1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27, 28, and 29 August 1990.[1]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Grit Breuer East Germany
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| Silver | Petra Schersing East Germany
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| Bronze | Marie-José Pérec France
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Results[]
Final[]
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Grit Breuer | East Germany |
49.50 | |
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Petra Schersing | East Germany |
50.51 | |
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Marie-José Pérec | France |
50.84 | |
| 4 | Annette Hesselbarth | East Germany |
51.14 | |
| 5 | Linda Keough |  United Kingdom |
51.22 | |
| 6 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova |  Soviet Union |
51.31 | |
| 7 | Marina Shmonina | Soviet Union |
51.67 | |
| 8 | Viviane Dorsile | France |
52.11 |
Semi-finals[]
28 August
Semi-final 1[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer | East Germany |
50.89 | Q |
| 2 | Petra Schersing | East Germany |
51.05 | Q |
| 3 | Linda Keough | United Kingdom |
51.20 | Q |
| 4 | Viviane Dorsile | France |
52.06 | Q |
| 5 | Helga Arendt |  West Germany |
52.16 | |
| 6 | Judit Forgács |  Hungary |
52.77 | |
| 7 | Martha Grossenbacher |  Switzerland |
53.57 | |
| Yelena Ruzina | Soviet Union |
DNF |
Semi-final 2[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annette Hesselbarth | East Germany |
51.43 | Q |
| 2 | Marina Shmonina | Soviet Union |
51.45 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | Soviet Union |
51.56 | Q |
| 4 | Marie-José Pérec | France |
51.63 | Q |
| 5 | Karin Janke | West Germany |
51.65 | |
| 6 | Evelyne Elien | France |
53.05 | |
| 7 |  Norway |
53.26 | ||
| 8 | Angela Piggford | United Kingdom |
53.53 |
Heats[]
27 August
Heat 1[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer | East Germany |
52.50 | Q |
| 2 | Marie-José Pérec | France |
52.56 | Q |
| 3 | Linda Keough | United Kingdom |
52.60 | Q |
| 4 | Norway |
53.01 | q | |
| 5 | Judit Forgács | Hungary |
53.06 | q |
| 6 | Linda Kisabaka | West Germany |
53.09 | |
| 7 | Julia Merino |  Spain |
53.74 |
Heat 2[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | Soviet Union |
52.42 | Q |
| 2 | Annette Hesselbarth | East Germany |
52.72 | Q |
| 3 | Helga Arendt | West Germany |
53.01 | Q |
| 4 | Lorraine Hanson | United Kingdom |
53.57 | |
| 5 | Hungary |
54.08 | ||
| 6 |  Yugoslavia |
54.46 | ||
| 7 | Regula Scalabrin | Switzerland |
54.88 |
Heat 3[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marina Shmonina | Soviet Union |
52.18 | Q |
| 2 | Petra Schersing | East Germany |
52.44 | Q |
| 3 | Martha Grossenbacher | Switzerland |
52.76 | Q |
| 4 | Viviane Dorsile | France |
52.91 | q |
| 5 | Angela Piggford | United Kingdom |
53.00 | q |
| 6 | Gretha Tromp |  Netherlands |
55.64 |
Heat 4[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelena Ruzina | Soviet Union |
51.64 | Q |
| 2 | Karin Janke | West Germany |
52.83 | Q |
| 3 | Evelyne Elien | France |
52.95 | Q |
| 4 |  Finland |
53.47 | ||
| 5 | Ágnes Kozáry | Hungary |
54.13 | |
| 6 | Blanca Lacambra | Spain |
54.61 |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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See also[]
- 1988 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Seoul)
- 1991 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Tokyo)
- 1992 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Barcelona)
References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
Categories:
- Events at the 1990 European Athletics Championships
- 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships
- 1990 in women's athletics