European Athletics Championships 1990/400 m men

15th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	22 athletes from 11 countries
venue	Split
Competition location	Poljud Stadium
Competition phase	August 28th (preliminary) August 29th (semi-finals) August 30th (final)
Medalist Roger Black ( GBR )   Thomas Schönlebe ( GDR )   Jens Carlowitz ( GDR )

The Poljud stadium in Split in 2010

The men's 400-meter run at the 1990 European Athletics Championships was held from August 28 to 30, 1990 in the Poljud Stadium in Split .

In this competition, the runners from the GDR won two medals, silver and bronze. The British defending champion Roger Black became European champion . The 1987 world champion and European record holder , Thomas Schönlebe , came second like in 1986 . Bronze went to Jens Carlowitz .

Existing records

World record	43.29 s	Harry Reynolds	Zurich , Switzerland	17th August 1988
European record	44.33 s	Thomas Schönlebe	World Cup Rome , Italy	3rd September 1987
EM record	44.72 s	Roger Black	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 29, 1986

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

Preliminary round

August 28, 1990

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

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Roger Black	Great Britain	45.53
2	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	45.77
3	Tomasz Jędrusik	Poland	45.92
4th	Thomas Schönlebe	GDR	45.98
5	Dmitri Golovastov	Soviet Union	46.15
6th	Roberto Ribaud	Italy	46.54
7th	Jörg Vaihinger	BR Germany	46.56
8th	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	46.99

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Norbert Dobeleit	BR Germany	45.71
2	Jens Carlowitz	GDR	46.10
3	Olivier Noirot	France	46.14
4th	Lewis Samuel	Great Britain	46.74
5	Dejan Jovković	Yugoslavia	46.79
6th	José Luis Palacios	Spain	46.90
7th	Ari Pinomäki	Finland	47.16
8th	Alexei Petukhov	Soviet Union	47.46

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Cayetano Cornet	Spain	46.07
2	Nenad Djurović	Yugoslavia	46.42
3	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.61
4th	Paul Sanders	Great Britain	46.75
5	Tamás Molnár	Hungary	46.80
6th	Aivar Ojastu	Soviet Union	46.85

Semifinals

August 29, 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	Roger Black	Great Britain	45.46
2	Thomas Schönlebe	GDR	45.66
3	Nenad Djurović	Yugoslavia	45.67
4th	Tomasz Jędrusik	Poland	45.80
5	Paul Sanders	Great Britain	46.06
6th	Olivier Noirot	France	46.07
7th	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.11
DNS	Jörg Vaihinger	BR Germany

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Cayetano Cornet	Spain	45.00
2	Jens Carlowitz	GDR	45.15
3	Norbert Dobeleit	BR Germany	45.15
4th	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	45.30 NO
5	Dejan Jovković	Yugoslavia	46.07
6th	Dmitri Golovastov	Soviet Union	46.22
7th	Lewis Samuel	Great Britain	46.98
8th	Roberto Ribaud	Italy	47.39

final

European champion Roger Black - here as a TV presenter in 2011

August 30, 1990

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Roger Black	Great Britain	45.08
2	Thomas Schönlebe	GDR	45.13
3	Jens Carlowitz	GDR	45.27
4th	Cayetano Cornet	Spain	45.30
5	Norbert Dobeleit	BR Germany	45.42
6th	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	45.49
7th	Nenad Djurović	Yugoslavia	46.19
8th	Tomasz Jędrusik	Poland	46.25

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  Vice European champion as in 1986 : Thomas Schönlebe, 1987 world champion and European record holder

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  Bronze medalist Jens Carlowitz

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
• Men 400m European Championship 1990 Split on todor66.com, accessed September 10, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 10, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m European Championship 1990 Split, p. 452 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 10, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 10, 2019
• 15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 10, 2019

Video

• 1990 European Athletics Championships Men's 400m final , published on May 1298, 2013 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 10, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed September 10, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Men , p. 10 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on September 10, 2019