# 1990 European Athletics Championships

The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. The host stadium was Stadion Poljud.
It was the last participation of East Germany (which was already scheduled to be merged with the Federal Republic), the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and SFR Yugoslavia.

## Men's results

Complete results were published.

### Track

1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.00 | Daniel Sangouma France | 10.04 | John Regis Great Britain | 10.07 |
| 200 m details | John Regis Great Britain | 20.11 | Jean-Charles Trouabal France | 20.31 | Linford Christie Great Britain | 20.33 |
| 400 m details | Roger Black Great Britain | 45.08 | Thomas Schönlebe East Germany | 45.13 | Jens Carlowitz East Germany | 45.27 |
| 800 m details | Tom McKean Great Britain | 1:44.76 | David Sharpe Great Britain | 1:45.59 | Piotr Piekarski Poland | 1:45.76 |
| 1500 m details | Jens-Peter Herold East Germany | 3:38.25 | Gennaro Di Napoli Italy | 3:38.60 | Mário Silva Portugal | 3:38.73 |
| 5000 m details | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 13:22.00 | Gary Staines Great Britain | 13:22.45 | Sławomir Majusiak Poland | 13:22.92 |
| 10,000 m details | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 27:41.27 | Are Nakkim Norway | 28:04.04 | Stefano Mei Italy | 28:04.46 |
| Marathon details | Gelindo Bordin Italy | 2:14:02 | Gianni Poli Italy | 2:14:55 | Dominique Chauvelier France | 2:15:20 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.18 | Tony Jarrett Great Britain | 13.21 | Dietmar Koszewski West Germany | 13.50 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Kriss Akabusi Great Britain | 47.92 | Sven Nylander Sweden | 48.43 | Niklas Wallenlind Sweden | 48.52 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Francesco Panetta Italy | 8:12.66 | Mark Rowland Great Britain | 8:13.27 | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 8:15.82 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Pavol Blažek Czechoslovakia | 1:22:05 | Daniel Plaza Spain | 1:22:22 | Thierry Toutain France | 1:23:22 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Andrey Perlov Soviet Union | 3:54:36 | Bernd Gummelt East Germany | 3:56:33 | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 4:00:48 |
| 4x100 metres relay details | Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose France (FRA) | 37.79 (WR) | Darren Braithwaite John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie Great Britain (GBR) | 37.98 | Mario Longo Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Stefano Tilli Italy (ITA) | 38.39 |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis Roger Black Great Britain (GBR) | 2:58.22 | Klaus Just Edgar Itt Carsten Köhrbrück Norbert Dobeleit West Germany (FRG) | 3:00.64 | Rico Lieder Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz East Germany (GDR) | 3:01.51 |

### Field

1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia | 2.34 | Aleksey Yemelin Soviet Union | 2.34 | Georgi Dakov Bulgaria | 2.34 |
| Long jump details | Dietmar Haaf West Germany | 8.25 | Ángel Hernández Spain | 8.15 | Borut Bilač$^†$ Yugoslavia | 8.09 |
| Pole vault details | Radion Gataullin Soviet Union | 5.85 | Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union | 5.75 | Hermann Fehringer Austria | 5.75 |
| Triple jump details | Leonid Voloshin Soviet Union | 17.74 | Khristo Markov Bulgaria | 17.43 | Igor Lapshin Soviet Union | 17.34 |
| Shot put$^‡$ details | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 21.32 | Oliver-Sven Buder East Germany | 21.01 | Georg Andersen Norway | 20.71 |
| Discus throw details | Jürgen Schult East Germany | 64.58 | Erik de Bruin Netherlands | 64.46 | Wolfgang Schmidt West Germany | 64.10 |
| Javelin throw details | Steve Backley Great Britain | 87.30 | Viktor Zaytsev Soviet Union | 83.30 | Patrik Bodén Sweden | 82.66 |
| Hammer throw details | Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union | 84.14 | Tibor Gécsek Hungary | 80.14 | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union | 80.02 |
| Decathlon details | Christian Plaziat France | 8,574 | Dezső Szabó Hungary | 8,436 | Christian Schenk East Germany | 8,433 |
$^†$: In long jump, bronze medalist Borut Bilač from Yugoslavia was initially disqualified for a suspected infringement of IAAF doping rules, but was later cleared of the charges and reinstated. $^‡$: In shot put, Vyacheslav Lykho from the Soviet Union ranked initially 3rd (20.81m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

