European Athletics Championships 1990/4 × 100 m men

15th European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	9 relays with 36 athletes
venue	Split
Competition location	Poljud Stadium
Competition phase	August 31 (preliminary / final)
Medalist  France  Great Britain  Italy

The Poljud stadium in Split in 2010

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the European Athletics Championships in 1990 was held on August 31, 1990 in the Poljud Stadium in Split .

France won the European championship with Max Morinière , Daniel Sangouma , Jean-Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose . The team set a new world record in the final. Second place went to Great Britain with Darren Braithwaite , John Regis , Marcus Adam and Linford Christie . Bronze went to Italy ( Mario Longo , Ezio Madonia , Sandro Floris , Stefano Tilli ).

Records

Existing records

World record	37.83 s	USA ( Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis )	OS Los Angeles USA	August 11, 1984
European record	38.02 s	Soviet Union ( Alexander Evgenev , Nikolai Yuschmanow , Vladimir Muravyov , Vladimir Krylov )	World Cup Rome Italy	September 6, 1987
EM record	38.29 s	Soviet Union ( Alexander Evgenev , Nikolai Yuschmanow , Vladimir Muravyov , Wiktor Bryshin )	EM Stuttgart BR Germany	August 31, 1986

Record improvement

The winning relay from France improved the existing EM record in the final on August 31 with the line-up of Max Morinière , Daniel Sangouma , Jean-Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose by fifty hundredths of a second to 37.79 seconds. During this time, the team also set a new world record.

Preliminary round

August 31, 1990

With only nine participants, the preliminary round was held in two runs. That is, a single season would be eliminated. The first three teams per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - should qualify for the final. However, only three participants reached the finish in the first run, the other two teams were eliminated. From the second preliminary run, the teams involved only had to reach the goal to be in the final. The final on the following day was consequently held with only seven seasons.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Great Britain	Darren Braithwaite John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie	38.90
2	Italy	Mario Longo Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Stefano Tilli	39.17
3	Portugal	Fernando Damásio Pedro Curvelo Pedro Agostinho Luis Barroso	40.01
DNF	Norway	Kennet Kjensli Geir Moen Vidar Jakobsen Aham Okeke
	GDR	Sven Matthes Steffen Görmer Torsten Heimrath Steffen Bringmann

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	France	Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	38.81
2	Soviet Union	Innokenti Sharov Vladimir Krylov Oleg Fatun Alexander Sokolov	39.21
3	Hungary	György Bakos László Karaffa Pál Rezák Attila Kovács	39.66
4th	Spain	Florencio Gascón Enrique Talavera José Javier Arques Luís Rodríguez	39.89

final

August 31, 1990

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	France	Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	37.79 WR
2	Great Britain	Darren Braithwaite John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie	37.98
3	Italy	Mario Longo Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Stefano Tilli	38.39
4th	Soviet Union	Innokenti Sharov Vladimir Krylov Oleg Fatun Alexander Sokolov	38.46 NO
5	Hungary	György Bakos László Karaffa Pál Rezák Attila Kovács	39.05
6th	Spain	Florencio Gascón Enrique Talavera José Javier Arques Luís Rodríguez	39.10
7th	Portugal	Fernando Damásio Pedro Curvelo Pedro Agostinho Luis Barroso	39.33

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
• Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 1990 Split on todor66.com, accessed September 11, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 11, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 1990 Split, p. 456 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 11, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, 4 × 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 11, 2019
• 15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 11, 2019

Video

• 4x100 Men- France World Record 37.79 -Split 1990 , published April 18, 2010 on youtube.com (English), accessed September 11, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on September 11, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 36 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on September 11, 2019