European Athletics Championships 1990/4 × 400 m women

15th European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	11 relay teams with 47 athletes
venue	Split
Competition location	Poljud Stadium
Competition phase	August 31st (preliminary) September 1st (final)
Medalists  GDR  Soviet Union  Great Britain

The Poljud stadium in Split in 2010

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1990 European Athletics Championships was held on August 31 and September 1, 1990 in the Poljud Stadium in Split .

The GDR became European champions with the line-up of Manuela Derr , Annett Hesselbarth , Petra Schersing and Grit Breuer . Second place went to the Soviet Union with Jelena Vinogradowa , Lyudmyla Dschyhalowa , Jelena Rusina and Tatjana Ledowskaja as well as Marina Schmonina, who was also used in the run-up . Bronze went to Great Britain with Sally Gunnell , Jennifer Stoute , Patricia Beckford and Linda Keough as well as Angela Piggford, who was also used in the preliminary run .

The runners who were only used in the preliminary run also received the corresponding precious metal.

Existing records

World record	3: 15.17 min	Soviet Union ( Tatjana Ledowskaja , Olga Nazarova , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina )	OS Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988
European record
EM record	3: 16.87 min	GDR ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Petra Müller , Marita Koch )	EM Stuttgart BR Germany	August 31, 1986

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

Preliminary round

August 31, 1990

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Soviet Union	Jelena Vinogradowa Marina Schmonina Jelena Rusina Lyudmyla Dschyhalowa	3: 26.14
2	France	Fabienne Ficher Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Marie-José Pérec	3: 28.49
3	Hungary	Edith Molnár Erzsebet Szabó Noémi Bátori Judit Forgács	3: 30.41
4th	Spain	Gemma Bergasa Julia Merino Blanca Lacambra Esther Lahoz	3: 31.76

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	GDR	Manuela Derr Annett Hesselbarth Petra Schersing Grit Breuer	3: 28.22
2	BR Germany	Helga Arendt Gabriela Lesch Karin Janke Silke-Beate Knoll	3: 28.33
3	Great Britain	Angela Piggford Jennifer Stoute Patricia Beckford Linda Keough	3: 28.73
4th	Switzerland	Regula Aebi Martha Grossenbacher Regula Scalabrin Anita Protti	3: 30.19
5	Finland	Anna Suuräkki Tuija Helander-Kuusisto Satu Jääskäläinen Sonja Finell	3: 31.42
6th	Sweden	Monika Klebe Ewa Johansson Maria Akraka Monica Westén	3: 33.89
7th	Romania	Nicoleta Carutasu Aurica Mitrea Tudorita Chidu Ella Kovacs	3: 52.34

final

September 1, 1990

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	GDR	Manuela Derr Annett Hesselbarth Petra Schersing Grit Breuer	3: 21.02
2	Soviet Union	Jelena Vinogradowa Lyudmyla Dschyhalowa Jelena Rusina Tatjana Ledowskaja ( final ) in the preliminary also: Marina Schmonina	3: 23.34
3	Great Britain	Sally Gunnell ( final ) Jennifer Stoute Patricia Beckford Linda Keough in advance also: Angela Piggford	3: 24.78
4th	BR Germany	Karin Janke Andrea Thomas ( final ) Helga Arendt Silke-Beate Knoll in the run-up also: Gabriela Lesch	3: 25.12
5	France	Fabienne Ficher Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Marie-José Pérec	3: 25.16
6th	Switzerland	Regula Aebi Martha Grossenbacher Regula Scalabrin Anita Protti	3: 29.94
7th	Hungary	Edith Molnár Erzsebet Szabó Noémi Bátori Judit Forgács	3: 32.30
8th	Finland	Anna Suuräkki Tuija Helander-Kuusisto Satu Jääskäläinen Sonja Finell	3: 32.84

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
• Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 1990 Split on todor66.com, accessed September 18, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 18, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 1990 Split, p. 460 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 18, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, 4 × 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on September 18, 2019
• 15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 18, 2019

Video

• Women's Relay Finals World Athletics Championships Split 09-1990 , published February 20, 2018 on youtube.com (English), accessed September 18, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on September 18, 2019