European Athletics Championships 1990/400 m for women

15th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	26 athletes from 12 countries
venue	Split
Competition location	Poljud Stadium
Competition phase	August 27th (preliminary) August 28th (semi-finals) August 29th (final)
Medalists Grit Breuer ( GDR )   Petra Schersing ( GDR )   Marie-José Pérec ( FRA )

The Poljud stadium in Split in 2010

The women's 400-meter run at the 1990 European Athletics Championships was held from August 27 to 29, 1990 in the Poljud stadium in Split .

The runners from the GDR achieved a double victory in this competition. European champion was Grit Breuer . She won ahead of Petra Schersing , under her previous name Petra Müller, European Championship third in 1986 , World Cup second in 1987 and Olympic second in 1988 . Bronze went to Marie-José Pérec from France .

Existing records

World record	47.60 s	Marita Koch	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
European record
EM record	48.16 s		EM Athens , Greece	September 8, 1982

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 27, 1990

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Grit Breuer	GDR	52.50
2	Marie-José Pérec	France	52.56
3	Linda Keough	Great Britain	52.60
4th	Lisbeth Andersen	Norway	53.01
5	Judit Forgács	Hungary	53.06
6th	Linda Kisabaka	BR Germany	53.09
7th	Julia Merino	Spain	53.74

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Lyudmyla Jyhalova	Soviet Union	52.42
2	Annett Hesselbarth	GDR	52.72
3	Helga Arendt	BR Germany	53.01
4th	Lorraine Hanson	Great Britain	53.57
5	Erzsébet Szabó	Hungary	54.08
6th	Gordana Cotric	Yugoslavia	54.46
7th	Regula scalabrin	Switzerland	54.88

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marina Schmonina	Soviet Union	52.18
2	Petra Schersing	GDR	52.44
3	Martha Grossenbacher	Switzerland	52.76
4th	Viviane Dorsile	France	52.91
5	Angela Piggford	Great Britain	53.00
6th	Gretha Tromp	Netherlands	55.64

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jelena Rusina	Soviet Union	51.64
2	Karin Janke	BR Germany	52.83
3	Evelyne Elien	France	52.95
4th	Sonja Finell	Great Britain	53.47
5	Ágnes Kozáry	Hungary	54.13
6th	Blanca Lacambra	Spain	54.61

Semifinals

August 28, 1990

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Grit Breuer	GDR	50.89
2	Petra Schersing	GDR	51.05
3	Linda Keough	Great Britain	51.20
4th	Viviane Dorsile	France	52.06
5	Helga Arendt	BR Germany	52.16
6th	Judit Forgács	Hungary	52.77
7th	Martha Grossenbacher	Switzerland	53.57
DNF	Jelena Rusina	Soviet Union

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Annett Hesselbarth	GDR	51.43
2	Marina Schmonina	Soviet Union	51.45
3	Lyudmyla Jyhalova	Soviet Union	51.56
4th	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.63
5	Karin Janke	BR Germany	51.65
6th	Evelyne Elien	France	53.05
7th	Lisbeth Andersen	Norway	53.26
8th	Angela Piggford	Great Britain	53.53

final

European Champion Grit Breuer (here in a leading position)

August 29, 1990

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Grit Breuer	GDR	49.50
2	Petra Schersing	GDR	50.51
3	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.84 NU23R
4th	Annett Hesselbarth	GDR	51.14
5	Linda Keough	Great Britain	51.22
6th	Lyudmyla Jyhalova	Soviet Union	51.31
7th	Marina Schmonina	Soviet Union	51.67
8th	Viviane Dorsile	France	52.11

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  Petra Schersing as Petra Müller EM -Third of 1986 , WC -Second of 1987 and Olympic second of 1988 . won the silver medal

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  Bronze medalist Marie-José Pérec - later multiple Olympic champion, world and European champion

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
• Women 400m European Championship 1990 Split on todor66.com, accessed September 17, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 17, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m European Championship 1990 Split, p. 457 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 17, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on September 17, 2019
• 15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 17, 2019

Video

• 2951 European Track & Field 1990 Split 400m Women , published December 3, 2015 on youtube.com (English), accessed September 17, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m women , accessed September 17, 2019