European Athletics Championships 1990/800 m women
15th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 21 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Poljud Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 27th (preliminary) August 28th (semi-finals) August 29th (final) |
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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 |
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Munich , FR Germany | July 26, 1983 |
European record | ||||
EM record | 1: 55.41 min |
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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) |
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1 | Sigrun Wodars |
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2: 00.31 |
2 | Lyubov Gurina |
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2: 00.47 |
3 | Ella Kovacs |
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2: 00.54 |
4th | Ellen van Langen |
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2: 00.69 |
5 | Elsa Amaral |
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2: 01.21 |
6th | Aurica Mitrea |
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2: 01.44 |
7th | Lorraine Baker |
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2: 02.04 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Tudorita Chidu |
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2: 01.62 |
2 | Lilia Nurutdinova |
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2: 01.63 |
3 | Diane Edwards |
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2: 01.65 |
4th | Birte Bruhns |
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2: 01.95 |
5 | Nicoleta Tozzi |
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2: 02.65 |
6th | Maria Akraka |
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2: 02.83 |
7th | Theresia Kiesl |
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2: 06.44 |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Christine Wachtel |
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2: 00.82 |
2 | Tatiana Grebenchuk |
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2: 00.94 |
3 | Maite Zúñiga |
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2: 01.13 |
4th | Aisling Molloy |
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2: 01.14 |
5 | Ann Williams |
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2: 01.22 |
6th | Gabriela Lesch |
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2: 01.49 |
7th | Slobodanka Čolović |
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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
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Sigrun Wodars |
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2: 01.03 |
2 | Ellen van Langen |
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2: 01.14 |
3 | Tudorita Chidu |
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2: 01.22 |
4th | Tatiana Grebenchuk |
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2: 01.45 |
5 | Birte Bruhns |
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2: 01.70 |
6th | Gabriela Lesch |
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2: 02.01 |
7th | Ann Williams |
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2: 03.36 |
8th | Aisling Molloy |
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2: 04.20 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Christine Wachtel |
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1: 59.60 |
2 | Ella Kovacs |
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1: 59.65 |
3 | Lilia Nurutdinova |
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1: 59.91 |
4th | Lyubov Gurina |
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1: 59.98 |
5 | Diane Edwards |
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2: 00.17 |
6th | Aurica Mitrea |
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2: 00.75 |
7th | Elsa Amaral |
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2: 01.49 |
8th | Maite Zúñiga |
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2: 01.81 |
final
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August 29, 1990
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Sigrun Wodars |
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1: 55.87 |
2 | Christine Wachtel |
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1: 56.11 |
3 | Lilia Nurutdinova |
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1: 57.39 |
4th | Ellen van Langen |
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1: 57.57 |
5 | Ella Kovacs |
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1: 58.33 |
6th | Tudorita Chidu |
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1: 59.09 |
7th | Lyubov Gurina |
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1: 59.59 |
8th | Diane Edwards |
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2: 02.62 |
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
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m women , accessed September 17, 2019