## Women's results
### Track

1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Katrin Krabbe East Germany | 10.89 CR | Silke Möller East Germany | 11.10 | Kerstin Behrendt East Germany | 11.17 |
| 200 metres details | Katrin Krabbe East Germany | 21.95 | Heike Drechsler East Germany | 22.19 | Galina Malchugina Soviet Union | 22.23 |
| 400 metres details | Grit Breuer East Germany | 49.50 | Petra Schersing East Germany | 50.51 | Marie-José Pérec France | 50.84 |
| 800 metres details | Sigrun Wodars East Germany | 1:55.87 | Christine Wachtel East Germany | 1:56.11 | Liliya Nurutdinova Soviet Union | 1:57.39 |
| 1500 metres details | Snežana Pajkić Yugoslavia | 4:08.12 | Ellen Kiessling East Germany | 4:08.67 | Sandra Gasser Switzerland | 4:08.89 |
| 3000 metres details | Yvonne Murray Great Britain | 8:43.06 | Yelena Romanova Soviet Union | 8:43.68 | Roberta Brunet Italy | 8:46.19 |
| 10,000 metres details | Yelena Romanova Soviet Union | 31:46.83 | Kathrin Ullrich East Germany | 31:47.70 | Annette Sergent France | 31:51.68 |
| Marathon details | Rosa Mota Portugal | 2: 31:27 | Valentina Yegorova Soviet Union | 2: 31:32 | Maria Rebelo France | 2: 35:51 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Monique Ewanje-Epée France | 12.79 | Gloria Siebert East Germany | 12.91 | Lidiya Yurkova Soviet Union | 12.92 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Tatyana Ledovskaya Soviet Union | 53.62 | Anita Protti Switzerland | 54.36 | Monica Westén Sweden | 54.75 |
| 10 kilometres walk details | Annarita Sidoti Italy | 44:00 | Olga Kardopoltseva Soviet Union | 44:06 | Ileana Salvador Italy | 44:38 |
| 4x100 metres relay details | Silke Möller Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt Sabine Günther East Germany | 41.68 | Gabi Lippe Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Silke Knoll West Germany | 43.02 | Stephanie Douglas Beverly Kinch Simone Jacobs Paula Thomas Great Britain | 43.32 |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Manuela Derr Annett Hesselbarth Petra Schersing Grit Breuer East Germany | 3:21.02 | Yelena Vinogradova Lyudmila Dzhigalova Tatyana Ledovskaya Yelena Ruzina Soviet Union | 3:23.34 | Sally Gunnell Jennifer Stoute Patricia Beckford Linda Keough Great Britain | 3:24.78 |

### Field

1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Heike Henkel West Germany | 1.99 | Biljana Petrović Yugoslavia | 1.96 | Yelena Yelesina Soviet Union | 1.96 |
| Long jump details | Heike Drechsler East Germany | 7.30 | Marieta Ilcu Romania | 7.02 | Helga Radtke East Germany | 6.94 |
| Shot put details | Astrid Kumbernuss East Germany | 20.38 | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 20.06 | Kathrin Neimke East Germany | 19.96 |
| Discus throw details | Ilke Wyludda East Germany | 68.46 | Olga Burova Soviet Union | 66.72 | Martina Hellmann East Germany | 66.66 |
| Javelin throw details | Päivi Alafrantti Finland | 67.68 | Karen Forkel East Germany | 67.56 | Petra Felke East Germany | 66.56 |
| Heptathlon details | Sabine Braun West Germany | 6688 | Heike Tischler East Germany | 6572 | Peggy Beer East Germany | 6531 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Yugoslavia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG)* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 914 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event, 39 athletes less than the official number of 952 as published.
* Albania (2)
* Austria (11)
* Belgium (19)
* Bulgaria (20)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czechoslovakia (17)
* Denmark (7)
* East Germany (67)
* Finland (45)
* France (67)
* Great Britain (95)
* Greece (11)
* Hungary (32)
* Iceland (6)
* Ireland (14)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (61)
* Liechtenstein (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Malta (1)
* Netherlands (17)
* Norway (18)
* Poland (18)
* Portugal (32)
* Romania (21)
* San Marino (1)
* Soviet Union (97)
* Spain (61)
* Sweden (25)
* Switzerland (18)
* Turkey (8)
* West Germany (68)
* Yugoslavia (45)