# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 28, 29, and 30 August 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | Roger Black United Kingdom |
| Silver | Thomas Schönlebe East Germany |
| Bronze | Jens Carlowitz East Germany |

## Results
### Final

30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Roger Black | United Kingdom | 45.08 |
| | Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany | 45.13 |
| | Jens Carlowitz | East Germany | 45.27 |
| 4 | Gaietà Cornet | Spain | 45.30 |
| 5 | Norbert Dobeleit | West Germany | 45.42 |
| 6 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia | 45.49 |
| 7 | Nenad Đurović | Yugoslavia | 46.19 |
| 8 | Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 46.25 |

### Semi-finals

29 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Black | United Kingdom | 45.46 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany | 45.66 | Q |
| 3 | Nenad Đurović | Yugoslavia | 45.67 | Q |
| 4 | Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 45.80 | Q |
| 5 | Paul Sanders | United Kingdom | 46.06 | |
| 6 | Olivier Noirot | France | 46.07 | |
| 7 | Andrea Nuti | Italy | 46.11 | |
| | Jörg Vaihinger | West Germany | DNS | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gaietà Cornet | Spain | 45.00 | Q |
| 2 | Jens Carlowitz | East Germany | 45.15 | Q |
| 3 | Norbert Dobeleit | West Germany | 45.15 | Q |
| 4 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia | 45.30 | Q |
| 5 | Dejan Jovković | Yugoslavia | 46.07 | |
| 6 | Dmitriy Golovastov | Soviet Union | 46.22 | |
| 7 | Lewis Samuel | United Kingdom | 46.98 | |
| 8 | Roberto Ribaud | Italy | 47.39 | |

### Heats

28 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Black | United Kingdom | 45.53 | Q |
| 2 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia | 45.77 | Q |
| 3 | Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 45.92 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany | 45.98 | Q |
| 5 | Dmitriy Golovastov | Soviet Union | 46.15 | q |
| 6 | Roberto Ribaud | Italy | 46.54 | q |
| 7 | Jörg Vaihinger | West Germany | 46.56 | q |
| 8 | Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 46.99 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Norbert Dobeleit | West Germany | 45.71 | Q |
| 2 | Jens Carlowitz | East Germany | 46.10 | Q |
| 3 | Olivier Noirot | France | 46.14 | Q |
| 4 | Lewis Samuel | United Kingdom | 46.74 | Q |
| 5 | Dejan Jovković | Yugoslavia | 46.79 | q |
| 6 | José Luis Palacios | Spain | 46.90 | |
| 7 | Ari Pinomäki | Finland | 47.16 | |
| 8 | Aleksey Petukhov | Soviet Union | 47.46 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gaietà Cornet | Spain | 46.07 | Q |
| 2 | Nenad Đurović | Yugoslavia | 46.42 | Q |
| 3 | Andrea Nuti | Italy | 46.61 | Q |
| 4 | Paul Sanders | United Kingdom | 46.75 | Q |
| 5 | Tamás Molnár | Hungary | 46.80 | |
| 6 | Aivar Ojastu | Soviet Union | 46.85 | |
| | Klaus Just | West Germany | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (2)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (3)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (3)