1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27, 28, and 29 August 1990.[1]

Women's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Grit Breuer
  East Germany
Silver Petra Schersing
  East Germany
Bronze Marie-José Pérec
  France

Results

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Final

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29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Grit Breuer   East Germany 49.50
  Petra Schersing   East Germany 50.51
  Marie-José Pérec   France 50.84
4 Annette Hesselbarth   East Germany 51.14
5 Linda Keough   United Kingdom 51.22
6 Lyudmila Dzhigalova   Soviet Union 51.31
7 Marina Shmonina   Soviet Union 51.67
8 Viviane Dorsile   France 52.11

Semi-finals

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28 August

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grit Breuer   East Germany 50.89 Q
2 Petra Schersing   East Germany 51.05 Q
3 Linda Keough   United Kingdom 51.20 Q
4 Viviane Dorsile   France 52.06 Q
5 Helga Arendt   West Germany 52.16
6 Judit Forgács   Hungary 52.77
7 Martha Grossenbacher    Switzerland 53.57
Yelena Ruzina   Soviet Union DNF

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Annette Hesselbarth   East Germany 51.43 Q
2 Marina Shmonina   Soviet Union 51.45 Q
3 Lyudmila Dzhigalova   Soviet Union 51.56 Q
4 Marie-José Pérec   France 51.63 Q
5 Karin Janke   West Germany 51.65
6 Evelyne Elien   France 53.05
7 Lisbeth Andersen   Norway 53.26
8 Angela Piggford   United Kingdom 53.53

Heats

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27 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grit Breuer   East Germany 52.50 Q
2 Marie-José Pérec   France 52.56 Q
3 Linda Keough   United Kingdom 52.60 Q
4 Lisbeth Andersen   Norway 53.01 q
5 Judit Forgács   Hungary 53.06 q
6 Linda Kisabaka   West Germany 53.09
7 Julia Merino   Spain 53.74

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lyudmila Dzhigalova   Soviet Union 52.42 Q
2 Annette Hesselbarth   East Germany 52.72 Q
3 Helga Arendt   West Germany 53.01 Q
4 Lorraine Hanson   United Kingdom 53.57
5 Erzsébet Szabó   Hungary 54.08
6 Gordana Čotrić   Yugoslavia 54.46
7 Regula Scalabrin    Switzerland 54.88

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marina Shmonina   Soviet Union 52.18 Q
2 Petra Schersing   East Germany 52.44 Q
3 Martha Grossenbacher    Switzerland 52.76 Q
4 Viviane Dorsile   France 52.91 q
5 Angela Piggford   United Kingdom 53.00 q
6 Gretha Tromp   Netherlands 55.64

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yelena Ruzina   Soviet Union 51.64 Q
2 Karin Janke   West Germany 52.83 Q
3 Evelyne Elien   France 52.95 Q
4 Sonja Finell   Finland 53.47
5 Ágnes Kozáry   Hungary 54.13
6 Blanca Lacambra   Spain 54.61

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014