1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 31 August and 1 September 1990.

Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Manuela Derr Annette Hesselbarth Petra Schersing Grit Breuer East Germany
Silver	Yelena Vinogradova Lyudmila Dzhigalova Yelena Ruzina Tatyana Ledovskaya Soviet Union
Bronze	Sally Gunnell Jennifer Stoute Patricia Beckford Linda Keough United Kingdom

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Manuela Derr Annette Hesselbarth Petra Schersing Grit Breuer	3:21.02
	Soviet Union	Yelena Vinogradova Lyudmila Dzhigalova Yelena Ruzina Tatyana Ledovskaya	3:23.34
	United Kingdom	Sally Gunnell Jennifer Stoute Patricia Beckford Linda Keough	3:24.78
4	West Germany	Karin Janke Andrea Thomas Helga Arendt Silke Knoll	3:25.12
5	France	Fabienne Ficher Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Marie-José Pérec	3:25.16
6	Switzerland	Regula Anliker Martha Grossenbacher Regula Scalabrin Anita Protti	3:29.94
7	Hungary	Edit Molnár Erzsébet Szabó Noémi Bátori Judit Forgács	3:32.30
8	Finland	Anna Suurnäkki Tuija Helander Satu Jääskelainen Sonja Finell	3:32.84

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Yelena Vinogradova Marina Shmonina Yelena Ruzina Lyudmila Dzhigalova	3:26.14	Q
2	France	Fabienne Ficher Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Marie-José Pérec	3:28.49	Q
3	Hungary	Edit Molnár Erzsébet Szabó Noémi Bátori Judit Forgács	3:30.41	Q
4	Spain	Gemma Bergasa Julia Merino Blanca Lacambra Esther Lahoz	3:31.76
	Portugal		DNS
	Yugoslavia		DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Manuela Derr Annette Hesselbarth Petra Schersing Grit Breuer	3:28.22	Q
2	West Germany	Helga Arendt Gabi Lesch Karin Janke Silke Knoll	3:28.33	Q
3	United Kingdom	Angela Piggford Jennifer Stoute Patricia Beckford Linda Keough	3:28.73	Q
4	Switzerland	Regula Anliker Martha Grossenbacher Regula Scalabrin Anita Protti	3:30.19	q
5	Finland	Anna Suurnäkki Tuija Helander Satu Jääskelainen Sonja Finell	3:31.42	q
6	Sweden	Monika Klebe Ewa Johansson Maria Akraka Monica Rydén	3:33.89
7	Romania	Nicoleta Căruţaşu Aurica Mitrea Tudorița Chidu Ella Kovacs	3:52.34

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• East Germany (4)
• Finland (4)
• France (4)
• Hungary (4)
• Romania (4)
• Soviet Union (5)
• Spain (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (4)
• United Kingdom (5)
• West Germany (5)

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Seoul)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Stuttgart)

References

• Results
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