European Athletics Championships 1990/4 × 400 m men

15th European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	9 relays with 46 athletes
venue	Split
Competition location	Poljud Stadium
Competition phase	August 31st (preliminary) September 1st (final)
Medalist  Great Britain  BR Germany  GDR

The Poljud stadium in Split in 2010

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

Great Britain became European champion with the line-up of Paul Sanders , Kriss Akabusi , John Regis and Roger Black as well as Brian Whittle and Philip Brown, who were also used in the preliminary stages . With their winning time in the final, the British team set a new European record. Second place went to the Federal Republic of Germany with Klaus Just , Edgar Itt , Carsten Köhrbrück and Norbert Dobeleit as well as Ulrich Schlepütz and Jörg Vaihinger, who were also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to the GDR with Rico Lieder , Karsten Just , Thomas Schönlebe and Jens Carlowitz as well as Jan Lenzke, who was also used in the run-up .

The runners used in the heats for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal. The championship / European record, on the other hand, was only available to the four runners who started in the final for Great Britain.

Records

Existing records

World record	2: 56.16 min	USA ( Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans )	OS Mexico City Mexico	20th October 1968
		USA ( Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Harry Reynolds )	OS Seoul South Korea	October 1, 1988
European record	2: 58.86 min	Great Britain ( Derek Redmond , Kriss Akabusi , Roger Black , Philip Brown )	World Cup Rome Italy	September 6, 1987
EM record	2: 59.84 min	Great Britain ( Derek Redmond , Kriss Akabusi , Brian Whittle , Roger Black )	EM Prague Czechoslovakia	August 31, 1978

Record improvement

The European championship relay from Great Britain improved the existing EM record in the line-up of Paul Sanders , Kriss Akabusi , John Regis and Roger Black in the final on September 1st by 1.62 seconds to 2: 58.22 minutes and at the same time set a new European record .

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 seasons - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. With only nine teams, only one of them had to be eliminated.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Italy	Andrea Montanari Alessandro Aimar Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti	3: 04.08
2	Great Britain	Brian Whittle Kriss Akabusi Paul Sanders Philip Brown	3: 04.32
3	Soviet Union	Alexei Petuchow Alexei Basarow Aivar Ojastu Dmitri Golowastow	3: 04.74
4th	France	Olivier Noirot Christophe Zapata Patrick Barré Stéphane Diagana	3: 05.18
5	Poland	Mariusz Rzadzinski Paweł Woźniak Wojciech Lach Tomasz Jedrusik	3: 06.51

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Klaus Just Ulrich Schlepütz Jörg Vaihinger Carsten Köhrbrück	3: 03.89
2	Yugoslavia	Dejan Jovkovic Nenad Djurovic Ismail Macev Slobodan Popovic	3: 04.04
3	GDR	Jan Lenzke Rico Lieder Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz	3: 04.55
4th	Spain	Manuel Moreno Antonio Sánchez Moises Fernandez José Luis Palacios	3: 05.90

final

September 1, 1990

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis ( final ) Roger Black ( final ) in the run-up also: Brian Whittle Philip Brown	2: 58.22 ER
2	BR Germany	Klaus Just Edgar Itt ( final ) Carsten Köhrbrück Norbert Dobeleit ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Ulrich Schlepütz Jörg Vaihinger	3: 00.64
3	GDR	Rico Lieder Karsten Just ( final ) Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz in the run-up also: Jan Lenzke	3: 01.51
4th	Italy	Andrea Montanari Vito Petrella ( final ) Roberto Ribaud Andrea Nuti ( final ) in the preliminary also: Alessandro Aimar Fabio Grossi	3: 01.78
5	Yugoslavia	Nenad Djurovic Slobodan Popovic Ismail Macev Slobodan Branković ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Dejan Jovkovic	3: 02.46
6th	Spain	Antonio Sánchez Cayetano Cornet ( final ) Moises Fernandez José Luis Palacios in the preliminary also: Manuel Moreno	3: 02.74
7th	France	Christophe Zapata Stéphane Diagana Patrick Barré Olivier Noirot	3: 03.33
8th	Soviet Union	Dmitri Golowastow Alexei Basarow Wadim Sadoinow ( final ) Aivar Ojastu in the preliminary run also: Alexei Petuchow	3: 05.17

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
• Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1990 Split on todor66.com, accessed September 12, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 12, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1990 Split, p. 456 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 12, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, 4 × 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 12, 2019
• 15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 12, 2019

Video

• 1990 European Athletics Championships Men's 4x400m final , published on July 3, 2013 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 12, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on September 12, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 400 m on rfea.es, p. 37 (PDF, 271 kB). French / English, accessed September 12, 2019