Khristo Markov (BUL) | 17.29 | Ján Čado (TCH) | 17.23 | Volker Mai (GDR) | 17.14 |
| Shot put | Remigius Machura (TCH) | 21.74 | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 21.44 |  Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.23 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |  Nelli Cooman (NED) | 7.10 | Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 7.13 | Heather Oakes (GBR) | 7.22 |
| 200 metres | Marita Koch (GDR) | 22.82 | Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) | 23.06 | Els Vader (NED) | 23.64 |
| 400 metres | Sabine Busch (GDR) | 51.35 | Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) | 51.40 | Alena Bulířová (TCH) | 52.64 |
| 800 metres | Ella Kovacs (ROM) | 2:00.51 | Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) | 2:00.90 | Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 2:01.01 |
| 1500 metres | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 4:02.54 | Fiţa Lovin (ROM) | 4:03.46 | Brigitte Kraus (FRG) | 4:03.64 |
| 3000 metres | Agnese Possamai (ITA) | 8:55.25 | Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 8:58.03 | Yvonne Murray (GBR) | 9:00.94 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.90 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 8.02 | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 8.03 |
| High jump | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 1.97 | Susanne Helm (GDR) | 1.94 | Danuta Bułkowska (POL) | 1.90 |
| Long jump | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.02 | Eva Murková (TCH) | 6.99 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 6.97 |
| Shot put | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 20.84 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.59 | Heike Hartwig (GDR) | 19.93 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Austria (11) Belgium (5) Bulgaria (16)
Cyprus (5) Czechoslovakia (23) East Germany (17)
Finland (2) France (21) Great Britain (17) Greece (4) Hungary (14) Ireland (5) Italy (24)
Luxembourg (3) Netherlands (6)
Norway (8) Poland (13)
Portugal (7) Romania (7) Soviet Union (22) Spain (24) Sweden (18) Switzerland (9)
Turkey (1) West Germany (29)
Yugoslavia (6)
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