European Athletics Championships 1990/800 m women

15th European Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	21 athletes from 13 countries
venue	Split
Competition location	Poljud Stadium
Competition phase	August 27th (preliminary) August 28th (semi-finals) August 29th (final)
Medalists Sigrun Wodars ( GDR )   Christine Wachtel ( GDR )   Lilija Nurutdinova ( URS )

The Poljud stadium in Split in 2010

The 800-meter run for women at the 1990 European Athletics Championships was held from August 27 to 29, 1990 in the Poljud stadium in Split .

In this competition there was a double victory for the runners of the GDR. Sigrun Wodars became the European champion in 1986 , second in the European Championship , 1987 world champion and 1986 Olympic champion . The World Cup second in 1987 and second in the Olympic Games in 1988 Christine Wachtel won the silver medal. Bronze went to Lilija Nurutdinova from the Soviet Union.

Existing records

World record	1: 53.28 min	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Munich , FR Germany	July 26, 1983
European record
EM record	1: 55.41 min	Olga Mineeva	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 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 semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Sigrun Wodars	GDR	2: 00.31
2	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	2: 00.47
3	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2: 00.54
4th	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	2: 00.69
5	Elsa Amaral	Portugal	2: 01.21
6th	Aurica Mitrea	Romania	2: 01.44
7th	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	2: 02.04

Maria Akraka (here in 2014) was eliminated sixth in her preliminary run

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Tudorita Chidu	Romania	2: 01.62
2	Lilia Nurutdinova	Soviet Union	2: 01.63
3	Diane Edwards	Great Britain	2: 01.65
4th	Birte Bruhns	GDR	2: 01.95
5	Nicoleta Tozzi	Italy	2: 02.65
6th	Maria Akraka	Sweden	2: 02.83
7th	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	2: 06.44

Forward 3

Slobodanka Čolović missed the semi-finals by one place

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Christine Wachtel	GDR	2: 00.82
2	Tatiana Grebenchuk	Soviet Union	2: 00.94
3	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	2: 01.13
4th	Aisling Molloy	Ireland	2: 01.14
5	Ann Williams	Great Britain	2: 01.22
6th	Gabriela Lesch	BR Germany	2: 01.49
7th	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2: 01.95

Semifinals

August 28, 1990

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Birte Bruhns fifth place was not enough for the final qualification

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Sigrun Wodars	GDR	2: 01.03
2	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	2: 01.14
3	Tudorita Chidu	Romania	2: 01.22
4th	Tatiana Grebenchuk	Soviet Union	2: 01.45
5	Birte Bruhns	GDR	2: 01.70
6th	Gabriela Lesch	BR Germany	2: 02.01
7th	Ann Williams	Great Britain	2: 03.36
8th	Aisling Molloy	Ireland	2: 04.20

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Christine Wachtel	GDR	1: 59.60
2	Ella Kovacs	Romania	1: 59.65
3	Lilia Nurutdinova	Soviet Union	1: 59.91
4th	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	1: 59.98
5	Diane Edwards	Great Britain	2: 00.17
6th	Aurica Mitrea	Romania	2: 00.75
7th	Elsa Amaral	Portugal	2: 01.49
8th	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	2: 01.81

final

Vice European Champion of 1986 Sigrun Wodars continued its winning streak after victories at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Olympics continues

August 29, 1990

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Sigrun Wodars	GDR	1: 55.87
2	Christine Wachtel	GDR	1: 56.11
3	Lilia Nurutdinova	Soviet Union	1: 57.39
4th	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	1: 57.57
5	Ella Kovacs	Romania	1: 58.33
6th	Tudorita Chidu	Romania	1: 59.09
7th	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	1: 59.59
8th	Diane Edwards	Great Britain	2: 02.62

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  With her second place Christine Wachtel ensured the same order in the first two places as at the World Championships in 1987 and the Olympic Games in 1988

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  Ella Kovacs came in fifth - she won bronze at the 1991 and 1993 World Championships

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  Diane Edwards, later Diane Modahl, eliminated in the semifinals in 1986 , finished eighth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 17, 2019
• Women 800m 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 800m 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, 800 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

• Women's 800m Final European Champs in Split 1990 , published on September 9, 2015 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 17, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 800m women , accessed September 17, 2019