| Women's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadion Poljud | |||||||||
| Location | Split, Yugoslavia | |||||||||
| Dates | 27, 28, and 29 August 1990 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 49.50 s | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1990 European Athletics Championships | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
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]
| Gold | Grit Breuer |
| Silver | Petra Schersing |
| Bronze | Marie-José Pérec |
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grit Breuer | 49.50 | |||
| Petra Schersing | 50.51 | |||
| Marie-José Pérec | 50.84 | |||
| 4 | Annette Hesselbarth | 51.14 | ||
| 5 | Linda Keough | 51.22 | ||
| 6 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 51.31 | ||
| 7 | Marina Shmonina | 51.67 | ||
| 8 | Viviane Dorsile | 52.11 |
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer | 50.89 | Q | |
| 2 | Petra Schersing | 51.05 | Q | |
| 3 | Linda Keough | 51.20 | Q | |
| 4 | Viviane Dorsile | 52.06 | Q | |
| 5 | Helga Arendt | 52.16 | ||
| 6 | Judit Forgács | 52.77 | ||
| 7 | Martha Grossenbacher | 53.57 | ||
| Yelena Ruzina | DNF |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annette Hesselbarth | 51.43 | Q | |
| 2 | Marina Shmonina | 51.45 | Q | |
| 3 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 51.56 | Q | |
| 4 | Marie-José Pérec | 51.63 | Q | |
| 5 | Karin Janke | 51.65 | ||
| 6 | Evelyne Elien | 53.05 | ||
| 7 | Lisbeth Andersen | 53.26 | ||
| 8 | Angela Piggford | 53.53 |
27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer | 52.50 | Q | |
| 2 | Marie-José Pérec | 52.56 | Q | |
| 3 | Linda Keough | 52.60 | Q | |
| 4 | Lisbeth Andersen | 53.01 | q | |
| 5 | Judit Forgács | 53.06 | q | |
| 6 | Linda Kisabaka | 53.09 | ||
| 7 | Julia Merino | 53.74 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 52.42 | Q | |
| 2 | Annette Hesselbarth | 52.72 | Q | |
| 3 | Helga Arendt | 53.01 | Q | |
| 4 | Lorraine Hanson | 53.57 | ||
| 5 | Erzsébet Szabó | 54.08 | ||
| 6 | Gordana Čotrić | 54.46 | ||
| 7 | Regula Scalabrin | 54.88 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marina Shmonina | 52.18 | Q | |
| 2 | Petra Schersing | 52.44 | Q | |
| 3 | Martha Grossenbacher | 52.76 | Q | |
| 4 | Viviane Dorsile | 52.91 | q | |
| 5 | Angela Piggford | 53.00 | q | |
| 6 | Gretha Tromp | 55.64 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelena Ruzina | 51.64 | Q | |
| 2 | Karin Janke | 52.83 | Q | |
| 3 | Evelyne Elien | 52.95 | Q | |
| 4 | Sonja Finell | 53.47 | ||
| 5 | Ágnes Kozáry | 54.13 | ||
| 6 | Blanca Lacambra | 54.61 |
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.