# 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 3 and 4 March 1990. It was the last time that the event had been held annually and not biennially as it is now, as well as the last time that it was held over only two days. It also marked the debut of the women's triple jump event.
The medal table was topped by the Soviet Union, followed by West and East Germany.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Linford Christie (GBR) | 6.56 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) | 6.59 | Jiří Valík (TCH) | 6.63 |
| 200 metres details | Sandro Floris (ITA) | 21.01 | Nikolay Antonov (BUL) | 21.04 | Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) | 21.28 |
| 400 metres details | Norbert Dobeleit (FRG) | 46.08 | Jens Carlowitz (GDR) | 46.09 | Cayetano Cornet (ESP) | 46.01 |
| 800 metres details | Tom McKean (GBR) | 1:46.22 | Tomás de Teresa (ESP) | 1:47.22 | Zbigniew Janus (POL) | 1:47.37 |
| 1500 metres details | Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) | 3:44.39 | Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:44.61 | Tony Morrell (GBR) | 3:44.83 |
| 3000 metres details | Eric Dubus (FRA) | 7:53.94 | Jacky Carlier (FRA) | 7:54.75 | Branko Zorko (YUG) | 7:54.77 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Igors Kazanovs (URS) | 7.52 | Tony Jarrett (GBR) | 7.58 | Florian Schwarthoff (FRG) | 7.61 |
| 5000 metres walk details | Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | 19:00.62 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 19:02.90 | Axel Noack (GDR) | 19:08.36 |
| High jump details | Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.33 | Arturo Ortiz (ESP) | 2.30 | Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) Gerd Nagel (FRG) | 2.30 |
| Pole vault details | Rodion Gataullin (URS) | 5.80 | Grigoriy Yegorov (URS) | 5.75 | Hermann Fehringer (AUT) Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.70 |
| Long jump details | Dietmar Haaf (FRG) | 8.11 | Emiel Mellaard (NED) | 8.08 | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.06 |
| Triple jump details | Igor Lapshin (URS) | 17.14 | Oleg Sakirkin (URS) | 16.70 | Tord Henriksson (SWE) | 16.69 |
| Shot put details | Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) | 21.03 NR | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 20.43 | Oliver-Sven Buder (GDR) | 20.20 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Ulrike Sarvari (FRG) | 7.10 | Laurence Bily (FRA) | 7.13 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.14 |
| 200 metres details | Ulrike Sarvari (FRG) | 22.96 | Natalya Kovtun (URS) | 23.01 | Galina Malchugina (URS) | 23.04 |
| 400 metres details | Marina Shmonina (URS) | 51.22 | Iolanda Oanta (ROM) | 52.22 | Judit Forgács (HUN) | 53.02 |
| 800 metres details | Lyubov Gurina (URS) | 2:01.63 | Sabine Zwiener (FRG) | 2:02.23 | Lorraine Baker (GBR) | 2:02.42 |
| 1500 metres details | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 4:09.73 | Sandra Gasser (SUI) | 4:10.13 | Violeta Beclea (ROM) | 4:10.44 |
| 3000 metres details | Elly van Hulst (NED) | 8:57.28 | Margareta Keszeg (ROM) | 8:57.50 | Andrea Hahmann (GDR) | 9:00.31 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Lyudmila Narozhilenko (URS) | 7.74 | Monique Ewanjé-Épée (FRA) | 7.84 | Mihaela Pogăcean (ROM) | 7.99 |
| 3000 metres walk details | Beate Anders (GDR) | 11:59.36 | Ileana Salvador (ITA) | 12:18.84 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 12:27.94 |
| High jump details | Heike Redetzky (FRG) | 2.00 | Britta Vörös (GDR) | 1.94 | Galina Astafei (ROM) | 1.94 |
| Long jump details | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 6.85 | Olena Khlopotnova (URS) | 6.74 | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.66 |
| Triple jump details | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 14.14 | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 13.63 | Ana Isabel Oliveira (POR) | 13.44 |
| Shot put details | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.64 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.35 | Grit Hammer (GDR) | 19.34 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 25 | 25 | 26 | 76 |

## Participating nations

* Andorra (1)
* Austria (8)
* Belgium (4)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czechoslovakia (20)
* Denmark (2)
* East Germany (21)
* Finland (6)
* France (23)
* Great Britain (49)
* Greece (12)
* Hungary (12)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (8)
* Italy (31)
* Netherlands (4)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (13)
* Romania (13)
* Soviet Union (28)
* Spain (32)
* Sweden (13)
* Switzerland (4)
* Turkey (3)
* West Germany (40)
* Yugoslavia (6)